Films and TV shows that feel like Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics

A cold, hypnotic, robotic groove about appetite and power, where everyone is either using or being used, delivered with detached, stylish menace.

1. American Psycho (2000): Slick 80s consumerist ambition and cold detachment, with a soundtrack full of glossy synth-era pop.
2. Wall Street (1987): Greed and exploitation in sharp suits, the 'everybody's looking for something' world of the lyric.
3. Blade Runner (1982): A synthetic, neon-lit future with the same icy electronic ambience and blurred human lines.
4. Atomic Blonde (2017): Stylish cold-war spy thriller with an 80s synth and new wave soundtrack and a cool, androgynous heroine.
5. Stranger Things (2016): Synth-driven 80s atmosphere with a pulsing, eerie electronic mood.
6. Ashes to Ashes (2008): A modern woman dropped into early-80s Britain, full of New Romantic style and period synth-pop.
7. Drive (2011): Neon-glow synth soundtrack and cool, detached menace in a nocturnal city.
8. Mad Men (2007): Power, desire and using people, all dressed in impeccable corporate style.