As part of a new series on Close-Up Culture, we pick 25 films paired with an album that feels like it belongs beside them.

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1. Frances Ha (2012) + Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit – Courtney Barnett

2. The Social Network (2010) + My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West

3. Taxi Driver (1976) + To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar

4. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) + Only by the Night – Kings of Leon

5. The Darjeeling Limited (2007) + Abbey Road – The Beatles

6. Good Time (2017) + The Eminem Show – Eminem

7. Spring Breakers (2012) + Plastic Hearts – Miley Cyrus

8. Paris, Texas (1984) + American Recordings – Johnny Cash

9. The Shining (1980) + Disintegration – The Cure

10. Chungking Express (1994) + Dummy – Portishead

11. Aftersun (2022) + Carrie & Lowell – Sufjan Stevens

12. The Graduate (1967) + Blue – Joni Mitchell

13. Pulp Fiction (1994) + The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill

14. The Virgin Suicides (1999) + Moon Safari – Air

15. Goodfellas (1990) + Exile on Main St. – The Rolling Stones

16. The Godfather (1972) + Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

17. The Matrix (1999) + Mezzanine – Massive Attack

18. The Florida Project (2017) + A Seat at the Table – Solange

19. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) + Pink Moon – Nick Drake

20. The Worst Person in the World (2021) + Stranger in the Alps – Phoebe Bridgers