Addiction Movies

Plagued by visions of what her future could look like, Marcy becomes addicted to a pill that gives her vivid dreams and changes her appearance.

Just suppose there was a quit smoking method which could enable any smoker to quit – immediately, permanently, and without willpower, no...

In the liminal space between life and death, Lucy wanders through the fractured memories of her past in search of peace.

A troubled nanny teaches a bullied ten-year-old that freedom to move forward is made possible by shedding the ugly skin of our past.

Polly and Sophie are My Bad Sister, the UK rave scene’s most infamous twin sisters. When a new chapter of sobriety threatens the hedonism of...

A young man looks for a way out

Post Mortem shows the often overlooked and sometimes dangerous side effects of over the counter medications such as cold medicine. It shows a...

Documentary about living with an addict and grappling with the genetic propensity of becoming one.

An alcohol/drug abuser re-examines his life until he nearly dies from an overdose. Then a friend convinces him to join a self-help group which turns...

Lucio, a piano teacher who cannot tolerate his loneliness, decides to rebuild his life based on the different ties he forges with his own students.

Chase needs to finish his midterm, and to do that, he needs coffee; there’s only one problem: he’s all out.

This educational film (not to be confused with the 1937 exploitation film of the same name, directed by Elmer Clifton) was produced in the 1950s by...

Teenager Olivia Oras has 20,000 Instagram followers. The documentary follows a year of her life.

The Business of Recovery examines the untold billions that are being made off of families in crisis. With little regulation or science, addiction...

Étienne Boulay’s story is anything but ordinary. Raised in Montréal-Nord, he went on to play football in the CFL and NFL, with...

A junkie decides to come clean from abusing an analog VR drug called FaceTape only to find his life outside of his addiction is far from stable.

Mom and Me is a personal and intimate documentary about a young filmmaker coming of age in extraordinary circumstances. It follows the complicated...

A woman suffering from drug addiction is interned against her will in a clandestine rehabilitation center where she suffers many cases of abuse and...

Documentary on the penetration of drugs in Milan in the 70s. Filomena is only 24 years old and recounts with a lucidity that takes her breath away...

This black and white 1951 sponsored film tells the story of Tommy, a successful Los Angeles advertising man, who takes his beer campaign a little too...