Films and TV shows that feel like Image by Magdalena Bay
A shiny, hyper-online fantasy of self-reinvention where the pursuit of the perfect persona is both intoxicating and quietly hollow.
- Spring Breakers (2013): Neon, dreamy synth haze and a hollow, glittering pursuit of a fantasy self.
- The Neon Demon (2016): Beauty, image and reinvention rendered in pulsing synths and glossy, predatory colour.
- Perfect Blue (1998): A pop idol's fractured identity as her public image takes on a life of its own.
- I Saw the TV Glow (2024): Pastel, dreamlike nostalgia and a yearning to become a truer, shinier self.
- Euphoria (2019): Glittery, hyper-stylised teen dreamscape of performance, insecurity and online identity.
- Assassination Nation (2018): Neon-soaked satire of digital personas and how image can be weaponised.
- Sorry to Bother You (2018): Absurdist, brightly coloured satire about performing a more marketable self.