Lana Del Rey-coded cinema?

[Letbugslive]

Does anyone wanna help me build a definitive list of films that reflect Lana’s aesthetic, style, voice, and fantasies? I’m thinking of these, for now (they don’t have to be films she mentions in her lyrics): 
 

1. Last Night in Soho

2. The Brown Bunny 

3. Cleo from 5 to 7

4. Midnight Cowboy

5. Streetcar Named Desire 

6. Giant 

[Surf Noir]

the bee movie, obviously  

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

Paris, Texas - I haven’t watched it yet…

[fawnblvd]

the love witch, valley of the dolls & buffalo 66 come to mind 

[Embach]

The Virgin Suicides, Priscilla, Marie Antoinette, The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola. I would say Lost In Translation as well but the other aforementioned suit Lana's aesthetic or vibe more.

 

Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Wild At Heart, Lost Highway by David Lynch

 

Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, The Great Gatsby, Elvis by Baz Luhrmann

 

Pulp Fiction, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

 

Goodfellas, Casino, Wolf Of The Wall Street by Martin Scorsese

 

The Godfather I & II by Francis Ford Coppola

 

Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Big Eyes by Tim Burton

 

Atonement by Joe Wright

 

The Love Witch by Anna Biller

 

Jackie, Spencer by Pablo Larrain

 

Leon: The Professional by Luc Besson

 

Black Swan by Darron Aronofsky

 

Also some of the 1990s-2000s cult classics like The Craft, Jennifer's Body, Almost Famous, Closer, The Crush, The Dreamers.

 

Most of these movies I wrote here are exactly the ones I had discovered through YouTube fan edit videos for Lana songs in 2017-2019 before most of them were deleted. 

[affa03]

Lolita

 

 

Edit: you meant coded not song related

Edited April 11, 2025 by Demonmic03

[Crimson and Clover]

- Buffalo 66

- Before Sunrise

- Marie Antoinette

- Virgin Suicides

- Scarface

- Valley of the Dolls

 

[Stove]

“Funeral Parade of Roses” (1969), of which my signature is from, is very Lana coded

 

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) and The Love Witch (2016) of course as well

 

And “Daisies” (1966)

[details]

oh yeah that's my kind of thread 

months ago i even made a list of movies i think gave lana vibes separated by era, lemme find that 

[longtimeman]

3 hours ago, DeadSeaOfMercury said:

Paris, Texas - I haven’t watched it yet…

You'll love it.

But aside from being a great movie, there's no connection whatsoever between the song and the movie, other than the title and the setting (sort of).

[JDaniel]

1 minute ago, longtimeman said:

You will love it.

But other than it being a great movie, there's no connection between the song and the movie, other than the title and the setting (sort of).

ry cooder !!!

[spencertaureanmartin]

https://boxd.it/xe1By

I made a LDR Coded Movies Letterboxd List ages ago which i really need to update with more films

[World At War]

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; Altman's Nashville 

[Ultra Violet]

Gotta mention The Love Witch again.

And I'll also say the Age of Adeline even though it's not really but like, we know why it is

Also I'm going off topic but how the fuck have i not watched Big Eyes in all its 10 years of existence

[luna de miel]

Belle de jour, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Thelma & Louise, Thirteen, Easy Rider, American Beauty & Promising Young Woman are the first that came to mind (basically films with great visuals)

[An Ocean of Time]

Gone with the Wind

[Rico25]

I guess a Complete Unknown cause Joan Baez is there and also the Newport folk festival. It's giving COCC

 

A Straight Story, David Lynch, also gives Blue Banisters vibes 

[hollyweirdtrashmagic]

Obviously the virgin suicides and blue velvet 

[ionut]

11 hours ago, DeadSeaOfMercury said:

Paris, Texas - I haven’t watched it yet…

i might watch it tonight i had it in my watchlist for a long time

[Lustformoney]

As a horror lover her new country mid west era is giving hills have eyes, the og Texas chainsaw, pearl, devils rejects and I think she mentioned The birds once