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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

2025 · 120 min

A quiet, introspective portrait of an artist wrestling with fame and his father's shadow, moving slowly but landing with real emotional weight.

Directed by
Scott Cooper
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser
Tagline
Witness a true story of risking it all to fight for what you believe in.
Overview
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Scott Cooper
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • ambition
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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drama, music
Directed by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
120 min
Country
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Languages
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