Films and TV shows that feel like Babylon by Taylor Swift
Reflecting on the bittersweet collapse of a glamorous era and picking up the pieces in the quiet aftermath.
- Babylon (2022): It shares the song's exact fascination with the dizzying heights and messy, glittering collapse of a decadent era.
- The Great Gatsby (2013): Captures the intoxicating rush of high-society parties and the hollow, tragic emptiness that follows when the music stops.
- Normal People (2020): Mirrors the delicate acoustic intimacy of Swift's storytelling and the agonizing complexity of young heartbreak.
- La La Land (2016): Explores how grand ambitions and city lights can ultimately lead two people down separate, bittersweet roads.
- Succession (2018): Delves into the high-stakes, ruthless environments where modern empires rise and crumble behind closed doors.
- Lost in Translation (2003): Evokes the surreal, lonely feeling of being a mere spectator in a massive, glittering metropolis.
- Elvis (2022): Presents the dizzying ascent to superstardom paired with the inevitable, tragic heavy price of fame.
- Conversations with Friends (2022): Shares the same gentle, emotionally precise atmosphere of navigating messy modern relationships.
