
Movies that feel likeThe Lost Weekend (1945)
If you loved The Lost Weekend, the closest films we have are Sunset Boulevard (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951) and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). All three share The Lost Weekend's contemplative and atmospheric feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Set-Up (1949).
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If The Lost Weekend hit the spot, these will too

Billy Wilder working the same nerve twice
The difference: Easier on the paranoia than The Lost Weekend

The same hand behind both of them: Billy Wilder
The difference: Takes it somewhere less paranoid than The Lost Weekend does

Two things both keep coming back to: film noir and black and white

Both are built on the same subject: paranoia

One thread runs through both: film noir
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Lost Weekend does

Common ground: black and white
The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Lost Weekend does

Contemplative and atmospheric in the same breath

Both keep coming back to the same thing: alcoholism
The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1970s show

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Both lean on paranoia more than on drama

Atmospheric drama, and it commits to that

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