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Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
Style: intense, entertaining, bad ending, realistic, serious ...
Plot: gang, prison gang, prison, street gang, drug abuse, ghetto, drug addiction, violence spree, destiny, jail, police shootout, survival ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, panama, beverly hills ...
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The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Style: dark comedy, stylized, melancholic, disturbing, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: sex, college, virginity, drug, drug abuse, youth, lesbian, suicide, virgin, gay, love triangle, party ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new hampshire, italy, dublin ireland, rome italy, europe ...
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 5.6
 664
Avida (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to make them fullfil her last wishes.
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, absurd, psychedelic ...
Plot: criminal heroes, drug abuse, addiction, surrealism, absurdism, nothing goes right, elderly, deaf, sex, older woman younger man sex, drug addiction, girl ...
Time: 21st century
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Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Style: intense, serious, realistic, bleak, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug abuse, redemption, addiction, writers, nightlife, drug, life is a bitch, starting over, supportive spouse, downfall, alcohol abuse, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Style: sexual, sexy, light, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: love affair, pharmacist, drug abuse, life turned upside down, addiction, midlife crisis, sexual relations, workplace situations, infidelity, parents and children, drinking, cycling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Style: talky, surreal, road movie, humorous, grindhouse ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: journalism, drug abuse, drug use, hitchhiker, gonzo, writers, marijuana, drug, art, presidential election, on the road, media ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1980, 70s, year 1968
Place: usa, los angeles, san francisco
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 6.7
 1K
Life Support (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, sincere ...
Plot: aids, hiv, drug abuse, lifestyle, going straight, friendship, drug addict, addiction, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, hopes, society ...
Place: new york, usa
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Style: psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, mind bending, bleak ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, drug abuse, trippy, schizophrenia, losing-it hero, addiction, dystopia, dystopian future, society, fighting crime, consciousness, drug ...
Time: future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place: california, texas, usa, san diego california
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A Wonderful Night in Split (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film is set over the course of a New Year's Eve night in the Croatian port city of Split, where it follows three parallel plots. The first plot line features a small-time drug dealer Nike (Marinko Prga) and a young widow Marija (Nives ...
Style: serious, disturbing, neo noir, rough, bleak ...
Plot: drug abuse, murder, new year's eve, small town, juvenile delinquency, dealer, drug dealing, new year, concert, going straight, small town life, social decay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: croatia, bosnia, eastern europe, former yugoslavia, europe
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 7.1
 91K
Half Nelson (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a ...
Style: depressing, independent film, talky, emotional, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, drug addiction, drug, student, addiction, drug abuse, friendship, ghetto, loneliness, school, existentialism ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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The Chumscrubber (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, bleak, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, suicide, kidnapping, youth, suburbs, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, mistaken identity, high school, teenager, parent child relationship ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 6.8
 25K
Puncture (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.
Style: independent film, suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, drug abuse, life & death, lawyer, courtroom, lawsuit, aids, courtroom drama, law firm, heroin, righting the wronged, public health ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998, year 1995, year 1999
Place: washington d.c., usa, houston texas
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 6.6
 12K
Sherrybaby (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a ...
Style: independent film, bleak, depressing, serious, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: drug abuse, parole officer, prison, ex convict, fondling, addiction, drug addict, mother daughter relationship, support group, orgasm, bare breasts, starting over ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: new jersey, delaware, usa
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 8.3
 909K
Scarface (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style: serious, cult classic, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, ambition, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place: miami, cuba, miami beach, florida, bolivia ...
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 8.2
 14K
Exit (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Exit are based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s who all made became multi millionaires before the age of thirty an. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, dark comedy
Plot: drug abuse, finance, narcissism, rivalry, businessman, marriage, friendship, erection, society, friends, love, danger ...
Place: oslo norway
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 6.4
 11K
The Addiction (1995)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
Style: black and white, scary, psychological, art house, philosophical ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, philosophy, addiction, infection, drug abuse, transformation, lesbian vampire, female vampire, blood, existentialism, university ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 4.9
 17K
The Informers (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.
Style: sexy, stylized, bad ending, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nudity, drug abuse, kidnapping, dysfunctional family, bare breasts, hollywood, nude, drug, female nudity, sex, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, hawaii
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 5.7
 929
Self Medicated (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father, Andrew's descent into drugs and violence is gaining momentum, and the once promising young ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, teen ...
Plot: drug abuse, self discovery, rehabilitation, downfall, kids in trouble, addiction, escape, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, society, uncontrollable ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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Don't Tell Anyone (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, touching ...
Plot: gender, cocaine, college, coming of age, lgbt, skinny dipping, drug abuse, society, youth, racism, latinx lgbt, gay ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, peru, usa, florida
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 5.0
 1K
Toad Road (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A disturbing portrait of contemporary youth culture where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Style: surreal, psychological, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, drug abuse, missing person, addiction, woods, drug addiction, group of friends, small town, youth, danger, violence, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, baltimore, pennsylvania, maryland
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We All Fall Down (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this dark independent drama, Michael (Darcy Belsher) is an out of work actor who has been trying to pull himself out of a downward spiral of drug abuse that set in after the death of his mother. Michael's best friend Kris (Martin Cummins) ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: drug abuse, life is a bitch, downfall, addiction, best friend, actor's life, unfulfillment, youth, prostitute, volunteer, biopic, performer's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver
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 7.5
 17K
Lenny (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style: black and white, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot: stand up comedian, drug abuse, showbiz, addiction, judaism, biopic, rise and fall, fighting the system, drug addiction, civil rights, courtroom, drug ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1974, 50s
Place: usa
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 7.2
 4K
Morphine (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, morphine, doctor, urban decay, drug addiction, civil war, hopelessness, world war one, hardship, loneliness, rivalry ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: russia
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 6.2
 1K
Twist (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the currency and hustling is the game.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crying ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, male prostitute, life is a bitch, drug abuse, lgbt, pimp, kids in trouble, addiction, sexual relations, youth, apprentice, society ...
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec
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 7.1
 13K
Bird (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: jazz, music, biopic, drug abuse, addiction, heroin, musician's life, drug addict, character study, childhood, showbiz, musician ...
Time: 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city
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 4.8
 5K
Harvard Man (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to ...
Style: sexy, light, intense, humorous, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: basketball, college life, gambling, college, drug abuse, gangster, mentor, crime gone awry, addiction, twists and turns, love triangle, teacher student sex ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: usa, boston
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 7.0
 9K
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ...
Style: witty, melancholic, stylized, political, talky ...
Plot: abortion, drug abuse, culture clash, unwanted pregnancy, addiction, pregnancy, politics, female protagonist, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, youth, women ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: nebraska, vietnam
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 6.8
 56K
Rent (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village, New York, USA. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark ...
Style: sentimental, stylized, lyrical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: aids, lesbian, bohemian life, gay, drug abuse, friendship, broadway, addiction, music, christmas, drug addiction, hiv ...
Time: 80s, future, year 2005, 90s, year 1989 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Style: realistic, retro, intellectual, serious, touching ...
Plot: jazz, biopic, african american, drug abuse, music, blaxploitation, drug addiction, black, racism, blues, musician, singer ...
Time: 1930s, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century, 70s
Place: america, harlem, new york city, usa, new york, baltimore ...
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 6.9
 1K
Dealer (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In an impressive follow up to his debut film Forest, Benedek Fliegauf tells the uncompromising story of a day in the life of a drug dealer. His clients include the leader of a religious sect, a friend who needs a final fix, a former lover who has ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, stylized, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: drug abuse, addiction, life is a bitch, misfit, estrangement, social misfits, drug dealing, society, overdose, nihilism, underground, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, hungary
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