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Your group chat just turned 30 and it's falling apart.
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I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (2026)

Millennial griefFriendship autopsyNorthern grit

Overview

Drama

Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

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based on novel or book

Standout Aspects

Acting

Anthony Boyle and Daryl McCormack's brittle, beautiful chemistry.

Direction

Barnard's Bradford poetry — grey skies, harder truths.

Writing

Dialogue that cuts because it sounds like your actual mates.

Best for:Solo: When you need to feel seen in your quarter-life crisis.·Streaming: Late night, rain against window, wine optional.
Clio Barnard

Director

Clio Barnard

ReleasedMay 20, 2026
Runtime1h 49m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
BFI
BBC Film

Top Cast

Anthony Boyle

Anthony Boyle

Patrick

Lola Petticrew

Lola Petticrew

Shiv

Joe Cole

Joe Cole

Rian

Jay Lycurgo

Jay Lycurgo

Oli

Daryl McCormack

Daryl McCormack

Conor

Millie Brady

Millie Brady

Emma

Lucie Shorthouse

Lucie Shorthouse

Sophie

James Eeles

James Eeles

Marcus

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Insight

Barnard adapts Andrew Michael Hurley's novel, shifting focus to working-class Northern masculinity rarely shown this tenderly on screen.

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