drug-addiction
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    Valley of the Dolls (1967)

    Three young women (Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate) turn to pills because of their lives in...

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    Ray (2004)

    Blind since childhood, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and...

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    Igby Goes Down (2002)

    A teen (Kieran Culkin) from a dysfunctional family runs away from a military academy to live with...

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    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994)

    A collage of short films blends together into a semibiographical account of the reclusive classical...

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    Bookies

    Four college friends become small-time bookies, but when they get too greedy the Mafia comes in to...

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    Traffic (2000)

    While a judge's (Michael Douglas) anti-drug campaign leads him to his own daughter, a DEA agent (Don...

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    Rachel Getting Married (2008)

    Long-simmering tensions bubble to the surface when a young woman (Anne Hathaway) who has been in and...

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    Lorna's Silence (2009)

    Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her...

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    Life is Hot in Cracktown (2009)

    Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy...

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    Candy (2006)

    A fatherly chemistry professor (Geoffrey Rush) indulges two young lovers (Heath Ledger, Abbie...

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    Even Money (2007)

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

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    Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

    Dumped by his wife (Phoebe Cates) and aided by his buddy (Kiefer Sutherland), a young Manhattan...

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    El Cantante (2007)

    Puerto Rican singer Héctor Lavoe (Marc Anthony) becomes a pioneer of salsa music in the United...

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    Last Days (2005)

    Addicted to drugs, a Seattle rock star (Michael Pitt) continues on a path of self-destruction.

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    The Salton Sea (2002)

    An addict (Val Kilmer) works under cover for two police officers and deals with a sadistic dealer...

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    Blow (2001)

    In the 1970s a man (Johnny Depp) works with Colombian smugglers to establish the cocaine business in...

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    Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

    Billie Holiday (Diana Ross) goes from Harlem brothel maid to heroin-addicted singing star, losing...

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    Holding Trevor (2008)

    After finally breaking up with his drug-addicted lover, a gay man (Brent Gorski) begins a new...

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    Ed Wood (1994)

    Edward D. Wood Jr. (Johnny Depp) directs awful '50s cult films like ``Glen or Glenda'' and ``Plan 9...

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    You're Gonna Miss Me (2007)

    A portrait of psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson shows his battle with drug addiction and...

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    Gridlock'd (1997)

    Two heroin addicts (Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur) seek rehabilitation, but police, gangsters and...

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    Half Nelson (2006)

    A Brooklyn teacher (Ryan Gosling) struggles with drug addiction while trying to serve as a father...

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    Strangers with Candy (2006)

    With her father in a coma, 47-year-old ex-convict Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) enrolls in high school...

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    Russian Dolls (2006)

    A struggling writer (Romain Duris) becomes involved with two women while juggling assignments in...

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    Jungle Fever (1991)

    Trouble follows an architect's (Wesley Snipes) biracial affair with a woman (Annabella Sciorra) in...

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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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    Wonderland (2003)

    In debt and addicted to drugs, porn star John Holmes (Val Kilmer) becomes implicated in a quadruple...

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    City by the Sea (2002)

    A New York homicide detective (Robert De Niro) searches for his son (James Franco), the prime...

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    Pay It Forward (2000)

    In response to a challenge by his teacher (Kevin Spacey), an 11-year-old (Haley Joel Osment)...

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    A Wedding (1978)

    Friends and family of the bride (Amy Stryker) and groom (Desi Arnaz Jr.) carry on at a mansion...