Movie connections for
The Rules of Attraction (2002) More at IMDbPro »

Edited into

Glitterati (2004)
 -  comprised of footage originally shot for much shorter sequence in "Rules of Attraction"

Spin off from

American Psycho (2000)

References

Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929)
Nóz w wodzie (1962)
Lolita (1962)
Walking Tall (1973)
 -  A reference is made toward the end to "Buford T. Pusser", the sherriff and lead character of "Walking Tall" (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Shining (1980)
 -  Sean Bateman covered in snow stares straight at the camera - an homage to Jack Torrance at the end of The Shining
After Hours (1985)
"21 Jump Street" (1987)
 -  Rupert mentions it.
Less Than Zero (1987)
Killing Zoe (1993)
 -  In Rules of Attraction, the guy with the camera in the begining talks about a film that "Tarantino didn't direct, but only produced." He is talking about Killing Zoe.
"ER" (1994)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
American Psycho (2000)

Referenced in

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
 -  the line early in the film about an 'a**hole' on an elbow
Ellie Parker (2005)
 -  Ellie passes the movie poster while walking to her manager's room.
Lunar Park (2011)
 -  Lunar Park is about Bret Easton Ellis, the writer of the book this movie was based on, and this movie is referenced several times in the movie.

Features

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920)

Featured in

"Anatomy of a Scene: The Rules of Attraction" (????)
 -  clip

Spoofs

Killing Zoe (1993)

Spoofed in

Another Gay Movie (2006)
 -  at the first party when jerod is about to sleep with the pnp power bottom jerod throws up all over the bottom's back which happens at the first party in Rules of Attraction

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