Films and TV shows that feel like Something Just Like This by Coldplay
A yearning desire for ordinary, human connection and mythic heroism wrapped in stadium-sized romanticism.
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): It captures the youthful wonder of wanting to wear a cape while grappling with everyday human flaws.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012): It mirrors that profound adolescent wish to feel infinite and save someone while just trying to survive high school.
- Ted Lasso (2020): It embodies the belief that you do not need to be a mythical superhero to make a monumental difference in someone's life.
- About Time (2013): It champions the quiet beauty of an ordinary life over grand, impossible ambitions.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): It blends indie-rock romance with larger-than-life battles against impossible odds.
- Stranger Things (2016): It taps into the epic camaraderie of ordinary kids thrown into extraordinary, sci-fi circumstances.
- Wonder Woman (2017): It literalizes the song's obsession with ancient gods, myths, and fighting for a world that doesn't deserve it.
- La La Land (2016): It contrasts soaring, cinematic fantasies of greatness with the messy reality of human relationships.
