Welcome to movie night with The Sober Curator! No need for booze or drugs, we’ve got your entertainment cravings covered. This corner of our site is dedicated to recommending movies and documentaries that are sure to captivate, inspire, and entertain. So, grab some popcorn, whip up your favorite mocktail, and indulge in your go-to sweet treats as you cozy up for a cinematic treat.
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If a Netflix marathon is more your speed, check out THE MINDFUL BINGE for a list of TV series that get our sober seal of approval!
Senior Sober Curator Patti Clark revisits Days of Wine and Roses, the classic film starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, through the lens of childhood grief, family alcoholism, and long-term recovery. In this deeply personal reflection, Patty explores how the film’s unflinching portrayal of addiction mirrored her own experience watching her mother’s alcoholism unfold, and why its message about love, recovery, and the painful limits of saving someone still resonates decades later.
There is a bit in Hacks season three where a DJ (Daughter of Deborah Vance) deadpans that she got sober…
These 26 Gen-X movies are more than nostalgic comfort watches. From Groundhog Day and The Breakfast Club to Clueless and The Truman Show, these iconic ’80s and ’90s films offer fresh lessons about sobriety, reinvention, second chances, and sober comebacks.
HBO’s Euphoria delivers one of the best addiction scenes on TV to date to set the tone for the highly anticipated season 2
A thoughtful sober perspective on Rose Byrne’s intense portrayal of addiction and recovery. How this film captures the reality of addictive behaviors and emotional strain.
Denzel Washington is not standing at a podium telling you his rock bottom story. He is not on the cover…
One Peep at a Time. (Yes, I Went There.) It started, as most of my best ideas do, with a…
When Brent Ogburn joined us on The Sober Curator podcast, he talked openly about channeling his personal recovery journey into…
It was a real treat to hop on a virtual chat with fellow sober Seattleite Casey McGuire Davidson, host of…
There’s a moment in this conversation when filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty describes parents walking out of his documentary screenings with tears in their eyes…
Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, follows Mike and Claire—better known onstage as Lightning and Thunder—two people…
“People think it’s all about misery and desperation and death,” Renton says. “But what they forget is the pleasure of…
I somehow missed “Being Charlie” when it came out in 2016. That was a year of transition for me, the…
Recovery Beyond’s new documentary ‘Walking On Ice’ is nothing short of a visceral, heart-thumping testament to what happens when recovery…
If you’re sober and love to laugh so hard your LaCroix might geyser out your nose, hit pause on life…
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when compassion meets storytelling, PBS and Independent Lens have your answer. The…
“Mood swings, mood swings, mood swings.” That opening lyrics sets the tone — or should I say vibration — for…
After watching the Charlie Sheen documentary, I was left with one question: “Will the real Charlie Sheen please stand up?”…
Let’s be honest: this one feels exactly like what it is—a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. If you’re into the…
“Once you can laugh at yourself, that’s when true healing can begin.” Brent Ogburn doesn’t present it as a mantra…
I just finished the 5-hour Billy Joel documentary, “And So it Goes.” I’m left with the sadness of what a…
“Bob and the Monster” is an award-winning documentary that charts the wild, heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive journey of Bob Forrest,…
“Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” is a moving portrait of recovery that avoids Hollywood clichés. Director Gus…
I’m a total horror junkie. I’ve got an annual Shudder subscription, and in my apartment there’s a framed scratch-off poster…
When filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty set out to document the world of addiction recovery, he didn’t expect to uncover a billion-dollar…
The movie kicks off with Mark Twain’s sly observation: “I’ve suffered a great deal of pain in my life, most…
Released in 2000, Eminem’s “Stan” became more than a hit — it became an integral part of the cultural lexicon.…
Grab your dad, your cousin Ricky, and definitely alert your big brother who still quotes Billy Madison every Thanksgiving—because Happy…
Sobriety isn’t just about the moment you quit—it’s about what happens after. This is the ethos behind the Sober Curator Podcast,…
There’s something profoundly refreshing about a love story that doesn’t rely on alcohol to fuel its passion or create its…
