List of drug films
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'''Drug films''' are films that depict drug usage, either as a major theme or as a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from the ultra-realistic to the utterly surreal; some movies are unabashedly pro- or anti-drug, while others are less judgmental. The drugs most commonly shown in films are [[alcohol]], [[cocaine]], [[heroin]], [[LSD]], [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] (see [[Stoner film]]) and [[methamphetamine]].
There is extensive overlap with crime movies, which are more likely to treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving. Some movies are mistakenly labeled as "drug films" due to their surreal nature, including ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ''[[Waking Life]]'' and ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''.
The following is a partial list of drug movies and the substance involved.
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== 0-9 ==
*''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' (2002). Marijuana.
*''[[24 Hour Party People]]'' (2002). MDMA, Cocaine, Methadone, Marijuana, and a mention of the multitude of crack in Barbados.
*''[[25th Hour]]'' (2002). Heroin.
*''[[The 51st State]]'' (2001). POS 51 (a fictional drug, also mentions Cocaine, LSD and MDMA)
== A ==
*''[[The Acid House (film)|The Acid House]]'' (1998). LSD.
*''[[Across The Universe]]'' (2007). LSD, Marijuana
*''[[Adaptation.]]'' (2002). Fictional version of [[Ghost Orchid]] powder.
*''[[Alice (1988 film)|Alice]]'' (1988). [[Fly agaric|Amanita Muscaria]].
*''[[Almost Famous]]'' (2000). LSD and quaaludes.
*''[[Alpha Dog]]'' (2007). Marijuana.
*''[[Amants réguliers, Les]]'' (2005). Marijuana.
*''[[Altered States]]'' (1980). LSD, DMT, and Amanita Muscaria.
*''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'' (1999). Marijuana.
*''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007). Heroin and cocaine.
*''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'' (2000). Cocaine, Halcion, Xanax and marijuana.
*''[[Amores Perros]]'' (2001). Cocaine.
*''[[Another Day in Paradise]]'' (1997). Heroin.
*''[[Arrebato|Arrebato]]'' (1979). Heroin
*''[[The Anniversary Party]]'' (2001). MDMA.
*''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979). LSD, opium, marijuana and cocaine.
*''[[Around the Fire]]'' (1999). Marijuana, LSD
*''[[Avenging Disco Godfather]]'' (1979). [[Phencyclidine|PCP]].
== B ==
*''[[Bad Boys II]]'' (2003). MDMA and heroin.
*''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' (1992). Crack, cocaine and heroin, Marijuana.
*''[[The Basketball Diaries (film)|The Basketball Diaries]]'' (1995). Heroin, cocaine, marijuana and solvents.
*''[[Batman Begins]]'' (2005). Hallucinogens.
*''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]'' (2000). Marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and stimulants.
*''[[The Bear (film)|The Bear]]'' (1988). Psychedelic mushrooms.
*''[[Beavis and Butt-head Do America]]'' (1996). Peyote.
*''[[Beerfest]]'' (2006). Marijuana and alcohol
*''[[Belly (film)|Belly]]'' (1998). Heroin and marijuana.
*''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998). Marijuana.
*''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'' (2001). Cocaine and marijuana.
*''[[Blueberry (film)|Blueberry]]'' (2004). [[Ayahuasca]].
*''[[Blue Velvet]]'' (1986). Director David Lynch originally wrote the gas as Helium in the script in order to amplify the child like persona Dennis Hopper's character undertook during his odd sex practices by making his voice higher (like a childs). However during shooting Hopper suggested scratching the Helium for a suggested Nitrous Oxide or Amyl Nitrate gas which he felt would better serve the character, Lynch went along with it. Later Hoppper said he felt Helium actually may have made more sense for the character.
*''[[Bobby (2006 film)| Bobby]]'' (2006). Marijuana and LSD.
*''[[Boiler Room (film)|Boiler Room]]'' (2000). Cocaine.
*''[[Bongwater (film)|Bongwater]]'' (1997). Marijuana, LSD, and cocaine.
*''[[Boogie Nights]]'' (1997). Cocaine and methamphetamine.
*''[[The Boost]]'' (1988). Cocaine.
*''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' (1985). Marijuana.
*''[[Brick (film)|Brick]]'' (2006). Heroin.
*''[[Buffalo Soldiers]] '' (2001). Heroin and MDMA
*''[[Bug (2007 film)|Bug]]'' (2007). Marijuana and cocaine.
*''[[Bully (film)|Bully]]'' (2001). Marijuana, LSD, methamphetamine.
== C ==
*''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]'' (2006). Heroin and marijuana.
*''[[Carlito's Way: Rise to Power]]'' (2005). Heroin.
*''[[Cash Crop]]'' (2003)). Marijuana.
*''[[Casino (film)|Casino]]'' (1995). Cocaine, heroin and painkillers.
*''[[Caveman (film)|Caveman]]'' (1981). Fictional marijuana berries.
*''[[Charlie Bartlett]]'' (2008). Alcohol, prescription pills.
*[[Cheech & Chong]]'s various movies feature drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, LSD and various pills. They include:
**''[[Up in Smoke]]'' (1978).
**''[[Nice Dreams]]'' (1981).
**''[[Still Smokin']]'' (1983).
*''[[Chinese Opium Den]]'' ([[1894 in film|1894]]). Opium.
*''[[Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo]]'' (1981). Heroin.
*''[[City of God (film)|City Of God]]'' (2002). Marijuana and cocaine.
*''[[Clean and Sober]]'' (1988). Cocaine.
*''[[Clerks II]]'' (2006)). Marijuana.
*''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971). Fictional drugs drencrom (presumably adrenochrome) and synthemesc (presumably synthetic mescaline).
*''[[Cocaine Cowboys]]'' (2006). Cocaine and marijuana.
*''[[Cookers]]'' (2001). Methamphetamine.
*''[[Crank (film)|Crank]]'' (2006). Fictional drug Beijing Cocktail, cocaine, epinephrine, "Hardcore Haitian Plant Shit", methamphetamine and marijuana.
*''[[Crooklyn]]'' (1994). Glue ([[Toluene]]).
*''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' (1999). Cocaine.
*''[[The Crow (film)|Crow, The]]'' (1994). Morphine
== D ==
*''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993). Marijuana and LSD.
*''[[Deep Cover]]'' (1992). Crack cocaine.
*''[[The Departed|Departed, The]]'' (2006). Oxycodone, diazepam, and cocaine.
*''[[Detroit Rock City]]'' (1999). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
*''[[Dick (film)|Dick]]'' (1999). Marijuana and quaaludes.
*''[[District 13]]'' (2004). Cocaine.
*''[[Domino (film)|Domino]]'' (2005). Mescaline, marijuana, and cocaine.
*''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' (1991). LSD, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and peyote.
*''[[The Dream Seller|Dream Seller, The]]'' (2007). Heroin.
*''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' (1989). Hydromorphone, oxymorphone, morphine, amphetamines, diazepam, and cocaine.
*''[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' (2000). Marijuana and LSD.
*''[[Dune]]'' (1984). Fictional drug Melange or "Spice".
== E ==
*''[[Easy Rider]]'' (1969). Marijuana, cocaine and LSD.
*''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'' (1994). Morphine.
*''[[Empire (2002 film)| Empire]]'' Cocaine and Marijuana.
*''[[Empire Records]]'' (1995). Marijuana and methamphetamine.
*''[[Euro Trip]]'' (2004). Marijuana/hashish and [[absinth]].
*''[[Evil Bong]]'' (2006). Marijuana.
== F ==
*''[[Fame chimica]]'' (2003). Marijuana and cocaine.
*''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'' (1982). Marijuana.
*''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998). Mescaline, opium, marijuana/hashish, cocaine, ether, [[adrenochrome]] (fictionalized, as it's not truly a recreational drug), LSD, solvents, amyl nitrite, barbiturates, and amphetamines.
*''[[Flirting with Disaster]]'' (1996). LSD.
*''[[Fifty Pills]]'' (2006). MDMA.
*''[[Formula 51]]'' (2001). Fictional drug Formula 51 and marijuana.
*''[[Freak Talks About Sex]]'' (1999). Marijuana.
*''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' (1971). Heroin and cocaine.
*''[[Fresh (film)| Fresh]]'' (1994). Cocaine, Crack-cocaine, Heroin.
*''[[Friday (film)|Friday]]'' (1995). Marijuana and PCP.
*''[[Friday After Next]]'' (2002). Marijuana.
*''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'' (2001). Opium, heroin and absinthe.
== G ==
*''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]'' (2004). Various prescription drugs (esp. antidepressants), marijuana, nitrous oxide and MDMA.
*''[[Georgia (1995 film)|Georgia]]'' (1995). Heroin.
*''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin']]'' (2005). Crack cocaine and Marijuana
*''[[Gia]]'' (1998). Heroin and cocaine.
*''[[The Girl Next Door (2004 film)|The Girl Next Door]]'' (2004). MDMA.
*''[[Go (1999 film)|Go]]'' (1999). MDMA, marijuana and cocaine.
*''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972). Cocaine and heroin.
*''[[The Godfather: Part II]]'' (1974). Cocaine and heroin.
*''[[The Godfather: Part III]]'' (1990). Cocaine and heroin.
*''[[Goodfellas]]'' (1990). Cocaine and pills.
*''[[Grandma's Boy]]'' (2006). Marijuana.
*''[[Grass_%281999_film%29| Grass]]'' (1999). Marijuana.
*''[[Gridlock'd (1997)|Gridlock'd]]'' (1997). Heroin.
*''[[Girl, Interrupted (film)|Girl, Interrupted]]'' (1999). Marijuana, diazepam
*''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' (2007). Marijuana.
*''[[Groove (film)|Groove]]'' (2000). MDMA and marijuana.
*''[[Gummo]]'' (1997). Glue.
== H ==
*''[[H (film)|H]]'' (1990). Heroin.
*''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]'' (1978). Marijuana and LSD.
*''[[Half Baked]]'' (1998). Marijuana, cocaine and heroin.
*''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' (2006). Cocaine and crack cocaine.
*''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' (2004). Marijuana, cocaine and MDMA.
*''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'' (2008). Marijuana, and mushrooms.
*''[[Harvard Man]]'' (2001). Marijuana and LSD.
*''[[Head (film)|Head]]'' (1968). Marijuana and LSD.
*''[[High Art]]'' (1998) Heroin.
*''[[Homegrown (film)|Homegrown]]'' (1998). Marijuana.
*''[[How High]]'' (2001). Marijuana.
*''[[Human Traffic]]'' (1999). Marijuana, cocaine and MDMA.
*''[[Hurlyburly (film)|Hurlyburly]]'' (1998). Marijuana, cocaine and diazepam.
*''[[Hustle & Flow]]'' (2005). Marijuana.
== I ==
*''[[Idle Hands]]'' (1999). Marijuana.
*''[[Igby Goes Down]]'' (2002). Heroin and marijuana.
*''[[I Got The Hook Up]]'' (1998). Marijuana, cocaine and LSD.
*''[[I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can]]'' (1982). Diazepam.
*''[[It's All Gone Pete Tong]]'' (2004). Cocaine, toad licking, presumably a reference to the Bufo Alvarius or Colorado river toad from which the extract should not actually be licked as in the movie, but smoked, due to bufo toxin which is incinerated upon smoking. Contains 5-meo-dmt.
== J ==
*''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'' (2001). Marijuana.
*''[[Jesus' Son]]'' (1999). Heroin, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, opium, psychedelic mushrooms, tobacco, alcohol, amphetamines, and diazepam
== K ==
*''[[Kids (film)|Kids]]'' (1995). Marijuana, nitrous oxide, MDMA and ketamine.
*''[[King of New York]]'' (1990). Cocaine.
*''[[Kiss of the Dragon]]'' (2001). Heroin.
*''[[Knocked Up]]'' (2007). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
== L ==
*''[[The Last Minute]]'' (2001). Heroin.
*''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]'' (2004). Cocaine and MDMA.
*''[[The Life of Rayful Edmond]]'' (2005). Cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana.
*''[[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]'' (2004). Marijuana
*''[[Liquid Sky]]'' (1982). Heroin.
*''[[Little Fish]]'' (2005). Heroin.
*''[[La vendedora de rosas]]'' (1998). Inhallants, such as "sacol" (Colombian word)
*''[[Less Than Zero]]'' (1987). Cocaine.
*''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' (1998). Marijuana and cocaine.
*''[[London (2005 film)|London]]'' (2005). Cocaine and marijuana.
*''[[Lord of War]]'' (2005). Cocaine.
*''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]'' (2003). Marijuana, possibly other psychedelics.
*''[[Love Liza]]'' (2002). [[Gasoline]] fumes.
== M ==
*''[[Mallrats]]'' (1995). Marijuana.
*''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' (1955). Heroin.
*''[[Maria Full of Grace]]'' (2004). Cocaine.
*''[[Menace II Society]]'' (1993). Crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
*''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' (1978). Hashish.
*''[[A Midsummer Night's Rave]]'' (2002). MDMA.
*''[[More (film)|More]]'' (1969). Heroin.
*''[[Most High]]'' (2006). Cocaine and methamphetamine
*''[[The Mystery of the Leaping Fish]]'' (1916). Cocaine, opium.
*''[[My Own Private Idaho]]'' (1991). Cocaine.
== N ==
*''[[Naked Lunch]]'' (1991). Heroin.
*''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]'' (1978). Marijuana.
*''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
*''[[New Jack City]]'' (1991). Crack cocaine.
*''[[Next Friday]]'' (2000). Marijuana.
*''[[Nowhere (film)|Nowhere]]'' (1997). Marijuana and MDMA.
== O ==
*''[[One Perfect Day]]'' (2004). Marijuana, painkillers, amphetamines and MDMA.
== P ==
*''[[Paid in Full (film)|Paid in Full]]'' (2002). Cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana.
*''[[The Panic in Needle Park]]'' (1971). Heroin.
*''[[Party Monster]]'' (2003). Cocaine, heroin, MDMA and ketamine.
*''[[PCU (film)|PCU]]'' (1994). Marijuana.
*''[[A Perfect Day (2006 film)|A Perfect Day]]'' (2006). Marijuana, painkillers, amphetamines and MDMA.
*''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'' (1970). Psychedelic mushrooms.
*''[[Permanent Midnight]]'' (1998). Heroin and cocaine.
*''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]] (1986) Marijuana, and opium.
*''[[Psych-Out]]'' (1968). LSD and DOM.
*''[[Puff, Puff, Pass]]'' (2006). Marijuana.
*''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' (1994). Cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
== Q ==
== R ==
*''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'' (2004). Heroin and marijuana.
*''[[Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault]]'' (1996). Heroin.
*''[[Reefer Madness]]'' (1936). Marijuana.
*''[[Reefer Madness (2005 film)|Reefer Madness]]'' ([[2005]] remake). Marijuana.
*''[[Reeker]]'' (2005). MDMA.
*''[[Rent (film)]]'' Heroin, marijuana.
*''[[Repo Man]]'' (1984). Marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines.
*''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'' (2000). Heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, diazepam, and marijuana.
*''[[Return to Paradise]]'' (1998). Hashish.
*''[[RoboCop 2]]'' (1990). Fictional drug Nuke.
*''[[Rockers (film)|Rockers]]'' (1978). Marijuana.
*''[[Rolling Kansas]]'' (2003). Marijuana.
*''[[The Royal Tenenbaums|Royal Tenenbaums, The]]'' (2001). Marijuana, cocaine, mescaline.
*''[[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]]'' (2002). Mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine, marijuana and MDMA.
*''[[Rush (1991 film)|Rush]]'' (1991). Heroin.
== S ==
*''[[The Salton Sea]]'' (2002). Methamphetamine.
*''[[Sample People]]'' (1999). Fictional drug "glow" and cocaine.
*''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'' (2000). Marijuana.
*''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'' (2006). Cocaine, marijuana and Substance D, a fictional psychoactive stimulant.
*''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983). Cocaine, Heroin, Quaaludes
*''[[Sherry Baby]]'' (2004). Heroin.
*''[["She Shoulda Said 'No'!"]]'' (1949). Marijuana.
*''[[Sid and Nancy]]'' (1986). Heroin and marijuana.
*''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' (2007). Mescaline, and marijuana.
*''[[Slackers (film)|Slackers]]'' (2002). Marijuana.
*''[[Shrooms]]'' (2007). Magic Mushrooms.
*''[[SLC Punk!]]'' (1999). LSD, oxycodone, and marijuana.
*''[[Slim Susie]]'' (2003). Amphetamine, heroin and marijuana.
*''[[Smiley Face (film)|Smiley Face]]'' (2007). Marijuana.
*''[[Southwest Nine]]'' (2004). LSD, MDMA and marijuana.
*''[[Spun]]'' (2002). Methamphetamine.
*''[[Steal This Movie]]'' (2000). Marijuana.
*''[[The Stoned Age]]'' (1994). Marijuana.
*''[[Superbad]]'' (2007). Cocaine and marijuana.
*''[[Super High Me]]'' (2007). Marijuana.
*''[[Super Troopers]]'' (2001). Marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and LSD.
== T ==
*''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]'' (2006). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
*''[[Thirteen (film)|Thirteen]]'' (2003). Inhalants (i.e. "Airduster"), marijuana, cocaine and various prescription drugs and LSD.
*''[[Thumbsucker]]'' (2005). Marijuana, cocaine, and ritalin.
*''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'' (2000). Cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine.
*''[[Training Day]]'' (2001). Marijuana, crack cocaine, and PCP.
*''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'' (1996). Heroin, marijuana, temazepam, MDMA, and amphetamines.
*''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (1967). LSD.
*''[[The Tripper]]'' (2007). Cocaine, Nitrous Oxide, Marijuana, LSD, and MDMA
*''[[True Romance]]'' (1993). Cocaine and marijuana.
*''[[Tweek City]]'' (1995). Methamphetamine.
*''[[Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me]]'' (1992). Cocaine.
== U ==
== V ==
== W ==
*''[[Waiting...]]'' (2005). Marijuana and inhalants.
*''[[Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story]]'' (2008). Marijuana, cocaine, quaaludes, amphetamine, LSD, alcohol.
*''[[Walk the Line]]'' (2005). Cocaine and amphetamine.
*''[[The Wash]]'' (2001). Marijuana.
*''[[Wasted (film)|Wasted]]'' (2002). Heroin.
*''[[Where the Buffalo Roam]]'' (1980). Marijuana, cocaine, and mescaline.
*''[[Withnail and I]]'' (1987). Marijuana, speed and other pills.
*''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'' (1970). Marijuana, LSD, and other psychedelics
*''[[Wonderland (film)|Wonderland]]'' (2003). Marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, quaaludes
== Z ==
*[[Zoolander]] (2001). Peyote
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