Series/movies that use Radiohead songs well
I just finished The Bear (Hulu) and their use of “Let Down” in the final episode was so perfect, it made me emotional.
It also made me think of other shows/movies that use Radiohead to really pack that subtle emotional punch that they do so well.
My list so far:
- Lords of Dogtown (2015): Thom Yorke’s cover of “Wish You Were Here”
- Waves (2019): “True Love Waits”
- 9 Perfect Strangers (2021): “Motion Picture Soundtrack”
- The Bear (2022): “Let Down”
What are some of your favorites to add to my list?
UPDATE: I compiled all of the suggestions so far into this list, for anybody interested (as of Dec. 2024)
- 50/50 – High and Dry
- 9 Perfect Strangers – Motion Picture Soundtrack
- After Life – Let Down
- Afterlife – Let Down
- Black Mirror – Exit Music, Daydreaming
- Body Problem – Karma Police
- Captains of the World – Reckoner
- Children of Men – Life in a Glasshouse
- Choke – Reckoner
- Confessions – Last Flowers
- Countdown to Zero – Reckoner
- Derek – Kid A, Bones
- Dopesick – Spinning Plates
- For All Mankind – Everything in its Right Place. For All Mankind
- Handmaid’s Tale – Street Spirit
- House – No Surprises
- How I Met Your Mother – Nice Dream
- I Origins – Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Imposters – Ciao
- Incendies – You And Whose Army, Like Spinning Plates, I Might be Wrong
- Inside – Pyramid Song
- Invincible – Karma Police
- Island President – How to Disappear Completely
- Lennox Hill – Weird Fishes
- Lords of Dogtown – Wish You Were Here (Thom Yorke)
- Ozark – Decks Dark, The Daily Mail
- Peaky Blinders – I Might Be Wrong, Life in a Glasshouse, You and Whose, Pyramid Song, Climbing up the Wall
- Prisoners – Codex
- Romeo + Juliet – Exit Music, Talk Show Host
- Scanner Darkly – Black Swan (Thom Yorke)
- Six Feet Under – Lucky
- The 100 – Exit Music
- The Bear – Let Down
- The Creator – Everything in its Right Place
- The Old Man – Rabbit in Your Headlights
- The Prestige – Analyze (Thom Yorke)
- The Sopranos – Exit Music
- The Unforgivable – Everything in its Right Place
- Twilight – 15 Steps
- Vanilla Sky – Kid A, Everything In Its Right Place
- Waves – True Love Waits
- Westworld – Motion Picture Soundtrack, Codex
- Yellow Jackets – Climbing up the Walls