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.

The Last Posse

1953

English

6.5

♡ 4

50%

Alfred L. Werker Director

Wanda Hendrix as Deborah

Guy Wilkerson as George Romer

Frank Hagney as Posse Rider Cord

Herman Hack as Townsman

A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.

High Road to China

1983

English

6.1

♡ 5

64%

Brian G. Hutton Director

Bess Armstrong as Eve Tozer

Ric Young as Kim Su Lee

Tom Selleck as O'Malley

Jeremy Child as Silversmith

A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955

English

7.2

♡ 3

86%

Daniel Mann Director

Timothy Carey as Derelict

Ruth Storey as Marge Belney

Bill Walker as Porter

Richard Conte as Tony Bardeman

Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.

Our Dancing Daughters

1928

English

6.7

♡ 2

61%

Harry Beaumont Director

Anita Page as Ann

Kathlyn Williams as Ann's Mother

Joan Crawford as Diana Medford

Huntley Gordon as Diana's Father

A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.

The Bank Dick

1940

English

7.1

♡ 3

96%

Edward F. Cline Director

Jack Rube Clifford as Cop

Pierre Watkin as Mr. Skinner

Carey Loftin as Townsman

Mary Field as Woman with Cherries on Hat

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

Appointment with a Shadow

1957

English

6.5

♡ 2

Richard Carlson Director

Frank DeKova as Dutch Hayden

Brian Keith as Lt. Spencer

Joanna Moore as Penny Spencer

Fred Sadoff as (uncredited)

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

Day for Night

1973

French

8.0

♡ 16

98%

François Truffaut Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alphonse

François Truffaut as Ferrand, le réalisateur

Georges Delerue as Georges, le compositeur

Jacqueline Bisset as Julie Baker

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Young Adult

2011

English

6.3

♡ 43

80%

Jason Reitman Director

Patrick Wilson as Buddy Slade

Louisa Krause as Front Desk Girl

Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary

J.K. Simmons as Mavis's Publisher

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

You Kill Me

2007

English

6.4

♡ 33

79%

san francisco, california

serial killer

Thriller

John Dahl Director

Bill Pullman as Dave

Ben Kingsley as Frank Falenczyk

Téa Leoni as Laurel Pearson

Luke Wilson as Tom

While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.

Sweet Dreams

2024

English

5.5

♡ 9

69%

Lije Sarki Director

Jay Mohr as Frank

Theo Von as Garvey

Johnny Knoxville as Morris

Beth Grant as Sandra

Morris navigates his way through a mandatory stay at Sweet Dreams sober living. In an attempt to get his life back on track, he agrees to coach a misfit softball team of his fellow housemates.

8 Million Ways to Die

1986

English

5.8

♡ 13

38%

Action

alcoholic

based on novel or book

Crime

Drama

investigation

los angeles, california

prostitute

showdown

Thriller

Hal Ashby Director

Andy Garcia as Angel Maldonado

Christa Denton as Laurie Scudder

Rosanna Arquette as Sarah

Jeff Bridges as Scudder

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.

Smashed

2012

English

6.7

♡ 19

83%

husband wife relationship

support group

teacher

James Ponsoldt Director

Natalie Dreyfuss as Amber

Aaron Paul as Charlie Hannah

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Hannah

Kyle Gallner as Owen Hannah

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

La femme de ma vie

1986

French

6.6

♡ 1

Régis Wargnier Director

Andrzej Seweryn as Bernard

Elsa Lunghini as Eloïse

Jane Birkin as Laura

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Pierre

Simon, a famous violinist, sinks into alcoholism. He finds support from his lover, who is also the manager of the orchestra in which he plays. But is she really helping him or is she exploiting his dependence on her? A man who has been through the same experience as Simon, offers to help him...

Cat Ballou

1965

English

6.7

♡ 19

90%

74%

Action

alcoholic

based on novel or book

Elliot Silverstein Director

John Marley as Frankie Ballou

Ethelreda Leopold as Townswoman

Harry Harvey as Train Conductor

John Roy as Train Passenger

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Small Town Crime

2017

English

6.6

♡ 28

82%

Eshom Nelms Director

Joey Miyashima as Dealership Owner

Robyn Lively as Deborah Nevile

Daniel Sunjata as Detective Whitman

Octavia Spencer as Kelly Banks

Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.

Written on the Wind

1956

English

7.3

♡ 12

88%

76%

Action

alcoholic

based on novel or book

Douglas Sirk Director

Ron Nyman as Bailiff

Maidie Norman as Bertha

Robert J. Wilke as Dan Willis

John Larch as Roy Carter

Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.

War Horse

2011

English

7.2

♡ 149

74%

Steven Spielberg Director

Tom Hiddleston as Capt. Nicholls

Nicolas Bro as Friedrich

Benedict Cumberbatch as Maj. Jamie Stewart

Emily Watson as Rose Narracott

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012

English

7.0

♡ 24

31%

Rob Reiner Director

Christopher McCann as Bookstore Owner

C.J. Wilson as Fire Captain

Nicolette Pierini as Flora O'Neil

Morgan Freeman as Monte Wildhorn

In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.