Inception Joe Budden is titled "Inception." The animated series "South Park" parodies the film in the show's tenth episode of its fourteenth season, titled "Insheeption". The film was also an influence for Ariana Grande's video for "No Tears Left to Cry." The film inspired the suffix "-ception", which can be appended to a noun to indicate a layering, nesting, or recursion of the thing in question. Inception Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by Emma Thomas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating
Paprika (2006 film) "Paprika" received the following awards and nominations: Several critics and scholars have noted many striking similarities that later appeared in the 2010 Christopher Nolan film "Inception", including plot similarities, similar scenes, and similar characters, arguing that "Inception" was influenced by "Paprika". Ciara Wardlow of "Film School Rejects" argues that "Inception" was influenced by "Paprika" based on similarities too numerous to be coincidence, from "the focus on dream sharing technology to Ariadne’s wardrobe to references to Greek mythology, physics-defying hallways, significant dream-elevators, and the choice of having a Japanese businessman (Saito) be the one to hire Cobb and the dream team,