THEME EXPLORATION

alcoholism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Affliction
Affliction
1998 · Paul Schrader
8 Million Ways to Die
8 Million Ways to Die
1986 · Hal Ashby
Days of Wine and Roses
Days of Wine and Roses
1962 · Blake Edwards
A Drunkard’s Reformation
A Drunkard’s Reformation
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Hets
Hets
1944 · Ingmar Bergman
Le Beau Serge
Le Beau Serge
1958 · Claude Chabrol
Little Mister Jim
Little Mister Jim
1946 · Fred Zinnemann
My Name is Joe
My Name is Joe
1998 · Ken Loach
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Elia Kazan
Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes
Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes
1907 · Georges Méliès
Journey’s End
Journey’s End
1930 · James Whale
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'The Lost Weekend' remains the definitive cinematic exploration of alcoholism's psychological and social devastation.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films like 'Drunken Angel' and 'High and Low' examine alcoholism as both personal tragedy and symptom of broader social corruption.

 Ari Aster USA

His works use alcohol as a lens to explore grief, dysfunction, and the breakdown of human relationships in contemporary life.