Addiction Movies

List of the best addiction movies selected by visitors to our site: Requiem for a Dream, Drugstore Cowboy, Body Brokers, Pulp Fiction, Ben Is Back, Narc, Spun, Half Nelson, Four Good Days, Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Genredrama
Duration01:42

The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:34

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

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.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryGermany, Canada, USA
Duration01:45

An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads and informants turn up dead.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up with his old girlfriend, Amy.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Canada

A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredocumentary, crime, history
CountryUSA

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genremelodrama, adventure, western
CountryUSA

A woman and her group of selfless thieves rob a pharmacy and hit the road to distribute medication, but find themselves trapped in the fringe lands of a law-less psychedelic city.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

The story of a teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA

Madrid, Spain. The bedroom of Sofía, a luxury escort. Her new client, who has introduced himself as Hugo and appears to be an educated businessman, discovers that she has a name tattooed on her leg: Diana. Hugo cannot help asking her who Diana is.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

Aiden craves a better life. A life away from his gruesome job as a crime scene photographer, working alongside his detective friend Pete. A meaningful life where he can escape the hard streets of Detroit, fall in love with the perfect woman and save the world from evil. As Aiden's dark imagination starts to leak into reality, he meets Virginia, a younger woman with her own dilemmas and desires.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryUSA, Canada

In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Mexico

Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in pursuit of lost time after meeting a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home. What begins as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering series of events.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountryUSA

In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place she can call home.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA

A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

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.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

Markimdb: 4
Genredrama
CountryUSA

Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his blood brother Jacob. Billy and Rae are boyfriend and girlfriend, much to the dismay of Jacob who has always loved Rae from afar. Billy's philosophy of life, and how that interfaces with having a deadly virus, comes to a head when Billy and Jacob compete in a very unique game of "Tag", with the future of Rae and "the family" dependent upon the outcome.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA

When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home and decide to play tricks on them.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Republic of Ireland, USA

After the death of her family in an airplane crash on a flight that she was meant to be on, Stephanie Patrick discovers the crash was not an accident. She then seeks to uncover the truth by adapting the identity of an assassin to track down those responsible.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA, Mexico

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

The authorized documentary on late Guitar/lead singer Kurt Cobain from his early days in Aberdeen Washington to his success and downfall with Grunge band Nirvana.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:16

A disturbing portrait of contemporary youth culture where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:21

Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, musical, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
Duration01:53

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

When an Asian American girl from the wrong side of the tracks is accepted by a prestigious university, she finds that her academic prowess can be put to lucrative use.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:33

Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film 'Curfew'. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA

Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, teams up with the local police department to bring his former commander to justice and prevent him from further vigilantism.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA

It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a Saturday detention reserved for the privileged seniors of Crestview Academy turns into a date in hell. It's not long before a naïve pussycat lover, gay drug dealer, smokin' hot preacher's daughter, squeaky-clean senator's son, and the uninvited younger outsider find themselves locked-up in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) has set them up. Hilarity and suspense ensue while each 'bad kid' pits one against the other, and one by one each falls victim to absurdly gruesome 'accidents' while trying to escape.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:05

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:10

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

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 tow.




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