Drug Addiction Movies

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...

Barcelona, Spain, 1912. The disappearance of a girl from a wealthy family triggers a series of events that will shake the weak foundations of a...

A middle-aged filmmaker on the verge of a breakthrough. Two kids in search of a lost backpack. A small dog a long way from home.

After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.

Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt.

The story centers around a homeless man struggling with his addiction which brings him to desperate measures to satisfy his compulsion.

A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.

An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in...

A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

This documentary follows three women — a fire chief, a judge, and a street missionary — as they battle West Virginia's devastating opioid...

An Irish miser, his morphine addicted wife, their debauched older son, and a gravely ill younger son. A quiet Connecticut vacation home on one foggy...

Provides an insider's view of the groundbreaking, outrageous, creative juggernaut that was the band Ministry - during their world tour - as front man...

As police and DEA agents battle sophisticated cartels, rural, economically-disadvantaged users and dealers–whose addiction to ICE and lack of...

Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from...

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

Two young documentary filmmakers follow an up and coming musician by the name of JØHN through his life, creative process, and journey towards...