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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
After 16-years pass, a group of former students decide to visit their sickly, wheel-chair bound teacher Ms. Park at her country cottage for an impromptu class reunion before the frail woman dies. Once the tearful hellos are complete, it becomes clear that the ex-classmates have blossomed into raging alcoholics, bulimics and plastic surgery addicts, thanks to Ms. Park's early childhood schooling. Soon, the happy gathering turns into a nightmare as...
2) Julia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Julia is a 40-year-old alcoholic on the constant decline. She spends the nights partying, usually not knowing where she is, when she wakes up. Because of that, she loses her job. Her only friend, Mitch, a recovering alcoholic himself, makes her go to an AA meeting, where she meets her neighbor, Elena. Elena tells Julia that she wants to kidnap her son who is living with his very rich grandfather and go back to Mexico with him and she needs Julia to...
Publisher
Amazon Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
On 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.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From maverick filmmaker William A. Wellman (The public enemy, Nothing sacred) comes the original, timeless tale of Hollywood fantasy and heartbreak: A star is born. Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom only to have them shattered by a ruthless, cold-hearted town without pity, where the chances of finding fame are one in a hundred thousand. Enter falling (and falling down drunk) movie star Norman Maine (Fredric March),...
6) The way back
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Jack Cunningham was a basketball star with a full university scholarship when he walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Now years later, Jack is spiraling down, and drowning in alcoholism. When he is asked to coach the team at his alma mater, he reluctantly accepts. As the boys start to come together as a team and win, Jack may have finally found a reason to confront his demons. But will it be enough to heal the deep wounds of his past...
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
©2022
Language
English
Description
"Cassie Bowden [is] living her best sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently witness a murder, she becomes entangled in another international intrigue." --container.
8) Crazy heart
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The powerful story of a country music star's rocky road to redemption. Bad Blake is a boozy, broken-down singer who reaches for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the music. But will Bad's hard-livin' ways and crazy heart cost him his last chance at a comeback?
10) A star is born
Series
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
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 alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a shot at stardom, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamour machine . She and her idol Norman marry; but as her star rises, his comes crashing down.
11) The good house
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hillary Good [is] a realtor in an idyllic New England town, whose wickedly funny tongue and seeming success mask her life's one dark truth: She enjoys her wine a bit too much. But Hildy's good a keeping it together--until, that is, a rekindled romance with high school flame Frank Getchell sets in motion a chain of events that forces a decades-in-the-making confrontation with Hildy's buried past....The Good House is a multifaceted portrait of a proud,...
12) Joe the king
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Joe Henry, a sensitive but tough working class kid, struggles valiantly to survive the collosal roadblocks fate has placed in his path, while relating to his drunken, abusive father, a cynical busboy at the local greasy spoon, his burnt-out mom, and his inept guidance counselor.
14) Against time
Publisher
Distributed by Westlake Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
About to finish high school, budding inventor Z.T. dreams of escaping both his sleepy town and his gloomy, widowed dad, Cole. But his ambitions get a stunning reality check with the arrival of Zack, a raving, 68-year-old drunk claiming to be the boy's older self. Suspiciously unable to recall the exact details, Zack is desperate to avert a single, tiny mistake he claims sent the rest of his years into a tragic downward spiral. As the two forge a shaky...
15) Nebraska
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An estranged son and his alcoholic father travel from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar sweepstakes prize.
16) The way back
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Years after walking away from a college basketball scholarship, an alcoholic man is asked to return to his former high school as a basketball coach.
17) Young adult
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mavis Gary is a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either. Special features: commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, and Q & A featuring Janet Maslin and Jason Reitman.
18) My zinc bed
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This three-character piece centers on Paul, a young poet and recovering alcoholic; billionaire businessman Victor, who befriends and employs him; and Victor's young wife Elsa, an alcoholic who has chosen to recover without the help of Paul's relied-upon AA meetings.
Series
Criterion collection volume 410
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Withering from alcoholism, British consul Geoffrey Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife, but only further alienating himself.
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