Films and TV shows that feel like Maroon by Taylor Swift
A wine-drunk, late-night memory of a love that was intoxicating and then curdled, replayed in vivid sensory detail with bittersweet ache.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Love remembered in aching, fragmented sensory detail after it falls apart.
- Blue Valentine (2010): Shows the bright intoxication of early love alongside its slow, painful decay.
- Normal People (2020): Intimate, hazy, push-and-pull young love that lingers long after it ends.
- Past Lives (2023): Quiet, wistful meditation on what-might-have-been and love held in memory.
- Call Me by Your Name (2017): Sensual, sun-and-wine-soaked romance with a bittersweet ending.
- Fleabag (2016): Messy love, grief and regret told with sharp wit and a raw undertone.
- Marriage Story (2019): Tender remembrance of love amid its painful unraveling.
- Love Life (2020): Follows a woman through a string of relationships, each one leaving its own mark.
