The Best Drug Addiction Films Ever Made.

Ha! I jjust bought The Panic in Needle Park and Drugstore Cowboy yesterday, what an uplifting selection!

I know someone's going to come on here and suggest Trainspotting, but I want to pre-empt it with a no from me. Aged really poorly, without a solid story imo. That being said, killer cast, setting and soundtrack.

Some of my favorite films about drug addiction:

Christian F.
Requiem for a Dream
SPUN
Em for Jay
Trainspotting
Bright Lights, Big City
Less Than Zero
Basketball Diaries
Sid and Nancy
Candy
Fear and Loathing in Les Vegas
Blow
Pure
Another Day in Paradise







"Did you know that Ted Bundy's first dog was a collie named Lassie?" - Patrick Bateman

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Although not strictly a movie, the music video for Smashing Pumpkins' 'Try, Try, Try' is a worthy inclusion.

Latest film seen: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) 7/10

I've only watched two...

-Christiane F.
-Requiem for a dream
(in my order of preference)

I'll never ever ever do drugs!!! WoW...

what about transpotting?

"IWASCUREDALLRIGHT!"

Spun
Gridlock'd
Requiem for a Dream
Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Bullet
Pure
Candy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Scarface
Drugstore Cowboy
Midnight Cowboys

I'm a bit biased towards opiate movies. Although I have some personal history with cocaine also, it just doesn't make for as interesting or "romantic" movie. In real life cocaine stories are generally as follows: First week "wow this is fun". Second and continuing weeks "What an *beep*

With that being said, most of the best movies have been mentioned. The only one I think missed so far is "Permanent Midnight" which came out of nowhere for me, but was a pretty damned good movie. A true story about one of the writers for "Alf".