The Aviator (2004)

Directed by Martin Scorsese
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A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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  1. Citizen Kane (1941)
    "Welles originally conceived Kane as a Howard Hughes biopic before retooling — Scorsese eventually made the Hughes film, with childhood-trauma seeds, Wellesian tableaux, and Kane-echoing dialogue." source

The Aviator (2004), directed by Martin Scorsese, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including Citizen Kane. Check out the citations below.