Movies Like The Lost Weekend
If you liked The Lost Weekend (1945), a drama movie directed by Billy Wilder, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Mank (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
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Back to Black (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s…
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
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Insomnia (2002)
★ 7/10Also dramaTwo Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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Tetro (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaIn Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer haunted by their family’s past. As Bennie uncovers Tetro’s hidden manuscript, old secrets and rivalries resurface…
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Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaZamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to…
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
★ 8.3/10Also dramaA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaIn Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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The Way Back (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school…
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The Eternal Daughter (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAn artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.
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The Cider House Rules (1999)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaHomer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer…
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaBruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
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Trumbo (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaThe career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaAn alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her…
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The Best of Enemies (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaCenters on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation…
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If I Stay (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaMia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her…
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Awakenings (1990)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaDr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled…
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Killer's Kiss (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaDavey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaWhen architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
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The Sense of an Ending (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.