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Kanopy
82
8.3
/962474/
81
/18398/
80
/10654/
4.1
/1446251/
80
/182/
93
/28640/
71
/32/
cc age 18+

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.2
/129764/
70
/4531/
69
/1471/
3.9
/714408/
93
/337/
79
/519/
90
/57/
cc age 17+

The Brutalist (2024)
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
poster
75
7.1
/14253/
70
/266/
68
/342/
3.6
/10286/
81
/26/
79
/232/
78
/14/
cc age 15+

Bird (1988)
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
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Kanopy
74
6.9
/7746/
69
/81/
63
/72/
3.6
/4486/
78
/51/
83
/303/
76
/30/

Jesus' Son (2000)
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
poster
73
7.1
/809/
77
/62/
82
/12/
3.4
/293/
71
/17/
94
/33/
47
/4/

Dosed (2019)
The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.
poster
73
7.0
/5183/
75
/104/
68
/74/
3.4
/2952/
73
/62/
86
/280/

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
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Netflix
70
6.9
/60875/
71
/1925/
67
/731/
3.4
/39578/
79
/34/
81
/1744/
68
/11/
cc age 12+

Fletch (1985)
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
poster
69
6.5
/2452/
61
/51/
56
/38/
3.5
/4071/
100
/5/
61
/19/

Cisco Pike (1971)
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
poster
69
6.8
/10172/
68
/425/
65
/183/
3.7
/44152/
89
/70/
66
/60/
75
/22/

Heaven Knows What (2015)
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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Netflix
65
5.9
/4664/
63
/335/
60
/255/
2.9
/8794/
86
/28/
56
/35/
66
/7/
cc age 17+

6 Balloons (2018)
Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.
poster
64
62
6.6
/12334/
59
/281/
60
/144/
3.3
/3639/
76
/67/
57
/1520/
66
/18/
cc age 16+

Sherrybaby (2006)
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
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Criterion Channel
76
53
7.0
/1874/
68
/50/
69
/50/
4.0
/5189/
100
/5/
70
/10/

In Vanda's Room (2001)
An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.
poster
65
37
6.4
/732/
64
/62/
62
/31/
3.6
/2600/

El Pico 2 (1984)
Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.
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HBO Max
70
32
7.3
/1299/
73
/49/
62
/19/
3.6
/1441/

Dope Sick Love (2005)
Two heroin-addicted couples lead hard and stressful lives on the streets of New York.
poster
74
25
7.9
/1114/
71
/36/
67
/24/
3.7
/531/
82
/9/

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.
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The Roku Channel
63
16
6.3
/699/
60
/5/
64
/18/
3.4
/233/
61
/12/

Stella Does Tricks (1997)
A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
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FlixHouse
71
16
7.0
/297/
68
/5/
66
/5/
3.4
/348/
83
/21/

Looking for Johnny (2014)
Johnny Thunders was the legendary hard-living rock'n'roll guitarist who inspired glam-metal, punk and the music scene in general. 'Looking For Johnny' is a 90-minute film that documents Thunders' career from his beginnings to his tragic death in 1991. The film examines Johnny Thunders' career from the early 70's as a founding member of the influential New York Dolls; the birth of the punk scene with The Heartbreakers in New York City and London; Gang War and The Oddballs. It also explores Johnny's unique musical style, his personal battle with drugs and theories on his death in a New Orleans hotel in 1991 at age 38. The film includes forty songs with historic film of Johnny, including unseen New York Dolls and Heartbreakers footage and photos. Cult filmmakers Bob Gruen, Don Letts, Patrick Grandperret, Rachael Amadeo and others contribute classic archive footage.
poster
60
15
6.3
/213/
51
/6/
58
/11/
3.5
/878/

Snow (1981)
Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a beloved friend (and young drug dealer) is caught by narcotics agents, Anita takes it upon herself to score for his struggling clients.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
12
8.1
/305/
75
/23/
70
/4/
3.8
/633/

Life of Crime 2 (1998)
This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original subjects in New Jersey during a five-year period in the 1990s. We share in their triumphs and setbacks as they navigate lives of poverty, drug abuse, AIDS, and petty crime.
poster
51
8
4.9
/414/
59
/20/
55
/10/
41
/5/

The Unraveling (2015)
Michael is a basically decent guy with a pregnant girlfriend, great friends - and one massive drug problem. Because he missed his own Las Vegas bachelor party being too stoned, his four besties decide to kidnap him for a weekend of roughing it in the California wilderness. Caught off guard by this surprise camping trip and his nose candy supply dwindling, Michael is shocked when his buddies start being ritually murdered one by one. Suspecting it’s the vicious drug dealer he cheated getting bloody revenge, Michael’s life swirls out of all control as the real truth is revealed.
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?
8.6
/18/

Withdrawal (2025)
Artistic lovers, Viv and Jay, have become trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. But when Viv’s wealthy parents hire an interventionist to take Viv to rehab, the couple decides to set off on their own with the help of a suboxone prescription... all they have to do is survive a harrowing night through drug withdrawal.
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?
80
/1/

Knockout (2020)
A former boxer battling heroin addiction is forced to sell off his fortune and confront the ghosts of his past to settle a mounting debt.
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?
4.6
/19/
10
/1/

Halet Talaboss (1988)
Ghada is a police officer. Her brother falls prey to bad friends and dies after taking a large dose of heroin. Ghada discovers the complex of one of her friends and arrests him red-handed, with heroin in his possession. It turns out that he is part of a drug gang led by smuggler Hazem, and his wife Buthaina and her brother Marouf are partners with him. Buthaina and Marouf kidnap Ghada's mother to pressure her to change her testimony.
poster
?
5.7
/39/

Strange Forest (2014)
After sending their son to rehab from drug abuse, they find out that he has run away from the rehab center and that he has a dept to a local drug boss, which may be the reason he is on the run. His parents start blaming each other for their son's mistakes, and the father decides to leave their family home. In the next few days they both are trying to find their son, and they both face the brutal reality of life in Serbia on their own way.
poster
?
60
/2/

Flop! (2023)
48Hours Film Project 2023 short film. Two young heroin addict lovers, during a desperate robbery, obtain a professor's bag inside which, in a floppy disk, is the antidote that could save humanity.
poster
?
9.2
/59/
66
/3/
80
/2/

Süchtig - Protokoll einer Hilflosigkeit (2004)
On December 28, 1989, Tanja Hülsen took her first shot of heroin, nine months later she almost died of an overdose. The film follows the life of the drug-addicted woman from the early 1990s to the 2000s.
poster
?
7.0
/93/
80
/5/

Facing the Habit (2007)
Dave is a stockbroker with an expensive heroin habit. Even though he earns thousands of dollars per week, it never seems to be enough for him and his girlfriend. His mother is emotionally exhausted. Dave learns that ibogaine, the extract of a West African tree root, has the power to stop addiction without withdrawal symptoms. He knows that the heroin is killing him. He's miserable and he wants to stop. Is this what he needs to kick the habit?
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46
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5.7
/201/
30
/2/
52
/5/

Believe in Me (1971)
Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children's book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela's brother, who is also Remy's good friend. They fall in love and get an apartment in the East Village of New York. Soon after, the couple begins to indulge in speed and barbiturates. They become heavily addicted. Remy is thrown out of medical school and Pamela quits her job. Remy soon finds himself in debt with the local dealer, Stutter, who introduces his customer to heroin as a revenge for his late bill. Pamela faces the prospect of getting sober at her brother's clinic, but must leave behind a destitute Remy in order to do it.
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?
8.6
/93/
85
/2/
68
/5/

Invisible (2005)
The story of six young people addicted to heroin in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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?
6.5
/47/
10
/1/

Don't Count on Us (1978)
A Roman musician meets a Heroin-addicted girl, helps her, falls in love with her and ends up getting addicted to Heroin himself.
poster
?
60
/1/

Budapest, végállomás (2004)
N/A
poster
?
7.6
/33/
62
/5/

I'm Dangerous With Love (2010)
A haunting, visceral exploration of addiction and one contemporary man's fearless and determined quest for healing and redemption through the ancient wisdom of the Bwiti and their 'magical' plant, Iboga. For those seeking a path out of darkness, this film is not to be missed.
poster
?
8.4
/62/
80
/1/

Iboga Nights (2014)
Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in which they detox put them at risk.
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?
10
/1/
60
/1/

Dead Is Dead (1974)
An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy.
poster
?
7.7
/59/
77
/4/
66
/5/

Ibogaine: Rite of Passage (2004)
Ibogaine is a plant extract that stops drug addiction. In this documentary, a 34-year-old heroin addict undergoes ibogaine therapy with Dr Martin Polanco at the Ibogaine Association, a clinic in Rosarito, Mexico. In Gabon, where use of the iboga root is traditional, a Babongo woman's tribe uses the plant to help her recover from a depressive malaise. Director Benjamin De Loenen interviews people formerly addicted to heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, who share their perspectives about ibogaine treatment.
poster
65
?
7.3
/109/
52
/4/
70
/4/

Cold Turkey (2001)
Leo Regan follows his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he tries to go cold turkey (detox) from heroin in his council flat and without medication.
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MGM Plus
36
?
3.9
/534/
35
/2/
33
/6/

Jennifer on My Mind (1971)
Two rich American young adults who meet and fall in love in Venice, Italy. With plenty of money and no real responsibilities or direction in life, the couple begin experimenting with illicit drugs. The movie travels through a series of flashbacks showing their progression from marijuana to harder drugs as a result of their complex romantic entanglement with each other.
poster
?
5.3
/75/
40
/3/
29
/4/

Bar Girls (2003)
Gai Nhay ("Bar Girls") is the story of how the other half lives, with a twist. Southeast Asia being known for the multitude of bar girls ready to be "borrowed" for a (usually quite cheap) price, the life these girls live--and the motivations and tribulations that lead them to it--are usually hidden to their oblivious clientéle.
poster
73
?
7.7
/257/
67
/9/
72
/3/

Through a Blue Lens (1999)
This documentary, set in the Lower East End of Vancouver's downtown core, is a pretty honest account of life on the streets in urban Canada. It is aimed at educating high school kids on the dangers of addiction to hard drugs and is the brainchild of a group of city police officers who videotape their interactions with local homeless personalities.
poster
54
?
6.9
/226/
30
/2/
65
/3/

A Day in the Death of Donny B. (1969)
A portrait of a strung-out heroin addict scrambling through New York City to score some cash for his next fix.
poster
69
?
7.1
/346/
70
/1/
67
/8/

Landscapes in the Mist (1984)
Naturalistic and almost documentary account of the heroin addicts in Belgrade, in the form of a sad life story of young girl and her wasted life.
poster
60
?
6.2
/552/
50
/5/
64
/7/
3.3
/263/

Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust.
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?
40
/2/
70
/1/

The Story of Junkie Junior (1987)
Junior Rios started using heroin when he was 15. At age 29, Junior is a father of three. To support his $200-a-day heroin habit, he scours the rooftops of the South Bronx for materials he can sell. When he's finally caught, he enters an aggressive rehab program. Meanwhile, his ex has moved on, and is trying to make a better life for herself and their children.
poster
47
?
6.0
/765/
62
/8/
46
/8/
22
/1/

Don't Look Back (1996)
Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie endures detox with the support of his friends. However, the gang leader behind the drug deal, along with his cronies, trace Jesse's footsteps to Texas to exact revenge and take back their money.
poster
60
?
5.8
/262/
59
/11/
60
/7/
3.4
/227/

Heroína (2005)
In the 1980's, Pilar, an ordinary woman, married, about forty years, discovers that one of their three children are addicted to heroin. After an initial period of uncertainty, Pilar contact with other parents in similar situations who come to a precarious Civic Center helps the addict, but soon realizes that many things have to change in and out of home so your child can be saved. Thus was born the desire to do more than complain and starts along with other parents, but especially mothers, an arduous journey of withdrawal of drug trafficking in Galicia.
poster
46
?
5.0
/420/
41
/15/
46
/23/

I Dreamt Under the Water (2008)
Antoine, a handsome boy in his 20s, falls for a straight best friend who does not reciprocate, and being a junkie exits the film quite early. Enter a girl, who seems to make him happy again, after he has tried living as a rent boy with men, having some familial, financial difficulties. But the girl is a junkie too.
poster
75
?
8.0
/92/
81
/9/
65
/14/

Using (2007)
Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China's unknown heroin subculture.
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The Nod (2024)
A short film following a struggling addict's isolated journey towards recovery


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