Addiction Movies

In New York City, a young writer's resolute belief in true love is put to the test by a beautiful girl and her struggle with addiction. This original...

This film describes the 1960s drug culture. Addicts discuss their experiences in the United States and in Vietnam. Dr. Stanley Yolles, director of...

The personal and social tragedy of drug addiction with its evil accompaniment, drug traffic. Over the side of the silent liner in the darkness slips...

Portrait of an anonymous overdose hotline where people call before using, and volunteers stay on the line, racing against time, forging collective...

A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative...

Jamie struggles at work, contributing to her alcoholism. Meanwhile, her neighbor, David, has a growing obsession with pornography. Soon, each of...

Charlotte is an alcoholic trying to complete her first year of sobriety. One evening, when the urge to drink is so strong that she fears a relapse,...

An educational film from 1967 designed to scare teenagers away from illegal drugs

Examines the intergenerational impact of addiction by chronicling the love, labor, loss, and uncertainty of one woman’s struggle to live a life...

A young woman, confined by the claustrophobic walls of her room, forms an intrusive thought and quickly spirals into a frenzy of overindulgence and...

Washed-up cereal spokesman Tommy Tiger wastes his hours with a cocktail of whippets, whiskey, and cheap beer. A memory of his father hurdles him into...

Lives change when a homeless woman, in desperate search of a better life, meets a social worker with troubles of her own.

After her release from involuntary hospitalization, “Annie” grapples with the trauma of her confinement, all while working as a...

Hiding in the Open examines one night in the life of two capricious twenty-somethings searching for direction. Good natured but rebellious Chase,...

Screen addiction is a growing public health concern. From social media algorithms to video games and AI, digital platforms exploit human psychology...

The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera...

In The Lonely Island's first attempt at a sitcom, the dudes get addicted to tooth whitener.

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...

A psychological thriller about a mysterious rug threatening to tear a superstitious family apart.