Overdose movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant overdose movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy, psychological, stylized and bleak films and TV shows about / with overdose, drug abuse, life is a bitch, drugs, addiction, death, drug overdose, dialogue, brutality and couples plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as overdose: Pulp Fiction (1994), Re-Animator (1985), 13 (2005), Bad Timing (1980), Sandor & Ida (2005), The Other Family (2011), Live Fast, Die Young (2008), Gridlock'd (1997), Spun (2002), Berlin Calling (2008).
Best films
List of overdose movies
2.1M
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, witty, exciting, clever, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, dark humor, gunfight, organized crime, violent, violence, overdose, hitman, gangsters, killings, multiple storylines, cocaine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style:
splatter, scary, slasher, bloody, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, mad scientist, hospital, experiment, insanity, overdose, reanimated corpse, female nudity, scientist, laboratory, mad doctor, morgue ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
zurich switzerland, massachusetts, austria, europe
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18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
overdose, murder, suspense, life is a bitch, visceral, depression, reward, contests and competitions, social decay, fish out of water, survival, sacrifice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their ...
Style:
controversial, erotic, disturbing, non-linear, art house ...
Plot:
voyeurism, extramarital affair, obsession, psychology, infidelity, fondling, rape victim, parallel universe, female nudity, erotica, nude, overdose ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
vienna, austria, europe, paris france, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ida lives hard and fast with too much drinking and a string of boyfriends, Sandor has very few friends and his mother insists that he practices ballet. They meet in a chat room and despite appearances they discover they have much in common. Sandor ...
Style:
tragicomedy, serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
teenage love, overdose, teenage life, friendship, family relations, dishonesty, betrayal, youth, love and romance, opposites attract, wooing, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jean Paul and Chema have been together ten years. They have successful careers, a comfortable home and many friends. But that's all turned turned upside down when close friend Ivana rescues Hendrix from his broken home and asks them to care for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay adoption, youth, drug addiction, adoption, family relations, overdose, child trafficking, society, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When a famous star is found dead at an exclusive Christmas Eve party filled with A-list Hollywood types, the police must hold for questioning a group of powerful entertainment industry players who are eager to leave the scene. As they reflect upon ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, psychotronic ...
Plot:
hollywood, society, actor's life, lifestyle, redemption, overdose, drug abuse, artists and showbiz, writer's life, hopes, starlet, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
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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:
humorous, harsh, stylized, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, hip hop, heroin, drugs, drug abuse, murder, gangsters, brutality, culture clash, justice, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
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40K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, drug addict, drug abuse, stripper, addiction, drugged, masturbation, methamphetamine, mental illness, self destructing, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Style:
serious, realistic, humorous, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
techno music, drug abuse, mentally unstable, rehabilitation, mental institution, drugs, overdose, musician's life, lifestyle, cocaine, party, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio.
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, enigmatic, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug addiction, marriage, society, divorce, brutality, manipulation, junkie, loneliness, attempted murder, life is a bitch, overdose, regret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go ...
Plot:
murder mystery, drug addict, poison, maid, overdose, morphine, dying words, impersonation, mysticism, interwar period, chauffeur, suicide ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, scenic, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
small town life, dysfunctional family, addiction, family relations, single mother, grandmother grandson relationship, mother daughter conflict, american dream, overdose, mother son estrangement, heroin, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 1997, year 1946, year 2011
Place:
kentucky, ohio, yale university
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
african american, ghetto, urban ghetto life, gangsters, hip hop, murder, police brutality, friendship, coming of age, street gang, organized crime, drugs ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Tommy Matisse, a gifted musician, undertakes an odyssey of self-discovery and tragedy in Melbourne's dance music scene.
Style:
realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
musician's life, self discovery, lifestyle, addiction, nightclub, prodigy, redemption, couples, drug abuse, fall in love, overdose, artists and showbiz ...
Place:
europe, australia, england, london
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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, stylized, serious, atmospheric, experimental ...
Plot:
drug abuse, life is a bitch, addiction, estrangement, misfit, social misfits, drug dealing, society, overdose, nihilism, criminal heroes, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, hungary
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
musician's life, ambition, prodigy, rising to stardom, music band, tragic hero, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, overdose, hotshot hero ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
addiction, friendship, going straight, juvenile delinquency, downfall, youth, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, drug abuse, destructive relationship, overdose, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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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, sexy, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
investigation, college, murder, betrayal, lesbian, teenage life, cheerleading, wealth, mind game, manipulation, youth, divorce ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother, who died of a supposed overdose in the house more than 30 years ago.
Style:
serious, sentimental, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, love and romance, overdose, grandmother, neighbor, investigation, uncover truth, nightmare, mysticism, small town, writers, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Art, a drug-addicted dealer and hustler, arrives at his girlfriend Cody's apartment to find that she has overdosed on heroin. He tries to fix things by traveling back in time in an attempt to prevent her death.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, atmospheric, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
time machine, time travel, love affair, couples, addiction, drug abuse, overdose, pimp, misfit, life is a bitch, hopes, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential musicians of his time; a bitter, brilliant, genius who knew Elvis, tripped with the Stones and ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental, road movie ...
Plot:
musician, musician's life, on the road, friendship, rock star, overdose, chase, country music, bittersweet, couples, psychopath, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 170 min.
TV show
Story:
The film, which chronicles Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the first part depicts her rise to fame in the 1930s, her descent into drugs, and her fall from grace in the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
addiction, showbiz, filmmaking, actor's life, rising to stardom, singer, ambition, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, couple relations, musician's life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
california, usa, new york, london, manhattan new york city
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5K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 111 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, prison, redemption, drug overdose, road trip, loneliness, life is a bitch, going straight, rock star, musician's life, custody, estranged son ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, london, tokyo, vancouver, ontario canada ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of ...
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
gang, revenge, kidnapping, vigilantism, murder, betrayal, justice, loss of son, vigilante, kidnapped boy, snow, fighting the system ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
norway, berlin germany, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Style:
psychological, touching, melancholic, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
suicide, mental institution, coma, depression, mental illness, psychiatrist, suicidal, terminal illness, female protagonist, suicide attempt, starting over, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, ireland
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26K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
Style:
emotional, meditative, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
redemption, bomb, terrorist, fall in love, on the run, police, murder, translator, criminal heroes, vigilantism, crime gone awry, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, turin italy, tuscany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival. Maria is a pusher frau, wandering restlessly among addicts, abusers and bikers in a relentless search for love. Allan has just returned from an ill-fated trip across ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
drugs, starting over, drug abuse, society, life is a bitch, parents and children, organized crime, friendship, mental illness, overdose, drug dealing, regret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
drug abuse, race against time, overdose, suicide attempt, depression, rescue, life is a bitch, college, addiction, clinic, volunteer, patient ...
Time:
60s
Place:
seattle, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Gails agoraphobia keeps her inside where she escapes into romance novels. She shares a house with her Nan, recently back from the hospital. Gradually, they both try to reach out to each other to break their isolation. Rob plunges further into his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, drug abuse, addiction, countryside, social decay, family problems, society, life is a bitch, mental illness, confined, crumbling marriage, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain
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