Amy (2015), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962), Fashionista (2016), The Prayer (2018), Sid & Nancy (1986), Diane (2017), Bird (1988), Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer? (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 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: documentary, music, biography, singer, uk, jazz, soul ...
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: drama, family, tragedy, literary adaptation, stage play adaptation, classic, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a woman discovers her husband is having an affair, she throws caution to the wind and has an affair herself with a mysterious pick-up from a bar. The man, in true thriller fashion, turns out to be way more dangerous than she ever bargained for.
Plot Keywords: fashion, drama, thriller, psychological, obsession, addiction, mental breakdown ...
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: faith, recovery, addiction, redemption, hope, christianity, prayer ...
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: love, biography, music, punk, drugs, decadence, rock ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a disabled war veteran discovers the dead body of a beautiful singer in his backyard, his fascination with her photographic image soon turns to obsession.
Plot Keywords: drama, independent film, female protagonist, aging, family relationships, american film, 2010s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34 in 1955.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, jazz, musician, drugs, addiction ...
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: documentary, addiction, drug abuse, medical ethics, patients, crisis, investigation ...
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: drugs, addiction, hallucination, despair, downfall, psychological trauma, social marginalization ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them...
Plot Keywords: drugs, addiction, scotland, underground culture, punk, crime, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This intimate portrait examines one of the world's most beloved and inventive comedians. Told largely through Robin's own voice and using a wealth of never-before-seen archival footage, the film examines his extraordinary life and career and reveals the spark of madness that drove him.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, comedy, robin williams, stand-up comedy, actor, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "Fast" Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game. It isn't until he hits rock bottom that he agrees to join up with ruthless and cutthroat manager Bert Gordon. Gordon agrees to take him on the road to learn the ropes. But Felson soon realizes that making it to the top could cost him his soul, and perhaps his girlfriend. Will he decide that this is too steep a price to pay in time to save himself?
Plot Keywords: gambling, drama, paul newman, black and white, classic, underdog, redemption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other.
Plot Keywords: drama, film noir, alcoholism, psychological, new york, writer, addiction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Joe Clay is a top-notch public-relations man. Anything a client wants, Joe can arrange, from dancing girls to an article in a prominent magazine. But part of the job is drinking, and Joe's ability to consume alcohol seems boundless. When he meets the very pretty Kirsten Arnesen, she prefers chocolate to alcohol; Joe's solution is Brandy Alexander, which is made up of brandy and crème de cacao. Joe and Kirsten eventually marry, but their love can't prevent the downward spiral brought on by alcohol. They try desperately to break the habit but continually relapse until only one of them manages to break free.
Plot Keywords: alcoholism, marital crisis, film noir, drama, addiction, family breakdown, self-destruction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: What on earth can a rock star, a migrant laborer, a doctor and a cop possibly have in common? Simple, Punjab! 4 lives, 1 connection - 'Udta Punjab' takes you on a trip like never before. Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh play characters from different walks of life, fighting the menace of drugs in their own way. The film journeys into the artificial highs and the real lows that they face while treading the paths fraught with mortal dangers. But above all, Udta Punjab is about the famed Punjabi spirit, that despite being fully down, has the audacity of looking you in the eye and saying - Drugs di maa di!
Plot Keywords: drugs, crime, social issues, music, dark, realism, violence ...
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