Substance Abuse Movies

An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

With his parents away from home, teenager Harry agrees to let old friend Jason stay for the night in his suburban mansion, allowing buried demons...

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to...

A young social worker goes on a mission to save a little girl from her mom's underworld but instead she falls into the girl's imaginary reality.

Ralph Macchio, once a former teen idol, once on top the world in the 80s. Now he is a family man with a loving wife and the nicest man in...

Set to a vibrant landscape, 'April' follows the emotional up-and-down journey of a full-of-life high school girl, named April (played by Celine...

Because of the big housing problem in the US many people move into cheap, run down hotels, the so-called Flophouse hotels. Twelve-year-old Mikal was...

A quiet coming-of-age story about friendship, uncertainty, and the moments that change everything. As three young men navigate love, loss, and the...

Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess....

The hardships of modern life for one of the families, unhappy in its own way and at the same time recognizable to others. A husband and wife are...

The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical...

Ex cops attempt to get back into the good graces with their department by busting a photoshoot.

When fourteen-year-old Naomi reunites with her estranged cousin, innocent curiosities lead to a night of drinking, debauchery, and betrayal in the...

Molly battles her worst tendencies in this gripping tale about the dangers of substance abuse.

Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived on the streets of Manhattan supporting their drug...

A newspaper clip of a 30-year-old movie makes our middle-aged protagonist in the middle of his peak years to look for his best childhood...

An exhausted teenager releases the anger caused by her bother's battle with substance abuse.

Miles is a busy television director and loving father with a controlling nature motivated by good intentions, who discovers his 17-year-old daughter...

Joey, an image-conscious 22 year-old student swept up in a new city begins to fall into an addiction of drugs to repress his inner demons. A...

Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.