Addiction Movies

In New York City, a young writer's resolute belief in true love is put to the test by a beautiful girl and her struggle with addiction. This original...

A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running...

Sir Elton John looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this emotionally charged, full-circle journey. As he...

A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully...

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the...

The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet...

Sisters moving from Hunan to Hong Kong in the 1990s are faced with an identity crisis, poverty, and their father's drug addiction.

Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in...

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at...

A waitress confronts all the wrong turns she has made in her short life and ultimately ends up facing the biggest wrong turn of all: her dangerous...

Struggling with an endless cycle of family-destroying addiction and shame, an aging Mitch Jennings finally gets his shot at professional baseball....

In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When...

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and...

Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is...

An inspiring feature documentary film about overcoming homelessness and addiction in the City of Los Angeles.