#1) EASY RIDER
#2) GRACE AND THE STORM
#3) FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
#4) TRAINSPOTTING
#5) GO
#6) RUSH
#7) REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
#8) THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
#9) GRIDLOCK'D
#10)UP IN SMOKE
Great list... I could not agree more with most of your selections... Grace and the Storm in particular is an incredible story... an amazing look at the counter-culture lifestyle from the perspective of an intriguing character, the New York City career drug dealer.
shareheres a couple of others off the top of my head:
Spun
Friday
Drugstore Cowboy
Killing Zoe
Basketball Diaries
Less Than Zero
Blow
Pulp Fiction
Gia
Nobody seems to list it, "Ball in the House." Movies like this are okay if you don't glorify the drugs. This one definitely doesn't, if you think it does than you need help.
In any case, see it, also, "The Basketball Diaries," Will illustrate the downward spiral. Again, I do not glorify the drug culture, and do not recomend these movies to aid in the glorification of it.
By the way, I could never seem to get all the way through, "Easy Rider," does anything ever happen in the movie? Or is the whole thing just the same as the first 30 minutes, not insulting it, just wondering.
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spun is pretty messed up, but i liked it lol
shareTrainspotting - the most authentic one I have seen. Gridlock'd is a jewel too, while Requem is an overrated fairy tale of drugs.
sharei would also add traffic to the list.
sharePusher Trilogy
Fear and Loathing
Easy Rider
The Trip
Split (89)
Monterey Pop
Fritz the Cat
A Scanner Darkly
Alice in Wonderland
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
In no order, off the top of my head.
In no particular order:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (lsd and friends)
Gridlock'd (heroin)
Requiem for a Dream (heroin)
Go (ecstasy/pot dark comedy featuring sarah polley)
Human Traffic (ecstasy comedy from the uk)
Scarface (cocaine dealing)
Gia (heroin featuring angelina jolie)
Half Baked (stoner comedy featuring dave chapelle)
Blow (cocaine dealing)
Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle (stoner comedy)
Honorable Mention: Idle Hands (stoner comedy featuring seth green)
Sid and Nancy is absolutely brilliant, I don't think there's ever been a better actor than Gary Oldman, he transforms into characters so brilliantly, Sid Vicious being no exception.
sharea couple more i'd throw in would be Bad Lieutenant and Carindiru. they're both kind of about drugs as well as other things (The Lieutenant and the prison respectively)
Requiem for a Dream is crap
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We're gonna drink this one to Ozzie. A good man who tried to save my ass by injecting me into yours
As many people pointed out Requiem for a dream just isn't good.
As for my top 10.
1.Trainspotting
2.Gridlock'd
3.Blow
4.Buffalo Soldier
5.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6. A Scanner Darkly
7.Scarface
8.A gun to the head
9.Half-baked
10.Kids
'Enter the Void' is a good one.
It's not a mainstream movie, but covers drugs, out-of-body experiences, and death. Some scenes would probably cause a lot of controversy, especially for religious people. I highly recommend it, but it's not a party movie. Best to watch it alone. Some scenes are disturbing, and some very sad.
Gridlock'd is my favorite Tupac film.
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