Films and TV shows that feel like Damaged Goods by Gang of Four
A cold, jagged, intellectual take on love and desire as transaction, delivered with a sneer and a taut, danceable edge.
- Control (2007): Stark black-and-white northern post-punk, emotional detachment and bleak industrial surroundings.
- 24 Hour Party People (2002): Wry, chaotic portrait of the northern English post-punk scene and its ideas.
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987): Bradford council-estate comedy about sex, power and transactional relationships.
- Red Riding (2009): Grim, paranoid Yorkshire in the 70s and 80s, steeped in corruption and decay.
- This Is England '86 (2010): Working-class Britain under Thatcher, with messy relationships and simmering anger.
- Scum (1979): Brutal, politically charged British institutional drama with the same hard edge.
- Nil by Mouth (1997): Unsparing look at damaged relationships and emotional violence in working-class life.
- Boys from the Blackstuff (1982): Unemployment and economic pressure grinding down men and their relationships in Thatcher's Britain.
