Films and TV shows that feel like Bigmouth Strikes Again by The Smiths
A self-lacerating, funny confession of a motormouth who says the wrong thing and wallows in regret, all wrapped in giddy, propulsive guitar.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012): A sensitive outsider finds himself through mixtapes and Smiths-era alienation.
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001): A pompous, self-dramatizing English diarist whose wit and awkwardness mirror the narrator's.
- Submarine (2011): A deadpan, over-articulate Welsh teen narrates his own romantic misfires with melancholy humour.
- Pump Up the Volume (1990): A shy teen's mouth runs free, with consequences, and the soundtrack is full of alienated indie.
- This Is England '86 (2010): Mid-80s working-class Britain, with bruised young people and sharp humour.
- Fresh Meat (2011): Awkward, over-talking students blunder through social disasters with cringing comedy.
- Pretty in Pink (1986): Same year, same yearning outsider romance and wounded pride, with a British new-wave soundtrack.
- Rushmore (1998): A bookish motormouth whose big schemes and bigger mouth keep landing him in trouble.
