Movies: Substance abuse

When a substance abuse counsellor gets arrested for a DUI and returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister that she's never met....

The life of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor was turned upside down when he's implicated in the wrongful death trial of one-time Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith....

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 trio bickers, drinks and flirts, the boys gain eye-opening insight into the adult world....

The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities....

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks have their own philosophy and their own outlook on life.......

Ex cops attempt to get back into the good graces with their department by busting a photoshoot....

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

A series of lawsuits and allegations have legendary rap mogul P. Diddy on the ropes. TMZ has the troubling inside story from people who were there....

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 Alva), as she navigates change, friendships, and ultimately a decision that could permanently alter her li...

Told through the eyes of a mom whose son is struggling with Substance Use Disorder, PEOPLE LIKE YOU is an unblinking, emotional feature documentary on the opioid epidemic....

Because of the big housing problem in the US many people move into cheap, run down hotels, the so-called Flophouse hotels. Twelve-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room he shares with his parents, who struggle with substance abuse. Driven...

In this film titled “From Candy to Cocaine” from 1986, the “Teens Kick-Off” performance group, a performance group recovering from alcohol and drug abuse, perform a modern theater piece on their personal stories of addiction and recoveries. The film ...

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 get along without drugs. Uncompromising, often brutal group therapy sessions are designed to shake l...

Ralph Macchio, once a former teen idol, once on top the world in the 80s. Now he is a family man with a loving wife and the nicest man in Hollywood... that is the problem. Because he never once participated in a scandal he is not as popular as he use...

When fourteen-year-old Naomi reunites with her estranged cousin, innocent curiosities lead to a night of drinking, debauchery, and betrayal in the shadows of a small Ohio factory town....

Set in a world where friendships are tested by temptation and betrayal, this story follows characters entangled in the underbelly of crime, addiction, and fleeting youth and through the lens of nostalgia, the film explores how innocence is lost and m...

Ali and Alia are childhood neighbors that fell in love with each other, but bigger events occur in their lives which gets them separated. Ali seeks to maintain Alia's heart even if it is through substance abuse....

A hustler named Oscar encounters both the light and dark of humanity in an alcohol fueled odyssey of sex, love, and death....

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 provocative and twisted short film that aims to bring light to one of the darkest issues that face the gay co...

An unfiltered journey into the most intimate sides of friendship. Teenagers Aruna and Chiara navigate love, betrayal, and their descent into womanhood. As the summer winds down, Aruna falls for a troubled boy, Julian, who lives on his own in an RV. A...