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- Rachel Getting Married. While many may know director Jonathan Demme for tense horror and thrillers like "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Manchurian Candidate," he also has made several dramatic films about outsiders, who are misunderstood or not accepted by others.
- When a Man Loves a Woman. Luis Mandoki's "When a Man Loves a Woman" takes its title from Percy Sledge's song of the same name and centers on Alice Green (Meg Ryan), a school counselor, who drinks excessively.
- Clean and Sober. After establishing a career in comedy in movies like "Mr. Mom" and "Beetlejuice," Michael Keaton transitioned into drama in Glenn Cordon Caron's "Clean and Sober."
- Wild. Jean-Marc Vallee's 2014 biopic about Cheryl Strayed's solo backpacking trip across the Pacific Crest Trail focuses on a self-imposed path to recovery after a long struggle with heroin addiction.
- 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...
A hustling drug addict checks himself into rehabilitation to escape trouble with the law and realizes that it's exactly what he needs. Director Glenn Gordon Caron Stars Michael Keaton Kathy Baker Morgan Freeman
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
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- 'The Panic in Needle Park' (1971) An underrated classic of the 1970s, The Panic in Needle Park is effectively a romantic drama about two young people who are grappling with a heroin addiction.
- 'Trainspotting' (1996) A classic British movie that certainly increased the profile of its star and director, Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor respectively, Trainspotting is a fast, entertaining, sometimes funny, but also deeply disturbing look at a group of friends in Scotland, many of whom are addicted to heroin.
- 'Clean and Sober' (1988) For the earlier years of his career, Michael Keaton was best known for his comedic roles, leading to 1988's Clean and Sober being a pivotal demonstration of his dramatic talents.
- 'Flight' (2012) A movie that contains a great Denzel Washington performance is always going to be compelling, and he's a big reason why Flight does hit the ground running.
May 5, 2023 · Here are 15 movies about addiction, ranging from seeing it unravel lives in real-time to dealing with the devastating effects it has on loved ones.
From this list of movies about addiction, which one you think is the most realistic? The main theme of this poll is addiction, so no movies about alcohol trafficking or drug trafficking. Share your thoughts and stories about the subject: discuss here
