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Discover the cinema that inspired it.

A film you love Portrait of a Lady on Fire poster
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 · Céline Sciamma
The thread Persona poster
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
The intimate two-woman psychodrama.
 The Piano poster
The Piano
1993 · Jane Campion
Repressed desire on a windswept coast.
 Vertigo poster
Vertigo
1958 · Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock's remembered woman, the gaze reversed.
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Breathless poster
1960 · France
Close-Up poster
1990 · Iran
Rashomon poster
1950 · Japan
City of God poster
2002 · Brazil
The Handmaiden poster
2016 · South Korea
Y Tu Mamá También poster
2001 · Mexico
The Lives of Others poster
2006 · Germany
Wild Strawberries poster
1957 · Sweden
The Battle of Algiers poster
1966 · Algeria
The Lunchbox poster
2013 · India
Cold War poster
2018 · Poland
The Motorcycle Diaries poster
2004 · Argentina
8½ poster
1963 · Italy
Farewell My Concubine poster
1993 · China
Breathless poster
1960 · France
Close-Up poster
1990 · Iran
Rashomon poster
1950 · Japan
City of God poster
2002 · Brazil
The Handmaiden poster
2016 · South Korea
Y Tu Mamá También poster
2001 · Mexico
The Lives of Others poster
2006 · Germany
Wild Strawberries poster
1957 · Sweden
The Battle of Algiers poster
1966 · Algeria
The Lunchbox poster
2013 · India
Cold War poster
2018 · Poland
The Motorcycle Diaries poster
2004 · Argentina
8½ poster
1963 · Italy
Farewell My Concubine poster
1993 · China
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The films that inspired Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire poster
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 · Céline Sciamma
Persona poster
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
The Piano poster
The Piano
1993 · Jane Campion
Vertigo poster
Vertigo
1958 · Alfred Hitchcock
Umbrellas of Cherbourg poster
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Titanic poster
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
Trace the Thread

The films that inspired The Matrix

The Matrix poster
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Hard Boiled poster
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
Ghost in the Shell poster
Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Mamoru Oshii
The Legend of Drunken Master poster
The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · Kar-leung Lau
Akira poster
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
The Killer poster
The Killer
1989 · John Woo
Police Story poster
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
Discover by mood

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Pick a feeling and we'll find the film that carries it.

Melancholy
Tokyo Story
Dreamlike
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Exhilarating
Run Lola Run
Quietly hopeful
Wings of Desire
Mysterious
Mulholland Drive
Nostalgic
Cinema Paradiso
Romantic
Past Lives
Funny
Toni Erdmann

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring poster
South Korea
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
 A Separation poster
Iran
A Separation
 Touki Bouki poster
Senegal
Touki Bouki
 Bicycle Thieves poster
Italy
Bicycle Thieves
 Roma poster
Mexico
Roma
 Infernal Affairs poster
Hong Kong
Infernal Affairs
More threads to pull

The films that inspired Moonlight
Moonlight poster
Moonlight
2016 · Barry Jenkins
In the Mood for Love poster
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Beau travail poster
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Pather Panchali poster
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
Chungking Express poster
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Days of Being Wild poster
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Paris, Texas poster
Paris, Texas
1984 · Wim Wenders

The films that inspired Dune
Dune poster
Dune
2021 · Denis Villeneuve
Seven Samurai poster
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
2001: A Space Odyssey poster
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Ran poster
Ran
1985 · Akira Kurosawa
Call Me by Your Name poster
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Luca Guadagnino

The films that inspired Parasite
Parasite poster
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Psycho poster
Psycho
1960 · Alfred Hitchcock
The Servant poster
The Servant
1963 · Joseph Losey
Shoplifters poster
Shoplifters
2018 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
High and Low poster
High and Low
1963 · Akira Kurosawa
Memories of Murder poster
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Burning poster
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong

The films that inspired Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation poster
Lost in Translation
2003 · Sofia Coppola
Brief Encounter poster
Brief Encounter
1945 · David Lean
L'Avventura poster
L'Avventura
1960 · Michelangelo Antonioni
La Notte poster
La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Days of Being Wild poster
Days of Being Wild
1990 · Wong Kar-wai

The films that inspired Django Unchained
Django Unchained poster
Django Unchained
2012 · Quentin Tarantino
Django poster
Django
1966 · Sergio Corbucci
The Great Silence poster
The Great Silence
1968 · Sergio Corbucci
For a Few Dollars More poster
For a Few Dollars More
1965 · Sergio Leone

The films that inspired The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water poster
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
Umbrellas of Cherbourg poster
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Alien poster
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial poster
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Amélie poster
Amélie
2001 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet

The films that inspired Oldboy
Oldboy poster
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance poster
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Hard Boiled poster
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
Vengeance Is Mine poster
Vengeance Is Mine
1979 · Shohei Imamura
A Better Tomorrow poster
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
Memories of Murder poster
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho

The films that inspired Barbie
Barbie poster
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
The Red Shoes poster
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell, Pressburger
Playtime poster
Playtime
1967 · Jacques Tati
2001: A Space Odyssey poster
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick

The films that inspired The Substance
The Substance poster
The Substance
2024 · Coralie Fargeat
Psycho poster
Psycho
1960 · Alfred Hitchcock
Carrie poster
Carrie
1976 · Brian De Palma
The Shining poster
The Shining
1980 · Stanley Kubrick
The Fly poster
The Fly
1986 · David Cronenberg
Revenge poster
Revenge
2017 · Coralie Fargeat
Another way in

Still deciding? Try a different feeling.

More moods, each with the film that gets closest.

Tense
Rififi
Devastating
Grave of the Fireflies
Contemplative
Stalker
Tender
Kikujiro
Unsettling
Eraserhead
Epic
Lawrence of Arabia
Joyful
Singin' in the Rain
Sensual
Blue Is the Warmest Color

The films that inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel poster
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
To Be or Not to Be poster
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Ernst Lubitsch
The Earrings of Madame de... poster
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 · Max Ophüls
Closely Watched Trains poster
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
The Shop Around the Corner poster
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Ernst Lubitsch
Ran poster
Ran
1985 · Akira Kurosawa
Le Trou poster
Le Trou
1960 · Jacques Becker

The films that inspired Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid poster
Beau Is Afraid
2023 · Ari Aster
A Matter of Life and Death poster
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Michael Powell
Playtime poster
Playtime
1967 · Jacques Tati
Hereditary poster
Hereditary
2018 · Ari Aster
Midsommar poster
Midsommar
2019 · Ari Aster

The films that inspired The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World poster
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
L’Eclisse poster
L’Eclisse
1962 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Umbrellas of Cherbourg poster
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Dekalog poster
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski

The films that inspired The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada poster
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
The Godfather poster
The Godfather
1972 · Francis Ford Coppola
Working Girl poster
Working Girl
1988 · Mike Nichols
GoodFellas poster
GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese

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The 400 Blows poster
France
The 400 Blows
 Metropolis poster
Germany
Metropolis
 The Seventh Seal poster
Sweden
The Seventh Seal
 The Music Room poster
India
The Music Room
 Yi Yi poster
Taiwan
Yi Yi
 Ida poster
Poland
Ida
 Central Station poster
Brazil
Central Station

The films that inspired The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse poster
The Lighthouse
2019 · Robert Eggers
Hour of the Wolf poster
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Ingmar Bergman
Fata Morgana poster
Fata Morgana
1970 · Werner Herzog
Viskningar och rop poster
Viskningar och rop
1972 · Ingmar Bergman
Don't Look Now poster
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
Mirror poster
Mirror
1974 · Andrei Tarkovsky

The Films That Inspired Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth poster
Pan's Labyrinth
2006 · Guillermo del Toro
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind poster
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
Brazil poster
Brazil
1985 · Terry Gilliam
My Neighbor Totoro poster
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
Spirited Away poster
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki

The films that inspired Good Time
Good Time poster
Good Time
2017 · Josh Safdie
Die Grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner) poster
Die Grosse Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner)
1973 · Werner Herzog
Dog Day Afternoon poster
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Sidney Lumet
Stroszek poster
Stroszek
1976 · Werner Herzog
The American Friend poster
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
Bringing Out the Dead poster
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Martin Scorsese

The Films That Inspired Climax
Climax poster
Climax
2018 · Gaspar Noé
Fellini Satyricon poster
Fellini Satyricon
1969 · Federico Fellini
Zabriskie Point poster
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Devils (Ken Russell poster
The Devils (Ken Russell
1971 · Derek Jarman
Taxi Driver poster
Taxi Driver
1976 · Martin Scorsese
The Shining poster
The Shining
1980 · Stanley Kubrick
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