History EyeBeams / Film

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' features an eye-blasting hero named [[CaptainErsatz GazerBeam]]. [[spoiler:He's already been murdered by the villain Syndrome before the movie starts.]] He uses the power to leave an important clue: [[spoiler:the password to the computer in Syndrome's lair.]]
* Gort from the original ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951.''
* Also found in the world of ''[[{{Kaiju}} daikaiju]]'' (giant monsters), such as ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' foes [[Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth Battra]], [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]], and [[Film/GodzillaVsGigan Gigan]].
** Gigan is a special case as it never had eye beams in its first two appearances (it had a laser weapon in its forehead that was never used) but the games give Gigan one despite that. Gigan's first film eye beam attack was in the Millennium era film ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', where it was a short range attack called "Cluster Light Beam" and caused a explosion as the beams split apart, like a cluster bomb. In the ''VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy'', Gigan has both a long range beam and short range "shotgun blast".
** In Toho's fantasy adventure film ''Film/YamatoTakeru'' eye beams are a powerful weapon used by both the titular hero and his foe the PhysicalGod Tsukuyomi. When the latter is in his ScaledUp {{Orochi}} form he can even shoot lightning bolts from his (many) eyes.
* The 1985 shot-in-the-Philippines [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] film ''Warriors of the Apocalypse'' features a duel between two characters with this power.
* A witness in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' credits [[CuteMonsterGirl Boo]] with "mind powers" that were strong enough to lift a car and "laser vision."
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Superman's heat vision blasts look more focused than Zod's, presumably because Superman has had more time to master it. Both of them seem to find the ability painful to switch on and off.
** In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Doomsday has eye beams, presumably because he was created from [[spoiler:Zod's corpse]]. This allows him and Superman to have a brief but ''awesome'' BeamOWar.
* The title character in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' involuntarily deploys these if someone shoots at it, even if it's only with a toy gun.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** When Cyclops' eyes are uncovered they shoot red beams uncontrollably. As mentioned in the comics, they shoot beams of pure concussive force and not heat, but this can be forgotten DependingOnTheWriter or DependingOnTheArtist. Specifically, ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' leaves the edges of whatever he just blasted his way through glowing red-hot.
*** ''FridgeBrilliance'': When metal begins to fatigue, it becomes hot. The faster and the more forcefully metal is fatigued, the hotter it becomes. The metal was just blasted out of the way with tremendous force, so perhaps the glowing is from the heat of metal fatigue?
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', the Future Sentinel’s entire face unfolds to fire a powerful beam.
* The Marvel movies also give us ''Film/{{Thor}}.'' The Destroyer armor opens its mask to reveal an empty helmet, and you can see the inside of the empty suit glowing like a furnace. Whenever this happens, this means a massive beam of KABLOOEY is about to be unleashed. Though it does stretch the definition of the 'eye' portion of the trope a little.
* ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''. After Captain Kirk and Spock question the authenticity of "God", he fires beams of energy out of his eyes at them. He does it again while pursuing Kirk later on.
* When the Grand High Witch destroys a fellow witch for daring to argue with her in ''Film/TheWitches'', this is the form her magical incineration attack takes.
* Brandon from ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'', in addition to the other powers of the [[FlyingBrick Superman package]], also has laser eyes. But given that this kid is a supervillain, and that this is a horror flick, he puts this power to very horrific use [[spoiler:on his father after he tries to [[ShootingSuperman shoot him]]]].
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* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Superman's heat vision blasts look more focused than Zod's. Both of them seem to find the ability painful to switch on and off.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Billy Butcher wields a superpowered baby as a weapon by making it blast blue beams from its eyes at some security guards. Homelander turns out to have red ones, using them to bring down a plane.

* Brandon from ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'', in addition to the other powers of the Superman package, also has laser eyes. But given that this kid is a supervillain, and that this is a horror flick, he puts this power to very horrific use [[spoiler:on his father after he tries to [[ShootingSuperman shoot him]]]].

* ''Film/XMen'':

** ''FridgeBrilliance'': When metal begins to fatigue, it becomes hot. The faster and the more forcefully metal is fatigued, the hotter it becomes. The metal was just blasted out of the way with tremendous force, so perhaps the glowing is from the heat of metal fatigue?

** When Cyclops' eyes are uncovered they shoot red beams uncontrollably.

** Gigan is a special case as it never had eye beams in its first two appearances (it had a laser weapon in its forehead that was never used) but the games give Gigan one despite that. Gigan's first film eye beam attack was in the Millennium era film Film/GodzillaFinalWars, where it was a short range attack called "Cluster Light Beam" and caused a explosion as the beams split apart, like a cluster bomb. In the ''VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy'', Gigan has both a long range beam and short range "shotgun blast".

** Gigan is a special case as it never had eye beams in its first two appearances (it had a laser weapon in its forehead that was never used) but the games give Gigan one despite that. Gigan's first film eye beam attack was in the Millennium era film Film/GodzillaFinalWar, where it was a short range attack called "Cluster Light Beam" and caused a explosion as the beams split apart, like a cluster bomb. In the ''VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy'', Gigan has both a long range beam and short range "shotgun blast".

* A witness in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' credits [[CuteMonsterGirl Boo]] with "mind powers" and "laser vision."

* ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''. After Captain Kirk and Spock question "God"'s authenticity he fires beams of energy out of his eyes at them. He does it again while pursuing Kirk later on.

* In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', the Future Sentinel’s entire face unfolds to fire a powerful beam.

* The title character in "WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' involuntarily deploys these if someone shoots at it, even if it's only with a toy gun.

* Also found in the world of ''[[{{Kaiju}} daikaiju]]'' (giant monsters), such as [[{{Franchise/Godzilla}} Battra, Mechagodzilla, and Gigan]].