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8.1
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80
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79
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4.2
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90
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93
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83
/28/
cc age 18+

Trainspotting (1996)
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
poster
80
7.4
/10500/
71
/197/
70
/171/
3.8
/11101/
93
/28/
81
/122/
80
/16/

Prince of the City (1981)
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
78
7.5
/34265/
73
/1127/
73
/1410/
3.9
/197535/
80
/10/
85
/303/

Christiane F. (1981)
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.
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70
7.3
/13280/
71
/231/
71
/243/
3.7
/12983/
81
/58/
83
/237/
63
/10/

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
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69
7.2
/7762/
73
/313/
68
/222/
3.5
/3882/
78
/102/

23 (1998)
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
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6.6
/2779/
65
/58/
62
/26/
3.4
/1848/
57
/14/
66
/47/

Cold Turkey (1971)
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
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68
6.7
/23012/
68
/500/
68
/452/
3.4
/14586/
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/39/
62
/307/
68
/9/

French Connection II (1975)
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
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7.2
/49617/
72
/783/
71
/629/
3.8
/70417/
47
/74/
77
/2031/
57
/24/

Candy (2006)
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
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7.1
/40638/
73
/2347/
71
/877/
3.4
/41904/
53
/165/
70
/332/
56
/40/
cc age 14+

The Glass Castle (2017)
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
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52
5.1
/2987/
60
/298/
50
/120/
2.6
/1781/
100
/10/
48
/20/

Happy Hunting (2017)
An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
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49
6.3
/113812/
66
/4637/
63
/2043/
2.9
/30086/
22
/153/
42
/4352/
32
/31/
cc age 18+

Repo Men (2010)
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
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48
5.2
/845/
56
/18/
45
/14/
28
/25/
56
/10/
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/14/

Once in the Life (2000)
Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dope from some young couriers. The heist goes wrong when Billy shoots the couriers dead. They hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cell mate, Tony.
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5.2
/2892/
56
/158/
52
/75/
2.7
/1290/
67
/12/
31
/16/
35
/7/

Inner Demons (2014)
INNER DEMONS follows an 'Intervention'-style reality show crew that films an episode about a sixteen-year old girl, a former A-student, who is fighting addiction but may in fact be suffering from something even more destructive: demonic possession. The movie is an inquiry into the truth about her - with symptoms that straddle the disturbing and scary intersection between insanity, addiction and true possession.
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42
6.9
/3338/
65
/55/
66
/82/
3.6
/7195/
70
/1/

The Needle (1989)
Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.
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41
5.0
/11355/
56
/342/
50
/207/
2.5
/1124/
28
/148/

Elephant White (2011)
An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.
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40
5.4
/3451/
55
/62/
56
/63/
3.2
/1922/
30
/83/

I Come with the Rain (2009)
Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only son, Shitao, whom he has not seen in person since the boy was ten. Now in his 30s, Shitao has gone missing in the Philippines where he had been helping in an orphanage.
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20
4.3
/1468/
45
/47/
43
/41/
2.8
/502/
19
/44/

Cornered! (2009)
During their nightly poker game a group of lowlifes are terrorized in their own convenience store by a masked killer.
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13
6.2
/616/
47
/8/
60
/2/
3.3
/255/
33
/6/
50
/12/

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
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50
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6.4
/175/
35
/4/
52
/15/

H (1990)
A junkie couple board themselves in their apartment while they try to kick their heroin habit.
poster
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5.8
/8/
10
/1/

Rollercoaster to Hell (1982)
The tragic story of the growing menace of narcotics addiction and its hideous consequences on teenage America.
45
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4.9
/185/
55
/10/
32
/4/

Down in Paris (2022)
Richard, a 40-year-old filmmaker conquered by an unexplained anxiety attack, lets go of his current shoot and wanders through nocturnal Paris, in search of answers, solace and inspiration. During this sleepless night, at random encounters, sometimes warm, sometimes disturbing, crossing foreign figures, unknown bodies or familiar faces, Richard will face his fears and question his deep desires... until dawn.
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5.5
/237/
47
/4/
46
/10/

Train Station Pickups (1979)
A film about drug addiction and prostitution in Berlin that focuses exclusively on "show values" and mixes its completely implausible story with plot elements from relevant sex films. A lurid mixture of schoolgirl report and smear melodrama from the Karl Spiehs smithy.
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5.1
/177/
40
/2/

Hellthy (2019)
A psychopath kidnaps addicts and forces them through torturous rehabilitation.
poster
65
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7.3
/109/
52
/4/
70
/4/

Cold Turkey (2001)
Leo Regan follows his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he tries to go cold turkey (detox) from heroin in his council flat and without medication.
poster
39
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6.9
/215/
10
/1/

The Wisdom to Know the Difference (2014)
Based in part on actual events, THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE is a story about a man’s journey to bring his sobriety full circle. ‘Bob’ (DANIEL BALDWIN) a former addict and convict, is asked by an old friend (LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS), to help a young woman (MAYRA LEAL) kick a serious drug problem. Despite pressure from a family member (WILLIAM BALDWIN) to stay on the straight and narrow, ‘Bob’ puts his own life at risk and faces tremendous dangers in order to help her.’
poster
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6.1
/43/
10
/1/
15
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Drugs: A River of No Return (1986)
This film deals with an atrocious and inhuman truth of various worldwide drug problems, according to the text which scrolls in the opening sequence. Some of the problems include: Drug trafficking, investigations and how drugs are affecting people around the world.
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60
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6.9
/211/
50
/4/
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/9/
3.5
/245/

Another Lonely Hitman (1995)
After serving ten years due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss, Tachibana enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went in. Once a respected and feared Yakuza mastermind, he now must try and adapt within the confines of the new generations vision of honor. As he still garners a somewhat decent amount of respect he just tries to get by. Hooking up with a prostitute he's been in passing by with he begins to feel some sense of comfort. Upon stumbling across her being beaten down by her pimp, Tachibana can't just sit by and do nothing. So he commences in putting down an old school Yakuza ass whipping, thus beginning a showdown with the 'now' boss, Sato.
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5.9
/393/
75
/2/
58
/12/

Bump in the Night (1991)
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead, he is picked up by Lawrence, a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her son before it's too late.
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64
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8.3
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10
/2/
100
/3/

HairKutt (2007)
In this chilling documentary about the power of addiction, three friends take their fourth longtime pal Bryant "HairKutt" Johnson to a remote cabin in the Tennessee woods, hoping to force him to kick his heroin habit. The group must cut short their trip when HairKutt's body begins to fail without the drug, and after rushing him to a hospital, the friends are dismayed to find that he quickly returns to his old ways.
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5.6
/174/
27
/4/
44
/5/

The Hard Road (1970)
A cautionary tale. At 17, Sherman Oaks high schooler Pam Banner has a baby out of wedlock. The baby is adopted, but Pam's too embarrassed to go back to school, so her dad gets her a job as the receptionist for a talent agent. A rock star takes her to a party, seduces and abandons her; that starts a spiral of partying, free love, and drug use. Pam becomes friends with Jeannie, a hooker who supports Jimmy, a useless druggie. Soon the three of them are living together, and Jimmy seems appealing to Pam. She's missing work more and more often, Jeannie wants out of the life, Jimmy is going through withdrawal, and Pam is in the middle of a maelstrom. Is there any exit for Pam?
poster
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5.2
/41/

Flesh and Blood (2011)
Franziska had to release her newborn son for adoption on pressure from her parents as she was a teenager. Now 25 years later she has a successful career as a businesswoman. When her friends Bogdan and Mimi adopt a Ukrainian child, she remembers her own child. As the relationship with her partner Robert breaks up, she decides to search for him. She finally finds Oliver, her son in Munich. He grew up in various homes and foster care. He is a drug addict and now has a child himself with his girlfriend Sandy. She persuades him to withdraw and supports him.
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3.6
/277/
51
/18/
38
/11/

The Conduit (2016)
Eddie returns to his home town hoping to pick up the pieces of his broken life. There he meets Amy, a mysterious young woman with an undeniable allure. Eddie falls for her, but he doesn't know that Amy is a conduit - a channel for evil that she must spread to others through attraction.
poster
30
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3.3
/273/
33
/8/
26
/8/

Nostrum (2010)
A group of friends head out to an abandon farmhouse to kick a nasty habit. Little do they know that they are in for the night of their lives.
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6.2
/89/
54
/26/
50
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3.4
/465/

Chocolate (1980)
El Muertes and El Jato travel to Morocco to get some chocolate but run into trouble when they are assaulted by locals. Magda, El Jato's girlfriend, waits for them in Algeciras where they decide to steal a car to get back.


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