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husband wife relationship

7.3

♡ 24

100%

Victor Fleming Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Minor role

Fredric March as Norman Maine

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Posture Coach

Irving Bacon as Station Agent

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Fallen Leaves

2023

Finnish

♡ 27

97%

Aki Kaurismäki Director

Alma Pöysti as Ansa

Simon Al-Bazoon as Internet-kahvilan pitäjä

Martti Suosalo as Raunio

Alina Tomnikov as Tonja

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

Playing Hard

2018

Polish

6.5

♡ 10

50%

Drama

Kinga Debska Director

Marcin Czarnik as Dominik

Jowita Budnik as Girl's mother

Marian Dziedziel as Painter

Joachim Lamza as Politician Wladek

Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the problem secret and rescues her from many troubles but he slowly loses patience. A respected children surgeon Teresa has lost her family due to drinking problem, all she is left with is her job at the hospital where she is the main doctor. The situation goes out of control when the woman comes drunk to the hospital. A student, Magda, likes to party hard and because she is a good student and has a great job, no-one opposes that. At one moment, the girl loses control. A tragedy happens.

Crazy Heart

2009

7.2

♡ 72

90%

Scott Cooper Director

Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jean Craddock

Colin Farrell as Tommy Sweet

Robert Duvall as Wayne

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.

Another Round

2020

Danish

7.7

♡ 118

93%

Thomas Vinterberg Director

Mads Mikkelsen as Martin

Lars Ranthe as Peter

Bill Clinton as Self

Angela Merkel as Self

Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.

Dark River

2017

inspired by novel or book

5.9

♡ 16

81%

Clio Barnard Director

Ruth Wilson as Alice

Joe Dempsie as David

Sean Bean as Richard Bell

Esme Creed-Miles as Young Alice

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.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

8.0

♡ 18

94%

91%

Elia Kazan Director

Robert J. Anderson as Augie

William Smith as Boy

Mickey Kuhn as Boy at Christmas Tree Throw

Gloria Talbott as Teen-Age Girl in Classroom

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

A Royal Hangover

2014

6.8

95%

Arthur Cauty Director

Russell Brand as Self

Emily Robinson as Self

Howard Saddler as Self

David Nutt as Self

A Royal Hangover is a feature length documentary about the ambivalent alcohol culture of Britain. Think Bowling For Columbine, only with alcohol instead of guns. Drinking for Britain: We don't shoot ourselves to death here, we kill ourselves with drink - much more dignified!

Yolngu Boy

2001

6.4

♡ 3

79%

Stephen Johnson Director

Sean Mununggurr as Botj

Buwata Mununggurr as Milika

Jack Thompson as Policeman

Jose Element as Policeman at Wharf

After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey from North East Arnhem Land to Darwin to seek help from a tribal leader.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

2018

7.2

♡ 1

american football player

based on play or musical

Benedict Andrews Director

Brian Gleeson as

Colm Meaney as Big Daddy

Jack O'Connell as Brick

Sienna Miller as Maggie

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

The Royal Hotel

2023

5.7

♡ 37

89%

Kitty Green Director

Hugo Weaving as Billy

Daniel Henshall as Dolly

Julia Garner as Hanna

Jessica Henwick as Liv

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.

Clean and Sober

1988

6.7

♡ 18

61%

Glenn Gordon Caron Director

Morgan Freeman as Craig

Michael Keaton as Daryl Poynter

Pamela Dunlap as Jane

M. Emmet Walsh as Richard Dirks

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.

Hud

1963

7.8

♡ 18

86%

89%

Martin Ritt Director

John Indrisano as Barroom Brawler

Paul Newman as Hud Bannon

Val Avery as Jose

John Roy as Show Spectator

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

The Spectacular Now

2013

7.0

♡ 131

92%

76%

based on young adult novel

James Ponsoldt Director

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Holly

Andre Royo as Mr. Aster

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Sara

Miles Teller as Sutter

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

7.2

♡ 146

34%

96%

artist

Olivia Newman Director

Harris Dickinson as Chase Andrews

Jojo Regina as Little Kya

Billy Slaughter as Social Services Officer

David Strathairn as Tom Milton

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Journey's End

2017

6.7

♡ 51

91%

Saul Dibb Director

Paul Bettany as

Sam Claflin as Captain Stanhope

Asa Butterfield as Raleigh

Robert Glenister as The Colonel

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.

Asesinos inocentes

2015

Spanish

5.7

♡ 3

Gonzalo Bendala Director

Manolo Solo as Fiscal

Maxi Iglesias as Francisco Garralda

Javier Hernández as Manuel Ballesteros

Aura Garrido as Nuria Abreu

Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic degree. When his teacher catches him copying on a test, he requires him to perform a very unethical task in exchange for passing and thus achieving his goal.

Vincent

2024

6.3

♡ 2

Alan King Director

Christopher Kirby as Jesse

Jack McCulloch as Little Kim

Greg Fleet as Micky St Peters

Mercia Deane-Johns as Narrator

Troubled writer, Vincent, escapes to an isolated retreat, determined to complete his first novel. However, his solitude is short lived as a dark force suddenly encroaches and Vincent becomes immersed in a violent and cathartic awakening.

The Unbreakable Boy

2025

6.0

♡ 14

43%

97%

autism