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 7.0
 151K
The Mule (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. ...
Style: road movie, crime drama, exciting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: drug cartel, old man, drug, dea, drug smuggling, police officer, pickup truck, driver, police, drug traffic, organized crime, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2017, year 2005, year 1958
Place: mexico, chicago, el paso texas, texas, illinois ...
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything else into focus. And that's exactly what happens to Harold and his roommate, Kumar, when they set out to get the best stoner fix money can buy: White Castle hamburgers. Both guys are at a ...
Style: funny, humorous, sex comedy, teen, feel good ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: road trip, marijuana, stoner, weed, college, buddy, drug, nothing goes right, party, friendship, dumb, racial slur ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey, amsterdam
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 7.7
 214K
Blue Velvet (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style: neo noir, surreal, detective, dark, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, small town, voyeurism, kidnapping, sadomasochism, sex scene, serial killer, violence, dark humor, sexual humiliation, nightclub, femme fatale ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1986
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 8.6
 796K
City of God (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, hood, stylized ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, coming of age, storytelling, organized crime, society, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, journalism, favela, police corruption ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, year 2002, 20th century, year 2003 ...
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil, south america
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style: witty, psychedelic, atmospheric, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: clubbing, punk, rock and roll, party, music, biopic, rave, drug addiction, rock, music business, nightclub, suicide ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: england, manchester, europe, northern england, united kingdom
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 7.7
 1K
Street Days (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A middle-aged, unemployed heroin-addict, Checkie, loiters on the Tbilisi street outside his son’s school, where he himself was once a promising student. His wife, meanwhile, struggles to pay the tuition and understand her husband’s lack of ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: addiction, drug, moral dilemma, street life, betrayal, friendship, society, down on your luck, drug abuse, realism, dishonesty, blackmail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, tbilisi
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 6.8
 168K
Adventureland (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style: romantic, independent film, funny, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, summer job, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, friendship, youth, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, misfit, young adult ...
Time: year 2009, 80s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, new york, boston ...
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 6.7
 10K
Rush (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down ...
Style: neo noir, detective, realistic, twisted, depressing ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, undercover cop, drug, heroin, drug addict, police, paranoia, drug abuse, junkie, undercover police officer, spy ...
Time: 70s, 90s
Place: texas, usa, montana, houston texas
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 6.8
 97K
Thirteen (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style: tense, teen, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, drug addiction, teenager, peer pressure, friendship, addiction, dysfunctional family, teenage protagonist, underage drinking, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, self harm ...
Time: year 2003, y2k, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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 7.8
 20K
El Chapo (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Style: realistic, captivating, atmospheric, factual, inspirational ...
Plot: cartel, drug cartel, drug lord, drug dealing, business, gang, fight for supremacy, drug, drug crime, criminal, drug dealer, drug traffic ...
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 6.5
 51K
The Runaways (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of ...
Style: stylized, sexy, teen, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: rock music, music, lesbian, music band, biopic, musician, coming of age, teenage sexuality, rock and roll, punk, revisionist history, sex scene ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, japan, usa
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Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of ...
Style: funny, grindhouse, humorous, psychedelic, laugh out loud ...
Audience: teens
Plot: weed, stoner, marijuana, drug, space and aliens, drug abuse, chicano, hippie, urban, satire, narcotics, cadet ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.8
 19K
Hazbin Hotel (2019)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
Style: adult animation, anime, horror musical, sitcom, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hell, hotel, demon, redemption, direction and purpose, afterlife, follow your dream, punishment, heaven and hell, violence, lucifer, singing ...
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 6.3
 107K
Hustlers (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Style: unusual plot structure, rom com, social, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: stripper, strip club, pole dancing, shopping, seduction, hypocritical woman, caper, dancing, female protagonist, wall street, baby, male nudity ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2019, year 2007, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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 8.7
 87K
The Shield (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
Style: tense, rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police detective, law enforcement, corrupt cop, dirty cop, cop, police brutality, dishonesty, cruelty, murder, tough law enforcer, peril ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 4.3
 9K
Urge (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of friends on holiday on an island experiment a new designer drug that makes them lose their ability to control their urges.
Style: suspense, exciting, sexy, tense, psychological ...
Plot: drug, hedonism, bondage, party, friends, island, mind game, danger, sex scene, escapades, nothing goes right, murder ...
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 6.4
 22K
Less Than Zero (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style: stylized, cult classic, visually stunning, cerebral, erotic drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug addiction, friendship, drug addict, addiction, drug, drug abuse, male nudity, hedonism, male prostitute, male prostitution, christmas, high school ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, palm springs california
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 6.2
 17K
Party Monster (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose ...
Style: stylized, serious, disturbing, talky, surreal ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: gay, drug addiction, addiction, gays and lesbians, drug, celebrity culture, life is a bitch, drug addict, friends, social misfits, artists and showbiz, drug dealing ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 2003
Place: new york, usa, indiana, grand central station manhattan new york city, dallas texas ...
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Being Charlie (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but ...
Style: touching, melancholic, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: drug addict, teenager, drug rehab, drug addiction, drug, coming of age, rehabilitation, hitchhiking, escape, love, intervention, heroin ...
Place: los angeles
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 7.3
 18K
Pusher III (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In this third installment of the 'Pusher' trilogy, we follow Milo ('Zlatko Buric'), the drug lord from the two first films. He is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday and his shipment of heroin turns out to be ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, dark comedy ...
Plot: heroin, organized crime, drug, heroin addict, family relations, gangster, drug addict, dark humor, master criminal, parents and children, aging, nordic ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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 7.4
 609K
Limitless (2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style: clever, thought provoking, philosophical, intellectual, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: intelligence, success, drug, drug abuse, creativity, ambition, rags to riches, rise to the top, life turned upside down, prodigy, experimental drug, overnight success ...
Time: year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style: depressing, disturbing, melancholic, sexual, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, loneliness, alcoholism, prostitute, prostitution, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, depression, self destructing, tragedy, medical, suicide ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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 6.1
 7K
The Wave (2019)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.
Style: psychedelic, surreal, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: drug trip, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelia, karma, time travel, drug, surrealism, husband wife relationship, acid trip, hallucination, dealer, visual hallucination ...
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 6.4
 126K
Contraband (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style: exciting, realistic, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: smuggling, gunfight, robbery, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, caper, criminal heroes, mafia, danger, organized crime, drug ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
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Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Ecuador, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
Style: realistic, disturbing, sentimental, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: drug dealing, immigrant, human trafficking, friendship, coming of age, life is a bitch, illegal immigration, women, loneliness, drug abuse, depression, addiction ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: colombia, new york, latin america, new jersey, usa ...
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 6.6
 11K
High Art (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
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: erotic, sexy, emotional, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, photography, addiction, photographer, couples, drug, sexuality, love, lesbian teen, drug addiction, art ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.9
 17K
Gridlock'd (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style: dark comedy, hood, stylized, harsh, talky ...
Plot: addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, urban, drug abuse, murder, heroin, gangster, justice, crime gone awry, culture clash ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, detroit, new york
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 7.3
 375K
Flight (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip ...
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, bleak, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: airplane, air disaster, addiction, character study, aviation, courage, alcohol abuse, pilot, morality, airplane crash, disaster, stewardess ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, atlanta georgia
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 4.6
 18K
Shrooms (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Denmark
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A group of American teens comes Ireland to visit an Irish school friend who takes them on a camping trip in search of the local, fabled magic mushrooms. When the hallucinations start taking hold, the panicked friends are attacked by ghostly ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, slasher ...
Plot: mushroom, woods, murder, uncover truth, forest, drug, isolation, hallucination, psychedelia, self defense, redneck, camping ...
Time: year 2008
Place: europe, ireland
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We're the Millers (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Style: road movie, humorous, hilarious, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: road trip, on the road, journey, nothing goes right, parenthood, pretense, adolescence, robbery, marijuana, drug smuggling, homeless teenager, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, arizona, tucson arizona, new mexico ...
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