Films and TV shows that feel like Take Me Back (Leave Me There) by Cody Johnson
A homesick, wistful longing to return to a simpler small-town past and stay put there, where love, family and dirt roads still felt like enough.
- Yellowstone (2018): Modern ranching-country drama about clinging to land, legacy and a vanishing way of life.
- Friday Night Lights (2006): Small-town Texas, community and the ache of moments you wish you could stay in.
- Tender Mercies (1983): A quiet, soulful Texas country-music story of redemption and finding home.
- The Last Picture Show (1971): Wistful portrait of a fading small Texas town and the youth left behind in it.
- Hope Floats (1998): Going back to a small hometown to heal and rediscover what mattered.
- Tulsa King (2022): Heartland setting and the pull of old ways, with a gruff warmth.
- Walk the Line (2005): Country roots, first love and a rural upbringing that never quite lets go.
- Lonesome Dove (1989): Epic Texas frontier nostalgia, friendship and the longing for a simpler life.