The 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 eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
Fra sin flygtige barndom som Norma Jeane, gennem hendes opståen til stjernestatus og romantiske forviklinger, slører dette genskabte fiktive portræt af Hollywood-legenden Marilyn Monroe linjerne for fakta og fiktion for at udforske den voksende splittelse mellem hendes offentlige og private jeg.
Da Pete og Ellie beslutter sig for at adoptere, åbner en helt ny verden sig for dem. De håber at blive plejeforældre til et lille barn, men da de møder en 15 årig pige, den oprørske Lizzy og hendes to søskende, står de pludseligt med ansvaret for tre børn i stedet for som planlagt et. Pete og Ellie forsøger efter bedste evne at omstille sig til forældrerollen, hvilket er noget svære end som så.
En hurtig bane kokain og lidt vodka, og den erfarne pilot Whip Whitaker er klar til at flyve sit rutefly til Atlanta. Da flyet får mekaniske problemer, lykkes det med en mirakuløs manøvre Whip at nødlande og redde næsten alle de ombordværende. Efter landingen fejres Whip som en helt. Men da en blodprøve afslører, at Whip havde alkohol i blodet, bliver han stillet til regnskab af myndighederne.
Kate og Charlie er gift og deres forhold er et langt stykke henad vejen baseret på en fælles kærlighed til alkohol. Da Kate indser at hendes alkoholforbrug er ude af kontrol, beslutter hun sig for at blive clean. Hun finder en støttegrupppe og begynder stille og roligt at få kontrol over sin afhængighed. Samtdigt begynder forholdet til Charlie og deres ægteskab at falde fra hinanden.
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.
Udspillet i 1969 vokser en tolv-årig op i Key West med sin mor, som betaler regningerne ved at strippe på den lokale topløse bar. Drengen finder ud af hendes aktiviteter og forsøger at overbevise hende om at stoppe, uden held. En lokal restaurantejer hyrer ham til at samle fisk fra en båd ude i bugten, og drengen opdager, at restaurantejeren bruger fiskene til at bringe stoffer ind til land. Han stjæler et læs og sælger det, så hans mor har råd til at sige sit job op.
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.
An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.
Narko og afhængighed bringer to barndomskæresters kærlighed – og liv – i fare, mens de kæmper for at overleve i en usikker verden.
On New Year's Day, two boys wind up in the apartment of Katerina, a teacher from their school, along with her friends, Stepan and David. As the older trio bickers, drinks and flirts, the boys gain eye-opening insight into the adult world.
A soap opera parody along the lines of Young Doctors in Love (1982).
When a substance abuse counsellor gets arrested for a DUI and returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister that she's never met.
Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess. It all changes when a new girl appears at school. She's introduced to a world of drugs, lesbians and sex. She's thrilled. Her life, at last, becomes exciting. Is it going to last? "Barash" is a coming of age story, planted in the heart of Israeli society, about a young woman who struggles to find her self-identity in an environment that has different ideas about sex, drugs and love.
When fourteen-year-old Naomi reunites with her estranged cousin, innocent curiosities lead to a night of drinking, debauchery, and betrayal in the shadows of a small Ohio factory town.
Ralph Macchio, once a former teen idol, once on top the world in the 80s. Now he is a family man with a loving wife and the nicest man in Hollywood... that is the problem. Because he never once participated in a scandal he is not as popular as he used to be. Sick and tired of it, his wife stages an intervention with his former co stars and manager. They explain to him that in order to further his career he has to shed the nice guy routine and become the most hated man in America. With some inspiration by other scandalous celebrities such as Colin Farrell and Christian Bale; Macchio decides to partake in every scandal known to modern America. Will he succeed in his career or would he go too far?
Follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation.
Set to a vibrant landscape, 'April' follows the emotional up-and-down journey of a full-of-life high school girl, named April (played by Celine Alva), as she navigates change, friendships, and ultimately a decision that could permanently alter her life.