Films and TV shows that feel like drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo
The all-consuming, devastating heartbreak of first love lost and teenage abandonment.
- Euphoria (2019): Captures the high-definition emotional agony and intense, all-or-nothing heartbreak of modern adolescence.
- Lady Bird (2017): Reflects the aching desire to escape the confines of a hometown while nursing raw emotional wounds.
- Normal People (2020): Mirrors the agonizing push-and-pull and lingering devastation of formative teenage relationships.
- The Edge of Seventeen (2016): Channels the hyper-focused isolation of feeling left behind while your peers move on.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012): Matches the late-night driving scenes accompanied by an overwhelming, bittersweet sense of youth slipping away.
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018): Explores the vulnerable, diary-entry honesty of teenage infatuation and private heartbreak.
- 13 Reasons Why (2017): Embodies the dark, brooding, and hyper-dramatic weight of high school social fallout.
- Call Me by Your Name (2017): Evokes the painful clarity of listening to music in a quiet room while mourning a sudden end to love.
