Films and TV shows that feel like I Need My Girl by The National

A quietly devastated longing for a lost love, where memory, self-deprecation and tenderness blur into a plea to be rescued by one person.

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Memory, regret and the pull back toward the one person you can't shake.
2. Blue Valentine (2010): A tender, painful portrait of love fading and the longing for what it was.
3. Her (2013): Lonely, soft-lit longing and a heartbreak that lingers in quiet rooms.
4. Weekend (2011): Intimate, hushed connection and the fear of losing someone just found.
5. Marriage Story (2019): Grown-up heartbreak, love that persists past the ending of a relationship.
6. Before Sunset (2004): Two people reconnecting after years of wondering what could have been.
7. Normal People (2020): Two people orbit each other, hurting and needing one another again and again.
8. Master of None (2015): Modern New York romance with wistful, bittersweet breakups and second thoughts.