Metropolis

Introduction

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A metropolis is a large city.

Metropolis may also refer to:

Buildings
  • 10 Dundas East or Metropolis, Ontario, Canada
  • The Ascott Metropolis, a high-rise residential building in Auckland, New Zealand
  • M Telus (concert hall) (formerly Métropolis), a concert hall in, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • M-Towers or Metropolis Towers, Gżira, Malta
  • Metropolis (Los Angeles), a high-rise residential complex in Los Angeles, U.S.
  • Metropolis at Dadeland, Kendall, Florida, U.S.
  • Metropolis at Metrotown, a shopping mall in British Columbia, Canada
  • Metropolis Building, Madrid, an office building in Madrid, Spain
  • Metropolis Fremantle, a performance venue in Fremantle, Western Australia
  • Metropolis Theatre (Bronx, New York), U.S.
Film and TV
  • Metropolis (1927 film), by Fritz Lang
  • Metropolis (2001 film), an anime film by Rintaro
  • Metropolis (British TV series), a 2000 drama series
  • Metropolis (American TV program), a 2015 travel guide documentary program
  • Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York, a concert film by Dream Theater
  • Metropolis TV, a Dutch television program on life and cultures around the world
  • Metropolis, a radio program hosted by Jason Bentley
  • Metropolis, a fictional city in the TV series 21 Jump Street
  • Metrópolis (Chile), defunct Chilean cable operator
Literature

Comic books

  • Metropolis (comics), a fictional American city in DC comics and home to Superman
  • Captain Metropolis, a character in the Watchmen comics series
  • Metropolis (manga), a 1949 manga by Osamu Tezuka
  • Metropolis Collectibles, a comic book dealer of vintage American comics

Other literature

  • Metropolis (novel), a novel by Thea von Harbou, written in tandem with the 1927 film
  • Metropolis (architecture magazine)
  • Metropolis (free magazine), a Japanese city guide
  • The Metropolis, a 1908 novel by Upton Sinclair
  • Metropolis, a 2019 crime novel by Philip Kerr
Music

Albums

  • Metropolis (Peter Cincotti album), or the title song
  • Metropolis (Client album)
  • Metropolis (FM album)
  • Metropolis (Guccini album)
  • Metropolis (Robby Maria album)
  • Metropolis: The Chase Suite, a 2007 album by Janelle Monáe
  • Metropolis (Jeff Mills album)
  • Metropolis (Seigmen album), or the title song
  • Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)
  • Metropolis (Swords album)
  • Metropolis, a Future Crew tribute album
  • Metropolis (EP), a 2019 extended play by Kompany
  • Metropolis Part I, a 2012 EP by The M Machine
  • Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, a 1999 album by Dream Theater

Songs

  • "Metropolis" (The Church song)
  • "Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"", a song by Dream Theater from Images and Words
  • "Metropolis", a song by L'Arc-en-Ciel from Winter Fall
  • "Metropolis", a song by B12 from Electro-Soma
  • "Metropolis", a song by Gareth Emery
  • "Metropolis", a song by Faded Paper Figures from Dynamo
  • "Metropolis", a song by David Guetta & Nicky Romero
  • "Metropolis", a song by Kraftwerk from The Man-Machine
  • "Metropolis", a song by Motörhead from Overkill
  • "Metropolis", a song by Nash the Slash from Children of the Night
  • "Metropolis", a song by Owl City from The Midsummer Station
  • "Metropolis", a song by The Pogues from If I Should Fall From Grace With God
  • "Metropolis", a song by Pseudo Echo from Race
  • "Metropolis", a song by Scooter from Under the Radar Over the Top
  • "Metropolis", a song by The Vision Bleak from The Deathship Has a New Captain
  • "Metropolis", a song by Zion I from Mind Over Matter

Other musical works

  • Metropolis (musical), a 1989 stage adaptation of the 1927 film
  • Metropolis Symphony (1988–93), a symphonic work by Michael Daugherty
  • Metropolis: a Fantasy in Blue, a 1928 composition by Ferde Grofé

Bands

  • Metropolis (band), a German 1970s progressive rock band, or their 1974 eponymous album
  • Metropolis (barbershop quartet), a singing group from the US
  • Metropolis, stage name of one of the members of Foreign Beggars
  • Strange Advance, a 1980s Canadian New Wave band changed its name from Metropolis because of the existence of the German band

Recording and related media

  • Armstrong Studios, former recording studios in Melbourne, Australia, renamed Metropolis Studios for some of its existence
  • Metropolis Group, holding company for Metropolis Studios, a recording studio in London
  • Metropolis International, a predominantly UK-based media and technology group
  • Metropolis Records, a record label in Philadelphia
  • Metropolis Records (Serbia), a record label in Belgrade
Other arts and media
  • Metropolis (Grosz), a 1916-1917 painting by George Grosz
  • Metropolis (Dix), a 1928 painting by Otto Dix
  • Metropolis Asia, an annual arts festival held in Guwahati, India
  • Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, a professional theatre company in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Places
  • Metropolis (Acarnania), a classical city in Acarnania, western Greece
  • Metropolis (Amphilochia), a classical city in Amphilochia, western Greece
  • Metropolis (Anatolia), a classical city in western Turkey
  • Metropolis (Doris), a classical city in Doris, Greece
  • Metropolis (Euboea), a classical city in Euboea, Greece
  • Metropolis (Perrhaebia), a classical city in Thessaly, Greece
  • Metropolis (northern Phrygia), a classical city in Asia Minor
  • Metropolis (southern Phrygia), a classical city in Asia Minor
  • Metropolis (Sarmatia), a classical city in Ukraine
  • Metropolis (Thessaly), a classical city in Thessaly, Greece
  • Metropolis (Troad), a classical city in Asia Minor
  • Metropolis, Illinois, a city in Massac County, Illinois, US
  • Metropolis, Nevada, a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, US
  • Metropolis in Asia, a Roman era city in what is today Tratsa, Turkey
  • Metropolis GZM, a metropolitan unit in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland
  • Metropolis of Lyon, a French territorial collectivity
  • Metropolis, a nickname of New York City
  • The Metropolis, an administrative region that was a precursor to the County of London
  • KL Metropolis, a mixed development project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Other uses
  • Alstom Metropolis, a type of metro train
  • City New South Wales rugby league team or Metropolis
  • Metropolis (religious jurisdiction) or episcopal see, the seat of a (metropolitan) bishop
  • Metropolis (surname)
  • Metropolis Coffee Company, a specialty coffee company in Chicago, Illinois
  • Metropolis in France, a form of intercommunality in France
  • Metropolis Lab, an Indian multinational chain of diagnostic companies
  • Metropolis Ltd, an American game company
  • Metropolis Project, a research network studying human migration
  • Metropolis RFC, an American rugby team based in Minneapolis
  • Metropolis Technologies, a parking company based in Santa Monica
  • Palantir Metropolis, a business software product
  • Metropolis Zone, a level in Sonic the Hedgehog 2
See also
  • Colonies in antiquity
  • Metro (disambiguation)
  • Metropol (disambiguation)
  • Metropolis Film Awards, awards given by the German Directors Guild
  • Metropolis Rescore, a 2005 soundtrack album to the 1927 silent film by The New Pollutants
  • Metropolis–Hastings algorithm, a statistical method
  • Metropolitan (disambiguation)
  • mTropolis, a multimedia programming application
  • All pages with titles beginning with Metropolis
  • All pages with titles containing Metropolis

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