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Films with theme "Films about alcoholism", sorted by production date
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Project X (2012)
, 1h23Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Martin Klebba, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Alexis Knapp
In Pasadena, high school students Costa and J.B. plan to throw a party for their friend Thomas' birthday, aiming to increase their popularity. Thomas' parents go away for the weekend, leaving him alone in the house, but warn him not to have too many people over, and not to drive his father's Mercedes. Thomas is reluctant to have the party at his house, but Costa continues with his plan. Costa hires AV-student Dax to chronicle the night's events. Costa and J.B. advertise the party throughout the school. Thomas himself invites Alexis, the hottest girl at school, and his best friend Kirby, who has a crush on Thomas.
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Martin McDonagh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about dogs, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish
Marty Faranan (Farrell) is a struggling writer in Los Angeles, California who dreams of finishing his screenplay, Seven Psychopaths. Marty's best friend, Billy Bickle (Rockwell), is an unemployed actor who makes a living by kidnapping dogs and collecting the owners' cash rewards for their safe return. His partner-in-crime is Hans Kieslowski (Walken), a religious man with a cancer-stricken wife, Myra. Billy helps Marty with Seven Psychopaths, suggesting he use the "Jack of Diamonds" killer, perpetrator of a recent double murder, as one of the seven "psychopaths" in his script. Marty writes a story for another psychopath, the "Quaker", who stalks his daughter's killer for decades, driving the killer to suicide and ultimately cutting his own throat to follow him to hell.
Ted (2012)
, 1h46Directed by Seth MacFarlane
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Comedy science fiction films, Mise en scène d'un ours, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about toys, Buddy films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale, Giovanni Ribisi, Patrick Warburton
In 1985, John Bennett is a lonely child living in Boston, who wished for his new Christmas gift—a large teddy bear named Ted—to come to life and become his friend. The wish coincides with a shooting star and comes true; word spread and Ted was briefly a celebrity.
Bill W. (2012)
, 1h44Origin USA
Genres Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
The film includes interviews with several recovering alcoholics who are photographed in dark shadows to obscure their identity, and also makes use of dramatic reenactments to visualize key events in Wilson's life. Blake J. Evans portrays Wilson in the film.
Spirit (2012)
, 2h25Directed by Ranjith
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Mohanlal, Kanika, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Madhu, Lena, Kalpana
Raghunandan is an ex-Bank of England employee who resigned his lucrative job because he was bored with the rather sedentary and mundane nature of his work. Having lived in different parts of the world as a bank employee, he chose journalism as his next career and worked in different cities in India. He now works for a TV news channel as an interviewer in a popular show named "Show the Spirit". In the mean time, he is in the process of writing an English novel too. He is essentially a loner but is a compulsive alcoholic and has an expensive collection of vintage drinks at home.
Mama Illegal (2012)
, 1h35Origin Austria
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
À l'instar de nombre d'autres, trois femmes moldaves quittent tout, même leurs enfants, et ce au péril de leur vie, pour tenter de rejoindre l'Europe de l’Ouest afin d'y trouver ce travail qui fait défaut dans leur patrie déchirée politiquement et sinistrée économiquement. Après avoir donné tout leur argent à des passeurs, elles se retrouvent employées comme femmes de ménage, qui en Autriche, qui en Italie. Espérant une régularisation de leurs statut et subsistant dans l'illégalité, elles sont perpétuellement angoissées et vivent dans la crainte d'une arrestation et de leur expulsion vers la Moldavie et leur retour dans leur petit village natal.
The Outraged (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Tony Gatlif
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La mondialisation, Films about racism, La précarité, Documentaire sur l'altermondialisme, Documentary films about racism
Actors Nawel Ben Kraïem
Une immigrée africaine, Betty, est confrontée aux injustices de l'Europe et est témoin de la montée de l'indignation sur le « vieux continent ».
Smashed (2012)
, 1h21Directed by James Ponsoldt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullaly, Mary Kay Place
Kate Hannah (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), an elementary school teacher, arrives at work hungover and vomits in front of her class. Asked by a student if she is pregnant, she pretends she is, then continues the lie to the school principal, Mrs. Barnes (Megan Mullally). Her co-worker Dave (Nick Offerman) reveals that he knows she has been drinking and she makes him swear not to tell anyone.
That's My Boy (2012)
, 1h56Directed by Sean Anders, Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about pedophilia
Actors Adam Sandler, Ian Ziering, Leighton Meester, Susan Sarandon, Todd Bridges, Andy Samberg
In 1984, Donny Berger's teacher, a hebephile named Mary McGarricle (Eva Amurri Martino), begins a sexual relationship with him. When she is discovered inciting him to sexual activity on a piano during an assembly, she is sentenced to a lengthy prison term where it is revealed she is pregnant. The court gives custody of the unborn child to Donny's abusive father until Donny himself is at the legal age to assume custody.
Arthur (2011)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Luis Guzmán, Greta Gerwig, Nick Nolte
Boozy Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) and his chauffeur, Bitterman (Luis Guzmán), dress up in Batman and Robin costumes for a formal dinner hosted by Arthur's mother, Vivienne (Geraldine James). The dinner is intended to announce Arthur as the new chairman of her corporation, Bach Worldwide. Driving to the dinner in a Batmobile, an intoxicated Arthur is chased by police, arrested and released the next day.
Shun Li and the Poet (2011)
, 1h40Directed by Andrea Segre
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about racism, La précarité
Actors Rade Šerbedžija, Zhao Tao, Marco Paolini, Roberto Citran, Giuseppe Battiston
Shun Li (Zhao Tao) has been working in a textile workshop in the outskirts of Rome for eight years trying to obtain the documents to bring her son to Italy. She is suddenly transferred to Chioggia, a small island town situated in the Venetian lagoon to work as a bartender in a tavern. Bepi (Rade Šerbedžija), a fisherman of Slavic origin, nicknamed by friends as "the Poet", has been visiting the little inn for years. Their meeting is a poetic escape from loneliness, a silent dialogue between different cultures. It is a journey into the heart of a deep lagoon, known to be a mother and birthplace of identity. But the friendship between Shun Li and Bepi disturbs both communities, Chinese and Chioggia, which hinders this new journey, which perhaps is simply still too scary.
The Rum Diary (2011)
, 1h50Directed by Bruce Robinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films
Actors Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi
Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) is an author who hasn't been able to sell a book. He gets a job at a newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, he meets Sala (Michael Rispoli), who gets him acclimatised and tells him he thinks the newspaper will fold soon. Kemp checks into a hotel and while idling about on a boat in the sea, meets Chenault (Amber Heard), who is skinny-dipping while avoiding a Union Carbide party. Kemp is immediately smitten with her.
Everything Must Go (2011)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Peña, Laura Dern, Stephen Root, Christopher Jordan Wallace
Salesman Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) is fired from his job of 16 years following an unspecified incident in Denver related to his alcoholism. He sits in the parking garage after leaving the office, drinking from a flask. He then takes the Swiss Army Knife he was given as a farewell gift and stabs it into his supervisor's car tires, only to leave the knife (which has his name on it) and run away when he is unable to pull it back out from the tire. He immediately drives to a convenience store and buys a large amount of beer. When he returns home, he finds his wife is gone, the locks have been changed, and his belongings have been strewn all over his front lawn. His wife has left him a letter telling him that she is leaving him, also over the Denver incident, and to not contact her.
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about dogs, Tintin films, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
Young journalist Tintin and his dog Snowy are browsing in an outdoor market in Brussels, Belgium. Tintin buys a miniature model of a ship, the Unicorn, but is then accosted by Barnaby and Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, who both unsuccessfully try to buy the model from Tintin. Tintin takes the ship home, but it is accidentally broken, resulting in a parchment scroll slipping out of the model and rolling under a piece of furniture. Meanwhile, detectives Thomson and Thompson are on the trail of a pickpocket, Aristides Silk. Tintin, later finds that the Unicorn has been stolen. He then visits Sakharine in Marlinspike Hall and accuses him of the theft when he sees a miniature model of the Unicorn, but when he notices that Sakharine's model is not broken, he realizes that there are two Unicorn models. Once Tintin returns home, Snowy shows him the scroll. Moments later, Barnaby arrives at Tintin's residence, but is fatally shot and killed. After reading an old message written on it, Tintin puts the scroll in his wallet, but it is stolen by Silk the next morning.
The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)
, 1h46Directed by Philippe Le Guay
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Fabrice Luchini, Natalia Verbeke, Sandrine Kiberlain, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Audrey Fleurot
Set in Paris in the 1960s, the film is a social comedy that pits the propriety of a well-to-do French family with the earthiness and humour of Spanish cleaning ladies who work in their apartment building. It follows Monsieur Joubert (Fabrice Luchini), an unadventurous stockbroker, as he befriends the Spanish maids who live on the top floor of his building. Maria (Natalia Verbeke), his new maid, introduces him to her compatriots and their simple but happy lives animated by friendship and folklore, in contrast to the relative emotional austerity of his own life. Slowly he recovers his joie de vivre by tasting life's simple pleasures; when his wife (Sandrine Kiberlain) falsely accuses him of having an affair he moves into an empty room in the servants' quarters upstairs, the first time he has had a bedroom of his own.