Alcoholic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alcoholic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, interesting, emotional, melancholic and dramatic films and TV shows about / with alcoholic, alcohol abuse, drinking alcohol, addiction, drunkenness, redemption, storytelling, loneliness, dialogue and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alcoholic: Drunks (1995), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Girl on the Train (2016), Smashed (2012), Leviathan (2014), Pay It Forward (2000), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The Beach Bum (2019), Sharp Objects (2018).
Best films
List of alcoholic movies
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:
realistic, talky, splatter, disturbing, stylized ...
Plot:
alcoholic, alcohol abuse, drug addiction, drugs, self discovery, redemption, drug abuse, addiction, support group, heroin, drug addict, death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, new york, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style:
tense, psychological, clever, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, humiliation, alcoholic, guest, adultery, love hate relationship, crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, night, drunkenness, suspense, marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new england, 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:
emotional, sentimental, romantic, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
alcohol abuse, alcoholic, family values, rehabilitation, family in crisis, addiction, love story, tragedy, single father, love, life is a bitch, weakness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, denver colorado, mexico
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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, disturbing, melancholic, sexual, sad ...
Plot:
addiction, loneliness, alcohol abuse, prostitute, prostitution, casino, love, depression, alcoholic, tragedy, self destructing, suicide ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, tricky, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, suspense, infidelity, police investigation, adultery, obsession, psychopath, murder mystery, blackout, flashback, ex husband ex wife relationship, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, london, usa
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17K
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, sentimental ...
Plot:
addiction, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, support group, drugs, teacher, depression, psychology, twists and turns, introspection, irresponsible ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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55K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, depressing, atmospheric, meditative ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, infidelity, justice, alcoholic, small town, alcohol abuse, courtroom, drunk, corrupt mayor, unhappy wife ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to ...
Style:
tragicomedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
alcoholic, social misfits, misfit, lifestyle, dyslexia, goofy hero, love and romance, disorder, twentysomething life, dark humor, couples, support group ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, emotional, inspirational, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, teachers and students, single mother, alcoholic, good deed, disfigurement, death, kindness, boy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, nevada, las vegas
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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, realistic, depressing, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
addiction, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcoholics anonymous, rehabilitation, love, couples, suspense, secretary, homeless, psychology, drug addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco, usa, houston texas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
Style:
light, ironic, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stoner, alcoholic, poet, cocaine, beach party, karma, buddies, lsd, entertainment, drugs, adultery, marijuana ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, kentucky, vietnam, jamaica ...
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105K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 421 min.
TV show
Story:
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, suspense, small town, self mutilation, haunted by the past, mother daughter relationship, hometown, journalist, reporter, self harm, serial killer ...
Place:
usa, missouri
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
singer, showbiz, country music, fame, brother brother relationship, addiction, friendship, alcoholic, love, drinking problem, backstage, suicide ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, boston, memphis, arizona
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50K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Style:
rough, touching, captivating, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, child abuse, alcoholic, coming of age, friendship, small town, ex convict, teenage boy, hopes, teenager, loneliness, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, california, new jersey, usa, mississippi
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, controversial, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, mentally unstable, murder of a prostitute, murder, macabre, sex crime, loser, murderer, alcoholic, brutality, misfit, loner ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1970
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, northern germany, west germany, central europe
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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 ...
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
alcoholic, depression, dysfunctional family, addiction, greed, introspection, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, alcohol abuse, one day ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
alcoholic, mother son conflict, group therapy, addiction, female alcoholic, ex husband ex wife relationship, estranged mother, dysfunctional family, estranged son, elderly woman, manipulative person, rehabilitation ...
Place:
vienna
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249K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. ...
Style:
emotional, erotic, entertaining, biting, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, gay, bipolar disorder, gay teenager, family problems, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, siblings relations, life is a bitch, drinking problem, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Style:
realistic, talky, depressing, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, high school, small town, childhood sweetheart, borderline personality disorder, emotional breakdown, alcoholic, divorce, narcissism, thirtysomething life, depression, arrested development ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
minnesota, california, new jersey, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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44K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
unfulfilled love, love triangle, forbidden love, drunkenness, prostitute, hindu, alcoholic, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, tragic love, death of protagonist, courtesan, love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
india, london, kolkata, asia, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.
Style:
witty, clever, sexy, funny, noir ...
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, alcoholic, gang, organized crime, alcohol abuse, love and romance, rehabilitation, polish, going straight, killer, gunfight ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles, california, new york
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, USA, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along ...
Style:
philosophical, humorous, serious, realistic, dark ...
Plot:
gambling, unemployment, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, writer's life, lifestyle, down on your luck, life is a bitch, society, bookies, drugs, art ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, norway, usa
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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:
addiction, drug addiction, redemption, introspection, drug abuse, alcoholic, drugs, yuppie, tragedy, character study, crime gone awry, human nature ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new jersey, philadelphia, california
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48K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, emotional, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, small town, sport, underdog, high school basketball, alcoholic, father son relationship, championship, basketball coach, athlete and trainer, redemption ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, california, texas
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Style:
absurd, humorous, funny, witty, parody ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, beer, robot, alien, twists and turns, fight scenes, violence, small town, british, alcoholic, satire ...
Time:
year 1990, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
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77K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sentimental, intense, art film ...
Plot:
screenwriter, hollywood, alcoholic, wealth, writers, movie business, filmmaking, politics, loneliness, friendship, film producer, great depression ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1937, year 1942, year 1940 ...
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 239 min.
Story:
Set in 1912, the entire film takes place inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, where its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his ...
Style:
talky, realistic, serious, thought provoking, clever ...
Plot:
alcoholic, society, life is a bitch, unemployment, anarchist, bartender, prostitute, confession, drug addiction, traveling salesman, addiction, depression ...
Time:
1910s, year 1912
Place:
usa, new york
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15K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Style:
serious, bleak, art house, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
realism, mother daughter relationship, unemployment, fishing, alcoholic mother, snitch, loneliness, alcoholic, poverty, life is a bitch, coming of age, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, france, california, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A first person account of Ross Graves, an alcoholic drifter who is constantly hunted by demonic bounty hunters and a spiritual being to whom he sold his soul.
Style:
ambiguous ending, neo noir, scary, captivating, biting ...
Plot:
alcoholic, killing spree, self loathing, psycho, loner, tragic event, nature, wilderness, demon, surrealism, brutality, murder ...
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, alcoholic, private detective, murder, redemption, downfall, track down, going straight, rehabilitation, police corruption, police officer, warehouse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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