Hillbilly Elegy

2020-11-11

child abuse, based on novel or book, drug addiction, american dream, ohio, overdose, heroin, kentucky, yale university, drug rehabilitation, hillbilly, based on memoir or autobiography, single mother, law student, appalachian, appalachian mountains, mother son relationship, mother son estrangement

Beautiful Boy

2018-10-12

san francisco, california, based on novel or book, drug addiction, biography, based on a true story, drug rehabilitation, methamphetamine, based on memoir or autobiography, father son relationship, 2018, domenica

A Million Little Pieces

2019-08-30

based on novel or book, drug addiction, rehabilitation, male homosexuality, drug rehabilitation, based on memoir or autobiography, woman director

Postcards from the Edge

1990-09-14

drug rehabilitation, hollywood, based on memoir or autobiography, drug addict, actress, mother daughter relationship

Toast

2010-12-30

adolescence, cooking, nostalgia, autobiography, based on memoir or autobiography, cookies, woman director, 1960s, mother son relationship, gay

La Luna

1979-08-29

italy, parent child relationship, secret, heroin, diva, widow, son, singer, teenager, drugs, desire, incest, addict, mother son incest

Clean

2004-09-01

paris, france, loss of loved one, junkie, rock star, heroin, addiction, ontario canada, drug overdose, recovering addict, vancouver, chinese restaurant, estranged son

Gejagt bis zum Morgen

1957-12-06

based on memoir or autobiography

A Walk in the Woods

2015-09-02

mountain, hiking, backpacker, climbing, appalachia, friends, based on memoir or autobiography, appalachian trail

Sincerity

1939-09-10

based on novel or book

Go Ask Alice

1973-01-24

prostitute, rape, runaway, based on novel or book, drug addiction, cocaine, heroin, lsd, high school, marijuana, drugs, mother daughter relationship

Reversal of Fortune

1990-10-05

coma, based on novel or book, biography, murder, lawyer, based on memoir or autobiography, law student, socialite, diabetes

Mountain Justice

1937-04-24

parent child relationship, doctor, appalachian

Peacock Feathers

1925-10-18

yale university

The Basketball Diaries

1995-04-21

new york city, heroin, sports, basketball, addiction, friends, based on memoir or autobiography, drugs, 1960s, school suspension

Sucht

drug abuse, addiction

Losing Isaiah

1995-03-17

mother, child abuse, single parent, based on novel or book, smoking, baby, social work, drug addiction, adoption, liberation, social worker, self-abandonment, court case, custody battle, son, looking for  birth parents, surrogate mother, racist, interracial relationship, extramarital affair

A Knife

rehabilitation, drugs

Pure

2002-09-13

waitress, baby, birthday, drug addiction, drug dealer, rehabilitation, heroin, vomit, friends, football (soccer)

Amy

2015-07-03

jazz, drug addiction, rehabilitation, overdose, jazz singer or musician, biography, addiction, drug rehabilitation, drug addict, drug overdose, addict, eating disorder, downward spiral

Ben Is Back

2018-12-05

drug rehabilitation, drug addict, yonkers, new york, christmas, mother son relationship, stolen dog

The Paper Chase

1973-10-16

based on novel or book, harvard university, college, law student, study group, paper airplane, mentor protégé relationship, rhetoric

Cherry

2021-02-26

post traumatic stress  disorder, based on novel or book, drug addiction, bank robber, iraq war veteran, based on memoir or autobiography, iraq war

Synanon

1965-05-05

drug addiction, drug rehabilitation

A Time to Live

1985-10-27

based on novel or book, disabled child, montreal, canada, based on a true story, mother son relationship, muscular dystrophy

Behind the Candelabra

2013-05-26

based on novel or book, celebrity, based on a true story, in the closet, las vegas, based on memoir or autobiography, gay

Breakthrough

2019-04-10

based on novel or book, based on memoir or autobiography

Blood and Law

1965-08-29

Sandbar

2012-10-26

ohio, road trip, independent film, soldier, drugs, christmas, father son relationship

White Carnations

2017-11-20

mother, single parent, parenthood, single mother, family, child

Coming Out of the Ice

1982-12-31

biography, based on memoir or autobiography

Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story

2005-04-06

rock star, heroin, grunge, dysfunctional family, drug rehabilitation, tragic event, drug overdose, dying young, 1980s

Хмель. Фильм второй: Исход

1991-01-02

based on novel or book, sequel

Хмель. Фильм первый: Крепость

1991-01-01

based on novel or book

Heaven Knows What

2015-05-29

suicide, new york city, based on novel or book, infidelity, drug addiction, drug dealer, heroin, addiction, love, heroin addict, razor blade, homeless, homeless girl, new york

The Chronology of Water

sexual abuse, suicide attempt, violent father, heroin, swimmer, based on memoir or autobiography, divorce, molestation, lgbt, alcoholic father, child molestation, flunking out of school, childhood sexual abuse, woman director, father daughter conflict, abusive father

Honey Boy

2019-11-08

vietnam veteran, rehabilitation, motel, drug rehabilitation, alcoholic, child star, alcoholic father, child smoking, autobiographical, woman director, child actor, abusive father, child protagonist, irresponsible parent, father son relationship

Jesus' Son

1999-09-05

drug abuse, magic mushroom, dark comedy, independent film, drugs, psychedelics, heroin addict, woman director

Two Days, Nine Lives

2001-03-02

movie business, rehabilitation, car crash, drug rehabilitation, drug addict

American Heart

1992-12-19

based on novel or book, prisoner, seattle, alcoholism, ex-con, father son relationship

The Dark Swan

1924-11-26

based on novel or book

Lucky

2017-05-20

based on novel or book, single mother

Dad

1989-10-27

based on novel or book, parent child relationship, heart attack, los angeles, california, father son relationship, grandfather grandson relationship

The False Student

1960-10-08

based on novel or book

In the Cellar

1981-10-03

based on novel or book

Trainspotting

1996-02-23

london, england, scotland, based on novel or book, drug addiction, drug dealer, nightclub, junkie, heroin, cold turkey, edinburgh, scotland, modern society, hallucination, friendship, monologue, surrealism, dark comedy, stealing, drug rehabilitation, drug dealing, drugs, cult film, recovering addict, illegal drugs, drug culture, antihero

Jumpin' at the Boneyard

1992-01-01

sibling relationship, drug addiction, heroin

All We Had

2016-12-09

based on novel or book, poverty, woman director, mother daughter relationship

Horsey

1997-10-05

drug addiction, bisexuality, toxic relationship

A Day in the Death of Donny B.

1969-06-10

drug addiction, junkie, drug addict, heroin addict, drug habit

The Way Back

2010-09-03

escape, india, gulag, american, thug, based on memoir or autobiography

Åsa-Hanna

1946-03-18

based on novel or book

Pegeen

1920-01-01

based on novel or book

Same Kind of Different as Me

2017-10-20

based on novel or book, homeless person, marriage, friendship, based on a true story, based on memoir or autobiography, art dealer

No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me

2018-11-16

based on comic, mother son relationship

The C-Word

2015-05-03

cancer, based on memoir or autobiography, blogger

Labor Day

2013-12-27

based on novel or book, country house, escaped convict, depressed mom, mother son relationship

The Joy Luck Club

1993-09-08

based on novel or book, chinese, family, chinese american, mother daughter relationship

Terms of Endearment

1983-11-20

loss of loved one, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, texas, cancer, astronaut, single mother, neighbor neighbor relationship, narcissistic mother

Mother and Son

1997-02-20

countryside, parent child relationship, spiritual, dying mother, mother son relationship

Familie Buchholz

1944-03-03

based on novel or book

Snow Dogs

2002-01-18

based on novel or book, adoption, husky, log cabin, dog-sledding race, alaska, fish out of water, sled dogs, father son relationship, mother son relationship

The Paradise

2019-11-08

Detour

2017-01-20

mother, law, light, student, law student

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

1976-04-11

based on novel or book, widow, revenge, sailor, seaside town, devon, mother son relationship

Misunderstood

1984-05-31

based on novel or book, parent child relationship, family drama, widower, tunisia

Heroin(e)

2017-09-03

drug addiction, heroin, drugs, heroine

Люблю. Жду. Лена

1983-10-24

based on novel or book

Don't Get High on Your Own Supply

1998-01-01

drug addiction, narration, heroin, friendship, addiction, friends, drugs, drug addict, interracial friendship, heroin addiction

Mom

2019-10-19

drug abuse, drug dealer, immigrant, dead mother, family, drug overdose, family tragedy, family film, mom

Broken

2006-11-04

drug abuse, junkie, heroin, addicted, addiction, aspiring singer, domestic abuse, drugs

Pigskin Parade

1936-10-23

american football, hillbilly, yale