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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Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Anderson's runaway children have a lineage of their own. Truffaut's Small Change behind them, Jojo Rabbit in front.
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.
Rope (1948) Alfred Hitchcock filmed and edited Rope to look like one continuous shot. The long takes and hidden stitches have persisted in cinema ever since, moving out of the chamber play and onto the battlefield in 1917.
Train Dreams (2025) Critics could not review Train Dreams without invoking Malick. First with The Tree of Life, then Days of Heaven, then all the rest.
MaXXXine (2024) The gondola up to the Hollywood Hills mansion is Body Double, undisguised. The rest West took from Hardcore and Chinatown.
Persona (1966) A recurring motif: two female faces merging. After Bergman, critics trace the dissolve through Mulholland Drive and Queen of Earth.