Anora

Original story with original characters; nothing is swapped from any source.

The female lead is scrappy and assertive but is depicted as vulnerable and flawed, not a flawless girlboss, and the film doesn't push a 'men are the problem' message.

• Anora fights for herself but is ultimately overpowered and humiliated by circumstance

No notable LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary content; the central relationship is heterosexual.

Casting reflects a realistic Brooklyn and Russian-immigrant milieu; diversity fits the setting naturally.

• Russian/Armenian characters and a Brooklyn sex worker grounded in the real-world setting

The film has empathy for a sex worker but tells its story through character and incident rather than sermonizing.

• Class and wealth tensions are dramatized, not lectured

Wealthy men behave badly, but this reads as character-driven satire of privilege rather than a thesis about toxic masculinity or the West.

• The oligarch's son is feckless; his parents' enforcers are crude

Original screenplay with no source material to betray.