Amy (2015), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962), Diane (2018), Pusher 3 (2005), The Prayer (2018), Sid & Nancy (1986), Nico-Icon (1995), Goodfellas (1990) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Drug Addiction movies.
Storyline: Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Plot Keywords: musician, singer, parent, alcoholic, drug addict, moving, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A quiet Connecticut vacation home is the backdrop for domestic decline. Sensitive son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) returns home from spending time at sea to a family in a state of collapse. His father (Ralph Richardson) is an alcoholic miser. His mother, Mary (Katharine Hepburn), is addicted to morphine. His brother, Jamie (Jason Robards), is aggressive and unstable. As Edmund and his brother clash over how to help their mother, she becomes increasingly concerned about Edmund's worsening health.
Plot Keywords: mother, father, brother, son, maid, dark, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A woman fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
Plot Keywords: woman, son, drug addict, volunteer, sick person, uneasy, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Milo (Zlatko Buric) is a drug dealer and recovering addict who's slowly coming unraveled. While trying to prepare for his daughter Milena's (Marinela Dekic) birthday party, he discovers the shipment of heroin he was expecting is actually Ecstasy. Milo gives the pills to small-fry dealer Mohammed (Ilyas Agac) and, as the party begins, starts using narcotics again. Things go from bad to worse when Mohammad doesn't return, and Milo's Albanian connection demands payment for the Ecstasy.
Plot Keywords: drug lord, drug dealer, daughter, prostitute, henchman, intense, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a bid to beat his habit, a young drug addict elects to join a community of former addicts living in isolation in a remote mountain community.
Plot Keywords: hermit, friend, young man, young woman, heroin addict, bleak, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).
Plot Keywords: bassist, singer, girlfriend, drug addict, manager, amusing, shocking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Filmmaker Susan Ofteringer profiles German model, cult figure and heroin addict Nico, nee Christa Paffgen.
Plot Keywords: musician, artist, filmmaker, actress, model, brooding, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?
Plot Keywords: mobster, gangster, thief, partner, agent, mob enforcer, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down.
Plot Keywords: drug lord, friend, kingpin, detective, girlfriend, dark, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The ethical dilemma of opioid prescriptions is examined through the story of Dr. William Hurwitz, a preeminent doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for overprescribing painkillers.
Plot Keywords: doctor, physician, drug addict, investigator, bleak, disturbing, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A Mennonite pastor battles drug trafficking issues within his community.
Plot Keywords: young boy, junkie, mother, waitress, pregnant woman, pimp, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is a retired widow, living in a small apartment. She spends most of her time watching TV, especially a particular self-help show. She has delusions of rising above her current dull existence by being a guest on that show. Her son, Harry (Jared Leto) is a junkie but along with his friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) has visions of making it big by becoming a drug dealer. Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) could be fashion designer or artist but is swept along in Harry's drug-centric world. Meanwhile Sara has developed an addiction of her own. She desperately wants to lose weight and so goes on a crash course involving popping pills, pills which turn out to be very addictive and harmful to her mental state.
Plot Keywords: drug addict, friend, beautiful woman, police officer, psychiatrist, dark, shocking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: musician, drug addict, former lover, friend, daughter, associate, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A documentary look at the improvised life of Anita O'Day (1919-2006), singer and stylist whose timing, phrasing, interpretations, and unique sound put her among the finest vocalists of jazz. Interviews with her late in life are interspersed with archival footage of performances and old interviews as well as with comments by friends, arrangers, critics, and other musicians. She talks about singing without a uvula (sing eighth notes), of jail time for a marijuana arrest, of taking and kicking heroin, of finally making money after appearing at the Newport Jazz Festival, of loss, of a broken arm that almost cost her life, and of living in 4/4 time, one day at a time, smiling.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: jazz singer, friend, critic, musician, inspiring, engaging, chicago ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult daughter, Loretta (Alfre Woodard), move to a small Mississippi town in order to escape the dangers of inner-city Chicago. There, Loretta and her kids are taken in by her gruff uncle, Earl (Al Freeman Jr.), who attempts to instill a work ethic and sense of history in his niece. With the help of Earl's tough love, Loretta does her best to put her past demons behind her.
Plot Keywords: single mother, grandmother, uncle, wife, son, daughter, touching ...
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