Film Theme: Drug Addiction

1.

Blood In, Blood Out

1993 film directed by Taylor Hackford

Overview: Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor and Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor) is a 1993 American epic crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford. It follows the intertwining lives of three ...

Release date: 16 April 1993

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Taylor Hackford

Cast: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo

Producer: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Gina Blumenfeld

Writer: Ross Thomas, Jimmy Santiago Baca

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.

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Films with screenplays by Floyd Mutrux 7T

1990s English-language films 3,883T

Spanish-language American films 65T

2.

House M.D.

American television medical drama

Overview: House (also called House, M.D.) is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004 to May 21, 2012. The series's main character ...

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Director: Greg Yaitanes, Deran Sarafian

Cast: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Lisa Edelstein, Bobbin Bergstrom

Producer: Paul Attanasio, Katie Jacobs

Writer: David Shore, Sara Hess

An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team ...

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Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series 218T

2010s American workplace drama television series 38T

2000s American workplace drama television series 22T

3.

The Five Heartbeats

1991 film by Robert Townsend

Overview: The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenen Ivory Wayans. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes ...

Release date: 29 March 1991

Genre: Drama, Music

Director: Robert Townsend

Cast: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells, Diahann Carroll

Producer: Kokayi Ampah, Loretha C. Jones

Writer: Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans

The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.

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1991 drama films 355T

1990s musical drama films 54T

Film scores by Stanley Clarke 37T

4.

Boogie Nights

1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

Overview: Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a ...

Release date: 11 September 1997

Genre: Drama

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Luis Guzmán, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Rico Bueno, John C. Reilly, Nicole Ari Parker

Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael De Luca

Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he d ...

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1990s English-language films 3,883T

Films about adultery in the United States 68T

Films with screenplays by Paul Thomas Anderson 11T

5.

Gia

1998 American biographical drama television film

Overview: Gia is a 1998 biographical HBO film about the life and times of one of America's first supermodels, Gia Marie Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with ...

Release date: 31 January 1998

Genre: Drama, Biography, Romance

Director: Michael Cristofer

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John Considine

Producer: James D. Brubaker, Tina L. Fortenberry

Writer: Jay McInerney, Michael Cristofer

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her ...

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American drama television films 981T

American LGBT-related television films 63T

1990s English-language films 3,881T

6.

Walk the Line

2005 film by James Mangold

Overview: Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical musical romantic drama film directed by James Mangold. The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies authored by sin ...

Release date: 4 September 2005

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance

Director: James Mangold

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller

Producer: Alan C. Blomquist, John Carter Cash

Writer: Johnny Cash, Gill Dennis

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis ...

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Films produced by Cathy Konrad 14T

Films scored by T Bone Burnett 6T

2000s English-language films 4,279T

7.

Valley of the Dolls

1967 film

Overview: Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film directed by Mark Robson, produced by Robson and David Weisbart, and starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Paul Burke, and Lee ...

Release date: 15 December 1967

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Mark Robson

Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner

Producer: Mark Robson, David Weisbart

Writer: Jacqueline Susann, Helen Deutsch

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

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1967 drama films 195T

Films à clef 86T

Film scores by John Williams 108T

8.

St. Elmo's Fire

1985 film

Overview: St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Mare ...

Release date: 28 June 1985

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Joel Schumacher

Cast: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy

Producer: Bernard Schwartz, Lauren Shuler Donner

Writer: Joel Schumacher, Carl Kurlander

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

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1980s American films 3,361T

Golden Raspberry Award winning films 242T

1980s English-language films 3,429T

9.

Rise of the Footsoldier

2007 film by Julian Gilbey

Overview: Rise of the Footsoldier is a British crime film released on 7 September 2007. The third production from BAFTA Award-nominated director Julian Gilbey, it is based on the true story of the 1995 Rettendon ...

Release date: 7 September 2007

Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama

Director: Julian Gilbey

Cast: Rikki Harnet, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian, Coralie Rose, Neil Maskell

Producer: Andrew Loveday, Mike Loveday

Writer: Julian Gilbey, Will Gilbey

Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals...

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British docudrama films 41T

British crime action films 15T

2000s crime action films 107T

10.

Kids

1995 film by Larry Clark

Overview: Kids is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama exploitation film directed by Larry Clark and written by Harmony Korine. It stars Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, and Rosario Dawson, all in their ...

Release date: 1 May 1995

Genre: Drama

Director: Larry Clark

Cast: Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce, Joseph Chan, Johnathan Staci Kim, Adriane Brown

Producer: Leigh Blake, Michael Chambers

Writer: Harmony Korine, Larry Clark

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

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Film controversies in the United States 55T

Rating controversies in film 47T

1990s English-language films 3,887T

11.

Body Shots

1999 American film

Overview: Body Shots is a 1999 American drama film written by David McKenna and directed by Michael Cristofer. It stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry O'Connell, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid and Ron Livingston. It tells ...

Release date: 7 October 1999

Genre: Drama

Director: Michael Cristofer

Cast: Joe Basile, Scott Burkholder, Liz Coke, Allison Dunbar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Edmund Genest

Producer: Harry Colomby, Michael De Luca

Writer: David McKenna

A tale of the mysterious, but necessary, mating ritual between men and women of today and everything they think about sex but are afraid to say.

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English-language drama films 2,159T

1990s American films 4,774T

1990s English-language films 6,439T

12.

Blue Hill Avenue

2001 film by Craig Ross, Jr.

Overview: Blue Hill Avenue is a 2001 American crime film directed and written by Craig Ross Jr., and starring Allen Payne. Ross Jr. also edited and executive produced the film.

Release date: 5 June 2001

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: Craig Ross Jr.

Cast: Allen Payne, Angelle Brooks, Michael Taliferro, William L. Johnson, Aaron D. Spears, Andrew Divoff

Producer: Rand Chortkoff, Mike Erwin

Writer: Craig Ross Jr.

A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.

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African-American films 724T

Films set in Boston, Massachusetts 158T

Lionsgate films 698T

13.

Wonderland

2003 American crime and drama film by James Cox

Overview: Wonderland is a 2003 American crime drama film, co-written and directed by James Cox and based on the real-life Wonderland Murders that occurred in 1981. The film stars Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan ...

Release date: 8 September 2003

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: James Cox

Cast: Kate Bosworth, Carrie Fisher, Val Kilmer, Kim Marriner, Dylan McDermott, Michael Pitt

Producer: Peter Block, Michael Burns

Writer: James Cox, Captain Mauzner

In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.

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English-language Canadian films 2,725T

2000s English-language films 4,277T

2003 crime drama films 43T

14.

Trainspotting

1996 film by Danny Boyle

Overview: Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her debut ...

Release date: 23 February 1996

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald

Producer: Andrew Macdonald

Writer: Irvine Welsh, John Hodge

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

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English-language Scottish films 103T

Trainspotting 17T

1990s English-language films 3,888T

15.

Traffic

2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh

Overview: Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: users, enforcers, politicians ...

Release date: 27 December 2000

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Andrew Chavez, Michael Saucedo, Tomas Milian, J.R. Yenque

Producer: Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz

Writer: Simon Moore, Stephen Gaghan

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter ...

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2000s English-language films 4,277T

USA Films films 12T

2000 crime drama films 43T

16.

The Doors

1991 biopic film about The Doors directed by Oliver Stone

Overview: The Doors is a 1991 American biographical musical film directed by Oliver Stone who also wrote with J. Randal Johnson. The film stars Val Kilmer as singer Jim Morrison, Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson (Mor ...

Release date: 23 February 1991

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical

Director: Oliver Stone

Cast: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Michael Wincott

Producer: Nicholas Clainos, Bill Graham

Writer: Randall Jahnson, Oliver Stone

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student ...

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1991 drama films 355T

1990s biographical drama films 146T

1990s musical drama films 53T

17.

The Basketball Diaries

1995 film by Scott Kalvert

Overview: The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film directed by Scott Kalvert and based on an autobiographical novel by the same name written by Jim Carroll. It tells the story of ...

Release date: 21 April 1995

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport

Director: Scott Kalvert

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Mark Wahlberg

Producer: Chris Blackwell, Dan Genetti

Writer: Jim Carroll, Bryan Goluboff

A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

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1990s English-language films 2,208T

Films based on autobiographies 51T

Impact of the Columbine High School massacre on cinema 8T

18.

Spun

2002 American black comedy film

Overview: Spun is a 2003 American black comedy crime drama film directed by Jonas Åkerlund from an original screenplay by William De Los Santos and Creighton Vero, based on three days of De Los Santos' life in the ...

Release date: 1 June 2002

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director: Jonas Åkerlund

Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Mena Suvari

Producer: Will De Los Santos, Creighton Vero

An out-of-control speed freak (Schwartzman) is introduced his drug of choice's creator (Rourke) by his dealer (Leguizamo). A massive three-day adventure ...

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American crime comedy-drama films 111T

2000s crime comedy-drama films 46T

2002 independent films 74T

19.

Sparkle

1976 film

Overview: Sparkle is a 1976 American musical drama film directed by Sam O'Steen and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. With a plot inspired by the history of The Supremes, Sparkle is a period film set in Harlem ...

Release date: 7 April 1976

Genre: Drama, Music

Director: Sam O'Steen

Cast: Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood

Producer: Peter Brown, Howard Rosenman

Writer: Joel Schumacher, Howard Rosenman

Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.

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Films directed by Sam O'Steen 6T

1970s English-language films 3,270T

Films with screenplays by Joel Schumacher 7T

20.

Sid and Nancy

1986 film

Overview: Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox, co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. The film portrays the ...