alcoholism
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    Movies

    Timecode (2000)

    Four simultaneous, improvised stories center around a movie producer (Saffron Burrows), his wife...

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    The Sound and the Fury (1959)

    Fallen Southern aristocrats (Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton) fall further.

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    The Entertainer

    British song-and-dance man Archie (Laurence Olivier) knows he's a failure, and so does his alcoholic...

  • She's So Lovely picture
    Movies

    She's So Lovely (1997)

    Institutionalized for an accidental shooting, a man (Sean Penn) returns 10 years later to find his...

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    Hud (1963)

    A housekeeper (Patricia Neal) sees a Texas cattle rancher (Melvyn Douglas) clash with his son (Paul...

  • A New Kind of Love picture
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    A New Kind of Love

    On his way to Paris to cover the fashion shows, a reporter meets a department stor buyer but finds...

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    Foxes (1980)

    A San Fernando Valley Girl (Jodie Foster) tries to keep her friends out of trouble and away from sex...

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    Silent Movie (1976)

    A washed-up director (Mel Brooks) and his buddies (Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise) attempt a comeback...

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    Body Shots (1999)

    The possible date rape of an acquaintance frames this look at several L.A. friends and their views...

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    The Verdict (1982)

    A boozing lawyer (Paul Newman) takes on a law-firm dean (James Mason), the Archdiocese of Boston and...

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    Movies

    The Sea Gull (1968)

    Filmed adaptation of Chekhov's classic.

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    The Sergeant (1968)

    A gay Army sergeant discovers he has feelings for one of his privates.

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    The Rose (1979)

    An exhausted rock star (Bette Midler) turns to drugs, alcohol and a lover (Frederic Forrest) when...

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    Written on the Wind (1956)

    A Texas oilman's (Robert Stack) sister makes him doubt his wife (Lauren Bacall) and best friend...

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    Movies

    The Night of the Iguana (1964)

    In Mexico, an unfrocked clergyman (Richard Burton) juggles relationships with three women of...

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    Marion Bridge (2003)

    Three estranged sisters (Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith) reunite in their hometown in...

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    The Shining (1980)

    A writer (Jack Nicholson) goes mad while serving as caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and...

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    Movies

    Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)

    A young sailor returns home to discover his girl has married an older, wealthy man.

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    Movies

    The Country Girl (1954)

    An alcoholic stage actor (Bing Crosby) leans on his wife (Grace Kelly) as he tries to make a...

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    Movies

    Live-in Maid (2007)

    A member (Norma Aleandro) of Argentina's decaying upper class can no longer afford to pay her...

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    Bird (1988)

    Jazz saxophonist Charlie ``Bird'' Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34...

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    Some Came Running (1958)

    An ex-GI writer (Frank Sinatra) hangs out with a gambler (Dean Martin) and a floozy (Shirley...

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    Movies

    Chelsea Walls (2002)

    A writer, a painter, two poets and a pair of musicians deal with their careers and romance at a New...

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    Hoosiers (1986)

    A college basketball coach (Gene Hackman) leaves the Navy in 1951 and becomes coach of an underdog...

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    Movies

    Fat City (1972)

    A young fighter (Jeff Bridges) inspires a boozing ex-boxer (Stacy Keach) working as a fruit picker...

  • A Star Is Born picture
    Movies

    A Star Is Born (1954)

    A Hollywood star (James Mason) drinks away his career, as his singer wife (Judy Garland) becomes...

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    Movies

    New York Doll (2005)

    Arthur ``Killer'' Kane, former New York Dolls bassist, becomes a Mormon after hitting rock bottom.

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    Movies

    The Gauntlet (1977)

    Las Vegas oddsmakers say a detective (Clint Eastwood) and a prostitute (Sondra Locke) will never...

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    Movies

    The Big Hangover (1950)

    The boss's (Percy Waram) daughter (Elizabeth Taylor), an amateur psychiatrist, helps a young lawyer...

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    Movies

    Broken Blossoms (1919)

    A Mongolian Buddhist (Richard Barthelmess) takes in a London boxer's (Donald Crisp) abused daughter...