Cultural depictions of Fyodor Dostoevsky

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There have been many references to Fyodor Dostoevsky in popular culture.

• The acclaimed film Taxi Driver, staring Robert DeNiro, was heavily influenced by Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground and even quotes Dosteovsky in the line: "I'm God's lonely man."

• The 2004 film The Machinist was influenced by Dosteovsky's work, especially The Double: A Petersburg Poem, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. In one scene in the film, star Christian Bale is seen reading a copy of The Idiot.

• Woody Allen's 2005 film Match Point borrows heavily from Crime and Punishment. At one point in the movie, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers's character is shown reading the novel.

• In the third episode of the first series of popular British sit-com The Office, David Brent tries to impress the new temp with his knowledge of Dosteovsky to no avail, as the temp knows more about him than David does.

• The Alfred Hitchcock film Rope is based loosely on Crime and Punishment and explores many of the same themes.

• Japanese mangaka Osamu Tezuka's adaptation of Crime and Punishment uses Tezuka's 'actors' to portray a lighter side of the novel.

• Dosteovsky is referenced several times in the animated series Family Guy