Movies: Alcoholism

The people at the centre of this film are lawyers, civil servants, housewives, managing directors and mothers. They are also alcoholics. In her documentary, Carolin Schmitz explores the protagonists’ stories and their strategies for survival: the lit...

Kasper's life is full of speed. He has a wonderful girlfriend, a successful career as a racing driver, and loves his university studies. But underneath the surface traces from a traumatic and violent childhood threaten his road to adulthood....

A man is visited by the physical manifestation of his inner demon of alcoholism - an adorable 2-foot blue puppet....

After a raucous, reckless night of partying, an inebriated teenager finds a mysterious red potion left behind on his counter, altering his destiny....

An animated short outlining the problems with alcohol consumption....

The final stages of alcohol addiction are juxtaposed with the official attitude of Polish authorities towards the success of the ever-growing national alcohol industry....

America may be ready for a blind woman who has a career or is raising a family, but is it ready for a blind woman who doesn't conform to the norms of proper behavior?...

In this gritty Amsterdam Docs Festival road movie, a filmmaker helps an alcoholic panhandler reunite with the kids she had abandoned, but in a relentless search for her redemption, he uncovers a terrible secret – the mother of all human nightmares....

Edvard Oja is the object as well as subject of his own film. This is an honest story about chronical alcoholism, about the author's journey through treatment, religion, death and friendship. Edvard has been always supported by his mother who has prov...

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An angel and devil fight for the soul of a drunkard who cannot resist just one more drink....

With a loving gaze and shaking hand the now adult Kathrine reenters her father's deeply alcoholic world....

Just Because you decide to forget the past doesn't mean the past will forget you...

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In Dependence is a documentary film about a middle aged couple trying to balance their lives in the riptide of alcoholism and co-dependency....

A time-bending superhero is ambushed by his friends who claim he has no superpowers, but rather is a blackout drunk....

An experimental and critical view on the decadence of Honduran society. It practically has no narrative structure, as it plays out as a day-in-the-life-of the eponymous Ángel, a kid who's a shoe-shiner....

After a dark night, a man considers his options in life...

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A quarantine short about grief and the horrors of the cosmos....