Films and TV shows that feel like Running Up That Hill by Placebo

A desperate, aching plea to swap places and understand one another, turned darker, more nocturnal and sexually charged than the original.

1. Velvet Goldmine (1998): Glam-rock, fluid sexuality and obsessive devotion in 70s London echo Placebo's androgynous swagger.
2. Stranger Things (2016): The Kate Bush original's famous series moment, with the song as a lifeline between people who are separated.
3. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): Identity, gender, and aching love told through glam-punk rock.
4. Trainspotting (1996): Grimy, nocturnal British youth alienation matching the 90s alt-rock edge.
5. Freaky Friday (2003): The literal body-swap premise of understanding someone by being in their place.
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Two lovers who can't quite reach each other, painfully intimate and melancholic.
7. Shortbus (2006): Frank, tender exploration of desire and connection among lost, searching people.
8. Skins (2007): Raw British teenagers, messy desire and alienation with an alt-rock pulse.