addiction
  • The Rose picture
    Movies

    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...

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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...

  • The Narcotic picture
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    The Narcotic

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

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    Smoke (1995)

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

  • Circuit picture
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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...

  • True Friends picture
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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...

  • The Scapegoat picture
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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...

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    Shopping (1996)

    Street-punk crime partners (Sadie Frost, Jude Law) crash stolen cars into store windows, then go...

  • Acts of Worship picture
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    Acts of Worship (2003)

    About a young woman's drug addiction.

  • The Deli picture
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    The Deli (1997)

    A deli owner is addicted to gambling.

  • The Sweet Hereafter picture
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    The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

    A lawyer (Ian Holm) seeks input from parents who lost children in a Canadian bus crash that claimed...

  • Slow Dancing in the Big City picture
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    Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978)

    A husky New York columnist (Paul Sorvino) falls for a ballerina (Anne Ditchburn) in bad health who...

  • Caught picture
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    Caught (1987)

    Indian evangelist Rajam Prasad (Amerjit Deu) spiritually strengthens an American ne'er-do-well (John...

  • Ulee's Gold picture
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    Ulee's Gold (1997)

    A Florida beekeeper (Peter Fonda) looks for the missing wife of his jailed son but finds thugs...

  • Another Day in Paradise picture
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    Another Day in Paradise (1998)

    Drugs and crime bond an aging drug dealer (James Woods) and his maternal girlfriend (Melanie...

  • The Man With the Golden Arm picture
    Movies

    The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)

    A dried-out heroin addict (Frank Sinatra) returns to his wife (Eleanor Parker) and card dealing in...

  • The Opium War picture
    Movies

    The Opium War

    An attempt to stop the British from selling opium to the Chinese leads to war when mass quantities...