Substance Abuse Movies

An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess....

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to...

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can...

An aging artist confronts his traumatic past as he paints a portrait of the beachside home he grew up in.

A compelling portrait of New Yorkers living on the streets as they struggle with mental health, addiction, and the onset of a global pandemic. This...

An exhausted teenager releases the anger caused by her bother's battle with substance abuse.

A young social worker goes on a mission to save a little girl from her mom's underworld but instead she falls into the girl's imaginary reality.

Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.

The hardships of modern life for one of the families, unhappy in its own way and at the same time recognizable to others. A husband and wife are...

Miles is a busy television director and loving father with a controlling nature motivated by good intentions, who discovers his 17-year-old daughter...

A young and obsessive bodybuilder contends with the cost of his sport as well as the temptation of steroids.

When his mother relapses, Oliver is forced to go look for his younger brother in the world of crime throughout the night.

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks...

"Reds, Whites & Blues" is a dramatic short about the dangers of substance abuse, including alcoholism and drug addiction within a family unit. Here,...

Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

Joey, an image-conscious 22 year-old student swept up in a new city begins to fall into an addiction of drugs to repress his inner demons. A...

When fourteen-year-old Naomi reunites with her estranged cousin, innocent curiosities lead to a night of drinking, debauchery, and betrayal in the...

A newspaper clip of a 30-year-old movie makes our middle-aged protagonist in the middle of his peak years to look for his best childhood...

Set to a vibrant landscape, 'April' follows the emotional up-and-down journey of a full-of-life high school girl, named April (played by Celine...