This is a sophisticated data visualization which is based on the analysis of 100 years of movie influences by Culturegraphy . According to the creator of this cool website, Kim Albrecht, his endeavor focuses on the investigation of  cultural information exchange done via “memes”. This visualization is an

innovative way to study the complex interconnectedness of cultural development. Below you can see movie reference analysis screen when visualized from genre perspective. There are several views which can be displayed on the website and provide interesting insights into complex cultural interrelationships. Although seemingly complicated, this visualization likely mimics actual cultural interconnectedness closer than standard aggregation tools or rankings.