Prince of the City (1981), La Femme Nikita (1990), Pure (2017), Menace II Society (1993), Evenhand (2002), Lorna's Silence (2008), Adam & Paul (2004), The Panic in Needle Park (1971) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Junkie movies.
Storyline: John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?
Plot Keywords: junkie, wife, girlfriend, drug dealer, detective, porn star, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet, converting the coke to cash and running off to start a new life. The problem is that the Mob does not have a retirement plan and will give him a choice of staying and selling for them or dying if they find out his intentions.—John Vogel <jvogel@dgs. dgsys.com>
Plot Keywords: drug dealer, junkie, partner, police detective, sexy woman, campy, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Bobbie is an addict and small-time thief. When one of his jobs goes bad, Mel is called in to patch him up. Mel offers him a chance at a bigger score. Over time, Mel and his girlfriend Sid become almost like parents to Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie, but this can't last.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: teen boy, girlfriend, criminal, lover, drug dealer, junkie, hedonistic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A Jewish junkie is paroled after 8 years in prison, and once back on the street, rips off a drug dealer whom he already had a grudge against. The drug dealer hires an enforcer to retaliate, and things quickly escalate out of control. With only two friends to back him up, the junkie prepares for the inevitable showdown.—monkeysgalore
Plot Keywords: junkie, best friend, drug dealer, brother, henchman, ex-convict, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand--two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft--identical twins Albert and Bertram.—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: thief, junkie, informant, prostitute, computer programmer, twin, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!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 ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A cold-blooded serial killer floats around the country and chooses his victims from people who complain about their lives and indicate a willingness to be killed. His murders are introduced with the killing of an asthmatic junkie. The killer settles into a seaside rooming house run by an unhappy married couple and waits for his next victims to unveil themselves. Dream cops plague his nights, while plotting his murders. Meanwhile, he also starts a relationship with a postal clerk.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: psychopath, serial killer, junkie, husband, wife, girlfriend, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Woody (Kyle Gallner), a children's author, rents a strange apartment from his landlord, Moses (Nick Offerman). There's a magical door in Woody's closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. While he was once happy to facilitate the passage of the random strangers summoned to his apartment, Woody soon begins to question why he himself is not allowed to go through.—FilmBuff
Plot Keywords: friend, junkie, writer, stranger, landlord, love interest, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Drug addict Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top secret U.S. government Agent "Bob" arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a killer. She gets a new cover identity as saleswoman Claudia Anne Doran. She also finds a housemate, building super J.P., a broad-minded, gentle photographer. The two fall in love, and that complicates her government assignments. His influence extends to breeding in her a conscience that supplants her violent tendencies, and desire to continue work for the agency.
Plot Keywords: assassin, secret agent, junkie, mentor, photographer, love interest, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: One stormy Glasgow night Dorothy and Petula's lives are inextricably thrown together, bonded by a common flaw. Dorothy's on the run from her boyfriend and Petula should be doing the same. Evasion, blackmail, murder, betrayal, revenge and a suitcase loaded with a million quid... it's all there... and then some.—Gavin Nelson
Plot Keywords: girlfriend, abusive boyfriend, young woman, junkie, police officer, brother, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: J.J., a former New York City hairdresser, commits petty crimes, often with his friend Billy Dynamite, to support his drug habit. He's not very good at it, with something often going wrong. One of J.J.'s more regular gigs is working as a mule for Vivian - who J.J. calls Geek Man to Vivian's chagrin - a pimp for who J.J.'s ex-wife, Veronica, also a junkie, now hustles also to support her habit. J.J.'s life has the potential to change the result of two encounters. One is with a pair of NYPD narcs who have him over a barrel concerning his drug use and what they want out of him to make a drug conviction go away. Two is with a young woman named Parm who he meets in the act of one of his crimes. J.J. and Parm enter into a relationship, the love and support within that makes J.J. want to come out on top for once in his life.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: junkie, drug dealer, woman, best friend, corrupt cop, amusing, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Waylon and Buddy decide to join the army as it appears to be their best option. But when they realize that they are part of a group that have been thrown into a medical experiment facility with a doctor who plans on turning them into ultimate killing machines, they must fight to destroy his other creations and save themselves.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: major, scientist, nerd, junkie, monster, sergeant, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A stuntman involved in a tragic airplane crash ends up discovering a national corruption scandal.
Plot Keywords: drifter, farmer, police officer, junkie, laborer, shepherd, brutal ...
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