Films and TV shows that feel like Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol
A hollow, neon-lit heartbreak where love has gone cold and the lover is a blank, haunting presence, equal parts tender and eerie.
- Eyes Without a Face (1960): The French horror classic that gave the song its name, about a masked woman and a love turned eerie.
- Drive (2011): Neon-soaked nights, a near-silent romantic lead and synth-driven yearning.
- Blade Runner (1982): Rainy neon city, questions of identity and love that feels hollow yet aching.
- The Lost Boys (1987): Peak-80s gothic romance and danger, soundtracked by moody rock and synths.
- Stranger Things (2016): 80s nostalgia with eerie undertones and a yearning, synth-heavy atmosphere.
- Twin Peaks (1990): Dreamy, haunted romance with masks, hidden faces and nocturnal unease.
- Under the Skin (2014): An alien with a borrowed face drifts through night streets, cold and strangely tender.
- Mr. Robot (2015): An alienated, disguised protagonist moving through a grey neon city, aching with disconnection.