Alcohol abuse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alcohol abuse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy, sincere, touching and emotional films and TV shows about / with alcohol abuse, alcoholism, alcoholic, addiction, life is a bitch, family relations, drug addiction, drug, loneliness and dysfunctional family plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Sweden, Denmark and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alcohol abuse: The Woman Who Drinks (2001), The Bench (2000), Domain (2009), Applause (2009), On the Path (2010), Vibrator (2003), 16 Years of Alcohol (2003), Barfly (1987), Aberdeen (2000), Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007).
Best films
New films
| Brother and Sister (2022) | 5.5 | |
| Ved (2022) | 7.2 | |
| Another Round (2020) | 7.7 | |
| The Blind (2023) | 6.3 | |
| Annette (2021) | 6.3 |
List of alcohol abuse movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
And in The Morning They Woke Up
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, black comedy
Plot:
hung over, satire, surrealism, multiple storylines, wedding night, alcohol abuse, flashback sequence, alcoholism, character study, male bonding, dark humor, regret ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
À la veille de ses derniers instants, une femme se remémore son passé d'alcoolique. Elle revoit toute sa jeunesse dont une cuite qui, à 46 ans, lui a coûté tout ce qu'elle avait. «La solitude, le vieillissement sont des thèmes qui ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, sincere, non-linear ...
Plot:
addiction, drunkenness, life is a bitch, social differences, fall in love, couples, elderly, crumbling marriage, aging, infidelity, love affair, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, inspirational, bleak ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, working class, father daughter relationship, social realism, starting over, parents and children, alienation, elderly, life is a bitch, family problems, family reunited, alcoholism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Nadia (Béatrice Dalle) is in her 30s and begins a serious relationship with a teen named Pierre (Isaïe Sultan).
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, sexual tension, self discovery, teenage love, life is a bitch, youth, love and romance, addiction, adolescence vs adulthood, alcohol abuse, gay, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life ...
Style:
sexy, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, estrangement, starting over, parents and children, haunted by the past, family problems, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, actor's life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. After Amar's dramatic change in a fundamentalist community, Luna tears herself apart searching if love is truly enough to keep ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
religion, muslim, addiction, self discovery, couple relations, couples, religions or cults, introspection, society, redemption, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. We first meet her in a convenience store where she is buying too much alcohol and not enough food. At the magazine rack she pauses to contemplate the happiness of the glamour girls on the ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
destiny, female nudity, truck, on the road, loneliness, self discovery, friendship, alcohol abuse, misfit, curses spells and rituals, truck driver, self doubt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
skinhead, alcohol abuse, addiction, racial slur, family problems, couples, misfit, gang, youth, hopes, teenage life, redemption ...
Place:
europe, scotland, edinburgh scotland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But they like each other's company- and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life ...
Style:
talky, black comedy, depressing, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
addiction, alcohol abuse, alcoholism, bartender, drinking, poet, misfit, biopic, drinking alcohol, dark hero, mentally unstable, loser ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years.
Style:
touching, psychological, harsh, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, road trip, dysfunctional family, male nudity, addiction, loneliness, family drama, complex characters, family life, love and romance, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, london, england, europe, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
homeless, bullying, male friendship, homelessness, addiction, male bonding, biopic, suicide, abuse, tragic hero, human nature, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Style:
dark comedy, sexy, social, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, drinking, teacher, midlife crisis, group of friends, alcohol abuse, nordic, experiment, marriage, friendship between men, dancing, drunkenness ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, eastern europe
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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, ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, talky, spiritual, serious ...
Plot:
alcoholic, drug addiction, addiction, alcohol abuse, drug, drinking, recovery, support group, redemption, self discovery, drug abuse, drug addict ...
Time:
90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, new jersey, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Swedish drama by Reza Bagher.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, foster home, death of mother, teenager, family crisis, funeral, bereavement, family drama, grief, loss ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
sexual tension, funeral, mentor, haunted by the past, family problems, parents and children, family relations, drinking problem, chess, coming of age, love story, love ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 70s ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, southern usa, usa, alabama ...
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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, ...
Style:
sincere, depressing, touching, realistic, indie film ...
Plot:
addiction, rehabilitation, alcoholic, support group, alcohol abuse, teacher, depression, introspection, irresponsible, recovery, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drug addict becomes a mother and has to deal with responsibility and self-respect.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
coping, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family, downfall, youth, human nature, life is a bitch, destructive relationship, family problems, solitude, addiction, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
This film is set in 1943 when the whole of Europe was embroiled in WWII. It deals with attraction of a 15 year old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The whole movie revolves around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola and how he eventually ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, erotic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, older woman younger man sex, forbidden love, erotica, cheating wife, love affair, female teacher, older woman teenage boy relationship, teachers and students, defloration, sex with teenager ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, europe, stockholm sweden
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for nothing son Berry-Berry..
Style:
black and white, social, retro, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
love triangle, family relations, christmas, passionate kiss, adolescence, drug addiction, bus, beat generation, siblings, age-gap relationship, pregnancy, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ohio, florida, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style:
depressing, sexual, disturbing, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, loneliness, casino, alcoholism, prostitute, alcohol abuse, prostitution, depression, self destructing, tragedy, alcoholic, medical ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
Style:
realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, social
Plot:
rehabilitation, drug addiction, male nudity, male pubic hair, drug, addiction, roommate, alcohol abuse, self destructing, fall in love, clinic, introspection ...
Time:
year 1993
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, usa
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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 in crisis, family values, rehabilitation, alcoholism, addiction, alcohol abuse, love story, husband wife relationship, recovery, tragedy, single father ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, denver colorado, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, tense, rough, grim ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
redemption, child abuse, children, coming of age, boy, dysfunctional family, working class, juvenile detention, youth, corporal punishment, childhood, poverty ...
Time:
year 1999, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the Patrick Molrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
Style:
ironic, suspense, captivating, surreal, psychological ...
Plot:
father son relationship, child abuse, childhood trauma, drug addiction, depression, mental illness, dialogue, traumatic childhood, violence, loneliness, millionaire, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 80s, 90s, 60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
Style:
psychological, touching, talky, sincere, cerebral ...
Plot:
mental institution, mentally unstable, borderline personality disorder, human nature, friendship, life is a bitch, love and romance, haunted by the past, mental health, suicide attempt, depression, psychiatric ward ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a ruined medieval city called Dreamland, Disenchantment follows the grubby adventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf companion and her personal demon.
Style:
adult animation, feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
demon, fantasy world, friendship, alcohol abuse, dark humor, female protagonist, goofy hero, medieval, princess, magical, king, teenage girl ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs after her mother as she has no idea how to live without her. ...
Style:
realistic, rough, tense, neorealism, disturbing ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, little girl, werewolf, loneliness, negligence, parents and children, family relations, ex convict, alcohol abuse, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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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, redemption, family problems, addiction, parents and children, father son relationship, alcoholic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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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, dysfunctional marriage, drunkenness, secretary, amor, recovery, love ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, texas, california, houston texas
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
12 oz. Mouse revolves around Mouse Fitzgerald, nicknamed "Fitz", an alcoholic mouse who performs odd jobs so he can buy more beer. Together with his chinchilla companion Skillet, Fitz begins to recover suppressed memories that he once had ...
Style:
humorous, adult animation, adult cartoon, semi serious, avant garde ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alcohol abuse, escapades, surrealism, beer, drunkenness, espionage, adult humor, mature, conspiracy, animal life, mouse, body horror ...
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