Cinetrii Film connections for enthusiasts
Cinetrii analyses reviews to infer possible inspirations behind a film. Enter a title to find other works that may have inspired (or been inspired by) it, along with the quotes that determine the connection.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Lucas borrowed from The Hidden Fortress. Johnson reached for late Kurosawa, and Kagemusha above all.
Some Like It Hot (1959) Wilder got a drag comedy past the Hays Code in 1959. Critics have been measuring everything since against it. Including, for better or worse, White Chicks.
Nope (2022) Everyone left Nope naming a different film. Tremors, Akira, and over and over, Spielberg. This is Peele's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Persona (1966) A recurring motif: two female faces merging. After Bergman, critics trace the dissolve through Mulholland Drive and Queen of Earth.
The Holdovers (2023) Alexander Payne made a film that reviewers kept dating to the 1970's. The works of Hal Ashby are natural touchstones: Harold and Maude or The Last Detail.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Anderson's runaway children have a lineage of their own. Truffaut's Small Change behind them, Jojo Rabbit in front.