Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear just dropped on Hulu, and nobody is calling it what it is: a sobriety documentary wearing a drum kit. AB stayed up way too late watching it so you can too.
Browsing: MOVIE NIGHT
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.
Need NA drink ideas? Our HAPPY EVERY HOUR section is brimming with non-alcoholic beverages to quench your thirst.
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!
Janey Lee Grace watches her younger self come alive on the big screen in WHAM! 10 Days in China and reflects on big hair, pop stardom, touring with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, and the role alcohol was already beginning to play behind the scenes. Decades later, sobriety gives her a very different view of the young woman living inside that extraordinary moment.
I went to see Spider-Man: Brand New Day in 3D with my son and cried in my glasses. Then I remembered the guy in the suit is sober, founded a non-alcoholic beer brand, and just dropped limited-edition Spidey cans sold at movie theaters. Your friendly neighborhood NA beer has arrived.
Three days before her 30th birthday, an astrologer asked Patti Clark a question that made her whole body burn with shame. The movies had taught her that alcoholics were derelicts, weaklings, or doomed outlaws. Then she walked into her first AA meeting in Tucson and found out Hollywood had it wrong.
When Kim Bellas screened the TOX trailer for 40 women at her Sober White Party in New York City, the room went silent. The founder of Sober Is the New Cool on Kerri Lynn Miller’s 10-year journey to make a film about addiction, perfectionism, and the search for worthiness.
I saw “Union County” as a 15-minute short back in 2020, before Will Poulter and Noah Centineo ever signed on. Now it’s a Sundance feature opening August 14, and it still gets rural recovery right.
The ’80s brought us more than just big hair; it gave us movies that dared to show addiction without the glam. But did they really get it right? Dive into a sober rewatch and discover what these films missed.
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…