10 Vampire Movies That Broke All The Rules
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
A vampire film from Jim Jarmusch was always going to be something special, and much like The Hunger, Only Lovers Left Alive focuses less on the joys of eternal life and more the utter boredom which would eventually set in.
Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are terrific as a centuries-married vampire couple who must continually adapt to living in the modern world - or in the case of Hiddleston's Adam, just fiercely resent it.
Largely bereft of gory action, Jarmusch's film instead invests entirely in its unique characters, with a sharp script which captures the essence of the human condition no matter its heightened premise.
Rarely has the vampire film engaged so cleverly and so playfully with real-world history, offering up one of the more convincing and believable modern entries into the genre.
If all this isn't good enough, it's also rounded out by an embarrassingly brilliant supporting cast, including Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, John Hurt, and Jeffrey Wright.