Movies like Drunks
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Drunks (1995)
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting
Style:
independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, sincere, serious, emotional, thought provoking, clever, depressing ...
Plot:
alcoholic, drug addiction, drug, addiction, alcohol abuse, recovery, drinking, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, drug addict, heroin, alcoholism, support group, drunk, friends, misfit, church, life is a bitch, couples, family problems, social misfits, down on your luck, rehabilitation, starting over ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, los angeles, new jersey
Keyword:
gangsters
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy and touching films with plots about addiction, life is a bitch, hopes, drug addiction, rehabilitation, drug abuse and couples mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Drunks: 28 Days (2000), Smashed (2012), Clean and Sober (1988), My Name Is Bill W. (1989), Sweet Nothing (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs ...
Style:
touching, realistic, intense, compassionate, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, drug addict, alcoholism, wedding, rehabilitation, dysfunctional family, going straight, doctors and patients, siblings relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, ...
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sincere, depressing, touching, realistic, indie film ...
Plot:
addiction, alcoholic, rehabilitation, support group, teacher, alcohol abuse, depression, introspection, irresponsible, recovery, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, compassionate, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, introspection, alcoholism, alcoholic, drug abuse, yuppie, alcoholics anonymous, drug, tragedy, character study, recovery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism. Along with a fellow alcoholic (James Garner) he forms a support ...
Style:
touching, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
addiction, rehabilitation, support group, recovery, family problems, friendship, human spirit, self discovery, hopes, drug abuse, coping, against the odds ...
Time:
1930s, year 1929, 1920s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, serious, independent film, crying ...
Plot:
drug addiction, drug abuse, loneliness, family problems, family relations, downfall, introspection, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, misfit, money, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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28 Days similar movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Style:
sexy, poignant, realistic, depressing, black and white ...
Plot:
addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, alcoholics anonymous, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, recovery, love, drinking, drunk, drug addiction, secretary ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco, usa, texas, california, houston texas
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55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Julius (Marty Sader) loses his girlfriend, his job and the life of his pseudo father, Jack, his itch for a "quick fix" suffocates his ambitions and takes him on a trip through the disturbing addiction of crystal meth. Julius confides ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, rehabilitation, downfall, addiction, family problems, under the surface, couples, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The film follows one day in the lives of the Tyrone family, each member is troubled and has been damaged by alcohol and/or drugs. In addition, they have issues with each other that lead to fights and an inability to reconcile completely with one ...
Style:
tense, talky, depressing, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
addiction, dysfunctional family, alcoholism, drug addiction, redemption, family life, actor, alcohol abuse, actor's life, lifestyle, human nature, morphine ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 60s, 1910s, year 1912
Place:
connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, bleak, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, redemption, addiction, writers, nightlife, drug, life is a bitch, starting over, supportive spouse, downfall, alcohol abuse, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A week in the life of a young drug addict.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, mumblecore ...
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, downfall, drug dealing, hopes, lifestyle, fired from the job, going straight, prostitute, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery ...
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Time:
1900s, 1930s, year 1987, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, grim, talky, dark comedy ...
Plot:
drinking, alcoholic, alcoholism, drug addiction, addiction, drunk, small town, self discovery, coming of age, alcohol abuse, older man younger woman relationship, loner ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized ...
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Plot:
friendship, introspection, redemption, misfit, human nature, hopes, family life, custody, dysfunctional family, rehabilitation, addiction, elderly ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
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serious, sincere, touching, emotional, scary ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
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Plot:
friendship, addiction, juvenile delinquency, downfall, going straight, youth, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, destructive relationship, drug abuse, overdose, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
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Audience:
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Time:
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Martin Sheen plays an alcoholic father who loses his family.
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spiritual, contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere ...
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Time:
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy ...
Style:
serious, cynical, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, addiction, rehabilitation, haunted by the past, clinic, writer's life, hopes, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, alcoholism, depression, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, youth, drug abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, parents and children, teenage life, going straight, drug addiction, friendship ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, intense, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
alcoholic, family values, addiction, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, family in crisis, alcoholism, recovery, love story, tragedy, love, single father ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, denver colorado, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intelectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.
Style:
serious, surreal, sincere, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
dysfunctional family, self destructing, alcohol abuse, family relations, life is a bitch, alcoholic father, family problems, redemption, parents and children, addiction, father son relationship, alcoholic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, youth, life is a bitch, self discovery, going straight, hopes, society, rehabilitation, against the odds ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
Style:
existential, cult classic, art film, grindhouse, independent film ...
Plot:
writers, alcoholic, drug addiction, addiction, couple relations, therapist, siblings, crazy love, destiny, art, literary, time travel ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie ...
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in ...
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atmospheric, depressing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
alcoholic, alcoholism, depression, dysfunctional family, addiction, greed, introspection, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, one day ...
Time:
1930s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
music, addiction, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, sisters, musician's life, sister sister relationship, redemption, eccentricity, life is a bitch, female singer, sister sister conflict ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Dorian Shanley, is a heart surgeon who abuses alcohol and drugs. Dorian trades stolen pharmaceuticals for cocaine , provided by his best friend and enabler, Teddy. While Dorian's life and career take a nosedive, Shanley numbs the pain of losing ...
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realistic, rough, serious, bleak, biting ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, hospital, couples, introspection, family problems, rehabilitation, drug dealing, downfall, dysfunctional family, parents and children, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
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49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, rehabilitation center, addiction, power relations, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two women with a passion for motorcycles meet while going through rehab. When they discover they've both longed to ride Captain America's red, white, and blue chopper from Easy Rider, they escape the rehab clinic and hit the highway in ...
Style:
road movie, independent film, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, bike, drug addiction, addiction, road trip, escape, profanity, friends, drug abuse, clinic, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
897
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, iran, persia
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