Highest-Rated Movies about 'Heroin', Sort by Popularity

Wait Until Dark (1967), Pusher (1996), Candy (2006), Adam & Paul (2004), The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Gridlock'd (1997), Basquiat (1996), Who'll Stop the Rain? (1978) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Heroin movies.

#1. Wait Until Dark (1967)

Storyline: Susy was recently blinded and recently married. Susy's husband, Sam, is asked to hold a doll for a woman he doesn't know as they get off an airplane. The woman disappears. Later, she's found dead by her former associates, Mike and Carlino, small-time hoods, in Susy's basement apartment. (Both occupants of the apartment are then absent.) The doll woman's newer partner in crime, Harry Rote, who murdered her for self-dealing, presses Mike and Carlino into a scheme to recover the doll, which contains a fortune in smuggled heroin. After disposing of the body, the thugs return while Susy is present to continue their search. They assume Susy's blindness will enable them to search her apartment under her very nose for the doll. In Sam's absence, Mike pretends to be an old friend of Sam's, while the three together spin for Susy a story of a murder investigation of her husband from which only the finding of the missing doll can save him. Rote is a predator, and his stalking of Susy becomes ever...

Plot Keywords: blind person, criminal, con artist, smuggler, neighbor, photographer, thrilling ...

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#2. Pusher (1996)

Storyline: Frank is a drug pusher on the roll until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn't paid for and he gets busted by the police. He manages to dump the dope in a nearby lake but he owes his supplier a lot of money (not a nice guy to owe money to). Now we follow Frank in his quest to raise money in the underworld of Copenhagen.

Plot Keywords: drug dealer, drug lord, friend, prostitute, cop, henchman, dark ...

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#3. Candy (2006)

Storyline: This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant.

Plot Keywords: poet, artist, professor, drug addict, student, dark, sultry ...

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#5. The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

Storyline: This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves. She becomes addicted too, and life goes downhill for them both as their addiction deepens, eventually leading to a series of betrayals. But, in spite of it all, the relationship between Bobby and Helen endures.

Plot Keywords: junkie, girlfriend, brother, police officer, hustler, dark, disturbing ...

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#6. Gridlock'd (1997)

Storyline: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Plot Keywords: addict, police officer, criminal, drug dealer, musician, friend, raw ...

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#7. Basquiat (1996)

Storyline: Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist, living in Thompkins Square Park in a cardboard box, Basquiat becomes a star and a part of Andy Warhol's art world circle. But success has a price, and Basquiat pays with friendships, love, and eventually, his life.

Plot Keywords: painter, andy warhol, private investigator, art critic, drug addict, brash, gritty ...

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#9. Transsiberian (2008)

Storyline: Americans abroad. Roy and Jessie finished a volunteer stint in China. He loves trains, so they go home via the Trans-Siberia Express. There are strains in the relationship, including her past. They meet Carlos, a Spaniard, traveling with Abby, a young American. Carlos keeps close to Jessie, and when Roy is left behind and waits a day for the next train so he can catch up, Jessie and Carlos take a trip into the dead of winter to photograph a ruined church. Carlos may be running drugs, so, later, when Roy catches up and introduces Jessie to his new pal, an English speaking Russian narcotics detective, he's the last person Jessie wants to see. Will the Siberian desolation be their undoing?

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, runaway, traveler, police detective, missionary, gripping ...

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#10. Paris Awakens (1991)

Storyline: Adrien is 19 years old. He has not met his father, Clément for 4 years. Adrien returns home and the two try to better understand each other. Clément lives together with Louis, a twenty-something girl who wants to be an actress. The boy starts a flirt with Louise which pushes the father-son relationship back to a crisis...

Plot Keywords: middle-aged man, junkie, son, friend, drug dealer, lover, gritty ...

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#12. Permanent Midnight (1998)

Storyline: Comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who listens patiently to Stahl's flashback. Other women in Stahl's life are his British wife Sandra and his agent Vola. For the TV series "Mr. Chompers" (inspired by ALF), Stahl meets with sitcom exec Craig Ziffer and puppeteer Allen. For freaky freebasing, Stahl hangs with mumbler Nicky and druggie Gus.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: writer, friend, wife, agent, comedian, gritty, chilling ...

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#13. Gangster Exchange (2009)

Storyline: Karate meets Kalashnikovs as the uncontrollable force and the immovable object are thrown together in this bloody hilarious action comedy! Hiro's a Tokyo cyber-punk Yakuza with a simple mission: smuggle a toilet made of pure heroin to New York City. If he fails his boss will stick his sword where the rising sun don't shine. Marco's a muscle mountain enforcer working for a family of ex-commandos from the Bosnian war. He's an entry-level thug with dreams of rising up the ranks. But in the Bosnian mob, promotion is spelled AK-47. When a bloody New York mob war erupts and Hiro and Marco snatch the toilet. It's worth millions - if they can find somebody who can decipher the Japanese chemistry formula. Wounded, hunted and dragging a 50-pound toilet made of heroin; they race around New York. Through sleazy alleyways, bouncer brawls, sniper shoot-outs and a biker war they're on a quest to find a Japanese chemist. Problem is Marco has a nasty habit of getting shot and Hiro is just looking for a girl to swallow his sashimi.—Dean Bajramovic

Plot Keywords: gangsters, american, boss, engaging, tokyo, ring, heroin ...

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#14. Sherlock Holmes: Case of Evil (2002)

Storyline: In 1886, Sherlock Holmes (James D'Arcy) helps actress Rebecca Doyle (Gabrielle Anwar) get rid of blackmailer Professor Moriarty (Vincent D'Onofrio), chasing the criminal to his apparent death. Holmes' success makes headlines, and he is hired by a drug dealer, Ben Harrington (Struan Rodger), to find the serial killer who's murdering other drug pushers. While examining the bodies with coroner Dr. Watson (Roger Morlidge), Holmes suspects that Moriarty is alive and behind the killings.

Plot Keywords: sherlock holmes, doctor watson, professor moriarty, actress, drug dealer, brother, intricate ...

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