Requiem for a Dream
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Why you'll love it
This movie portrays the harrowing addiction journeys of several characters, emphasizing the devastating effects of substance abuse.
Trainspotting
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
Why you'll love it
The film offers a gritty and candid look at the life of heroin addicts, providing insight into drug addiction.
Beautiful Boy
Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many y...
Why you'll love it
Based on a pair of memoirs by father and son, it depicts the relentless cycle of addiction and recovery from multiple perspectives.
The Basketball Diaries
Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol
A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Why you'll love it
Based on a true story, it follows the descent of a high school basketball star into addiction, highlighting the impact on his life and career.
Candy
Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush
A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-des...
Why you'll love it
This film explores the intense and destructive love affair between a poet and an art student who are united by their common addiction to heroin.