Films and TV shows that feel like Disorder by Joy Division
A propulsive, anxious rush of dislocation, where a numbed mind chases feeling through a cold, industrial city.
- Control (2007): Anton Corbijn's black-and-white Ian Curtis biopic lives in the exact world of the song.
- 24 Hour Party People (2002): Manic, darkly funny Manchester music-scene chaos around Factory Records.
- This Is England (2007): Bleak, restless working-class youth in a grey Britain.
- This Is England '86 (2010): Follows the same disaffected youth, with emotional turbulence under the surface.
- Naked (1993): A drifting, tormented wanderer moves through a bleak nocturnal city.
- Christiane F. (1981): Numbed youth chase sensation through cold, urban nights.
- Peaky Blinders (2013): Soot-stained industrial Britain with a brooding, haunted core.
- Safe (1995): Unnamed unease and alienation in a controlled, sterile setting.
- Dead Man's Shoes (2004): Raw, bleak British realism with a deteriorating mind at its center.
