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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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Lucas borrowed from The Hidden Fortress. Johnson reached for late Kurosawa, and Kagemusha above all.
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.
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.
Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino's films are packed with homages and Pulp Fiction is no exception. Have you seen Kiss Me Deadly or Charley Varrick?
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 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.