We have to recommend movies that deal with drugs for a class I'm in. So I'm looking for movies or documentaries that cover the topic somewhat. If you could give me the name of the movie and what drug or drugs it deals with, let me know. Thanks!
2007-10-20 18:19:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It's for a college class. While it can be rated R, it really shouldn't have mass amounts of nudity/sex/etc. But there is some amount of freedom in the choices of movies.
2007-10-20 18:26:49 · update #1
I'm not sure about suitability on some of these. I'll place a @ in front of some that might be OK for the classroom.
Candy (2006)~heroin and marijuana
Rush (1991)~heroin
The Acid House (1998)~LSD
@The Man with the Golden Arm~heroin I think
@Bigger Than Life (1956)~prescription drug~cortisone
Adaptation. (2002)~fictional drug
@Go Ask Alice (TV movie) It's very powerful, but it was shown on television several times.
Boiler Room (2000)~cocaine
8 Mile (2002)~marijuana
@Ed Wood (1994)~morphine
24 Hour Party People (2002)~Ecstasy
Alpha Dog (2007)~maijuana
The Basketball Diaries (1995)~heroin, cocaine and solvents
@Clean and Sober (1988)~cocaine
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
@The French Connection (1971)~heroin and cocaine
From Hell (2001)~opium, absinthe and heroin
@Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)~It's about Sherlock Holmes undergoing treatment from Sigmund Freud. Holmes has to deal with withdrawal while he's working on a case.
@I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can (1982)~valium
@Walk the Line (2005)
@Ray (2004)~heroin and marijuana
@The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
@The Panic in Needle Park (1971)~heroin
Permanent Midnight (1998)~heroin (real-life story of TV writer Jerry Stahl)
If you check these films in IMDB, it likely will mention the drug. Wikipedia might, too.
Here's a list of a lot of other films, and they list the drugs, too!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drug_films
2007-10-20 18:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Requiem for a Dream, Boogie Nights, Basketball Diaries, Thirteen, Ladies Sings the Blues, Less Than Zero, Apocalypse Now, Belly, Boiler Room, Candy, any Cheech and Chong movie, Cruel Intentions, Walk The Line, Ray, Lord of War, Half Baked, Goodfellas, Scarface, Crank, Pulp Fiction, Friday, The French Connection, King of New York, and all the Godfather movies.
2007-10-21 01:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Requiem For a Dream
Blow
Salton Sea
Thirteen
Augusta Gone
Chumscrubber
2007-10-21 01:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsey [Shabang] 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blow, Basketball Diaries, Scarface, Traffic, Friday, Pulp Fiction, Rush is a good one undercover cops get hooked on drugs.
I included an AWESOME link below that shows you all the names of drug movies and the drugs that are in the movie.
2007-10-21 02:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by CrazzyTJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Requiem for a Dream," "Trainspotting," The Panic in Needle Park," " Drugstore Cowboy," "Traffic," "Blow." These are all great,and you can probably find hundreds if you Google "Films about drug abuse."
Edit: The previous answerer's
mention of "Rush" is fantastic;that is such a sad movie.
2007-10-21 03:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with the classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas although Candy was pretty good too..
Fear and Loathing is really fairly... "tame".. I don't remember much, if any nudity.. even swearing is only.. somewhat there.. (mostly slurred so bad you couldn't understand it if you tried)
As for what drugs.. you name it, he did it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7r491n-8o
2007-10-21 03:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by kaijawitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half Nelson
was very good because it shows how people with drug addictions can sometimes still lead normal seeming lives.
2007-10-21 03:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Jennie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Requiem for a Dream". It is about drug addiction, although disturbing and graphic so most likely is not appropriate for a classroom.
It is about heroin addiction and abuse as well as pharmaceutical drug abuse.
2007-10-21 01:24:40 · answer #8 · answered by wp1782 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH! MAN THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY,CHECK THIS OUT I WAS WATCHING THE HISTORY CHANNEL THE OTHER DAY WHEN A PROGRAM ABOUT DRUG USE CAME ON AND THEY PLAYED A FILM CALLED "REEFER MADNESS" IT WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE IT WAS FUNNY AS HELL.BUT VERY ON THE POINT.
2007-10-21 01:30:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
requiem for a dream
2007-10-21 01:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by monster222 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋