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- DirectorGreg D. WilliamsStarsTom CoderreTara ConnerLaurie DhueRecovery is OUT - to change the addiction conversation from problems to SOLUTIONS. An independent feature documentary about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsAnders Danielsen LieHans Olav BrennerIngrid OlavaOne day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchJennifer Jason LeighHugo WeavingThis series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.
- DirectorScott KalvertStarsLeonardo DiCaprioLorraine BraccoMarilyn SokolA teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsSteve CarellMaura TierneyJack Dylan GrazerBased on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
- DirectorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsMichael KeatonKathy BakerMorgan FreemanA hustling drug addict checks himself into rehabilitation to escape trouble with the law and realizes that it's exactly what he needs.
- DirectorLuis MandokiStarsMeg RyanAndy GarciaEllen BurstynThe seemingly perfect relationship between a man and his wife is tested as a result of her alcoholism.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsDenzel WashingtonNadine VelazquezDon CheadleTroubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.
- DirectorBetty ThomasStarsSandra BullockViggo MortensenDominic WestA big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.
- StarsKristina WandzilakJennifer DelaeoAt 14, Kristina Wandzilak became addicted to drugs and alcohol and turned to theft and prostitution to support her habit. Today, she is clean and sober, striving to help other addicts as a family interventionist. From the first meeting, to intervention and through treatment, "Addicted" follows Kristina as she helps addicts and their families reclaim the lives they have lost to the disease. With her help many addicts are able to go into treatment and are forced to deal with the trauma or mental illness that causes them the addicts to self medicate. Many are saved thanks to the help of Kristina.
- DirectorElaine McMillion SheldonIn the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and reenter society sober after years of drug abuse. Recovery Boys, from Academy Award nominated director Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e)), is an intimate look at the strength, brotherhood, and courage that it takes to overcome addiction and lays bare the internal conflict of recovery and the external hurdles of an unforgiving society.
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsMila KunisCarla GalloGlenn CloseA mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
- StarsJessica SulaSebastian De SouzaAlexis CarraWhile facing the daily pressures of teenage life, Maddie, a party girl and highly-functioning addict, makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a rehab facility.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsNick RobinsonCommonCary ElwesA would-be governor's addicted son goes down the long, rough road of rehab, fighting against recovery every inch of the way.
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsRobert WieckiewiczJulia KijowskaAdam WoronowiczJerzy is a celebrity writer and a chronic alcoholic who camouflages his drinking problem with his wits and charm. As a frequent visitor of the rehab center, he meets fellow addicts from all walks of life and social backgrounds.
- DirectorTom BarrowStarsPieter SwanepoelMarianaIan WebzellLouis Theroux traces the fortunes of different people living in South London suffering from alcoholism.
- DirectorDan CarracinoKevin HanlonStarsBill WilsonDr. BobBlake J. EvansA documentary about Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- DirectorMarkus PelzlStarsOlaf KrätkeMika MetzGiulia BeckmannTheir alcohol dependence constitutes the single base of the relationship of a young couple.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsJoaquin PhoenixJonah HillRooney MaraOn the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
- DirectorCliff RobertsonStarsCliff RobertsonDiane BakerFrank ConverseMike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadAaron PaulNick OffermanA married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsMaurice RonetLéna SkerlaYvonne ClechDepressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?
- DirectorChristopher DuddyStarsSlashNikki SixxBenny UrquidezThe lifetime story of Guns N' Roses bass player, Duff McKagan. How he struggled with alcohol and drug addiction, and overcame it. Talks about the real challenges in everyday life, his childhood, and how the band made it big.
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsLady GagaBradley CooperSam ElliottA musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
- DirectorLorenzo GabrieleStarsClaire KeimGrégory MontelHélie ThonnatLisa, a mother of two, is gradually being consumed by her alcoholism while her husband Vincent is busy with his career and underestimates the gravity of the situation, simply avoiding the subject.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAlbert FinneyJacqueline BissetAnthony AndrewsA day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert PrestonStephen McNallyA desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakMervyn LeRoyStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerMelvyn DouglasIn the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsRay LiottaAnthony LaPagliaDaniel BaldwinA cop (Liotta) with a gambling addiction plots a theft from the bookies who are putting pressure on him to pay off or else.
- DirectorRichard KwietniowskiStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanMinnie DriverJohn HurtA bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsHarvey KeitelBrian McElroyFrank AcciaritoWhile investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsJames CaanPaul SorvinoLauren HuttonAxel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.
- DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdLena HeadeyJean JohanssonA mom dying in Aberdeen, Scotland, asks her coke snorting, nympho, London lawyer daughter to get her estranged, alcoholic dad in Oslo, Norway, to Aberdeen. He's drunk at the airport, so they travel together by car and ferry.
- DirectorMichael BurnsDean Q. MitchellStarsBradford James JacksonJeremy BlakeBerick CookFor Burgess "Buzz" Zwink (Bradford Jackson), wasting life is a way of life. At thirty-two years old, and still living with his parents, Buzz's adult life seems to be nothing more than a continuous haze of debauchery. That is until his carefree recklessness lands his lifelong friend in the hospital after another of his drunken mishaps. Faced with the reality of his choices as he reluctantly forces himself into sobriety, Buzz begins to realize just how much pain he has caused to those around him. With the help of a young Inupiaq boy (D'Artagnon Moonin), and an elderly, life-long alcoholic (Thomas G. Jacobs), Buzz must face his past, present, and possible future in order to take his life back from the bottle, and above all else, seek forgiveness not only from those he has wronged, but from himself.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsRuth WarrickRichard TravisGinger PrinceA once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsJoan FontaineRay MillandTeresa WrightAn actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married.
- DirectorBob NelsonStarsClive OwenMaria BelloJaeden MartellA divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsWinona RyderBarry PepperJohn BourgeoisBased on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsJames WoodsJoBeth WilliamsJames GarnerThe story of Bill Wilson and the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHal SkellyZita JohannCharlotte WyntersA young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames CagneyPhyllis ThaxterRaymond MasseyAlcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics. His boss enlists his help to sober up his nephew, Boyd Copeland, who has married Lew's old sweetheart. Boyd, who is involved with a cabaret singer and the mob, presents quite a challenge.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsUma ThurmanJonathan PrycePaddy ConsidineA recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsJoseph CrossAnnette BeningBrian CoxA teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.
- DirectorSherri L. VandenAkkerA documentary about women's alcoholism chronicles the progression of the disease in Bette VandenAkker-a nurse, wife, and mother-who died in the fall of 2007. Filmmakers Sherri VandenAkker-Bette's daughter-and Josh WE Hays employ interviews, family photographs, medical records, and court documents to provide a personal and detailed look at the physical, emotional, and mental toll of alcoholism. The film examines women's risk factors for developing alcoholism and relapsing from sobriety; depicts the physiological damage women suffer from drinking, due in part to their hormones; and explores the stigma, guilt and shame the prevent women from seeking timely treatment. The film also offers hope to those affected by the disease who seek to heal their pain and strained relationships.
- CreatorPeter FarrellyBobby MortStarsRon LivingstonWill SassoAnja SavcicSam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance-abuse counselor with a bad attitude. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a mess, getting clean is the easy part.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsAngie DickinsonDavid JanssenMariclare CostelloThe marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsRichard EganJulie LondonWalter MatthauJim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by his hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to cure himself, but he can't. One night, he meets William Tobin, a fellow drunk, and finds that he helps himself by trying to help Tobin. Thus is born, amid setbacks, a group resembling Alcoholics Anonymous.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsPeter MullanLouise GoodallGary LewisTwo thirty-somethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, begin a romantic relationship in one of Glasgow''s toughest neighborhoods.
- DirectorEllen Goosenberg KentPerri PeltzStarsHealthy EmmieAmanda MountAre you a Risky Drinker? Did you know that nearly 70% of American adults drink alcohol? Did you know that nearly 1/3 of adults in the US become involved in problem drinking at some point in their lives? This HBO Documentary takes an intimate look at the stories of 4 very different people and the effect alcohol is having on their lives, as well as the effects it has on their families. Meet 20-something Kenzie, who likes to party hard on the weekends; Mike who is close to losing his family if he doesn't stick with a rehab program; Noel, a single mom of 2 girls, who has crossed the line from social drinking; and 57-year-old Neal who's addiction and constant inebriated state has him close to death. Alongside each story, doctors give scientific based info on effects, risks, statistics and treatments options for alcohol addiction.
- DirectorFelice ConteBrent RenaudCraig RenaudStarsMattMichelleSebastianWhen you're a junkie, the money comes and goes--and so does the high. Do relationships stand a chance among addicts? Meet Matt & Tracy and Sebastian & Michelle--two New York City couples looking for love, and fixes, in all the wrong places. This startlingly candid documentary follows these two drug-addicted couples as they eke out a bare-bones existence on the streets of New York, desperately trying to score cash to pay for their next fix. The result is an unflinching, captivating examination of the human need for love and escape--and the virtual impossibility of finding anything more than temporary solace.
- DirectorSteven OkazakiDocumentary examining the impact heroin has had on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, following the stories of eight people who are all in their twenties as they battle with their addiction.
- DirectorPerri PeltzAn unflinching look at the devastating effects of addiction through the stories of four families whose lives have been decimated by addictions that all began with legitimate prescriptions to dangerous painkillers.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty BuckleyA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsDick Van DykeLynn CarlinDon PorterA successful public-relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family, and his life.
- DirectorChristopher SferrazzaStarsGreg de MooreRon Dale BarrassiNathan BuckleyDocumentary about Tom Wills, charting his rise to fame as a champion cricketer and founder of Australian football, his close links to Aboriginal Australia, and his fall into alcoholism and debauchery, leading to the most brutal of suicides.
- DirectorBastian GüntherStarsUlrich TukurGarret DillahuntJenny SchilyA German corporate headhunter travels to Houston, Texas, in pursuit of a renowned oil company CEO, only to have his life fall apart.
- DirectorRiz StoryStarsEdward FurlongSamaire ArmstrongTaryn ManningA beautiful yet troubled orphan must battle her demons of alcoholism and self-destruction when she becomes an international singing star overnight.
- DirectorMark RydellStarsBette MidlerAlan BatesFrederic ForrestThe tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.
- DirectorGabrielle MullerStarsKaye TuckermanLaura Sampson HemingwayNatalia OrtonowskaSandy, a young, recovering alcoholic, is forced to make amends with her estranged family after a drunk driving accident leaves her sister paralyzed. But when tensions flare and rifts are further divided, Sandy must confront the buried family secret that tore them apart.
- DirectorTony ArmerJ. Declan FlynnStarsTodd CrandellDarwin HoltScott HornFaced with insurmountable odds, Todd Crandell takes us on a journey from alcohol and drug addiction to running endurance races such as the Ironman and Ultraman Hawaii and Canada all to prove worthiness to himself, but also to fight for those still struggling with addiction.
- DirectorAdam SalkyStarsSarah SilvermanJosh CharlesSkylar GaertnerAddicted to drugs and alcohol, a housewife's self-destructive behavior starts to take its toll on her husband and two young children.
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsElisabeth MossCara DelevingneDan StevensA self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
- DirectorDavid BoydStarsScott ElrodDorian Brown PhamCharles Henry WysonA pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
- DirectorMarion LaineStarsJuliette BinocheEdgar RamírezHippolyte GirardotMila and Javier are both heart surgeons. Married for ten years, they have two passions: their love and their job. But Mila unexpectedly becomes pregnant, and the perspective of a baby undermines the balance of their relationship. Javier's penchant for alcohol then becomes a genuine threat.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsThelma BiralOlga ZubarryAlberto ArgibayA single mother descends into alcoholism. At an AA meeting, she tells the story of how the habit destroyed her personal and professional life.
- DirectorKjell-Åke AnderssonStarsMikael PersbrandtPing Mon H. WallénSaga SamuelssonThe story about 5-year-old Lisa's unconditional love for her alcoholic father. There is also a depiction of Sweden in the 70's and working class fading ideals. The mother leaves the family and Lisa struggling to maintain the image of the hero father. In the end, Lisa is facing a life-changing choice. Based on true events.
- DirectorMichael CainMatt RadeckiStarsRick KirkhamTom BrokawJames BrownA man tries to discover his purpose in life after searching through 3000 hours of video and over 5000 photos.
- DirectorHeath JonesStarsAnnika MarksSharon LawrenceChase MowenGracie knows hangovers. She's intimately acquainted with them. But this one? Why did she wake up half-dressed on a Florida beach, 1100 miles from home? And this time her father--who also knows about the tragedy of addiction from his struggles with Gracie's mom--will not clean things up. Suspicious and distrustful of everyone, including a café owner with her own troubled history, Gracie prefers the relief of alcohol--which had always worked for her. When she's arrested for public drunkenness and attacking a police officer, Gracie is given a choice: six months in jail or 90 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in 90 days, in the small town in which she has landed. She's not used to strangers caring about her, but perhaps the power of community can help her sidestep the landmines lining her path to sobriety--especially the ones she's laid herself. "GRACE." compassionately looks at the disease of addiction through a young woman inching towards redemption.
- DirectorKinga DebskaStarsAgata KuleszaMaria DebskaDorota KolakWe look at three women. The 40-year-old prosecutor Dorota, the young student Magda and a distinguished surgeon, Teresa. They have something in common, an alcohol addiction.
- DirectorMichael E. WoodStarsJamie Lee CurtisAward-winning actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis draws on her experience with alcoholism and drug addiction to offer insight and a solution for those who are struggling.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsAnn SheridanSteve CochranWalter BrennanIn 1920s Arkansas, after a 12 year absence, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too.
- DirectorLyndy SavilleStarsDerek MalcolmIan NathanFrom the Classic Movie Docs library- Discovering, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them. This episode focuses on Richard Harris
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsGena RowlandsJosef SommerNan WoodsBased on the life of the former first lady, this film depicts the ups and downs of Betty Ford, the wife of President Gerald Ford. While Betty seems to ease into her prominent role in the White House and becomes a popular public figure, she must contend with breast cancer and secretly abuses both prescription medications and alcohol. Eventually, she confronts her problems, leading to the founding of the Betty Ford Center, a chemical dependency treatment facility.
- DirectorDaisy GoodwinStarsSarah BuffRaymond CarverJerry DavisWhen Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic.
- DirectorErmanno OlmiStarsRutger HauerAnthony QuayleSandrine DumasAn alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the cathedral.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderCarey MulliganJames Badge DaleA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsArielle HolmesCaleb Landry JonesBuddy DuressA young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsHarry EdenVinnie HunterMolly ParkerA young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
- CreatorSimone FinchStarsSofia Black-D'EliaSasha CompèreLily Mae HarringtonFollows Samantha Fink who, after a spectacularly embarrassing public breakdown, is forced to move back home with her overbearing mother to sober up and avoid jail time.