Addiction Movies

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...

The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera...

Home for winter break, Clyde asks his estranged brother, Sean, to reunite with the family for Christmas Eve dinner. The table is set, and still, no...

A young composer is forced to work as a bar pianist. One night he gets hit by a car and is brought to a hospital. Severely injured he is injected...

A man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian national rowing championships.

The marriage between Claudia and David has ended due to Claudia's addiction problems, in addition to the different psychological disorders she...

A young man who loses his job is trapped in a small town that has fallen victim to economic ruin. He resorts to extreme measures to escape and start...

An educational film from 1967 designed to scare teenagers away from illegal drugs

In New York City, a young writer's resolute belief in true love is put to the test by a beautiful girl and her struggle with addiction. This original...

This 1970s short film titled “Image in a Bottle”, presented by Family Films, was founded by Sam Hersh in 1946 to create movies to promote...

This picture deals with the fates of Gaston Beauvais, an aristocratic young banker of Paris, and Pauline de Chauvilles, his fiancée. Beauvais...

The Business of Recovery examines the untold billions that are being made off of families in crisis. With little regulation or science, addiction...

Featuring Alan Thicke, the film explores the struggles faced by children of alcoholic parents, highlighting the emotional turmoil and chaos within...

A deranged student is drawn into a circle of madness by an accelerationist CIA agent due to his crippling addiction to Chinese confectionery.

Beyond the flashy outfits and body slams, pro wrestling can be a dark and lawless world. HEEL is a narrative short that explores this world, and...

At her mother's rambling behest, Josie enlists best friend and unofficial chauffeur Stanley, to search for clues after her sister, Andrea,...

Thomas is only 25 and already an alcoholic. He desperately needs help, but it's becoming increasingly difficult for his friends to deal with him -...

A mutant woman who's being held captive in a sadist's basement sees an opportunity for escape when her latest visitor arrives.

Sophie Hagan, a retired nurse, turned her home into a Transitions Shelter. The lives of a terminally ill woman, an alcoholic magician, a PTSD...