Addiction Movies

A young composer is forced to work as a bar pianist. One night he gets hit by a car and is brought to a hospital. Severely injured he is injected...

A portrait of musician and artist Peter Doherty as he tries to pursue his musical career while battling his addiction. Torn between the needs of his...

A spoof on black musician biopics.

Twin girls cope with the pressure of tennis stardom and the absence of their mother in an unstable society.

A tribute to drag superstar, The Vivienne. Friends and family share touching stories of the RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and her legacy. Her spirit...

upon ordering a guitar to the wrong address, three boys take it back home where it belongs.

A five-euro bill inscribed with winning lottery numbers by a fortune teller becomes the unlikely thread connecting Milan's nocturnal underworld. As...

Why do we all get a little “rush” when we open our doors to see a shiny new package on our door step? Dopamine, and we’re all...

The marriage between Claudia and David has ended due to Claudia's addiction problems, in addition to the different psychological disorders she...

Solace is an interactive animated film based on celebrated science fiction writer Jeff Noon's short story about a near future in which marketing and...

Hugo, a rich and wild young man, joins Julio, his close friend and party companion, and after a night of adventure and alcoholic libations, the two...

A recently widowed single mother, struggling to raise her depressed son alone, finds hope when her son’s best friend asks him out.

A man who is fascinated with patterns and symbols discovers his one true path to enlightenment.

Reinaldo Cutipa lives with Matilde, his overprotective mother. When Reinaldo wants to go live with his girlfriend, Rosaura, Matilde is against it,...

After recovering from addiction, Joe takes up playing guitar as his new hobby, but demonic forces threaten to tear down the new world he's worked so...

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

"Doe" explores themes of addiction and survival through the lens of a man living on the streets of Hollywood who, over the course of 24 hours, drifts...

When her lifeline - a new technology for mental health - mysteriously vanishes, a reclusive young woman must infiltrate a secret underground rave...

Fuzzy, a young man with Down syndrome, accompanies his brother Harold for their annual visit to see their mother on her birthday. Fuzzy must watch...

In this high definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest newuroscientific...