- Kalangarai Vilakkam, a 1965 Tamil film adaptation of Vertigo.[135]
- One on Top of the Other, a 1969 giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci, is heavily influenced by Vertigo.[136]
- Obsession, a 1976 film by Brian De Palma, is heavily influenced by Vertigo, while his 1984 thriller Body Double combines the plot elements of both Vertigo and Rear Window.
- High Anxiety, a 1977 film by Mel Brooks, is a parody of suspense films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, but leans on Vertigo in particular.[137]
- Chris Marker's 1983 video-essay Sans Soleil makes reference to the movie, declaring it the only film "capable of portraying impossible memory" over footage of Vertigo's shooting locations and stills from the film.[138]
- The American television seriesTwin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, is heavily inspired by Vertigo, particularly the Doppelgänger character of Maddy Ferguson and various surrealist elements.[139][140][141]
- Harvey Danger's song "Carlotta Valdez," opens their debut album, 1997's Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? The song, recorded in February 1997, represents the effect the 1996 restoration and October 25, 1996, re-release had on audiences for whom Vertigo had all but disappeared from public consciousness.[142][143] The song largely summarizes the plot of the film.[144]
- David Lynch's 1997 neo-noir Lost Highway (1997) is reportedly influenced by Vertigo,[145] particularly the surrealist dream sequences and double motif.
- Joseph Kahn's 1997 music video for Faith No More's "Last Cup of Sorrow" is a parody of Vertigo with singer Mike Patton in the Scottie Ferguson role and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the Madeleine/Judy role.[146]
- Suzhou River, a 2000 Chinese film by Lou Ye which critics saw as an homage to Vertigo.[147]
- Mulholland Drive, a 2001 film written and directed by David Lynch (who cited Vertigo as an influence), uses a similar double-identity theme involving a blonde woman in a grey suit skirt in grave danger, and the film noir premise of tragic love, betrayal and murder that drove Hitchcock's film.
- The Testament of Judith Barton, a 2012 novel by Wendy Powers and Robin McLeod, tells the back-story of Kim Novak's character.[148]
- The lyric video for "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017) by Taylor Swift pays homage to Saul Bass's designs for the film with the use of a similar font and spiral motifs.[149][150][151] The lyric video was directed by ODD and produced by both Swift and music video director Joseph Kahn.[152]
- Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, an adventure game by developer Pendulo Studios and publisher Microids.[153]
- Francesco Ferrari Mines the Mission: A Homage to Vertigo, an original 2018 novel by Joseph Covino Jr., third in the San Francisco-set Francesco Ferrari private detective series, takes its template from both the Vertigo novel and film.
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