Films and TV shows that feel like august by Taylor Swift
A hazy, golden-hour ache for a summer romance that was never really yours, remembered in longing and quiet self-delusion.
- The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022): A coastal summer love triangle where longing and secrecy define one girl's growing up.
- Aftersun (2022): Sun-bleached memories of a summer, tinged with ache and what went unsaid.
- Call Me by Your Name (2017): A fleeting, golden summer romance remembered with bittersweet yearning.
- Atonement (2007): A hot summer day, a misread love and a lifetime of longing and regret.
- Normal People (2020): Intimate, aching push-pull of young love and what might have been.
- Past Lives (2023): Quiet nostalgia for a connection that lives on in memory.
- The Virgin Suicides (2000): Hazy suburban summer light and dreamy, unattainable longing.
- My Mad Fat Diary (2013): Tender, honest teenage yearning and the sting of unreturned feelings.