Drug movies are films that depict drug usage, either as a major theme or, less often, as a few memorable scenes. There is extensive overlap with crime movies, which are more likely to treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving. 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 marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD and methamphetamines. The following is a partial list of drug movies and the substance involved.
- 28 Days (2000). Painkillers.
- Altered States (1980). Fictional version of peyote.
- American Beauty (1999). Marijuana.
- American Psycho (2000). Cocaine.
- Around the Fire (1999). Marijuana and LSD.
- Avenging Disco Godfather (1979). PCP.
- The Basketball Diaries (1995). Heroin.
- Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996). Stimulants and peyote.
- Boogie Nights (1997). Cocaine.
- Blow (2001). Cocaine.
- Blue Velvet (1986). An unnamed inhalant, possibly nitrous oxide or amyl nitrite.
- The Breakfast Club (1985). Marijuana.
- Cheech & Chong's various movies: Up in Smoke (1978); Nice Dreams (1981); Still Smokin' (1983); etc. Marijuana, cocaine and LSD.
- Clean and Sober (1988). Cocaine.
- Crooklyn (1994). Glue.
- Dazed and Confused (1993). Marijuana.
- Dick (1999). Marijuana.
- The Doors (1991). LSD and other drugs.
- Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Heroin.
- Easy Rider (1969). Marijuana, cocaine, and LSD.
- Ed Wood (1994). Morphine.
- Empire Records (1995). Marijuana and methamphetamines.
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). Mescaline, opium, marijuana/ hashish, diethyl ether, cocaine, adrenochrome (fictionalized, as it's not truly a hallucinogenic drug), LSD and other drugs.
- Friday (1995). Next Friday (2000); Friday After Next (2002). Marijuana.
- Grass (1999). Marijuana.
- Go (1999). MDMA.
- Gridlock'd (1997). Heroin.
- Groove (2001). MDMA.
- Gummo (1997). Glue.
- Hair (1978). Marijuana and LSD.
- Half Baked (1998). Marijuana.
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Marijuana.
- How High (2001). Marijuana.
- Human Traffic. MDMA.
- Kids (1995). Marijuana.
- The Last Minute (2001). Heroin.
- Less Than Zero (1987). Cocaine.
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Marijuana.
- Love Liza (2002). Gasoline fumes.
- Maria Full of Grace (2004). Heroin.
- Midnight Express (1974). Hashish.
- Naked Lunch (1991). Fictional version of heroin.
- Performance (1970). LSD.
- Permanent Midnight (1998). Heroin.
- Psych-Out (1968). LSD.
- Pulp Fiction (1994). Cocaine and heroin.
- Reefer Madness (1936). Marijuana.
- Requiem for a Dream (2000). Heroin, marijuana and prescription diet pills.
- Rush (1991). Heroin.
- The Salton Sea (2002). Methamphetamines.
- Saving Grace (2000). Marijuana.
- Scarface (1983). Cocaine.
- SLC Punk! (1999). LSD.
- Spun (2002). Methamphetamines.
- The Big Lebowski (1998). Marijuana.
- Thirteen (2003) Solvents and various.
- Traffic (2000). Cocaine and heroin.
- Trainspotting (1996). Heroin.
- True Romance (1993). Cocaine.
- Yellow Submarine (1968). None, but LSD is implied by the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."
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