Editing Alcoholics Anonymous (section)

===Film===
* ''[[My Name Is Bill W.]]''&nbsp;– dramatized biography of co-founder Bill Wilson.<ref name="RT-NameBillW">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/md65m/my-name-is-bill-w/ |title=Review: My Name Is Bill W |last1=Turner |first1=Adrian |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017 |archive-date=21 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043640/http://www.radiotimes.com/film/md65m/my-name-is-bill-w/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="People-NameBillW">{{cite magazine |url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-my-name-is-bill-w-vol-31-no-17/amp/ |title=Picks and Pans Review: My Name Is Bill W |last1=Jarvis |first1=Jeff |date=1 May 1989 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story]]''&nbsp;– a 2010 film about the wife of founder Bill Wilson, and the beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous and [[Al-Anon]].<ref name="HR-LoisW">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/when-love-not-enough-lois-29505 |title=When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story – TV Review |last1=Dawn |first1=Randee |date=14 October 2010 |location=US |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Variety-LoisW">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/tv/reviews/when-love-is-not-enough-the-lois-wilson-story-1117942613/ |title=Review: 'When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story' |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |date=23 April 2010 |location=US |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Bill W. (film)|Bill W.]]''&nbsp;–  a 2011 biographical documentary film that tells the story of Bill Wilson using interviews, recreations, and rare archival material.<ref name="WKSU-BillW">{{cite web |url=http://www.wksu.org/news/story/31179 |title=Bill W. documentary at CIFF |last1=Urycki |first1=Mark |date=27 March 2012 |location=Kent, Ohio |publisher=[[WKSU]] |access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="LAT-BillW">{{cite news |title='Bill W.' cuts through the anonymity|first=Sheri |last=Linden|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-bill-w-capsule-20120518,0,3940309.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles|date=18 May 2012 |access-date=22 May 2012|quote=Laudatory but never simplistic, "Bill W." is a thoroughly engrossing portrait of Wilson, his times and the visionary fellowship that is his legacy.}}</ref>
* ''[[A Walk Among the Tombstones (film)|A Walk Among the Tombstones]]'' (2015), a mystery/suspense film based on [[Lawrence Block]]'s books featuring [[Matthew Scudder]], a recovering alcoholic detective whose AA membership is a central element of the plot.<ref name="Independent-WalkTombstones">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/a-walk-among-the-tombstones-film-review-neeson-could-sleepwalk-down-these-mean-streets-9742137.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918214352/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/a-walk-among-the-tombstones-film-review-neeson-could-sleepwalk-down-these-mean-streets-9742137.html |archive-date=2014-09-18 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=A Walk Among The Tombstones, film review: Neeson could sleepwalk down these mean streets |last1=Macnab |first1=Geoffrey |date=18 September 2015 |location=UK |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[When a Man Loves a Woman (film)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]'' – a school counselor attends AA meetings in a residential treatment facility.<ref name="NYT-WhenManLovesWoman">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04EFD61430F93AA15757C0A962958260 |title=Review/Film: When a Man Loves a Woman; A Woman Under the Influence |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |date=29 April 1994 |location=US |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Clean and Sober]]'' – an addict (alcohol, cocaine) visits an AA meeting to get a sponsor.<ref name="Ebert-CleanSober">{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/clean-and-sober-1988 |title=Review: Clean and Sober |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |date=10 August 1988 |location=US |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]/rogerebert.com |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'' – a 1962 film about a married couple struggling with alcoholism. [[Jack Lemmon]]'s character attends an AA meeting in the film.<ref name="NYT-DaysWineRoses">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1731E767BC4052DFB7668388679EDE |title=Movie Review: Days of Wine and Roses |last1=Crowther |first1=Bosley |date=18 January 1963 |location=US |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Drunks (film)|Drunks]]'' – a 1995 film starring Richard Lewis as an alcoholic who leaves an AA meeting and relapses. The film cuts back and forth between his eventual relapse and the other meeting attendees.<ref name="Variety-Drunks">{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/drunks-1200442995/ |title=Review: 'Drunks' |date=11 September 1995 |location=US |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)|Come Back, Little Sheba]]'' – A 1952 film based on a play of the same title about a loveless marriage where the husband played by [[Burt Lancaster]] is an alcoholic who gets help from two members of the local AA chapter.<ref name="NYT-Sheba">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF173DE560BC4C51DFB4678389649EDE |title=Come Back, Little Sheba |last1=Crowther |first1=Bosley |date=24 December 1952 |location=US |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref> A 1977 TV drama was also based on the play.
* ''[[I'll Cry Tomorrow]]'' – A 1955 film about singer [[Lillian Roth]] played by [[Susan Hayward]] who goes to AA to help her stop drinking. The film was based on Roth's [[I'll Cry Tomorrow (book)|autobiography of the same name]] detailing her alcoholism and sobriety through AA.<ref name="NYT-CryTomorrow">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E02E2D71F3DE03BBC4B52DFB766838D649EDE |title=Screen: Return From Alcoholism; 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' Is Film at Music Hall Susan Hayward Seen in Lillian Roth Story Lana Turner as 'Diane' |last1=Crowther |first1=Bosley |date=13 January 1956 |location=US |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Variety-CryTomorrow">{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1954/film/reviews/i-ll-cry-tomorrow-1200417903/ |title=Review: 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' |date=31 December 1954 |location=US |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[You Kill Me]]'' – a 2007 crime-comedy film starring [[Ben Kingsley]] as a mob hit man with a drinking problem who is forced to accept a job at a mortuary and go to AA meetings.<ref name="SeattleTimes-RachelMarried">{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20070706/youkill060/hi-im-frank-and-im-an-alcoholic-hitman-in-you-kill-me |title=Hi, I'm Frank and I'm an alcoholic hitman in "You Kill Me" |last1=Macdonald |first1=Moira |date=6 July 2007 |location=US |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="TorontoStar-RachelMarried">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2007/07/06/rehab_for_the_reaper.html |title=Rehab for the reaper |last1=Howell |first1=Peter |date=6 July 2007 |location=Canada |work=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Smashed (film)|Smashed]]'' – a 2012 drama film starring [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]. An elementary school teacher's drinking begins to interfere with her job, so she attempts to get sober in AA.<ref name="NYT-Smashed">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/movies/smashed-by-james-ponsoldt-looks-at-alcoholism.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/movies/smashed-by-james-ponsoldt-looks-at-alcoholism.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |title=A Relationship's Glue Is Made of Alcohol |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |date=11 October 2012 |location=US |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 June 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''[[Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot]]'' – a 2018 biography/comedy/drama by Gus Van Sant, based on the life of cartoonist [[John Callahan (cartoonist)|John Callahan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot review – Van Sant's disability drama misses the mark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/20/dont-worry-he-wont-get-far-on-foot-review-gus-van-sant-joaquin-phoenix-sundance-2018 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Doctor Sleep (2019 film)|Doctor Sleep]]''&nbsp;– Released in 2019, [[Doctor Sleep (2019 film)|Doctor Sleep]] is a sequel to [[The Shining (film)|The Shining]], directed by [[Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)|Mike Flanagan]] and based on [[Stephen King]]'s work. [[Ewan McGregor]] stars as a man who, after overcoming his own demons through AA, helps others do the same.<ref name="The Drink Takes The Man">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/alcoholism-in-the-shining-and-doctor-sleep/|title=The Drink Takes The Man: Alcoholism And Recovery In THE SHINING And DOCTOR SLEEP|date=30 April 2021|website=Fangoria|language=en-US|access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>