Dark City (1998)

Dark City rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 223K votes

Metacritic66%

TMDb7.334/10· 3K votes

With 7.6/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, this film is well-rated across multiple platforms.

About Dark City

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Cast of Dark City

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  Rufus Sewell

  as John Murdoch

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  William Hurt

  as Inspector Frank Bumstead

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  Kiefer Sutherland

  as Dr. Daniel P. Schreber

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  Jennifer Connelly

  as Emma Murdoch

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  Richard O'Brien

  as Mr. Hand

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  Ian Richardson

  as Mr. Book

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  Bruce Spence

  as Mr. Wall

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  Colin Friels

  as Det. Eddie Walenski

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  John Bluthal

  as Karl Harris

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  Mitchell Butel

  as Officer Husselbeck

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  Melissa George

  as May

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  Frank Gallacher

  as Chief Inspector Stromboli

Dark City facts

Budget

$27M

Box office

$27.2M

Our take on Dark City

Alex Proyas's 1998 science-fiction mystery drops you into a perpetual night: a city with no sun, ruled by pale beings with telekinetic powers who reshape reality and harvest human souls. A man wakes struggling with fractured memories, including a wife he can't recall, and tries to piece together who he is and why nothing feels stable. Proyas builds a striking noir-gothic world where identity itself is unreliable, layering visual invention over the puzzle. Expect atmosphere and ideas over easy answers. It's a strong pick for viewers who love cerebral, dreamlike sci-fi about memory, control and manufactured reality, and who don't need everything explained on the first watch.