Drug overdose movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drug overdose movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense and captivating films and TV shows about / with drug overdose, drug, death, nude, cigarette smoking, murder, drug addict, brutality, drug addiction and hospital plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drug overdose: Christiane F. (1981), The Basketball Diaries (1995), The Look of Love (2013), Hideaway (2009), Life After You (2022), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), New Best Friend (2002), The Secret Life of Zoey (2002), Clean (2004), Plush (2013).
Best films
New films
| The Equalizer 3 (2023) | 6.8 | |
| Young Mothers (2025) | 7.0 | |
| Forever Young (2022) | 6.5 | |
| The End (2024) | 5.4 | |
| No Future (2021) | 5.4 |
List of drug overdose 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: 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, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
Style:
sexy, sexual, captivating, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
strip club, strip show, showbiz, womanizer, nudity, female pubic hair, group sex, orgy, skinny dipping, stripper, dancer, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 50s, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
london, somalia, england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. ...
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
drug overdose, hopes, child abandonment, starting over, life is a bitch, recluse, strong female character, friendship, self discovery, lgbt, death of loved one, grief ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, basque country, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
drug overdose, tragedy, drug, grief, heroin, loss, family drama, family tragedy, family problems, life is a bitch, drug abuse, loss of child ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, psychological, artsy, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, secret society, christmas, orgy, voyeurism, obsession, sex, disguise, dream, adultery, doctor, nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, seattle, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into ...
Style:
intense, stylized, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
investigation, murder, college, menage a trois, lesbian, teenage life, college student, divorce, single mother, sexual exploration, nubile, making love ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addiction. Marcia and her ex-husband go through plenty of denial as their daughter spirals out of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug addict, rehabilitation, drug abuse, introspection, drug dealing, doctors and patients, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
addiction, drug overdose, prison, redemption, road trip, loneliness, life is a bitch, going straight, rock star, musician's life, custody, estranged son ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s
Place:
paris france, vancouver, ontario canada, france, canada ...
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4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young singer/songwriter, despite being married, becomes involved with her new guitarist, who she soon discovers has a dark past and may be a danger to her and those close to her.
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
stalker, erotica, passion, music band, cheating wife, seduction, sex scene, obsessed fan, guitarist, drug use, celebrity, musician's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style:
realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, subculture, rock, rebelliousness, coming of age, punk rock, self destructing, drug overdose, drug, rock and roll, friendship, drug addiction ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
utah, north dakota, england, seattle, woodstock ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An aspiring model, Cynthia, becomes the focus of a documentary when she is chosen as the face for the world's biggest fashion designer, Claudio. Cynthia accidentally overdoses and with deadlines looming they decide to use her corpse to continue ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
dishonesty, dark humor, cons and scams, fashion industry, satire, photographer, corpse, death, drug overdose, naked female corpse, nudity, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
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23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot:
mafia, corruption, politics, drug overdose, female nudity, revenge, prostitute, murder, threesome, political corruption, church, heroin ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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50K
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: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two brothers and their best friend start a rock band and try to make it big in Los Angeles.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
music industry, drug overdose, musician, rock band, price of fame, husband wife relationship, deception, heroin addict, record producer, rock music, addiction, rock ...
Place:
los angeles, austin texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, thrilling, psychological, captivating, interesting
Plot:
aids, drug addiction, drug overdose, theater, audition, drug addict, theatre play, young couple, young lovers, couples, slice of life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
paris france, new york
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty ...
Style:
funny, feel good, teen, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
college, college student, teenager, loser, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, small town, nerd, naivete, emo, opposites attract, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of 'Fatal Beauty' begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike ...
Style:
detective, crying, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police investigation, violence, undercover, tough girl, undercover cop, female police officer, female protagonist, drug dealer, one woman army, good versus evil, murder, reluctant partners ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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21K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of the six-and-a-half story narrative search for the anti-drug police is to find the great glass dealer in the capital.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, intense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
iranian, drug overdose, prison, drug, drug addict, propaganda, lawyer, police station, death sentence, torture, capitalism, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tehran iran, persia, iran, middle east
Is relevant?
574K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
futuristic, intellectual, surreal, philosophical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, superhuman powers, brain capacity, tough girl, experimental drug, supernatural ability, telekinesis, transformation, consciousness, telepathy, human brain ...
Time:
year 2014, future, stone age, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
france, new york, paris france, berlin germany, rome italy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris, Edith’s grieving father Sir ...
Style:
medical drama, psychological, captivating, tension, suspense
Plot:
doctor, hospital, drug overdose, drug addiction, emergency room, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, investigation, doctors and patients, problem, female protagonist, female doctor ...
Place:
yorkshire
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A med student, a teenage runaway, a lawyer, a drag queen, a high school basketball player, a drug dealer, and a teacher all cross paths in the Ecstasy-riddled L.A. underground party scene. Rolling is a turbulent journey that takes a tough yet ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, psychedelic, independent film ...
Plot:
drug abuse, clubbing, rave, drug overdose, lifestyle, society, drug dealing, social misfits, juvenile delinquency, youth, addiction, nightlife ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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2.4M
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:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, winter, investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, manhunt, kidnapping, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'THE UPPER FOOTAGE' is the first film experience of its kind. The film is an edited version of 393 minutes of recovered footage documenting a young girl's tragic overdose death and subsequent cover up by a group of affluent ...
Style:
controversial, disturbing, experimental, scary, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, drug overdose, scandal, blackmail, cover up, overdose, drug, exploitation, media circus, decadence, rich, panic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
Style:
perverse, suspense, psychotronic, action thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
superpower, experimental drug, super powers, superhuman powers, drug lord, mad scientist, police, fight to the death, evolution, alligator, strength, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north america, new orleans, mississippi
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308
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing
Plot:
serial killer, doctor, police investigation, trial, fraud, doctor patient relationship, murder, police arrest, old man, trust, drug overdose, forgery ...
Place:
britain
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While temporarily working in a photographic studio with the famous photographer Bae, the simple and handsome worker Louis meets her manager Henry, who is impressed with his beauty. He invites Louis for taking some pictures, gives the artistic name ...
Style:
suspense, serious, atmospheric, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
eternal youth, wish come true, narcissism, deal with the devil, male model, aging, young heroes, secret life, paranoia, casual sex, heroin, drug overdose ...
Place:
thailand, manhattan new york city
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