Films and TV shows that feel like seven by Taylor Swift
A wistful, tender memory of childhood friendship, where seven-year-old innocence and the hope of escaping a painful home mingle with adult longing.
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Two kids run away together in a dreamy, storybook romance of innocence and escape from unhappy homes.
- Stand by Me (1986): A grown narrator looks back on a summer of fierce childhood friendship that never came again.
- Bridge to Terabithia (2007): Two lonely kids build an imaginary kingdom together as a refuge from their difficult lives.
- My Girl (1991): A tender, bittersweet story of childhood friendship and first love in a sunlit small town.
- Heartstopper (2022): Gentle, tender young love and friendship, and a tag that listeners already link with this song.
- The Wonder Years (1988): An adult narrator recalls the sweetness and ache of growing up in suburban America.
- mid90s (2018): Friendship offers a young boy shelter from a rough home, remembered with nostalgic warmth.
- Sex Education (2019): Tender teen friendships and quiet family hurt are set against a soft, dreamy pastoral backdrop.