# Movies with/about Heroin addiction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137 "2017-09-12T03:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/1 "2017-09-12T03:31:17Z")
OK, so talking with a couple of friends about the opiate epidemic and their own encounters with street addicts (they work on city street infrastructure projects and some of the zones they work are a tad dicey). The subject of Heroin abuse in movies came up and I couldn’t really think of too many movies that cover it. We came up with: Trainspotting The Panic in Needle Park A Hero Ain’t Nothing But a Sandwich The Man with the Golden Arm and arguably: Sid & Nancy There’s a lot of movies involving coke abuse, and meth probably is getting a lot of notice, but this list seemed a bit thin. Which movies did we miss? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/2 "2017-09-12T03:36:01Z")
Requiem for a Dream? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/3 "2017-09-12T03:37:29Z")
Ray ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/4 "2017-09-12T03:42:24Z")
Drugstore Cowboy. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/5 "2017-09-12T03:45:01Z")
The Basketball Diaries Gia Lady Sings The Blues ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/6 "2017-09-12T03:49:42Z")
[The Fighter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/?ref_=nv_sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/7 "2017-09-12T03:54:10Z")
Less Than Zero ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/8 "2017-09-12T03:59:36Z")
_Rush_, 1991. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/9 "2017-09-12T04:04:58Z")
A Hatful of Rain - 1957 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/10 "2017-09-12T04:33:21Z")
[Naked Lunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Lunch_(film)) – Although the protagonist is shown to be an all-purpose junkie addicted to whatever type of opiate he can get his hands on, including bug spray, it IS about William S. Burroughs, so heroin is definitely in there. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/11 "2017-09-12T04:37:57Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Requiem for a Dream? This. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/12 "2017-09-12T05:04:06Z")
More (1969) Monkey on my Back Stakeout on Dope Street The Connection (1961) Dusty and Sweets McGee Lenny H (1990) High Art ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/13 "2017-09-12T05:13:12Z")
[Little Fish](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382810/), a relatively unknown but good Australian film, starring the inimitable Cate Blanchett. It’s actually about a former addict and her troubles kicking the habit, as well as the crime scene associated with it. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/14 "2017-09-12T07:53:27Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > [Little Fish](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382810/), a relatively unknown but good Australian film, starring the inimitable Cate Blanchett. > > It’s actually about a former addict and her troubles kicking the habit, as well as the crime scene associated with it. Excellent, but you could make a mini-festival by pairing it with two other Australian movies: Monkey Grip Pure S (sometimes as Pure Shit) ---
**Author:** ![filmstar-en](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/15 "2017-09-12T09:17:04Z")
Gridlock’d Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zz12rUg_15c/maxresdefault.jpg "Gridlock'd (Theatrical Trailer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz12rUg_15c) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/16 "2017-09-12T12:26:59Z")
Not about heroin per sey , but Bad Lieutenant had one of the most realistic scenes of shooting up ever. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/17 "2017-09-12T13:30:12Z")
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Killing Them Softly ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/18 "2017-09-12T14:24:40Z")
I can’t remember exactly what substances were being abused, but I know there were pills and I think maybe some heroin use in [Dead Ringers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094964/). [Christiane F.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082176/?ref_=nv_sr_1) is an old (1981) movie about the Berlin drug scene. And _Mr. Robot_, while a TV show, does have a main character (_the_ main character) who is a heroin addict and yes, they’ve shown him using the drug. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/19 "2017-09-12T14:48:40Z")
Candy (2006). ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137/20 "2017-09-12T15:13:40Z")
Pulp Fiction [Tideland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tideland_(film)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-about-heroin-addiction/796137.md?page=2)