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Netflix
84
7.8
/57641/
77
/2890/
75
/1296/
4.0
/123554/
96
/224/
87
/750/
85
/41/
cc age 16+

Amy (2015)
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
poster
83
8.1
/764265/
80
/17491/
79
/10189/
4.2
/1110605/
90
/98/
93
/16409/
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.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.2
/42721/
71
/1575/
71
/719/
3.8
/167115/
94
/235/
92
/70/
73
/41/
cc age 16+

Honey Boy (2019)
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
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Criterion Channel
74
6.7
/53202/
64
/1059/
62
/612/
3.6
/50382/
85
/201/
62
/5546/
85
/36/
cc age 17+

Rachel Getting Married (2008)
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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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.
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Plex
71
6.7
/21081/
67
/471/
66
/286/
3.6
/25982/
83
/87/
67
/303/
71
/18/
cc age 16+

Postcards from the Edge (1990)
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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Kanopy
69
6.7
/25409/
70
/1470/
65
/952/
3.3
/30099/
81
/219/
69
/184/
66
/39/
cc age 15+

Ben Is Back (2018)
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
7.4
/124833/
75
/4031/
75
/2797/
4.0
/1421757/
68
/265/
79
/491/
62
/45/
cc age 17+

Beautiful Boy (2018)
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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Hulu
60
6.2
/38335/
65
/3050/
68
/1259/
3.0
/92726/
62
/77/
53
/123/
54
/11/
cc age 16+

No Exit (2022)
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.
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fuboTV
76
60
7.2
/1825/
72
/77/
69
/37/
3.5
/2081/
97
/32/
80
/607/

No No: A Dockumentary (2014)
Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD, then worked for decades counseling drug abusers. Dock's soulful style defined 1970s baseball as he kept hitters honest and embarrassed the establishment. An ensemble cast of teammates, friends, and family investigate his life on the field, in the media, and out of the spotlight.
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Netflix
57
6.7
/60456/
67
/2336/
67
/995/
2.7
/80504/
24
/260/
81
/953/
38
/44/
cc age 16+

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
poster
56
6.1
/57350/
65
/1772/
61
/1059/
3.0
/54711/
33
/85/
50
/3901/
46
/26/
cc age 14+

28 Days (2000)
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
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Fandango at Home Free
52
6.2
/5443/
67
/334/
62
/169/
2.9
/6711/
23
/44/
38
/24/
47
/18/
cc age 17+

Being Charlie (2016)
Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.
poster
51
6.3
/4876/
65
/255/
61
/109/
3.1
/8285/
27
/48/
51
/27/
45
/14/
cc age 17+

A Million Little Pieces (2019)
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
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The Roku Channel
48
5.2
/2889/
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.
poster
40
5.2
/29091/
60
/2633/
56
/1456/
2.1
/52441/
23
/56/
29
/215/
37
/10/
cc age 16+

The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
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66
27
6.5
/309/
70
/27/
61
/59/
3.5
/836/

The Party Is Over (2018)
Despite their differences, Celeste and Sihem quickly become inseparable. The common will to get out of drugs seals their fusional friendship. This will be as much a force as an obstacle when, transferred from the center that welcomes them, they find themselves left to themselves, to the test of the real world and its temptations. They will have to fight to finally live.
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57
26
5.2
/233/
41
/7/
100
/2/
2.8
/1744/
39
/23/
57
/9/

Little Death (2024)
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.
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?
100
/1/

Life Stuff (2025)
Based on a true story, a woman enters rehab expecting solitude but is forced to share her space with a volatile teen. As their uneasy connection grows, she begins to confront the patterns that led her there and what healing might actually require.
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?
8.6
/18/

Withdrawal (2025)
Artistic lovers, Viv and Jay, have become trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. But when Viv’s wealthy parents hire an interventionist to take Viv to rehab, the couple decides to set off on their own with the help of a suboxone prescription... all they have to do is survive a harrowing night through drug withdrawal.
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Hoopla
39
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2.9
/154/
57
/13/
30
/2/

Final Recovery (2025)
When Rodney winds up in the Sage Treatment Facility and in the care of the twisted Nanny Lou, his drive to do better for his family and new friends lead him to more trouble, when he rebels against his ornery captor.
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46
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4.5
/142/
65
/2/
23
/3/
53
/6/

Over the GW (2007)
A cult-like rehabilitation center abuses, brainwashes and imprisons vulnerable teens.
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Hoopla
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9.3
/10/

Don't Forget To Leave (2024)
Tim Landers, a prolific songwriter and founding member of the emo/pop-punk band TRANSIT, struggled. He fought battles, often privately, with substance misuse and his own mental health needs. "Don’t Forget To Leave" paints a poignant portrait of Landers, from his early success up until the posthumous release of Weathervane by his band Cold Collective. His story is chronicled through archival footage and interviews with members of A Loss For Words, The Story So Far, Frank Turner, Man Overboard, Transit and Cold Collective, family members and mental health professionals.
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?
6.7
/38/
33
/3/

Nebýt dnešní (2005)
Gerard, Mara and Jiri are addicted to heroin. The trio's struggle to kick the habit is more complicated than they expected. And then something happens that changes everything.
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?
60
/2/

No Matter What (2020)
Josh, a young drug addict, joins a support group, where he opens up about his situation.
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Hulu
79
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8.2
/280/
81
/47/
86
/9/
3.5
/216/

Jelly Roll: Save Me (2023)
An inside look as the 38-year-old prepares to perform at the famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, featuring never-before-seen tour footage and interviews with the musician and those closest to him. It also shows how Jelly Roll balances life on tour with philanthropic work, including a visit to a juvenile detention facility where he was incarcerated multiple times to share his story in the hopes of inspiring positive change in others.
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?
60
/1/

Drugs: The Children Are Choosing Drugs In Our Culture (1969)
Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the sequence. ALSO: Good hippie sequence in Haight-Ashbury.
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5.9
/11/
50
/3/
70
/1/

Azules Turquesas (2019)
A woman suffering from drug addiction is interned against her will in a clandestine rehabilitation center where she suffers many cases of abuse and fights to survive against violence, prejudice and the loss of dignity.
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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.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
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7.0
/619/
62
/7/
44
/11/

Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000)
When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake.
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25
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4.5
/106/
20
/1/
10
/1/

Two Days, Nine Lives (2001)
A drug addict checks into rehab.
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44
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6.4
/202/
26
/3/

Angel Dusted (1981)
Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is forced to wrestle with the crisis.
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Plex
41
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5.1
/198/
32
/4/
50
/6/

Date Bait (1960)
Two wild and rebellious teenagers in love find that their eager wedding plans are being complicated by family members and roughneck gangsters.
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Kanopy
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7.8
/47/
40
/5/

Omar & Pete (2005)
Omar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more than 30 years — never out longer than six months. This intimate and penetrating film follows these two longtime African-American friends after what they hope will be their final release. Their lives take divergent paths in their native Baltimore as one wrestles with addiction and fear while the other finds success and freedom through helping others. With extraordinary cooperation from Maryland's innovative reentry programs — many run by former drug addicts and convicts themselves — Omar & Pete also provides a rare glimpse into an intense and very personal web of support.
poster
40
?
6.0
/153/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Toughlove (1985)
The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Toughlove" program in searching for answers.
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?
65
/2/

Reba (2020)
Back from rehab, a painter suspects her husband is stealing from her.
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Kanopy
73
?
8.0
/190/
66
/6/

Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story (2005)
Documentary on the life of late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood.
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?
5.6
/64/
40
/1/
40
/2/

Sinister Harvest (1930)
Early "shockumentary", apparently shot in Egypt, which documents the habits of opium addicts. The interiors of drug dens are shown, and at the conclusion the film an addict is shown collapsing on a sand dune; the booming voice of the narrator informs us that the addict has perished. Footage used is from the silent film Dope Fiends.
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?
7.2
/13/
70
/1/

Second Lane (2018)
Second Lane is a story about drug addiction, living with it and fighting it. It is a documentary about people who use intravenous drugs and the professionals and peers working with those people. What happens when ‘Vinkki’, a social and healthcare counselling centre in Helsinki, closes its doors due to a lost contract.
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63
?
66
/51/
61
/35/

The Trip (2021)
In this honest and deeply personal account of living with addiction, a young man talks about the realities and challenges of living in the Anishinaabe community of Kitcisakik and the hope he still harbours for himself and his people.
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The Roku Channel
34
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4.8
/190/
13
/3/
55
/4/
20
/1/

Last Resort (1996)
Nine young men and women, deemed unmanageable by both anguished parents and a society grown weary of drug users, gang members and thieves, are given one last chance to save their lives. Some make it, some don't.
poster
49
?
5.9
/249/
37
/4/
60
/2/

Synanon (1965)
A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon House in Santa Monica, California.
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?
40
/2/
70
/1/

The Story of Junkie Junior (1987)
Junior Rios started using heroin when he was 15. At age 29, Junior is a father of three. To support his $200-a-day heroin habit, he scours the rooftops of the South Bronx for materials he can sell. When he's finally caught, he enters an aggressive rehab program. Meanwhile, his ex has moved on, and is trying to make a better life for herself and their children.
poster
54
?
6.2
/155/
45
/7/
57
/10/

The Sexy Killer (1976)
A nurse decides to take justice in her own hands to fight the crime-syndicates of Hong Kong after her sister is drugged and abused by some local drug dealers.
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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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Riqueni (2023)
N/A
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Boykee
'Boykee' is a drug addict from the streets of Rotterdam, who manages to get himself into some serious trouble and he' s looking for a way out. Lea, a troubled young woman, might offer Boykee the escape he desires.
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The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place (1970)
This film describes the 1960s drug culture. Addicts discuss their experiences in the United States and in Vietnam. Dr. Stanley Yolles, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), talks about the drug culture and the NIMH role in prevention and treatment. The tape describes growth in the use of marijuana and heroin. In 1966, the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act is the first law to give the addict a choice of treatment or jail. Synanon in California is a private, self-help, residential community that helps people deal with their addictions. New York's Daytop Village works not only with addicts on addictions, but on developing a new lifestyle. Methadone, though still experimental, has proved to be an effective treatment for heroin addiction.


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