Drugs/alcohol movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drugs/alcohol movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, serious, clever, rough and stylized films and TV shows about / with drugs/alcohol, drugs, profanity, dialogue, male nudity, nudity (full frontal - brief), violence, friendship, crimes and sex plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
drugs/alcohol
TOP 10 movies tagged as drugs/alcohol: Project X (2012), Skins (2007), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Bling Ring (2013), Patrick Melrose (2018), Breaking Bad (2008), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Queen of the South (2016), Shameless (2004).
Best films
List of drugs/alcohol movies
186K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style:
not serious, humorous, ridiculous, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, teen comedy, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
party, teenager, when the parents are away, drugs/alcohol, popularity, youth, buddies, student, looking for sex, friends, teenage life, strong sexual content ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california, new jersey
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73K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Style:
captivating, cynical, realistic, semi serious, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage life, sexual relations, drugs/alcohol, looking for sex, youth, siblings relations, high school life, party, high school, classmates, homosexual, friendship ...
Time:
contemporary, 2000s, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
england
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
dark humor, clever, captivating, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
money, rise and fall, corruption, success, ambition, greed, wall street, cons and scams, stock broker, american dream, rags to riches, yuppie ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 1990s, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bahamas, big ben london, mediterranean sea ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, bleak, disturbing, atmospheric, depressing ...
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, drug addiction, life is a bitch, depression, downfall, drug use, destructive relationship, degradation, drugs/alcohol, insanity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
Style:
sexy, stylized, captivating, serious, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, drugs/alcohol, juvenile delinquency, youth, heist, burglary, high society, celebrity, crimes, crime, thief, robbery ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills, israel ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Based on the Patrick Molrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
Style:
ironic, psychological, suspense, captivating, surreal
Plot:
dialogue, drugs/alcohol, depression, drug addiction, loneliness, ambition, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, mental illness, violence, lifestyle, misfit ...
Time:
1960s, 1990s, 2000s, 90s, 60s ...
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1.4M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
clever, captivating, tense, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
drug dealing, drug lord, master criminal, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, crimes, family problems, unlikely partners, teacher, drug cartel, peril, desperation ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, teenage life, downfall, life is a bitch, drugs/alcohol, juvenile delinquency, basketball, antisocial behavior, anguish, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1960s, 60s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
Duration: 42 min.
Story:
Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
Style:
twists and turns, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
drug cartel, drugs/alcohol, crimes, shooting, cartel, adventure, danger, vengeance, destiny, murder, chase, captivity ...
Place:
mexico, usa
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14K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad ...
Style:
humorous, emotional, realistic, cynical, captivating ...
Plot:
drugs/alcohol, family problems, dysfunctional family, working class, gay teenager, siblings relations, parents and children, single father, alcohol abuse, everyday life, social misfits, life is a bitch ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
england, northern england, europe, manchester
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
Style:
sexy, dark humor, witty, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
womanizer, sexual relations, writer's life, lust, drugs/alcohol, strong sexual content, lifestyle, writers, sexual activity, addiction, family problems, family life ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
california, usa, new york
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71K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.
Style:
humorous, not serious, ridiculous, funny, dark humor ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
friends, college, young people, youth, college life, nothing goes right, drugs/alcohol, birthday, buddies, plan gone awry, profanity, disorder ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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100K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style:
dark humor, surreal, cynical, sexual, bleak ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, insanity, self destructing, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, strong sexual content, cocaine, antisocial behavior, anti heroes, drugs/alcohol, graphic violence ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
scotland, hamburg germany, edinburgh scotland, new orleans
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129K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Style:
sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
nightclub, strip club, stripper, dancing, dancer, nightlife, friendship, drugs/alcohol, clubbing, friends, male nudity, ambition ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 90s
Place:
florida, usa, new jersey
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72K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
rough, serious, disturbing, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
underage sex, coming of age, puberty, virginity, strong sexual content, first sex, urban ghetto life, innocence lost, street kid, youth, teenage life, loss of virginity ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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1.8M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
dark humor, exciting, interesting, witty, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crimes, twists & turns, gunfight, hitman, crime, cocaine, boxing, drugs, drugs/alcohol, neo noir, criminal heroes, stylish ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about an ex-con who becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities.
Style:
serious, tense, psychedelic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural ability, legends and myths, mysterious character, drugs/alcohol, supernatural, ex convict, mythology, danger, mystery, travel, death, deception ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, twists and turns
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, mother son relationship, criminal, crime family, crimes, dysfunctional family, danger, escapades, drugs/alcohol, gay brother, family conflict, friendship ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
southern california, usa, california
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568
Genre: Drama
Country:
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Gili is a teenager who decides to change schools. She is determined to improve her lame social status. Over the course of a few weeks she hooks up with several different boys, all from her new school. Their encounters get more and more sexual, each ...
Style:
realistic, sexual, atmospheric, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
sex scene, teenage life, male masturbation, sexual relations, sexual abuse, youth, casual sex, life is a bitch, school, drugs/alcohol, sexual promiscuity, manipulative woman ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, middle east
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706K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style:
humorous, funny, not serious, absurd, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
party, comedy of errors, friends, buddies, hung over, disorder, bachelor party, nothing goes right, memory loss, friendship between men, weirdo, escapades ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s, september 11 2001
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to ...
Style:
tragicomedy, cynical, semi serious, realistic, dark humor ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
nurse, addiction, hospital, drugs/alcohol, doctors and patients, friendship, workplace situations, drug abuse, against the rules, staff, conflict, dysfunctional character ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, sexual, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
virginity, looking for sex, teenage sexuality, first sex, sex, strong sexual content, masturbation, loss of virginity, sexual relations, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
90s, 1990s, 20th century, year 1993, 80s
Place:
usa, idaho, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Style:
clever, realistic, humorous, cynical, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, prison life, lgbt, prison, life turned upside down, women's prison, women in prison, gender, perversion, fish out of water, abuse ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york state, new york
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6K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the groundbreaking, cult classic anime, KITE tells the story of Sawa, a young woman living in a corrupt society where crime and gangs terrorize the streets. When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, drugs/alcohol, vigilantism, vengeance, young heroes, girls with guns, organized crime, betrayal, haunted by the past, mentor, blood, kidnapping ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, gang, gang war, determination, crimes, power struggle, mafia, society, rivalry, cruelty, rise to the top ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 20s
Place:
england, ireland
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92K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style:
serious, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
old west, crimes, sheriff, prostitute, power struggle, gold rush, shooting, brothel, rivalry, small town life, cowboy, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1880s
Place:
usa, south dakota
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style:
dark humor, captivating, stylized, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
lawyer, dishonesty, hotshot lawyer, moral dilemma, workplace situations, family relations, private investigator, crimes, legal, brother brother relationship, cons and scams, drugs/alcohol ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
brutal, scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, violence, sexualized violence, slasher, woman in danger, torture, sadism, violence against women, danger, murder, gory, serial killer ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, clever, stylized ...
Plot:
power relations, crimes, identity crisis, intrigue, hollywood, blackmail, family problems, family relations, family secret, teamwork, businessman, millionaire ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, depressing ...
Plot:
drugs/alcohol, alcoholic, dysfunctional family, depression, introspection, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, couples, alcohol abuse, one day, greed ...
Time:
1930s, 30s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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