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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Lucas borrowed from The Hidden Fortress. Johnson reached for late Kurosawa, and Kagemusha above all.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Anderson's runaway children have a lineage of their own. Truffaut's Small Change behind them, Jojo Rabbit in front.