Time2Surrender

I was looking for suggestions on recovery movies.Or movies about alcoholism and addiction.Not all these movies have happy endings.Any more suggestions would be appreciated.Thank you.

• My name is Bill W.
• The lost weekend
• Drunks
• Gia
• When a man loves a woman
• Barfly
• The Rose
• The boost
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Clean and Sober
• 28 days
• Of wine and roses

Doug

Isn't "Trainspotting" an addiction movie? (or is it "Trainspotters?")

Leaving Las Vegas was pretty good IMO, as was Clean and Sober.

I'll have to put my thiniking cap on for some others...

Time2Surrender

Yup,I forgot about "Train spotting" Thanx Doug,I will add that to my list.

Dan

"Rush".
With Jason Patrick and Jennifer Jason-Leigh.
You'll have to look hard for the recovery angle.
But the addiction picture is crystal clear.

Time2Surrender

Rush was a good one.Greg Allman made a good drug dealer too.

Time2Surrender

"Permanant midnight" and "Drugstore cowboy" are two more I forgot about.All though I am trying to find more movies about recovery.

clancy!

Hmm, is trainspotting a reovery movie??? I find most flicks, as with songs that are supposed to recovery based are just ssoooooooo cheesy! y'know,watch with vomit bowl...

clancy!

One book I absolutely loved though about a guys journey through heroin and everything else addiction is 'Wonderland Avenue' by Danny Sugerman, you know the guy who managed the Doors? Its a great unoficial rock biog, a really gripping read, id give it five stars for entertainment value,and its poignant without being sick makingly cheesy. Another great read on the same subject (and also a great movie too,but its in german,with subtitles) is Christiane F. Its an oldie now,but its great,with footage of a cool David Bowie concert in Berlin. Anyone read these?

clancy!

Ah, yeah,how about Midnight Express?? that is an awesome movie!

saac

I saw a movie about 10 years ago called christina f or h or a not sure. I can't find it anymore. Maybe some of you know what I am talking about. that was a good movie I thought anyway. I was really the only one. ahhahaha

Time2Surrender

No,I wouldnt say its a recovery movie.More of an addiction movie.I dont even remember how it ends.

Termite

Along the lines of Permanent Midnight and Drugstore Cowboy- Jesus Son (book by Denis Johnson, movie was OK. Definite narcotic tailspin and the movie included recovery.)

namelessone

The Days of Wine and Roses
and
My name is Bill W
Are my favorites

Taking5

"The Boost" with James Woods was a good movie, sadly he did not recover in that movie. Woods also played Bill Wilson in "My name is Bill W".

NOMOMERLOTMAMMA

Things We Lost in the Fire (really good)
You Kill Me (funny in a dry way)

beingjenagain

When a Man Loves a Woman- Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia
Loveit! Makes me cry at the reality of it!

kj3880

Try "Candy" with Heath Ledger. Turned out he had reason for being so good at playing an addict, sadly. This is a really good, harrowing look at what heroin can do.
kj

lilbit

1. Fight Club "Only when you lost everything....are you truely free"
+Brad Pitt

2. SNATCH (turn "Pikey" speak on) "Do you know what nemisis means?"
+Brad Pitt

3. Barfly "I don't hate the cops...I just feel better when they're not around"
+Mickey Rourke

4. Last Temptation Of Christ "Why should I follow you?"
+Willem DeFoe

5. Mosquito Coast ""A know it all...that's sometimes right"
+Harrison Ford
++River Pheonix (hottie hot)

6. Trainspotting (USE subtitles!) "He lacks the moral fiber"
+Euwan MacGreggor

7. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas "Oh...he's my attorney"
+Johnny Dep

8. Ticket to Heaven "What's wrong with you?"
+ANYBODY that fears being brainwashed for a "greater" cause....

9. SPUN "???????????????"
+Brittany Murphy

10. Requiem for a Dream "This is not happening...and even if it was...that's okay"
+Ellen Burnstyn

11. Pollok "I AM NOT BRINGING A CHILD INTO THIS!!!!!!!!!!"
+Marcia Gay Harding
++Ed Harris IS POLLOK!

12. Harold & Maude The whole script is awesome........
+Ruth Gorden as the MOTHER of "Cougar"

Zencat

Salton Sea.
The Bad Lieutenant.
Man with the Golden Arm.

lilbit

Boy was that one movie there tuff to watch! I had to turn it off the first time...then watched it again later...GREAT MOVIE. Harvey Kietell (spelling wrong) IS THE MAN! Talk about hitting ROCK BOTTOM!?! That poor guy went thru the wringer and took everyone in his path with him....didn't get enough praise fer that film. Guess the whole full frontal nudity thing just scared the hell out of everyone. I had a heck of a time with the nuns getting raped in the church....FREAKED ME OUT! But...it was part of the disturbing story line. Funny how we get where we are today. I was also watching the John Adams story on HBO...where they tar and feathered people back in the good really old days. BOILLING HOT TAR...then the mob threw feathers on the poor fellow...then stuck him on top of a big log...and marched his twitchy body all through the town squares. AND I WAS ALL UPSET ABOUT GETTING THROWN OFF SOBERCIRCLE!?! YIKES!
Anyhow...our countries fore-fathers were a ruff bunch. And can we talk about what the WOMEN had to go thru?!?....BEFORE THEY WERE BURNED AT THE STAKE?!!! DOUBLE YIKES!!
Anyhooo...Stay clean and SOBER...just for today...all day...ONE DAY AT A TIME!
PEACE!