Recovering alcoholic movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant recovering alcoholic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, touching and captivating films and TV shows about / with recovering alcoholic, female nudity, family relations, friendship, alcoholism, murder, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, father son relationship and death plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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recovering alcoholic movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as recovering alcoholic: Loudermilk (2017), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), Mom (2013), Clean and Sober (1988), Pay It Forward (2000), Castle Freak (1995), T11 Incomplete (2020), Falling (2020), Gone Fishing (2012), Kiss of Death (1995).

List of recovering alcoholic movies

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 7.9
 16K
Loudermilk (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counselor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored, and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under ...
Style: light, sincere, captivating, sitcom, dark comedy ...
Plot: recovering alcoholic, recovery, abstinence, support group, counselor, drinking problem, social problems, society, social relations, coworker relationship, drunken man, drunkenness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the ...
Style: suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychopath, revenge, blackmail, dysfunctional family, surgeon, obsession, mysterious stranger, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, recovering alcoholic, desperation, dead father ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: ancient greece, ireland
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 7.4
 39K
Mom (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family loveā€and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: recovering alcoholic, dysfunctional family, starting over, teenage pregnancy, alcoholics anonymous, support group, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional relationship, family relations, parents and children, troubled past, waitress ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Clean and Sober (1988)
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
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 7.2
 124K
Pay It Forward (2000)
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, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place: tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
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 5.9
 10K
Castle Freak (1995)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become ...
Style: scary, slasher, lovecraft, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: haunted by the past, blindness, cannibalism, monster, macabre, freak, inheritance, murder, violence, castle, prostitute, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time: 90s
Place: italy, europe
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 5.1
 380
T11 Incomplete (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A visiting home health aide and recovering alcoholic, strives to rebuild her broken life, only to have it fall apart once again when she falls in love with her young, paraplegic patient then betrays her trust.
Style: emotional, romantic, psychological, talky, queer cinema
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, lesbian sex, woman in a wheelchair, infidelity, mother son relationship, recovering alcoholic, paraplegic, lesbian love, female protagonist, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.5
 7K
Falling (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
Style: non-linear, serious, disturbing, touching, realistic ...
Plot: gay son, gay, gay slur, gay parent, abusive father, retirement, gay relationship, gay couple, interracial relations, bad temper, lgbt, recovering alcoholic ...
Time: year 1968, 2020s, 70s, 60s, 80s
Place: california, america, pacific ocean, new york state
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 6.6
 449
Gone Fishing (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A recovering alcoholic travels to the untamed coast of Patagonia to reconnect with his estranged daughter in this gentle yet deeply resonant drama from Argentine writer-director Carlos Sorin.
Style: realistic, touching, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot: rehabilitation, family relations, redemption, estrangement, introspection, parents and children, father daughter reunion, recovering alcoholic, self discovery, journey, shark, doom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, patagonia
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 5.9
 20K
Kiss of Death (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, surreal, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, organized crime, prison, vengeance, undercover agent, mafia, violence, psychopath, revenge, law enforcement, master criminal ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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The John Larroquette Show (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom that ran on NBC from September 2, 1993 until October 30, 1996. Created by Don Reo, the show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series ...
Style: sitcom, tragicomedy, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, recovering alcoholic, female police officer, nightshift, friends, dark humor, social misfits, society, friendship, misfit, workplace situations, policewoman ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, missouri
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Pardoned by Grace (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The life of Scott Highberger, a Michigan City, Indiana pastor. Before he practiced religion he was strung out. Once an Drug addict, alcoholic, and recidivist. Now doing gods work. This is the story how Scott Highberger overcame his demons and found ...
Style: uplifting, exciting, inspirational, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: junkie, belief in god, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, faith, drug addiction, recovering alcoholic, christianity, religion, pastor, religious, christian ...
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 6.5
 188
The Return (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: tragic event, ex convict, troubled past, tragic past, social problems, dark past, murder, recovering alcoholic, problem, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mental health
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The Young Lieutenant (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, neo noir, captivating ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, policewoman, murder investigation, female boss, job, workplace situations, police officer, police academy, homicide, recovering alcoholic, law enforcement, investigation ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: france, paris france, europe, nice france
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Breathing Room (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mind game, isolation, murder, game, clue, experiment, rivalry, danger, trapped, dishonesty, kidnapping, video surveillance ...
Time: year 2008
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 6.7
 2K
Memory (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as ...
Plot: child sexual abuse, dementia, high school reunion, female nudity, recovering alcoholic, male pubic hair, social worker, memory, abuse, school, childhood trauma, single mother ...
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My Summer in Provence (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lea, Adrian, and their little brother Theo, born deaf, go on holiday in Provence with their grandfather, Paul "Oliveron" they never met because of a family quarrel. It is not the holidays they dreamed, especially their father announced ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot: grandfather grandson relationship, family relations, rural setting, deaf child, culture clash, family drama, youth, grandmother granddaughter relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, alcoholic, grandmother grandson relationship, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: provence, france
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The Confirmation (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time ...
Style: humorous, touching, light, cult classic, political ...
Plot: boy, father son relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, money problems, second marriage, father and son, husband wife relationship, family relations, confession, stepfather stepson relationship, divorce, boyhood ...
Place: washington state
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 241K
True Romance (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style: stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, intense, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: lovers on the run, cocaine, gunfight, mafia, organized crime, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, hotel, pimp, love, mobster, gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: los angeles, usa, detroit, california, michigan ...
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 7.4
 42K
Transamerica (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bree is about to get a sex change operation that will finally allow her to actually be what sheā€™s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the ...
Style: touching, road movie, independent film, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: transsexual, transgender, gay, transsexuality, road trip, gender bending, psychiatrist, therapist, gender, lgbtq, self discovery, male nudity ...
Time: year 2005, near future, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Would You Rather (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
Style: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: game of death, survival, game, group of strangers, psychopath, danger, torture, deathtrap, mind game, moral dilemma, confinement indoors, choice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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A Horrible Way to Die (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, mumblecore, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, kidnapping, woman in danger, revenge, violence spree, small town, haunted by the past, remorse, fanatic, female psychopath ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa
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Gloriously Wasted (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexual
Plot: alcohol abuse, best friend, love and romance, starting over, hopes, drinking, drunk, friendship, suicide attempt, alcoholism, male prostitution, recovering alcoholic ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: finland, eastern europe, helsinki finland
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Northern Lights (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
Story: Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: first love, panic attack, college, teenage love, loneliness, anxiety, writers, family drama, love interest, mental health, single father, writer's block ...
Place: northern england, manchester
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 6.7
 4K
Hidden Palms (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Hidden Palms is an American teen drama television series that ran from May 30 until July 4, 2007, on The CW in the United States. It was canceled after eight first-run episodes. The series, created by Kevin Williamson, portrays the fictional lives ...
Style: realistic, sexy, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: social relations, starting over, parents and children, youth, therapy, love, high school, rich kid, interracial couple, black american, rich, mysterious death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, palm springs california, usa
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 8.4
 11K
Terriers (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, dark comedy, detective, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, team, murder, private investigator, private detective, partner, suspicion, teamwork, buddies, investigator, lawyer, murder mystery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
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Rude Awakening (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Rude Awakening is a TV series created by Claudia Lonow, aired by Showtime on 55 22-min episodes for 3 seasons.
Style: sitcom, erotic, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: nudity, support group, addiction, recovering alcoholic, couples, friends, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa
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New Amsterdam (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: New Amsterdam is an American television drama which aired for eight episodes in 2008 on Fox. The series starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as "John Amsterdam", an immortal Dutch man born in 1607, who has lived in New York City on and off since ...
Style: clever, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, detective
Plot: immortality, friendship, immortal, law enforcement, haunted by the past, miraculous event, curses spells and rituals, magical, friends, reward, aging, imaginary ...
Time: 17th century
Place: new york, usa
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The Wednesday Woman (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Muriel Davidson, a successful mystery author in a vulnerable stage of her life, falls for a charismatic ex-con. As they begin to bond over their traumatic pasts, Muriel's life slowly begins to resemble one of her darker novels.
Plot: extramarital affair, writers, ex convict, alcoholics anonymous, recovering alcoholic, forbidden love
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 4.5
 267
Kona Coast (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sam Moran (Richard Boone) is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party of a wealthy young playboy, he seeks the truth about the murder. Convinced the ...
Plot: loss of daughter, recovering alcoholic, seaside, alcoholism, intimidation, murder of daughter, death, death of daughter, police, beach, murder, drowning ...
Place: hawaii, honolulu hawaii
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