Addiction Movies

A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.

Sam is a 19-year-old artist drifting through post-high school adolescence in a drug-fuelled haze, doing anything to avoid actually painting. Her art...

Struggling with an endless cycle of family-destroying addiction and shame, an aging Mitch Jennings finally gets his shot at professional baseball....

Clare is an addict in recovery when her mother’s sudden death turns her carefully measured world upside down. Returning to her hometown, she...

A woman sees a fist-sized hole in a brick wall. She's hypnotically drawn to it and can't focus on anything else. An increasingly morbid obsession...

Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable...

An ex-con bodybuilder driven by a Mr. Olympia fantasy, unravels as obsession, illegal steroids and a volatile gym boss collide; until love forces him...

Tony the Stamper is about to uncover a nasty secret when his mentor Stanley goes missing amid a hazardous narcotic gas that has flooded the city...

A spoof on black musician biopics.

Wake up on your commute through your dream as it consumes you again.

A portrait of musician and artist Peter Doherty as he tries to pursue his musical career while battling his addiction. Torn between the needs of his...

The marriage between Claudia and David has ended due to Claudia's addiction problems, in addition to the different psychological disorders she...

A boy plagued with minor addictions must find a way to get his favorite energy drink before the FDA bans it.

The real story of the journalist Vesela Toteva (in the role is her daughter -Valentina Karoleva) searching for her own happiness during the dynamic...

Artistic lovers, Viv and Jay, have become trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. But when Viv’s wealthy parents hire an...

“Phototaxis” draws parallels between Mothman, a prophetic and demonized creature in West Virginia lore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the main...

A mother is trapped by both a close bond to her daughter and a day-to-day life whose elephant in the room is her own addiction, which nobody...

In this high definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest newuroscientific...

A mutant woman who's being held captive in a sadist's basement sees an opportunity for escape when her latest visitor arrives.