---
title: 'Dark City (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alex Proyas'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dark-city-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dark City (1998)

1998 · R · 100 min · Horror, Science Fiction, Crime, Thriller · Australia, United States


## Synopsis

Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Alex Proyas. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and Ian Richardson. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. In the film, Sewell plays an amnesiac man who, finding himself suspected of murder, attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known as the "Strangers".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alex Proyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-proyas)
- **Screenplay:** [Alex Proyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-proyas), [David S. Goyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-s-goyer), [Lem Dobbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/lem-dobbs)
- **Producer:** [Alex Proyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-proyas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trevor Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dariusz Wolski](https://cinepixo.com/people/dariusz-wolski)
- **Editor:** [Dov Hoenig](https://cinepixo.com/people/dov-hoenig)

## Cast

- [Nicholas Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-bell)
- [Melissa George](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-george)
- [Ian Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-richardson)
- [William Damaged](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-damaged)
- [Rufus Sewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufus-sewell)
- [David Wenham](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wenham)
- [Kiefer Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiefer-sutherland)
- [Justin Monjo](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-monjo)
- [Richard O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-o-brien)
- [Ritchie Singer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ritchie-singer)
- [Mitchell Butel](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-butel)
- [Paul Livingston](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-livingston)
- [Bruce Spence](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-spence)
- [Colin Friels](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-friels)
- [John Bluthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bluthal)

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Official site: http://newline.com/properties/darkcity.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dark-city-1998
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