Heroin movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant heroin movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, rough and bleak films and TV shows about / with drug, heroin, addiction, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, junkie, life is a bitch, drug dealer and drinking plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as heroin: Christiane F. (1981), Candy (2006), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Gia (1998), Wonderland (2003), Pusher (1996), Trainspotting (1996), Perfect High (2015), Run for Your Life! (2008).
Best films
New films
| Corsage (2022) | 6.5 | |
| Silence (2025) | 5.5 | |
| Behind Her Eyes (2021) | 7.2 | |
| Queer (2024) | 6.4 | |
| A Day to Die (2022) | 3.5 |
List of heroin movies
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, heroin, drug abuse, drug addict, downfall, junkie, drug overdose, teenage girl, friendship, teenage life, teenage prostitution ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1981
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and ...
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug abuse, heroin, addiction, junkie, love story, destructive relationship, obsession, life is a bitch, drug, drug addict, mentor, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, melbourne, new zealand
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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, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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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:
rough, emotional, teen, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, drug, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug overdose, teenager, high school, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, near future, 60s, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new york, seattle, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, psychological, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, fashion, addiction, aids, drug abuse, drug addiction, lgbtq, supermodel, model, lgbt, heroin, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, rough, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, heroin, sex, police investigation, drug addiction, murder, serial killer, drug, junkie, true crime, drug addict, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, y2k, year 2003, 80s ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california, usa, sacramento california, california
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Style:
brutal, cult classic, atmospheric, intense, talky ...
Plot:
heroin, drug dealing, gangster, drug, organized crime, crime gone awry, mafia, violent, desperation, debt, drug deal, drug addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996, 70s
Place:
denmark, bolivia, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dark humor, counterculture, junkie, life is a bitch, subculture, dialogue, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Star high school dancer Amanda's life spirals out of control when she starts abusing painkillers with her new friends.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, addiction, high school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dancing, theft, lie, overdose, choreography, drug dealer, stealing money, drug ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, motivational, emotional
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heroin, drug addict, junkie, running, drug use, lifestyle change, inspiration, redemption, addiction, determination, substance abuse, triathlon ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, heroin, american soldier, drug use, drug addiction, ecstasy the drug, group therapy, bank robber, war veteran, iraq war veteran, bank robbery, society ...
Time:
year 2007, 2020s, year 2002, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real story of the journalist Vesela Toteva (in the role is her daughter -Valentina Karoleva) searching for her own happiness during the dynamic and uncertain 90's in Bulgaria. A tale about drugs, fall, fear and redemption.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, serious, dark, rough ...
Plot:
heroin, addiction, journalist, junkie, drug addiction, fear, family drama, female protagonist, single mother, mother daughter relationship, drug, second chance ...
Place:
bulgaria, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough, biting ...
Plot:
drug addict, high school, friendship, heroin, life is a bitch, downfall, teenage life, kids in trouble, going straight, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style:
exciting, intense, stylized, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug addiction, theft, junkie, addiction, heroin, sex scene, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, revenge, violence, redemption ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 70s, year 1979 ...
Place:
edinburgh scotland, slovenia, scotland, scottish highlands, china ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, disturbing, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, innocence lost, heroin, juvenile delinquency, prison, downfall, teenager, dysfunctional family, drug dealing, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 2002, 80s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Style:
depressing, touching, gloomy, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, grief, love and romance, heroin, haunted by the past, coping, loss of spouse, funeral, drug addiction, childhood, character study, best friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, drug addiction, photography, addiction, photographer, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lgbtq, sexuality, lesbian love, drug ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, weekend, women in prison, prison, prison life, women's prison, justice, injustice, betrayal, drug dealing, coming of age, women ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, bangkok thailand, the philippines, hong kong ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, escape, heroin, injustice, interracial relations, fighting the system, women in prison, prison guard, smuggling, false accusation, betrayal, destiny ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, asia, australia, london, bangkok thailand ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
Style:
erotic, independent film, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
heroin addict, drug addiction, love story, drug addict, addiction, cocaine, drug, love, mental disorder, relationships, problem, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Kristen and Hannah are best friends–smart, likable and college-bound– and also addicted to heroin. The pair of seemingly unlikely addicts spiral down a path of destruction, hiding their secret from well-meaning but busy parents behind pink ...
Style:
romantic, depressing, touching, surprise ending, disturbing
Plot:
self destructing, addiction, overdose, pregnancy, human nature, unfulfillment, hopes, life is a bitch, lifestyle, junkie, girlfriend, obsession ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, imagination, heroin, mental illness, drug addiction, surrealism, addiction, abandoned house, imaginary friend, mentally challenged, death by overdose, talking doll ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, austin texas, texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of ...
Style:
serious, emotional, rough, sitcom, hood ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, heroin, addiction, drug dealing, drug abuse, urban, lifestyle, social decay, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
baltimore
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. ...
Style:
gloomy, thought provoking, disturbing, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, drug abuse, estrangement, drug addiction, haunted by the past, heroin, redemption, insomnia, brother brother relationship, drug addict, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2010, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug use, drug, heroin addict, drug addict, heroin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of pet, life philosophy, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, contemplative ...
Plot:
oral sex, hopes, heroin, support group, life is a bitch, starting over, addiction, friendship, juvenile delinquency, drug dealer, tragedy, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, vietnam, sydney australia, new zealand
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making ...
Style:
depressing, rough, realistic, bleak, controversial ...
Plot:
drug addict, drug addiction, profanity, drug abuse, cocaine, proles, lower class, wife abuse, heroin, addiction, dysfunctional family, drug ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Traffik is a 1989 British television serial about the illegal drugs trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated ...
Style:
serious, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
drug dealer, heroin, drug abuse, police corruption, fighting the system, smuggling, organized crime, politics, drug addict, price of justice, rules and policies, down on your luck ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, pakistan, london, england, germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young gangster Chas Devlin seeks refuge from the mob in a basement belonging to a reclusive, fading rock star Turner.
Style:
sexy, surreal, atmospheric, psychedelic, erotic ...
Plot:
gangster, rock star, surrealism, organized crime, sex, violence, male nudity, basement, heroin, rock and roll, music, rock ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1970, 60s
Place:
london, england, europe, dover england, hamburg germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Michael is a basically decent guy with a pregnant girlfriend, great friends - and one massive drug problem. Because he missed his own Las Vegas bachelor party being too stoned, his four besties decide to kidnap him for a weekend of roughing it in ...
Style:
suspense, scary, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, friends, heroin addiction, addiction, kidnapping, drug addict, heroin addict, bachelor party, drug abuse, drug dealer, bachelor ...
Place:
california, las vegas
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