Films and TV shows that feel like I Thought I Saw Your Face Today by She & Him
A bittersweet daydream of glimpsing an old love in a crowd, wrapped in sunny, gently aching nostalgia.
- (500) Days of Summer (2009): Zooey Deschanel, heartbreak and sunny indie-pop longing for someone who slipped away.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Memory and lost love that keep resurfacing in everyday faces and places.
- Annie Hall (1977): A wry, tender look back at a relationship that ended but never quite left.
- New Girl (2011): Zooey Deschanel's quirky, warm world of romantic hopes and awkward heartbreak.
- Past Lives (2023): Quiet, aching reflection on a love that lingers across time.
- Before Sunset (2004): Reunion with a long-lost love, full of wistful what-ifs.
- Love Life (2020): Anthology of romances and exes, with a sweet, bittersweet touch.
- Submarine (2011): Offbeat, tender coming-of-age romance with a gently melancholic indie-folk spirit.