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Alcoholist: Directed by Lucas Pavetto. With John Robinson, Bill Moseley, Lloyd Kaufman, Gabriella Wright. An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Lucas Pavetto
- 2016
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) R | 111 min | Drama, Romance. Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Mar 31, 2022 · There is something cathartic about watching movies about drinkers. It speaks to us of our past and provides a window into how far we have come. What are the best films? Here is our list and a warning for spoiler alerts. We have included the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) rating for each film.
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Notorious
- Krisha
- Trainspotting
- Clean & Sober
- Drugstore Cowboy
Written by JP Miller (adapted from his own teleplay) and directed by Blake Edwards (Breakfast at Tiffany's), this drama stars Jack Lemmon as a problem drinker who ropes his romantic partner (Lee Remick) into his lifestyle. In 2018, Days of Wine and Roses was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Arguably Alfred Hitchcock's most exquisite film (yes, Notorious really is on the same level as Vertigo), this elegant thriller cast Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman against type as bitter lovers tangled in a post-World War II spy mission in South America. Bergman plays a drunk with a haunted past. Selected by the Writers Guild of America as one of the...
Trey Edward Shults made his debut feature on a shoestring budget in his parents’ home, using his family as actors. Krisha tells the story of a troubled alcoholic who seeks to make amends with her family over Thanksgiving. Inventively using stylistic choices of horror cinema to heighten the drama, Krishais a tiny movie that will knock you flat. At i...
Based on a novel by Irvine Welsh, Danny Boyle's iconic adrenaline rush, depicting a posse of heroin addicts in Edinburgh, is all at once hilarious, fun, nightmarishly horrific, and stomach-turningly gross—often all within the same scene. That's what makes it so effective, so true to life and exhilaratingly cinematic. This was the international brea...
In a departure from his early work mostly in comedies, Michael Keaton starred in Glen Gordon Caron's drama about a real estate agent whose life becomes unmanageable. In his positive 1988 review, film critic Roger Ebert(himself a recovering alcoholic) said:
Gus Van Sant's harrowing second feature, based on an autobiographical novel by James Fogle, chronicles a network of drug addicts in the Pacific Northwest. Starring Matt Dillon, Drugstore Cowboy long-boasted a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes that in recent years has slipped to 97%. Also worth watching: Van Sant's relatively lighter addiction-themed Don...
Rate. 86 Metascore. A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Jul 2, 2022 · 12 Best Movies About Alcoholism of All Time. Too much of alcohol may not be good for health but it is definitely great for cinema. Alcoholics receive more audience attention than any other ordinary character. It feels like alcoholism adds layers to the character and gives a dark edge to the story.
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Apr 1, 2023 · Here are 20 of the best movies that strive to portray the raw realities of alcohol addiction.
