Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "heavy-drinker"

1. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.

Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss

Votes: 226,709

2. Killing Them Softly (2012)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 153,118 | Gross: $15.03M

3. The Way Back (I) (2020)

R | 108 min | Drama, Sport

Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins

Votes: 52,824 | Gross: $13.59M

4. Cracker (1993–1996)

TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.

Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 7,867

5. Bad Santa (2003)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter

Votes: 155,153 | Gross: $60.06M

6. Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998)

Comedy

Political satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.

Stars: Neil Pearson, Jeff Rawle, David Swift, Stephen Tompkinson

Votes: 1,615

7. Hud (1963)

Passed | 112 min | Drama, Western

Honest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde

Votes: 23,936 | Gross: $10.00M

8. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East

Votes: 24,261

9. At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Comedy

A normal everyday family strike it rich by winning the lottery. Their life dramatically changes with their new-found wealth.

Stars: Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Sarah Smart, Sarah Churm

Votes: 1,379

10. Rev. (2010–2014)

30 min | Comedy

The misadventures of an Anglican vicar, his wife, and a small but odd group of parishioners in London.

Stars: Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman, Steve Evets, Miles Jupp

Votes: 2,799

11. Twisted (I) (2004)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn

Votes: 23,104 | Gross: $25.20M

12. Black Butterfly (II) (2017)

R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A reclusive screenwriter takes in a mysterious drifter who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his latest story.

Director: Brian Goodman | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Vincent Riotta

Votes: 14,917

13. Metalhead (2013)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

A girl is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in the dark music of Black Metal and dreams of becoming a rock star.

Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Thora Bjorg Helga, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson

Votes: 7,867

14. City of Tiny Lights (2016)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Krishna Floyd, Cush Jumbo

Votes: 2,494

15. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda

Votes: 1,652

16. Greed in the Sun (1964)

122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Reginald Kernan, Bernard Blier

Votes: 2,718

17. Best (2000)

102 min | Biography, Drama

Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks.

Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: John Lynch, Ian Bannen, Jerome Flynn, Ian Hart

Votes: 846

18. Blotto (1930)

Approved | 26 min | Short, Comedy

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Baldwin Cooke

Votes: 1,809

19. The Rack Pack (2016)

TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant Alex Higgins and the methodical Steve Davis.

Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins, Luke Treadaway

Votes: 1,272

20. XL (2013)

88 min | Drama

Leifur Sigurdarson, an unstoppable ladies man and alcoholic parliament member, is forced in rehab by his friend and boss, the Prime Minister of Iceland. But before he gets spanked in public... See full summary »

Director: Marteinn Thorsson | Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, María Birta, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir

Votes: 254

21. Lizzie (1957)

Approved | 81 min | Drama

During the 1950s, a Los Angeles psychiatrist uses hypnosis to treat a 25-year-old woman who's suffering from multiple personality disorder.

Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell, Hugo Haas

Votes: 690

22. O methystakas (1950)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A poor cobbler has become a drunkard and the laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When she falls in love with a rich young man, her father tries in vain to hide his passion from his family.

Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Orestis Makris, Dimitris Horn, Billy Konstantopoulou, Athanasia Moustaka

Votes: 391

23. Hellraisers (2000 TV Movie)

62 min | Documentary

An affectionate look at celebrity hellraisers whose shocking antics and outrageous exploits have gained them both ridicule and respect.

Directors: Glenn Barden, Martin Callanan | Stars: John Michie, Peter 'Dougal' Butler, Michael Feeney Callan, Clive Everton

Votes: 30

24. Alex Higgins: The People's Champion (2010 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The rise and fall of the former world snooker champion, Alex Higgins.

Director: Jason Bernard | Stars: James Nesbitt, Bill Borrows, Ann Brown, Steve Davis

Votes: 52

25. Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957)

94 min | Comedy, Drama, Adventure

After a long absence, Pito Pérez (Germán Valdés), a homeless man, returns to his village and recounts all his adventures.

Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Germán Valdés, Anabelle Gutiérrez, Andrés Soler, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

Votes: 91

26. Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story (2001 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Documentary on the life and career of legendary snooker player, Alex Higgins.

Director: Nick Lord | Stars: Ann Brown, Gordon Burn, Steve Davis, Ken Doherty

27. O ponos tou bekri (1966)

80 min | Drama

Trapped in a downward spiral of self-loathing, a once-successful merchant and now an alcohol-dependent loner tries to drown his sorrows, after the disappearance of his only son. Can the mysterious and kind new friend help him find him?

Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Orestis Makris, Thanasis Mylonas, Betty Moshona, Sasa Kastoura

Votes: 21

28. Three Women (2014)

72 min | Documentary

Through the sad lives of three women of different age, who live in the same depressing quarter of Lódz, we get a glimpse into the city's gloomy present.

Director: Anna Jadowska

29. Hippolytus and His Violin (1963)

77 min | Comedy

A violinist finds himself entangled in the affairs of a recently dumped man when the latter asks him to escort him home. Will he get out of the tight spot? Can he make things right again between his forlorn new friend and his ex-lover?

Director: Panos Glykofrydis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Giannis Argyris, Koulis Stoligas, Nini Jannet

Votes: 77

30. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Offener Fall (1991)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Walter Bolitz, a heavy drinker, meets an old acquaintance who has received a heap of money. He has been hired to commit murder and he wants to share some of his pay.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Maja Maranow

Votes: 54

31. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Feverman (1988)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A skeptical doctor wants to prove to his desperate friend with a sick daughter that the local legendary healer he wants to see is a fraud.

Director: Michael Gornick | Stars: John C. Vennema, David McCallum, Abby Lewis, Patrick Garner

Votes: 262

32. Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
Episode: Les premiers empires (1978)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

On the empires of Babylon, Assyria, Persia, and others from about BC 2000 to BC 323.

Director: Albert Barillé | Stars: Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand

Votes: 83

33. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Fortune Feimster Meets Drunk Megan (2021)

14 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Doug Budin, Shane Douglas, Fortune Feimster, Jeff Lewis

34. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Amityville Horror: Murdered One by One Pt. 1 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

It was the crime that inspired the legend of the Amityville horror. In November 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered inside their beautiful seaside home.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Harvey Aronson, Paula Uruburu, Daniel Genis

Votes: 22

35. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Amityville Horror: Evil in the House Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Para psychologists and psychics descend on the house to investigate who murdered the DeFeo family and why.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Mitch Turner, Laura DiDio, Ziv Cohen

Votes: 20

36. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Take My Life, Please (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A comic who was one-half of a legendary Vegas duo from the 1970s is found dead on the eve of their reunion show, while the body of a fugitive who bombed an abortion clinic is dumped in Las Vegas with over 100 bullet holes in him.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 653

37. Bored to Death (2009–2011)
Episode: Forty-Two Down! (2010)

TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jonathan attempts to repair the relationship between a poet/limousine driver and his wife. Ray has a meeting with Kevin Bacon.

Director: Troy Miller | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns

Votes: 316

38. Legends (2006– )
Episode: Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy (2010)

Documentary, Music

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Director: Matt O'Casey | Stars: Mark Radcliffe, Michael Anderson, Blondie Chaplin, Lee Davenport

Votes: 20

39. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Never Surrender (2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Chumlee is charged with getting a remote controlled car running. Rick has a Winston Churchill letter verified. But he is creeped out, not to mention risking eternal damnation, when he ... See full summary »

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell

Votes: 54

40. A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014)
Episode: Undercover Cloth: Part One (2013)

88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The City of Town is being menaced by a vicious gang of armed robbers. After one particularly brutal bank robbery in which Todd Carty is savagely murdered, Cloth is persuaded to return to the force in order to catch the thieves.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Todd Carty, Tony Pitts, Guy Flanagan, Callum Dixon

Votes: 147

41. American old west facts (2023– )
Episode: What it Was Like to be a Madam in an Old West Saloon? (2023)

15 min | Documentary, History

Let's meet some of the women who struck it rich in the American Old West by operating brothels.

42. Sex Sent Me to the ER (2013– )
Episode: It Was a Doozy (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

An obese virgin accidentally injures his partner; a musician collapses during an intimate moment; a man with a genital injury is visited by both his wife and his girlfriend while he's in the emergency room.

Stars: Gregg Casarona, Shannon Cooney, Kate Dion-Richard, David William Murray Fisher

Votes: 19

43. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Legacy (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Tragedy strikes again when Bobby Kennedy is assassinated; Ted Kennedy must overcome scandal and misfortune to continue the family legacy and pass the torch to the next generation.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Adam Walinsky, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Barbara Perry

Votes: 42