After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.

Jesus' Son

1999

English

6.9

♡ 11

78%

Alison Maclean Director

Michael Shannon as Dundun

Billy Crudup as FH

Jack Black as Georgie

Will Patton as John Smith

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

Dope Sick Love

2005

English

7.3

♡ 4

Felice Conte Director Matt

Matt as Self

Michelle as Self

Sebastian as Self Tracy

Tracy as Self

Two heroin-addicted couples lead hard and stressful lives on the streets of New York.

In Vanda's Room

2000

Portuguese

7.0

♡ 7

100%

Pedro Costa Director

Paulo Jorge Gonçalves as Self

Pedro Lanban as Self

Fernando Paixão as Self

Paulo Nunes as Self

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

Bird

1988

English

7.1

♡ 10

81%

Clint Eastwood Director

Keith David as Buster Franklin

Diane Venora as Chan Parker

Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Arlen Dean Snyder as Dr. Heath

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

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