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.
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The Babadook (2014) Jennifer Kent's The Babadook rekindled our interest in contemporary horror after years of remakes and retreads. Its motifs have been used in films such as Lights Out, His House and Under the Shadow.
Persona (1966) A recurring motif: two female faces merging. After Bergman, critics trace the dissolve through Mulholland Drive and Queen of Earth.
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.
Longlegs (2024) Perkins shoots a serial-killer procedural and then lets the floor drop out. Reviewers kept reaching for Zodiac and Se7en, then stopped being able to.
The Substance (2024) Body horror as a beauty regimen. Critics put it beside Death Becomes Her and Society, and further back, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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.