Heroin Addict Movies

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust.

Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in...

Masters of Darkness: Aleister Crowley, the Wickedest Man in the World

Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad,...

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of...

Junior Rios started using heroin when he was 15. At age 29, Junior is a father of three. To support his $200-a-day heroin habit, he scours the...

Antoine, a handsome boy in his 20s, falls for a straight best friend who does not reciprocate, and being a junkie exits the film quite early. Enter a...

48Hours Film Project 2023 short film. Two young heroin addict lovers, during a desperate robbery, obtain a professor's bag inside which, in a floppy...

Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot...

Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot...

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.

Two heroin-addicted couples lead hard and stressful lives on the streets of New York.

A haunting, visceral exploration of addiction and one contemporary man's fearless and determined quest for healing and redemption through the ancient...

Dave is a stockbroker with an expensive heroin habit. Even though he earns thousands of dollars per week, it never seems to be enough for him and his...

This documentary, set in the Lower East End of Vancouver's downtown core, is a pretty honest account of life on the streets in urban Canada. It is...

Ghada is a police officer. Her brother falls prey to bad friends and dies after taking a large dose of heroin. Ghada discovers the complex of one of...

This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original subjects in New Jersey during a five-year period in...