Rehabilitation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant rehabilitation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, emotional, independent film and sincere films and TV shows about / with rehabilitation, hopes, life is a bitch, addiction, illness, family relations, drug, drug abuse, kiss and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rehabilitation: Stronger (2017), 1000 to 1 (2014), A Million Little Pieces (2018), Regarding Henry (1991), Pure (2002), Smashed (2012), 28 Days (2000), Euphoria (2019), Boy A (2007), Speak (2004).

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 6.9
 49K
Stronger (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: physical therapy, rehabilitation, hospital, terrorist bombing, disability, conspiracy, terrorism, friendship, saving a life, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, investigation ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2016, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place: boston
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 6.8
 1K
1000 to 1 (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importantly, off the court.
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, motivational, inspirational ...
Plot: rehabilitation, college, basketball, ambition, basketball player, hopes, against the odds, therapist, recovery, human spirit, disability, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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A Million Little Pieces (2018)
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, captivating, sentimental, social
Plot: rehabilitation, drug addiction, addiction, male pubic hair, male nudity, drug, alcohol abuse, fall in love, self destructing, clinic, introspection, society ...
Time: year 1993
Place: usa, minneapolis minnesota
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Regarding Henry (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter ...
Style: touching, inspirational, intense, emotional, serious ...
Plot: rehabilitation, amnesia, memory loss, lawyer, redemption, disability, starting over, family relations, maid, parents and children, brain damage, self discovery ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.8
 3K
Pure (2002)
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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 6.7
 18K
Smashed (2012)
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, 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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 6.1
 54K
28 Days (2000)
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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 8.3
 235K
Euphoria (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, realistic, depressing, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, teenager, drug addict, high school, addiction, sex, coming of age, youth, sexuality, lgbt, teenage life, friends ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
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 7.6
 39K
Boy A (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style: heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, childhood, redemption, going straight, haunted by the past, released from prison, rehabilitation, starting over, dysfunctional family, child abuse, murder, criminal ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, nebraska, england, europe ...
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 7.2
 29K
Speak (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to ...
Style: touching, sentimental, psychological, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: rape, high school, teenage girl, school, bullying, youth, innocence lost, family problems, life is a bitch, unsupportive friend, teenage life, sexual abuse ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 41K
Honey Boy (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Style: inspirational, independent film, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father son relationship, rehabilitation, absent mother, child protagonist, abusive father, motel, child, alcoholic father, forgiveness, group therapy, childhood trauma, boyhood ...
Time: year 2019, year 2015, 90s, year 2005, year 1995 ...
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa
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Starfish (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same ...
Style: inspirational, touching, children's story
Plot: disabled person, coma, true love, cripple, compassion, rehabilitation, disfigured face, public health, amputee, biopic, infection, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
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The Night Clerk (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Frédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a luxurious mountain hotel. When one of the hotel guests disappears one evening and is later found dead, Frédéric suspects he may have been killed by the ...
Style: mind bending, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: rehabilitation, missing person, social misfits, isolation, dishonesty, boss and employee, confined, danger, workplace, misfit, intern, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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The Waterdance (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An oft overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, talky, psychological ...
Plot: disability, friendship, paraplegic, rehabilitation, life philosophy, love and romance, human spirit, society, hopes, human nature, physical disability, male nudity ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his ...
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: disability, hospital, human spirit, nurse, paralysis, courage, coma, patient, life turned upside down, writers, bittersweet, mute or deaf ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, year 2007, y2k
Place: france, paris france, europe, hong kong, nepal ...
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 7.2
 15K
Berlin Calling (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: techno, techno music, drug abuse, mentally unstable, rehabilitation, dj, mental institution, musician's life, lifestyle, cocaine, party, clubbing ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, germany
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 8.5
 5K
The Corner (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 376 min.
TV show
Story: The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of ...
Style: rough, serious, emotional, sitcom, crime drama ...
Plot: rehabilitation, heroin, addiction, drug dealing, drug abuse, african american, urban, lifestyle, teenage life, social decay, going straight, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore
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To Write Love on Her Arms (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a ...
Style: touching, sincere, uplifting, serious, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: depression, life is a bitch, redemption, youth, addiction, rehabilitation, self harm, coming of age, biopic, hopes, music, disability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa, orlando florida
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Down to the Bone (2004)
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.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, scary ...
Plot: addiction, infidelity, rehabilitation, cocaine, dysfunctional family, going straight, working class, drug abuse, family life, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, cliche ...
Place: new york, new york state, usa
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The Lazarus Project (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot: lethal injection, death penalty, mental institution, death sentence, chainsaw, uncover truth, crime gone awry, rehabilitation, psychiatrist, desperation, husband wife relationship, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, dallas texas, texas
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True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A teen movie star attempts to overcome her addition to alcohol and salvage what's left of her career after passing out on the red carpet at her big Hollywood premiere and being sent to recover with her upbeat aunt in Indiana. Morgan Carter (Jo ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, teen, light, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: starlet, rehabilitation, fame, love and romance, teenage life, actor's life, showbiz, small town life, teenager, paparazzi, famous, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
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My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
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
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Around the Fire (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, touching, independent film
Plot: rehabilitation, addiction, boarding school, youth, life is a bitch, teenage life, friends, love and romance, society, parents and children, social differences, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 90s
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Finding Amanda (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, hilarious ...
Plot: niece, rehabilitation, prostitution, gambling, couples, redemption, couple relations, love and romance, obsessive quest, rescue, no bra, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2008
Place: usa, nevada, las vegas
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 5.7
 267
Big Spender (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Plot: horse, redemption, rehabilitation, rider horse relationship, prison, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, parents and children, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
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 6.6
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The Athlete (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ethiopia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first ...
Style: uplifting, touching, exciting, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: runner, disability, rehabilitation, starting over, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, marathon, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: africa, ethiopia, rome italy
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The End of Innocence (1990)
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
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Maps to the Stars (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Style: surreal, stylized, disturbing, cynical, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, hollywood, mental illness, aspiring actor, child star, obsession, actress, satire, threesome, haunted by the past, menage a trois, fire ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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Two Days, Nine Lives (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A drug addict checks into rehab.
Style: tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: rehabilitation, car crash, drug addiction, clinic, group therapy, therapy, car accident, life is a bitch, movie business, gambling addiction, drug addict, pop star ...
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