Films and TV shows that feel like The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King
A dignified, bruised farewell to a love gone cold, sung with weary resignation rather than rage.
- Cadillac Records (2008): Chess Records-era Chicago blues steeped in smoke, ambition and heartache.
- Crossroads (1986): A young guitarist chases the old Delta blues soul through the South.
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020): Sweaty, bruised 1920s blues session full of pride and disappointment.
- 'Round Midnight (1986): A worn-out jazz master drifting through Paris nights with quiet melancholy.
- Paris, Texas (1984): Ry Cooder's slide guitar scores a man haunted by a lost love.
- Treme (2010): New Orleans musicians living out heartache and resilience through music.
- Lovecraft Country (2020): Hurt and dignity in Jim Crow-era America, scored with blues and soul.
- The Blues Brothers (1980): A joyful, loud tribute to the blues and its legends.
- Mo' Better Blues (1990): A brooding musician whose love life unravels in smoky clubs.
