movies that show drug addiction

tom91x91 · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:01

Any other movies that are worth watching other than requime, trainspotting and the basketball diaires? I loved all of these (basketball diaires probably the most), but cant think of any others i havent seen that are any good.

Cheers.

antijoke · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:04

Blow.

Not so much heavily focused on addiction, but still a damn good drug film.

Malakite · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:06

Not a movie but would recommend the book 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey

DJMK4 · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:06

Not so much addiction, but more binging = Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

More addiction/mental health = Requiem for a Dream

Addiction & Mexican Criminals & Drug Lords = Traffic

As mentioned above, Blow.

Fear and Loathing and Blow are my 2 favourite films, Blow is excellent.

d_brennen · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:08

Leaving Las Vegas. Just boozy though

oO Stevie Oo · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:09

Gridlock'd

krooton · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:12

Spun is pretty good.

tom91x91 · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:25

krooton said:
Spun is pretty good.

ah yeah forgot about spun, its great

bledd · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:51

Scarface

Ranger07 · 25 Nov 2010 at 09:58

Basketball Diaries.

jp_bl_68 · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:01

Drugstore Cowboy, Naked Lunch (to some extent), Christiane F, not a film but The Wire is brilliant.

Metatron · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:09

Odd thing to be interested in.

tom91x91 · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:25

Metatron said:
Odd thing to be interested in.

They do make entertaining films

Mana · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:30

Requiem for a dream is pretty awesome film about drug addiction(s). Not your usual Hollywood ending as well.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/

woops just re-read your post, didnt spot you had already mentioned this.

PhillyDee · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:40

The Acid House. 3 short films. Very odd.

Relentless81 · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:45

PhillyDee said:
The Acid House. 3 short films. Very odd.

Ha I forgot all about this film, I need to watch it again its so strange

Traffic and Basket Ball Diaries are the ones that focus more on addiction rather than dealing etc that i've seen

Theres a fair bit of addiction in American Gangster

mysticsniper · 25 Nov 2010 at 10:48

Training Day
Goodfellas

Simi · 25 Nov 2010 at 11:01

Drugstore cowboy is my favourite of this genre, followed by Requiem for a dream.

jp_bl_68 · 25 Nov 2010 at 11:07

Dead Ringers, The Lost Weekend, A Scanner Darkly.

Bill101 · 25 Nov 2010 at 11:28

Reefer Madness