Films and TV shows that feel like Drain You by Nirvana
A messy, obsessive, strangely tender love song where intimacy is codependent and childlike, sweet and parasitic at once.
- Singles (1992): Cameron Crowe's Seattle grunge-era romance captures the same awkward, messy love among twentysomethings.
- Reality Bites (1994): Gen X slackers fumble through love and disillusionment with sardonic wit.
- Kids (1995): Raw, unvarnished teen intimacy and recklessness with a similarly abrasive edge.
- My So-Called Life (1994): Angsty, achingly sincere teenage longing and obsessive crushes in a 90s alt-rock mood.
- Freaks and Geeks (1999): Awkward, tender adolescent misfits bonding over music and bad relationships.
- Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015): A direct window into Cobain's chaotic, tender, home-recorded world and his relationship with Courtney Love.
- Dazed and Confused (1993): Aimless restless youth and a rock-fueled slacker energy.
- Sid and Nancy (1986): A codependent, self-destructive punk romance where love and ruin are intertwined.