# List of songs based on a film

This is a list of songs partly or entirely based on a film. The list does not include songs that are related to a film as part of its soundtrack, original or not.
List of songs based on a film :
| Song | Artist | Film |
| "2HB" | Roxy Music | Casablanca |
| "Alice" | Avril Lavigne | Alice in Wonderland |
| "The American Nightmare" | Ice Nine Kills | A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman" | The Tubes | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman |
| "Attack Ships on Fire" | Revolting Cocks | Blade Runner |
| "Brownswille Girl" | Bob Dylan | The Gunfighter |
| "Calvero" | The Pillows | Limelight |
| "Carlotta Valdez" | Harvey Danger | Vertigo |
| "Chain Saw" | The Ramones | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
| "Children of the Damned" | Iron Maiden | Village of the Damned |
| "Cinderella Man" | Rush | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
| "The Clansman" | Iron Maiden | Braveheart |
| "The Crimson Ghost" | Misfits | The Crimson Ghost |
| "Dawn of the Dead" | Michale Graves | Dawn of the Dead |
| "Day of the Dead" | Misfits | Day of the Dead |
| "Dead by Dawn" | Deicide | The Evil Dead |
| "Death of an Interior Decorator" | Death Cab for Cutie | Interiors |
| "Debaser" | Pixies | Un Chien Andalou |
| "DNA" | Gavin Dunne | Prometheus |
| "Dream Warriors" | Dokken | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
| "The Edge of Darkness" | Iron Maiden | Apocalypse Now |
| "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" | My Chemical Romance | Dawn of the Dead |
| "Enjoy Your Slay" | Ice Nine Kills | The Shining |
| "Eyes Without a Face" | Billy Idol | Eyes Without a Face |
| "Evil Dead" | Death | The Evil Dead |
| "Fidelity" | Regina Spektor | High Fidelity |
| "Fitzcarraldo" | The Frames | Fitzcarraldo |
| "Freak Flag" | Ice Nine Kills | The Devil's Rejects |
| "From Now On We Are Enemies" | Fall Out Boy | Amadeus |
| "Ghost of Frankenstein" | Misfits | The Ghost of Frankenstein |
| "A Girl Like You" | The Smithereens | Say Anything.. . |
| "Godzilla" | Blue Öyster Cult | Godzilla |
| "A Grave Mistake" | Ice Nine Kills | The Crow |
| "Gump" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Forrest Gump |
| "Haddonfield" | Wednesday 13 | Halloween |
| "Heartlight" | Neil Diamond | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| "Hello McFly" | Relient K | Back to the Future |
| "Hier kommt Alex" | Die Toten Hosen | A Clockwork Orange |
| "Home" | Breaking Benjamin | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| "How I Go" | Yellowcard | Big Fish |
| "I Can Transform Ya" | Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz | Transformers film series |
| "Imitation of Life" | R.E.M. | Imitation of Life |
| "It is the End" | Ice Nine Kills | It |
| "Jaws" | Lemon Demon | Jaws |
| "The Jig Is Up" | Ice Nine Kills | Saw |
| "Jurassic Park" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Jurassic Park |
| "The Kelly Affair" | be your own PET | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
| "Key Largo" | Bertie Higgins | Key Largo |
| "King Kong Song" | Abba | King Kong |
| "Kirsten Supine" | Swans | Melancholia |
| "Land of the Dead" | Misfits | Land of the Dead |
| "Leon" | The Japanese House | Léon: The Professional |
| "Lost Boys" | The 69 Eyes | The Lost Boys |
| "Love Bites" | Ice Nine Kills | An American Werewolf in London |
| "Man on the Edge" | Iron Maiden | Falling Down |
| "Matilda" | Alt-J | Léon: The Professional |
| "Meet Me in Montauk" | Circa Survive | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| "Merry Axe-mas" | Ice Nine Kills | Silent Night, Deadly Night |
| "Mortopsycho Nightmare" | Bob Dylan | Psycho |
| "A New Hope" | Blink-182 | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope |
| "Night of the Living Dead" | Misfits | Night of the Living Dead |
| "Nosferatu" | Hugh Cornwell | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens |
| "Ode to a Superhero" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Spider-Man |
| "Of Wolf and Man" | Metallica | The Wolfen |
| "One" | Metallica | Johnny Got His Gun |
| "Ouch" | be your own PET | Dawn of the Dead |
| "Out of the Silent Planet" | Iron Maiden | Forbidden Planet |
| "Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn" | The Black Dahlia Murder | The Evil Dead |
| "Return of the Fly" | Misfits | Return of the Fly |
| "Rocking the Boat" | Ice Nine Kills | Jaws |
| "The Saga Begins" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
| "Savages" | Ice Nine Kills | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| "Scissorhands (The Last Snow)" | Motionless in White | Edward Scissorhands |
| "The Seventh Seal" | Scott Walker | The Seventh Seal |
| "Shining" | Misfits | Poltergeist |
| "Skinny Blues" | The Pillows | The Lost Weekend |
| "So Long, Astoria" | The Ataris | The Goonies |
| "Stabbing in the Dark" | Ice Nine Kills | Halloween |
| "Stranger in Town" | Toto | Whistle Down the Wind |
| "Sweep the Leg" | No More Kings | Karate Kid |
| "Thank God It's Friday" | Ice Nine Kills | Friday the 13th |
| "Twilight of the Dead" | Misfits | Land of the Dead |
| "The Union Forever" | The White Stripes | Citizen Kane |
| "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" | Metallica | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| "Where Eagles Dare" | Iron Maiden | Where Eagles Dare |
| "Wind It Up" | Gwen Stefani | The Sound of Music |
| "The Wicker Man" | Iron Maiden | The Wicker Man |
| "The World in My Hands" | Ice Nine Kills | Edward Scissorhands |
| "Year 3000" | Busted | Back to the Future Trilogy |
| "Yoda" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | The Empire Strikes Back |
| "Youngster (Kent Arrow)" | The Pillows | Quadrophenia |
| "Your Number's Up" | Ice Nine Kills | Scream |
| "Ghost" | Billy Nigro | Scream |

## Music video

In certain cases, only the music video includes elements inspired by given films. Examples include "Telephone" by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé containing references to Kill Bill and "Kill Bill (킬빌)" by Brown Eyed Girls, with visual references to the same film.