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poster
83
8.1
/763133/
80
/17379/
79
/10155/
4.2
/1091731/
90
/98/
93
/16408/
83
/28/
cc age 18+

Trainspotting (1996)
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/481084/
78
/11140/
75
/5829/
3.9
/307833/
81
/213/
90
/84/
76
/38/
cc age 17+

American Gangster (2007)
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.3
/963214/
81
/18461/
80
/10662/
4.1
/1460947/
80
/182/
93
/28635/
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
Kanopy
81
7.2
/43596/
73
/911/
70
/597/
3.7
/65855/
97
/32/
85
/816/
82
/15/

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
IMDb 25
7.5
/287506/
72
/14501/
73
/2714/
3.6
/2382833/
93
/393/
85
/3224/
81
/48/
cc age 17+

Weapons (2025)
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.1
/33129/
70
/735/
67
/488/
3.9
/68524/
94
/47/
79
/397/
81
/15/

Klute (1971)
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.5
/34087/
73
/1127/
73
/1404/
3.9
/181510/
80
/10/
85
/303/

Christiane F. (1981)
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.0
/901/
62
/43/
70
/26/
3.6
/3123/
92
/12/
86
/2/

Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.
poster
74
7.1
/9395/
65
/115/
68
/156/
3.7
/5059/
85
/97/
69
/271/
80
/24/

Lorna's Silence (2008)
Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered the deal.
poster
Kanopy
79
73
7.7
/6995/
76
/140/
67
/66/
4.0
/11024/
89
/74/
90
/633/
76
/28/

Dig! (2004)
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry as the Dandy Warhols garnered major international success while the Brian Jonestown Massacre imploded in a haze of drugs.
poster
70
7.1
/140237/
72
/7686/
69
/3272/
3.6
/186702/
81
/250/
78
/562/
67
/42/
cc age 18+

T2 Trainspotting (2017)
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
70
7.3
/13233/
71
/231/
71
/241/
3.7
/12655/
81
/58/
83
/237/
63
/10/

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
poster
70
6.8
/5076/
62
/62/
64
/73/
3.5
/4030/
73
/66/
66
/243/
75
/28/

Clean (2004)
After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.
poster
68
6.3
/4921/
65
/116/
62
/74/
3.2
/3145/
63
/19/
59
/142/

Alice's Restaurant (1969)
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.
poster
Hoopla
68
7.1
/30509/
69
/574/
66
/378/
3.4
/6537/
65
/127/
73
/2900/
63
/30/
cc age 17+

Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
poster
68
6.6
/9891/
69
/501/
64
/224/
3.2
/3960/
85
/40/
68
/93/
63
/9/

Eden (2013)
After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.7
/26243/
67
/525/
62
/341/
3.3
/6905/
73
/115/
72
/546/
56
/35/

Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
7.2
/49548/
72
/783/
71
/624/
3.8
/68639/
47
/74/
77
/2031/
57
/24/

Candy (2006)
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
poster
66
7.0
/33204/
71
/688/
66
/344/
3.4
/7604/
63
/82/
82
/1111/
41
/30/

The Salton Sea (2002)
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
61
6.1
/9603/
61
/147/
57
/120/
3.2
/4187/
89
/28/
57
/485/
77
/9/

Little Fish (2005)
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
60
6.3
/84065/
64
/2064/
62
/1161/
2.9
/21582/
59
/162/
48
/1977/
54
/39/
cc age 18+

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
poster
The Roku Channel
60
6.2
/159333/
62
/4438/
60
/2325/
3.3
/116456/
74
/227/
45
/3535/
64
/42/
cc age 17+

Killing Them Softly (2012)
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
poster
58
6.4
/22362/
67
/507/
62
/359/
3.2
/9477/
36
/28/
65
/524/
49
/22/

Killing Zoe (1993)
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
6.5
/24591/
65
/470/
61
/285/
3.1
/7165/
34
/100/
66
/799/
43
/36/
cc age 18+

Wonderland (2003)
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
poster
MGM Plus
54
5.8
/2463/
58
/37/
52
/39/
3.3
/3312/
50
/8/
33
/23/
55
/4/

Born to Win (1971)
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
poster
71
53
7.4
/4428/
72
/44/
69
/70/
3.6
/1031/
71
/67/

All the Invisible Children (2006)
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
poster
75
52
7.6
/12644/
74
/95/
68
/68/
3.6
/6547/
88
/10/

Cholera Street (1997)
Salih is a mechanic and the son of a respected barber named Ali. A woman named Tina arrives at Cholera Street, where she takes up residence and works as a prostitute.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
52
5.9
/8803/
59
/129/
55
/94/
3.2
/4726/
51
/102/
55
/1549/
57
/28/

Strangers with Candy (2006)
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
49
5.7
/23152/
61
/346/
58
/365/
3.0
/6245/
25
/44/
67
/422/
25
/15/
cc age 16+

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.
poster
75
47
7.8
/4872/
78
/41/
70
/26/
3.7
/1261/

Metastases (2009)
Eliciting images of cancer, this drama explores the illnesses that plague modern Croatia. Four young junkies in Zagreb maturing in the wake of war reflect the petty hatreds, violence, prejudices and mood hanging over the country like a disease that spreads with no cure in sight.
poster
fuboTV
45
5.4
/1635/
57
/33/
54
/38/
3.0
/215/
12
/17/
33
/102/

Broken (2007)
A waitress confronts all the wrong turns she has made in her short life and ultimately ends up facing the biggest wrong turn of all: her dangerous ex-boyfriend who's determined to win back her love or die trying.
poster
55
45
6.1
/4492/
64
/60/
53
/63/
3.1
/1146/
54
/28/
50
/209/
47
/10/

Mouth to Mouth (2005)
An aimless adolescent joins several itinerant misfits who live on the fringe of society and welcome at-risk youths into their fold.
poster
74
41
7.4
/6893/
66
/74/
62
/40/
3.5
/739/
98
/9/

Wheels (2014)
Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.
poster
70
37
7.5
/4001/
69
/28/
66
/14/
3.5
/1011/

Absolute Hundred (2001)
Igor Gordić was an Olympic champion in shooting, but now he is a junky without money and in debts to mafia. Saša is his younger brother and he is getting ready for the next World Championship. Since he's not getting enough terms to practice indoors, he has decided to go out and find himself a target to practice on.
poster
42
28
5.4
/1506/
58
/40/
49
/38/
25
/8/
30
/49/
36
/6/

Holding Trevor (2007)
After finally breaking up with his drug-addicted lover, Trevor begins a new romance that unexpectedly complicates his other relationships.
poster
FlixHouse
71
16
7.0
/296/
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
63
15
6.3
/422/
61
/14/
59
/10/
3.5
/763/

Story of a Junkie (1985)
Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction.
poster
?
50
/1/

310 Tung Chau Street (2017)
310 Tung Chau Street is a tenement building in Sham Shui Po. Three Vietnamese from the same province share a subdivided flat. Unemployment, drug addiction, and arguments brew and breed incessantly in this heated environment. During filming, the two young directors were encumbered by a series of obstacles, which turned the process into a chance to reflect on documentary truth.
poster
?
6.6
/13/

T Bird (2025)
A homeless streetfighter breaks up a child trafficking ring
poster
?
4.9
/40/
16
/5/

Zombie Mutation (2012)
Follows 6 people low life junkies & strippers as they battle for survival in the midst of a zombie outbreak in a run town on the outskirts of a city.
poster
?
60
/1/

Focus On Heroin (1971)
This film points out the risks of being a heroin addict. Explains that addicts cannot be identified solely with one particular socio-economic level and cannot always be detected by appearance. Addicts and ex-addicts describe the first and subsequent drugs they used.
poster
?
6.8
/93/

Part of the Game (2004)
Robert (25) runs a very successful illegal business, the buying and selling of drugs. In the height of success he learns that his sister Janice (16) becomes hooked on Heroin. Plagued with the ability to maintain his business or help his sister in her most trying time, Robert must choose what is most important in his life. Filled with family rivalry and the quest to do the right thing, Robert may have gotten himself in too deep this time. It's all just Part of the Game.
poster
?
5.6
/69/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Subject: Narcotics (1951)
Educational film about drug addiction.
poster
?
10
/1/

Narcosis (1962)
This color educational movie “Narcosis” is a “scare film” about the realities of heroin and drug addiction The title narcosis refers to a state of stupor, drowsiness, or unconsciousness produced by drugs. According to a card at 1:50, actual addicts appear in the film.
poster
62
?
7.0
/714/
56
/6/
61
/7/

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.
poster
?
4.8
/69/
10
/1/
40
/1/

Drug Addiction (1951)
Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to "H," and Marty's decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed. Drug Addiction's stilted view of the urban drug culture and unrealistic portrayals of stoned slackers make it entertaining viewing today. It belongs to that little-known "second wave" of anti-drug films, the postwar scare stories about middle-class kids overcome by junkiedom. What this wave of films reveals is that drugs were an issue for white adolescents long before the psychedelic Sixties, and that the official response to the threat expressed a general, not specifically targeted paranoia.
poster
50
?
5.2
/245/
52
/12/
44
/5/
52
/7/

Kill the Poor (2003)
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float
poster
?
6.5
/78/
5
/2/
60
/1/

Soul Hustler (1973)
Matthew Crowe, a whoring, pot-smoking, wandering singer teams up with a tent-show preacher. The preacher recognizes Mathew's charisma, and together they collect big donations delivering sermons with rocking gospel songs.Soon enough, Matthew lands a record deal, and the older man becomes the manager of Crowe's new act: Matthew, Son of Jesus. They hire a backup group of mustachioed rock musicians, who play in brown monks' robes, in contrast to Matthew's white robe and sandals. Their debut album becomes a huge hit so they go on a concert tour to promote it.


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