Films and TV shows that feel like Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National

A wistful, anxious homecoming: a man weighed down by debt and dislocation drifts back to the Ohio of his youth, wanting to be held by something familiar.

1. Nebraska (2013): Black-and-white Midwest road trip of an aging man going back to his roots, full of quiet regret and family ties.
2. Garden State (2004): A directionless young man returns to his New Jersey hometown and confronts where he came from.
3. Rachel Getting Married (2008): A fraught family homecoming with raw, anxious tenderness and old wounds.
4. Winter's Bone (2010): Bleak heartland landscapes and fierce loyalty to home and kin, from the same year as the song.
5. Friday Night Lights (2006): Small-town American heartland where economic strain and attachment to place shape everyone.
6. Manchester by the Sea (2016): A man returns to the hometown he fled, hushed grief and deep roots.
7. Our Idiot Brother (2011): Weary adults, money trouble, and falling back on family.