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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.3
/28752/
74
/749/
72
/504/
4.0
/61918/
100
/11/
85
/246/
78
/8/

Pusher II (2004)
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
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Criterion Channel
78
7.4
/16943/
72
/276/
71
/327/
3.9
/33517/
90
/31/
83
/162/
76
/19/

Rosetta (1999)
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.
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Kanopy
76
7.3
/394787/
72
/11438/
68
/6320/
3.5
/201896/
77
/239/
75
/6701/
76
/40/
cc age 17+

Flight (2012)
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.
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Hoopla
72
7.3
/134357/
77
/9271/
75
/3157/
3.5
/271228/
82
/155/
83
/920/
57
/28/
cc age 13+

Instant Family (2018)
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
6.7
/135126/
66
/8507/
65
/1981/
3.2
/901541/
86
/213/
81
/1106/
67
/37/
cc age 17+

Smile 2 (2024)
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
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MUBI
71
6.4
/6437/
64
/229/
57
/102/
3.4
/5529/
89
/66/
62
/128/
79
/26/

Keep the Lights On (2012)
Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.
poster
71
6.7
/18386/
66
/577/
64
/300/
3.4
/11563/
83
/106/
68
/359/
71
/32/
cc age 17+

Smashed (2012)
Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.
poster
67
6.7
/7780/
67
/169/
62
/86/
3.4
/4915/
61
/18/
62
/143/

Clean and Sober (1988)
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.
poster
52
6.3
/29904/
66
/2267/
67
/671/
2.6
/170845/
35
/184/
85
/109/
43
/45/
cc age 15+

Back to Black (2024)
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
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Netflix
50
5.4
/77757/
54
/2973/
59
/1482/
2.1
/266344/
43
/319/
36
/494/
50
/57/
cc age 17+

Blonde (2022)
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
41
5.8
/25931/
56
/175/
59
/32/
2.5
/2888/
42
/12/
73
/8/

Bholaa (2023)
An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.
poster
54
36
5.4
/713/
64
/300/
52
/23/
2.4
/2289/

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy (2024)
A series of lawsuits and allegations have legendary rap mogul P. Diddy on the ropes. TMZ has the troubling inside story from people who were there.
poster
74
33
6.7
/782/
69
/47/
63
/29/
3.4
/783/
90
/10/
88
/2/

Mary Goes Round (2018)
When a substance abuse counsellor gets arrested for a DUI and returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister that she's never met.
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Amazon Prime Video
52
28
5.8
/2411/
62
/49/
61
/46/
3.0
/700/
23
/13/

CrissCross (1992)
A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.
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Kanopy
54
24
5.9
/961/
54
/60/
56
/50/
3.0
/1036/
42
/1/

Blush (2015)
Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess. It all changes when a new girl appears at school. She's introduced to a world of drugs, lesbians and sex. She's thrilled. Her life, at last, becomes exciting. Is it going to last? "Barash" is a coming of age story, planted in the heart of Israeli society, about a young woman who struggles to find her self-identity in an environment that has different ideas about sex, drugs and love.
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Fandango at Home Free
73
16
7.3
/160/
68
/6/
77
/7/
3.4
/276/
80
/20/

Paper Tigers (2015)
Follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
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Kanopy
69
10
7.2
/98/
72
/4/
60
/1/
3.7
/784/

The Salt Mines (1990)
Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived on the streets of Manhattan supporting their drug addictions through prostitution. They made their temporary home inside broken garbage trucks that the Sanitation Department keeps next to the salt deposits used in the winter to melt the snow. The three friends share the place known as "The Salt Mines".
poster
74
8
7.2
/116/
75
/2/
80
/2/
3.6
/625/

Flophouse America (2025)
Because of the big housing problem in the US many people move into cheap, run down hotels, the so-called Flophouse hotels. Twelve-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room he shares with his parents, who struggle with substance abuse. Driven by love and a desire for a better life, his greatest wish is for his mother to stop drinking. Mikal is bright and articulate, but his parents’ struggles prevent them from giving him the stability he needs. Through Mikal’s perspective, the film paints an intimate portrait of resilience, hope, and the harsh realities of life on society’s margins.
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40
/1/

Our Life at the Cottage (2023)
Alters and substance abuse
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Kanopy
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8.0
/80/
80
/1/
86
/4/

Calloused Hands (2013)
A Miami boy’s journey into manhood over the most important summer of his life as he must learn to escape the influence of his mother’s alcoholic boyfriend.
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?
10
/1/

Lumberjacks (1982)
About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks have their own philosophy and their own outlook on life....
poster
?
6.8
/47/
70
/1/

Track Two (2023)
A newspaper clip of a 30-year-old movie makes our middle-aged protagonist in the middle of his peak years to look for his best childhood friend. The journey leads him back to his teenage years in the 1990s depression, over-generational substance abuse and past encounters. This partly essayistic, autobiographical documentary tells the story of friendship and generational experiences while also pondering on the causes and effects of destinies in the judgmental atmosphere of our society.
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?
8.0
/5/

Trashy (2025)
When fourteen-year-old Naomi reunites with her estranged cousin, innocent curiosities lead to a night of drinking, debauchery, and betrayal in the shadows of a small Ohio factory town.
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?
5.0
/51/
20
/1/

Ali and Alia (2019)
Ali and Alia are childhood neighbors that fell in love with each other, but bigger events occur in their lives which gets them separated. Ali seeks to maintain Alia's heart even if it is through substance abuse.
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Hoopla
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8.7
/31/
80
/1/
90
/2/

Bowery (2022)
A compelling portrait of New Yorkers living on the streets as they struggle with mental health, addiction, and the onset of a global pandemic. This powerful documentary offers an unfiltered, at times mesmerizing glimpse into life on the margins, drawing viewers into the raw, human stories behind a deepening crisis.
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?
10
/1/

The Circle (1967)
Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to get along without drugs. Uncompromising, often brutal group therapy sessions are designed to shake loose the excuses a victim makes for himself. The people and situations shown are authentic; only one actor was employed. The results obtained at Daytop are regarded by some psychiatrists as a breakthrough.
poster
?
5.1
/43/
10
/1/
10
/2/

Young Lust: A Soap Opera (1984)
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities.
poster
?
7.2
/40/
35
/2/
10
/2/

Nobody's Boy (2021)
A hustler named Oscar encounters both the light and dark of humanity in an alcohol fueled odyssey of sex, love, and death.
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Amazon Prime Video
?
8.3
/45/
75
/4/
90
/1/

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (2021)
Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation.
poster
74
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7.8
/304/
76
/3/
71
/7/
3.6
/268/

Wax On, Fuck Off (2010)
Ralph Macchio, once a former teen idol, once on top the world in the 80s. Now he is a family man with a loving wife and the nicest man in Hollywood... that is the problem. Because he never once participated in a scandal he is not as popular as he used to be. Sick and tired of it, his wife stages an intervention with his former co stars and manager. They explain to him that in order to further his career he has to shed the nice guy routine and become the most hated man in America. With some inspiration by other scandalous celebrities such as Colin Farrell and Christian Bale; Macchio decides to partake in every scandal known to modern America. Will he succeed in his career or would he go too far?
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61
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6.7
/135/
75
/2/
41
/6/

This World We Live In (2017)
Joey, an image-conscious 22 year-old student swept up in a new city begins to fall into an addiction of drugs to repress his inner demons. A provocative and twisted short film that aims to bring light to one of the darkest issues that face the gay community.
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DocAlliance Films
58
?
5.6
/152/
62
/4/
57
/6/

A Night Too Young (2012)
On New Year's Day, two boys wind up in the apartment of Katerina, a teacher from their school, along with her friends, Stepan and David. As the older trio bickers, drinks and flirts, the boys gain eye-opening insight into the adult world.
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The Fuel of Youth (2026)
A series of interrelated stories that bring Nena, Sean and Alan together. Alan, gentle and insecure, yearns for acceptance and connection. Vibrant yet guilt-ridden, Nena embarks on a quest for redemption and self-discovery as she battles with her inner demons while bereaved Sean lingers and struggles to conquer his depression.
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Ink Between the Lines (2026)
After the devastating suicide of her best friend Coli, 15 year old Natalie turns to journaling to cope with her overwhelming grief. Struggling with guilt and isolation, she pours her emotions onto the page and joins a support group for teens. A deep conversation with Ezra, a friend who understands silent pain, inspires her to transform her journal entries into a novel. As Natalie writes, she begins to confront hidden truths about her friendship with Coli, unspoken struggles, and the weight of what was left unsaid. Through storytelling, she finds healing, connection, and the courage to speak the truth—not just for herself, but for others who need to hear it.
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Phantom : The Rise and the Fall (2025)
Set in a world where friendships are tested by temptation and betrayal, this story follows characters entangled in the underbelly of crime, addiction, and fleeting youth and through the lens of nostalgia, the film explores how innocence is lost and morality blurred when the ghosts of the past haunt the present.
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?

Powdered Nose (2024)
Molly battles her worst tendencies in this gripping tale about the dangers of substance abuse.
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Last Set
A young and obsessive bodybuilder contends with the cost of his sport as well as the temptation of steroids.
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?

From Candy to Cocaine (1986)
In this film titled “From Candy to Cocaine” from 1986, the “Teens Kick-Off” performance group, a performance group recovering from alcohol and drug abuse, perform a modern theater piece on their personal stories of addiction and recoveries. The film also portrays adolescents, who share their stories from use and abuse to recovery. Real people, not actors, speak frankly about their addiction in a theater setting. Parents share their feelings, illustrating the family’s struggles. The film ends on a positive note, emphasizing recovery. It is produced in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services, directed by Terry Losardo, photographed by Charles Shedd, and edited by David Sherwin.
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?

Drug Bust Shoot (2025)
Ex cops attempt to get back into the good graces with their department by busting a photoshoot.
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?

Chokin'
A mysterious figure pulls time backward and a suicide is undone. What was broken is made whole, what was wounded is healed, and lives are restored. Having been pulled backward through time and made a witness to their own death along with all it caused, this person who gave up their life is forced to confront the hate they feel for themselves and the love they feel for their family. A fantasy story about depression, addiction, and the fragile hope of redemption. It's a symbolic tour of how our darkness, like a parasite, moves from host to host. It's a puzzle box with crumbs of detail and meaning that the observant viewer can sew together to deduce what more story there is outside of the frame. It’s an ambigram that unfolds both forward and backward—a fractured dream that, in the end, the viewer pieces together alongside the witness. The song—written, performed, and produced by Kai Straw—and the video—written, edited, and shot by him—comes together as a uniquely singular vision.
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Safe Place
Although experiencing a lifelong battle with pain and trauma, Jerod Draper lived an average, normal life in Southern Indiana. During high school, Jerod started to get off track after losing his best friend at the age of 14, and his first love at 15. To cope with the sudden loss at such a young age, Jerod started experimenting with drugs. After high school and through his younger-adult years, Jerod's substance abuse amplified. Throughout his 20s and 30s, Jerod continued to fight for sobriety while marrying and having a daughter. Following the divorce and not being able to see his daughter due to substance abuse, Jerod made a vow to stay clean. On October 4th, 2018 - Jerod was well over a year sober, yet fighting a familiar challenge, the severe depression and anxiety induced by weaning from drugs. During that evening, Jerod endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.
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Moonscape (2025)
An unfiltered journey into the most intimate sides of friendship. Teenagers Aruna and Chiara navigate love, betrayal, and their descent into womanhood. As the summer winds down, Aruna falls for a troubled boy, Julian, who lives on his own in an RV. As their relationship progresses and Julian's issues start to emerge, Aruna grows increasingly uncomfortable. But when she reaches out to Chiara, it becomes clear the terms of their friendship have changed.
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Karagyz (2003)
The hardships of modern life for one of the families, unhappy in its own way and at the same time recognizable to others. A husband and wife are fighting and drinking, their eldest son lives on his parents-in-law's money, the middle daughter is a prostitute, and only the youngest daughter, confined to a wheelchair, mute, is watching it.
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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
The life of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor was turned upside down when he's implicated in the wrongful death trial of one-time Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith.
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Mendota (2023)
An exhausted teenager releases the anger caused by her bother's battle with substance abuse.
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People Like You (2022)
Told through the eyes of a mom whose son is struggling with Substance Use Disorder, PEOPLE LIKE YOU is an unblinking, emotional feature documentary on the opioid epidemic.
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The First Day (2019)
Chris Herren, former professional basketball player, author and wellness advocate, has shared his story of recovery with over 1 million people nationwide. The First Day film chronicles this journey revealing Herren’s vulnerability and his profound connections with high school students who, in turn, have shared their stories of struggle and strength. Through the power of storytelling, The First Day addresses issues that school systems, communities and people across the country are impacted by, directly or indirectly, each day including substance use, other harmful behaviors and mental wellness.
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The Butterflies of Love
Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.


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