Film

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

Name: Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2026
Cast: Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Gem Archer, Andy Bell

Musical

A chronicle of Oasis's ascent from Manchester to stadiums, built on rare archive and fresh interviews with the Gallagher brothers and bandmates. It captures the particular voltage of the 1990s Britpop explosion—the swagger, the fraternal tension, the sense that guitar music mattered again. For anyone who lived through it, or wishes they had.

TMDb rating

3.6

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