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    A Scanner Darkly (2006)

    In Orange County, Calif., a drug-addicted cop (Keanu Reeves) who works under cover receives orders...

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    Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

    After her husband dies, a woman (Halle Berry) invites his drug-addicted friend (Benicio Del Toro) to...

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    Coffy (1973)

    A nurse (Pam Grier) seeks revenge on those she holds responsible for her 11-year-old sister's drug...

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    Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

    Kentucky teen Loretta Webb (Sissy Spacek) marries Doolittle Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) and becomes...

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    Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

    An addict (Matt Dillon), his wife (Kelly Lynch) and another couple steal the drugs they live for in...

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    99 Women

    Jesus Franco's campy women's prison film, though both stereotypical and rare to find in its original...

  • Even Money picture
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    Even Money (2007)

    Gambling destroys the lives of various people (Kim Basinger, Forest Whitaker) who are either...

  • The Basketball Diaries picture
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    The Basketball Diaries (1995)

    Crime pays for the drug addiction of a high-school hoopster (Leonardo DiCaprio) and three teammates...

  • La Vie En Rose picture
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    La Vie En Rose (2007)

    French singer Édith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) becomes a national icon but tries to overcome personal...

  • Finding Amanda picture
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    Finding Amanda (2008)

    A man who has struggled with alcohol abuse tries to convince his niece to enter rehab.

  • America 3000 picture
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    America 3000 (1986)

    This future dystopia tale is set in what remains of the U.S.A. 900 years after a nuclear war. People...

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    Scarface (1983)

    A Cuban immigrant from Castro's jails cuts a violent path of destruction on his way to the top of...

  • Eyes Wide Shut picture
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    Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    A doctor (Tom Cruise) explores his relationship with his wife (Nicole Kidman) by delving into a...

  • Days of Wine and Roses picture
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    Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

    A boozing PR man's (Jack Lemmon) wife (Lee Remick) joins him in drinking but not in Alcoholics...

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    Trainspotting (1996)

    Eccentric friends and on-and-off heroin addiction mark the life of a young Edinburgh Scot (Ewan...

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    Heat (1987)

    Las Vegas is the backdrop for all the torrid action of heat, as Burt Reynolds plays the soft-hearted...

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    Citizen Ruth (1996)

    Opposing militant factions in the abortion battle exploit a pregnant woman (Laura Dern) who is...

  • Requiem for A Dream picture
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    Requiem for A Dream (2000)

    A middle-aged woman (Ellen Burstyn) gets an invitation to be on her favorite game show, as her son...

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    Brain Damage (1988)

    Basket Case director Frank Henenlotter explores another bizarre symbiotic human-monster relationship...

  • House of Sand and Fog picture
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    House of Sand and Fog (2003)

    Mistakenly evicted from her house, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) tries to reobtain it from the new...

  • I'll Cry Tomorrow picture
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    I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

    1930s singer/actress Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward) hits bottom after bad marriages, then joins...

  • Lenny picture
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    Lenny (1974)

    1950s comic Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) spurs controversy with his drug use, graphic language and...

  • Leaving Las Vegas picture
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    Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

    Intent on drinking himself to death, a man (Nicolas Cage) who lost all finds solace with a Las Vegas...

  • 28 Days picture
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    28 Days (2000)

    When a court order sends a New York journalist (Sandra Bullock) to a rehabilitation center for...

  • Point of No Return picture
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    Point of No Return (1993)

    A drug-addicted punk (Bridget Fonda) escapes from death row when a government agent (Gabriel Byrne)...

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    Isn't She Great (2000)

    Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler) writes ``Valley of the Dolls'' and, at the height of her success,...

  • The Only Game in Town picture
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    The Only Game in Town (1970)

    A veteran chorus-girl (Elizabeth Taylor) and a gambling pianist (Warren Beatty) become friends and...

  • Less Than Zero picture
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    Less Than Zero (1987)

    Beverly Hills rich kids (Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz) help their friend (Robert Downey Jr.) who is...

  • The Rose picture
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    The Rose (1979)

    An exhausted rock star (Bette Midler) turns to drugs, alcohol and a lover (Frederic Forrest) when...

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    Fierce People (2007)

    A drug addict (Diane Lane) and her teenage son (Anton Yelchin) spend a fateful summer at a...

  • The Panic in Needle Park picture
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    The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

    A woman from Indiana becomes addicted to heroin when she falls in love with a larcenous New York...

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    Friday (1995)

    A South Central Los Angeles resident (Ice Cube) hangs out on his front porch with a pal (Chris...

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    Bird (1988)

    Jazz saxophonist Charlie ``Bird'' Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34...

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    The Boost (1988)

    A hustler (James Woods) and his wife (Sean Young) move to Los Angeles, where he sells tax shelters...

  • Adam &  Steve picture
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    Adam & Steve (2006)

    A psychiatrist (Malcolm Gets) comes to the realization that his male lover (Craig Chester) witnessed...

  • I Am A Sex Addict picture
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    I Am A Sex Addict (2006)

    As he prepares to marry for the third time, a man (Caveh Zahedi) reviews his past problems with...

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    The Narcotic

    Exploitation auteur Dwain Esper directed this hare-brained exposé on the perils of drug addiction....

  • Victor Capoccia picture
    People

    Victor Capoccia

    Victor Capoccia was an Executive for the TV shows The Addiction Project and Addiction: The...

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    Amira Khalifa

    Amira Khalifa appeared in the movies Addiction and Maata meren alla.

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    Smoke (1995)

    The manager (Harvey Keitel) of a Brooklyn cigar shop and his customers are featured in five...

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    Circuit (2002)

    After leaving the police force, a homosexual (Jonathan Wade-Drahos) moves to Hollywood, meets a...

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    Around the Fire (1998)

    Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton...

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    Fragment of Fear (1971)

    Reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

  • Until the Night picture
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    Until the Night

    An unsuccessful writer, who leads a dissolute life, has an affair with an ex-lover, who is the wife...

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    High Art (1998)

    A young woman (Radha Mitchell) falls in love with her neighbor (Ally Sheedy), a lesbian with a...

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    True Friends (1998)

    The story of three lifelong Italian-American friends in the Bronx who, as adults, try to raise...

  • The Minotaur picture
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    The Minotaur (1994)

    During his final stage performance, an entertainment icon reflects on his meteoric rise and fall.

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    Brown's Requiem (2000)

    A fat man hires a private eye (Michael Rooker) to investigate a Hollywood businessman housing his...

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    The Scapegoat (1959)

    An Englishman (Alec Guinness) doubles for a decadent French count who has an Italian mistress...

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    illtown (1998)

    Two young lovers are torn between their part-time criminal activity and the enticement of family and...