Films and TV shows that feel like Stand by Me by Oasis
A weary, hungover plea for loyalty and companionship, delivered with swaggering vulnerability as the comedown after the party sets in.
- Trainspotting (1996): Mid-90s British youth burning out on excess and testing the limits of loyalty between mates.
- Shameless (2004): Chaotic northern working-class family life with gallows humour and fierce, messy loyalty.
- This Is England (2007): Gang belonging, friendship and the bruised tenderness of working-class English youth.
- Control (2007): Manchester music-scene melancholy shot in grey, rain-slicked streets.
- 24 Hour Party People (2002): Manchester's music mythology, swagger and the hangover that follows the highs.
- This Is England '90 (2015): Rave-era comedown and enduring friendships among a ragged crew of friends.
- Human Traffic (1999): A weekend of excess ending in the weary, tender comedown and the bonds that hold friends together.
