THEME EXPLORATION

alcoholism and escapism

33 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Walking
Walking
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Winter Flies
Winter Flies
2018 · Olmo Omerzu
Affliction
Affliction
1998 · Paul Schrader
Pilots
Pilots
1995 · Christian Petzold
Erupcja
Erupcja
2026 · Pete Ohs
Dodes’ka-den
Dodes’ka-den
1970 · Akira Kurosawa
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Hets
Hets
1944 · Ingmar Bergman
Le Beau Serge
Le Beau Serge
1958 · Claude Chabrol
Le Sceicco bianco
Le Sceicco bianco
1952 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Little Mister Jim
Little Mister Jim
1946 · Fred Zinnemann
My Name is Joe
My Name is Joe
1998 · Ken Loach
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
Pause
Pause
2018 · Tonia Mishiali
Amor idiota
Amor idiota
2004 · Ventura Pons
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Elia Kazan
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Lars von Trier
Journey’s End
Journey’s End
1930 · James Whale
Butterflies Have No Memory
Butterflies Have No Memory
2009 · Lav Diaz
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Héctor Babenco
Reality+
Reality+
2014 · Coralie Fargeat
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs
2014 · Tsai Ming-liang
Suicide Room
Suicide Room
2011 · Jan Komasa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria/USA

His masterpiece 'The Lost Weekend' is the definitive cinematic portrait of alcoholism's psychological spiral and the desperate escapism it represents.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His unflinching examinations of addiction and self-destruction, especially in 'Dancer in the Dark' and 'Dogville', reveal how escapism through substance abuse masks deeper trauma and despair.