Substance Abuse Movies

An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

A compelling portrait of New Yorkers living on the streets as they struggle with mental health, addiction, and the onset of a global pandemic. This...

Molly battles her worst tendencies in this gripping tale about the dangers of substance abuse.

An exhausted teenager releases the anger caused by her bother's battle with substance abuse.

A young social worker goes on a mission to save a little girl from her mom's underworld but instead she falls into the girl's imaginary reality.

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to...

An aging artist confronts his traumatic past as he paints a portrait of the beachside home he grew up in.

Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess....

Two musical stars from the golden age of Hollywood get a second chance at rekindling their love in the modern world.

The hardships of modern life for one of the families, unhappy in its own way and at the same time recognizable to others. A husband and wife are...

Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

When his mother relapses, Oliver is forced to go look for his younger brother in the world of crime throughout the night.

A young and obsessive bodybuilder contends with the cost of his sport as well as the temptation of steroids.

Miles is a busy television director and loving father with a controlling nature motivated by good intentions, who discovers his 17-year-old daughter...

A newspaper clip of a 30-year-old movie makes our middle-aged protagonist in the middle of his peak years to look for his best childhood...

"Reds, Whites & Blues" is a dramatic short about the dangers of substance abuse, including alcoholism and drug addiction within a family unit. Here,...

Joey, an image-conscious 22 year-old student swept up in a new city begins to fall into an addiction of drugs to repress his inner demons. A...

Set to a vibrant landscape, 'April' follows the emotional up-and-down journey of a full-of-life high school girl, named April (played by Celine...

A mysterious figure pulls time backward and a suicide is undone. What was broken is made whole, what was wounded is healed, and lives are restored....

On New Year's Day, two boys wind up in the apartment of Katerina, a teacher from their school, along with her friends, Stepan and David. As the older...