Top Alcoholic Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Lee Marvin

Fredric March

Robert Ryan

Jeff Bridges

The Iceman Cometh (1973)

6.0 30 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 239 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.

Plot: prostitute, saloon, despair, based on play or musical, alcoholic, traveling salesman, greenwich village, barflies

Time: 1910s

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Cast

Robert Englund

Rodney Eastman

Danny Hassel

Andras Jones

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

5.9 1.6K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Plot: high school, dreams, nightmare, sadism, psychopath, supernatural, diner, resurrection, ...

Cast

Nicholas Hoult

Gabriel Byrne

Emily Watson

Julie Walters

Wah-Wah (2005)

5.9 38 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Swaziland, France

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.

Plot: adultery, brain tumor, alcoholism, divorce, swaziland

Time: 1960s

Cast

Thomasin McKenzie

Anne Hathaway

Shea Whigham

Sam Nivola

Eileen (2023)

5.8 405 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.

Style: dark, psychological

Plot: prison, sexual abuse, based on novel or book, winter, kidnapping, boston, massachusetts, female friendship, ...

Time: 1960s

Place: new england

Cast

Robert Patrick

Nick Stahl

Scott Haze

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Kelli Garner

What Josiah Saw (2021)

5.8 91 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: 18

Story: A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

Plot: farm, small town, suicide, robbery, fortune teller, sibling relationship, kidnapping, gambling debt, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Michael Shannon

Nicholas Hoult

Elle Fanning

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Young Ones (2014)

5.7 336 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Africa, United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.

Plot: dystopia, rain, love, murder, bandit, alcoholic, drought, rejuvenate, ...

Time: future

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

Jessica Harper

Bob Hoskins

Veronica Cartwright

Inserts (1975)

5.7 46 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.

Plot: necrophilia, film in film, agoraphobia, hollywood, porn director, alcoholic, porn actress, voyeurism, ...

Time: 1930s

Cast

Virginie Efira

Adu00e8le Exarchopoulos

Gaspard Ulliel

Sandra Hu00fcller

Sibyl (2019)

5.7 521 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.

Plot: adultery, island, paris, france, obsession, writing, psychoanalysis, alcoholism, ...

Cast

Imran Khan

Anushka Sharma

Pankaj Kapur

Shabana Azmi

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013)

5.7 45 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 151 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.

Plot: village, alcoholism, farmland, class warfare, rich vs poor, delirium tremens, father daughter relationship

Place: india

Cast

Ruth Wilson

Mark Stanley

Sean Bean

Esmu00e9 Creed-Miles

Dark River (2017)

5.6 91 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: NR

Story: After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

Plot: sexual abuse, abusive father, alcoholism, yorkshire, guilt

Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

5.5 2.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.

Plot: friendship, amnesia, tattoo, idiot, girlfriend, stupidity, cannabis, hangover, ...

Serenity (2019)

5.5 1.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.

Plot: video game, virtual reality, fisherman, domestic violence, co-workers relationship, alcohol abuse, cajun, older woman younger man relationship, ...

Cast

Julia Garner

Jessica Henwick

Hugo Weaving

Daniel Henshall

The Royal Hotel (2023)

5.4 273 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals' behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Style: gritty, intimate

Plot: friendship, tourist, female friendship, workplace, alcoholism, sexual harassment, cultural difference, female protagonist, ...

Cast

Najarra Townsend

Caroline Williams

Katie Stegeman

Alice Macdonald

Contracted (2013)

5.4 549 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 84 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young woman contracts what she believes to be an STD—but it ends up being a far worse disease.

Plot: rape, indoor plant, vomit, one-night stand, worm, sexual intercourse, lesbian relationship, descent into madness, ...

Cast

Melissa McCarthy

Susan Sarandon

Kathy Bates

Mark Duplass

Tammy (2014)

5.3 1.3K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: For burger-joint employee Tammy, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. It's time to hit the road, but without money or transportation, Tammy's options are limited. Her only choice is a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother Pearl, who has a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. It's not the escape Tammy had in mind, but it may be what she needs.

Style: absurd

Plot: robbery, alcoholism, road trip, female protagonist, on the road, fired from the job, blunt, reckless driving, ...

Cast

Michael Fassbender

Rebecca Ferguson

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jonas Karlsson

The Snowman (2017)

5.2 2.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery

Country: Sweden, United Kingdom

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Plot: based on novel or book, winter, gun, detective, cellar, snowman, serial killer, snow, ...

Cast

Adam Driver

Giancarlo Esposito

Nathalie Emmanuel

Aubrey Plaza

Megalopolis (2024)

5.2 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit. Between them stands Julia, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar forces her to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the fate of humanity.

Plot: new year's eve, infidelity, suicide, widow, wedding reception, dystopia, mayor, attempted murder, ...