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2) The 50
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
While serving life sentences in a dangerously overcrowded and drug-saturated prison system, 50 men embark on a radical journey to become some of the first incarcerated Substance Abuse Counselors in the country.
6) Naked lunch
Series
Criterion collection volume 220
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
Part-time pest-control man and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Weller) seeks escape from his troubled existence in 1953 New York and flees to Interzone (a hallucinatory version of Tangiers) where reality and fantasy have merged. It's a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by mugwumps, half-alien, half-insect creatures, man-sized centipedes, carnivorous typewriters and bizarre humans. Compelled to make sense of this alien territory, he writes a book...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jackie Peyton, a strong-willed and brilliant but very flawed emergency room nurse. This season, Jackie comes to realize that both karma and sobriety can be a pain. In addition to finally confronting her addiction, Jackie's street smarts and sardonic wit are tested even further by an ambitious new hospital administrator determined to run a tight ship and keep Jackie in line.
8) Run the tide
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"When their drug-abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast."--Container.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic and drug addict, 23 year-old James has two options: treatment or death. After waking up on a plane with a smashed up face and no memory of the past few weeks, he heads to rehab where he discovers much more than detox and therapy.
10) Bigger than life
Series
Criterion collection volume 507
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.
11) Trainspotting
Publisher
[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose Trainspotting. Director Danny Boyle thrills in this 'original, daring' tale of a group of young drug addicts wheeling through blue collar Edinburgh that earned an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Trainspotting electrified audiences and critics with its hilariously dark humor, stunning visuals and sharp honest take on both the exhilarating highs, and the terrifying lows,...
12) 1982
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tim Brown is a devoted family man who has worked hard to provide a good life for his wife Shenae and daughter Maya. But all is threatened when Shenae's old boyfriend returns from prison and lures her back into a dangerous lifestyle. Though his wife has abandoned him, Tim refuses to give up hope, fighting against impossible odds to bring his family back together.
13) Animals
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of Bobbie and Jude, a young drug-addicted couple who exist somewhere between homelessness on the streets of Chicago and the fantasy life they imagine for themselves. Though they masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction, they are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he's never known. When his daughter's abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max's violent past comes back to haunt them all.
15) Patrick Melrose
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.
16) Patrick Melrose
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The up-and-down and then up-again story of musician Dewey Cox. Dewey's songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Dewey sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 step-kids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp. He becomes addicted to and then kicks about every drug known to man. Despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a...
18) Let's get lost
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Harry and his best friend, Tyrone, are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY. Harry's girlfriend, Marion, is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy father. Harry's mother, Sara, spends her days watching television and wants to lose weight to go on a game show. She visits a sleazy doctor who prescribes her amphetamines and soon Sara has a drug habit of her own.
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