" Filmmakers who cited Chaplin as an influence include Federico Fellini (who called Chaplin "a sort of Adam, from whom we are all descended"), Jacques Tati ("Without him I would never have made a film"), René Clair ("He inspired practically every filmmaker"), Michael Powell, Billy Wilder, and Richard Attenborough.
Filmski zgodovinar Mark Cousins je zapisal, da je Chaplin »ne le spremenil filmsko metaforiko, ampak tudi njeno sociologijo in slovnico« ter trdi, da je bil Chaplin tako pomemben za razvoj komedije, kot D.W. Griffith za razvoj drame.