A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

Dreamland

2019

English

4.7

♡ 7

51%

jazz singer or musician

neo-noir

vampire

wedding plans

Bruce McDonald Director

Juliette Lewis as Countess

Barbara Hellemans as Jihadi

Steven McChattie as Johnny Deadeyes / Trumpet Player

Tómas Lemarquis as Vampire

On the night of the strangest wedding in cinema history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stonecold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.

You and I

2011

Russian

4.4

♡ 9

42%

Roland Joffé Director

Eliza Schneider as Female-voice English Instructor

Shantel VanSanten as Janie

Helena Mattsson as Kira

Bronson Pinchot as Torrino

Janie Sawyer, an American teenager, is forced to live in Moscow because of her father's job. Janie is trying to escape her lonely life in Moscow through her deep love of music and the internet. Janie and Lana Starkova meet on a fansite for the pop-band t.A.T.u. Trapped in a small Russian town, Lana wants desperately nothing more than to flee her mundane life causing the two girls to develop an instant connection through their love of t.A.T.u.'s music.

Citizen Ruth

1996

English

7.0

♡ 12

80%

Alexander Payne Director

Burt Reynolds as Blaine Gibbons

Alicia Witt as Cheryl Stoney

M.C. Gainey as Harlan

Laura Dern as Ruth Stoops

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.

Janie Jones

2010

English

6.6

♡ 8

56%

David M. Rosenthal Director

Brittany Snow as Iris

Abigail Breslin as Janie Jones

Elisabeth Shue as Mary Ann Jones

Peter Stormare as Sloan

When a fading musician (Alessandro Nivola) learns he has a teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin) from a long-ago tryst, he’s forced to take her on tour after her mother checks into rehab.

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.

Postcards from the Edge

1990

English

6.7

♡ 16

83%

67%

Action

actress

based on memoir or autobiography

mother daughter relationship

Mike Nichols Director

Ted Raimi as Emergency Room Attendant

Dennis Quaid as Jack Faulkner

Oliver Platt as Neil Bleene

Marcelo Tubert as Sound Editor

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

Needle Park Baby

2020

German

7.2

♡ 5

Action

Drama

drug addiction

Pierre Monnard Director

Jerry Hoffmann as Andre

Lea Whitcher as Frau Bucher

Esther Gemsch as Frau Schuler

Emilio Marchisella as Kieran

Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary friend and a gang of local teenage misfits. These friendships finally give her the strength to rebel and break free from her abusive mother.

Less Than Zero

1987

English

6.4

♡ 22

48%

63%

Action

based on novel or book

los angeles, california

melancholy

self-destruction

Marek Kanievska Director

Tony Bill as Bradford Easton

Robert Downey Jr. as Julian

Brad Pitt as Partygoer / Preppie Kid at Fight

James Spader as Rip

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

OG: The Harry Jumonji Story

7.0

Erica Hill Director

Tony Alva as Self

Harry Jumonji as Self

Tony Converse as Self

Curtis Kulig as Self

'OG' is a film about a legendary, Brazilian born, NYC skateboarder, Harry Jumonji. In the course of telling his story, through his triumphs and travails, Jumonji emerges in this portrait as an adolescent innocent, much like skateboarding itself. He is irrepressible, manically energetic and ultimately, pure. He has a transcendent presence, well beyond charm or charisma, of such unalloyed joy that nothing he does is unforgiveable. This is fortunate because, as a drug addict, unsurprisingly, he lies, cheats and steals. Harry is rendered as the poet, the sprite, the artist and the street saint he is.

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

English

6.7

♡ 10

67%

Stanley Nelson Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Clint Eastwood as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Wolf Guy

1975

Japanese

6.3

♡ 9

31%

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Director

Jirô Sagawa as

Shin'ichi Chiba as Akira Inugami

Rikiya Yasuoka as Hanamura

Osamu Kaneda as Hit Man

Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.

Meth Storm

2017

English

6.6

♡ 2

Brent Renaud Director

As police and DEA agents battle sophisticated cartels, rural, economically-disadvantaged users and dealers–whose addiction to ICE and lack of job opportunities have landed them in an endless cycle of poverty and incarceration–are caught in the middle.

Being Charlie

2015

English

6.2

♡ 84

24%

los angeles, california

Romance

Rob Reiner Director

Devon Bostick as Adam

Cary Elwes as David Mills

Marilyn Miller as Election rally

Erik Aude as Staffer #1

Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.

The Death of Richie

1977

English

6.6

♡ 3

Action

based on a true story

Paul Wendkos Director

Richard Stahl as Arthur Edmunds

Charles Fleischer as Brick

Eileen Brennan as Carol Werner

Barry Miller as Domenic

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

Crown Vic

2019

English

6.5

♡ 66

62%

los angeles, california

Joel Souza Director

Devon Werkheiser as Floyd Stiles

James Andrew O'Connor as Lester

Thomas Jane as Ray Mandel

David Krumholtz as Stroke Adams

One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland in the LAPD's Olympic Division. With two cop killers on the loose and hunting for more targets, Mandel and Holland must contend with a city about to boil over, as well as Jack VanZandt, an unhinged rogue cop out for payback running wild in their patrol zone.

Aces: Iron Eagle III

1992

English

3.8

♡ 8

14%

John Glen Director

J.E. Freeman as Ames

Bob Minor as Bigman

Shin'ichi Chiba as Horikoshi

Horst Buchholz as Leichman

Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.

Rome, Open City

1945

Italian

8.0

♡ 21

100%

Roberto Rossellini Director

Ákos Tolnay as Austrian Deserter

Vito Annichiarico as Piccolo Marcello

Anna Magnani as Pina

Carlo Sindici as Police Commissioner

In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.

Gridlock'd

1997

English

6.9

♡ 34

88%

Vondie Curtis-Hall Director

Tim Roth as Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland

Lucy Liu as Cee-Cee

Kasi Lemmons as Madonna

Charles Fleischer as Mr. Woodson

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Drifters

2015

Swedish

7.0

♡ 4

Peter Grönlund Director

Ulf Stenberg as Anders

Malin Levanon as Minna Sundqvist

Peter Viitanen as Peter

Stefan Örning as Stefan Örning

Minna, a drug addict who makes a living dealing drugs, can't pay rent and after cheating some delinquents she runs with the money. She meets Katja and they move together to an illegal residence outside the city, where a group of people have decided to join and live by their own rules.

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