What are examples of allusion to poetry or plays in modern literature, music or movies?

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For example, so far I have Alice in Wonderland in The Matrix with the white rabbit on the girls shoulder, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden, but I need about two more. I was hoping for more allusions in music and movies, possibly literature, but not blatant and common allusions such as Love Story by Taylor Swift or pretty much any allusion to Romeo and Juliet, because I think thats been done about a million times already...
 
You may want to consider something like the movie classic "Chinatown," which is essentially a retelling of Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus" except that in the movie the dual roles of Oedipus as transgressor and detective are divided between two characters, Noah Cross and J. J. Geddes, respectively.
 
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