The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Comedy Drama Directed by Wes Anderson
← Inspired by 2 films

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

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Films that influenced The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Influenced By

  1. The Shining (1980)
    "While not a horror film, Wes Anderson's work exhibits visual and thematic parallels to *The Shining*. A creative mashup titled "The Grand Overlook Hotel" combines elements from both films, underscoring their stylistic similarities." Time source
  2. Citizen Kane (1941)
    "Anderson uses a Kane-style frame narrative — a famed author probing a mysterious mogul's past — and explicitly borrows Kane's Dutch angles into his cinematographic vocabulary." source

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), directed by Wes Anderson, was inspired by 2 earlier films — including The Shining and Citizen Kane. Check out the citations below.