Films and TV shows that feel like Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins

A furious, self-lacerating cry of feeling trapped and used by fame and expectation, "despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage."

1. Singles (1992): Cameron Crowe's Seattle-era slice of 90s alt-rock life, with that same mid-decade alternative scene and its romantic confusion.
2. Reality Bites (1994): Disillusioned Gen X twentysomethings railing against selling out and expectations, set to alt-rock.
3. The Craft (1996): Outcast teen rage and alienation in a 90s high school, with a moody alt-rock soundtrack.
4. Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015): A raw portrait of a 90s rock star crushed by fame, the caged-rat feeling made real.
5. Velvet Goldmine (1998): Rock stardom, image versus authenticity and the cost of fame.
6. Fight Club (1999): Late-90s rage at a system that traps you, with a similar nihilistic snarl.
7. My So-Called Life (1994): Angela Chase's 90s teen alienation and restless inner rage, the era's defining angst show.
8. Dazed and Confused (1993): Suburban teens chafing against school and expectations, with a rock-loaded soundtrack.