Watching a good film can provide all of the chaos of drug use without all the messy side effects. Dramas about drugs and addiction often feature the fraught ...
1. Addiction (2004) Step into the world of addiction and rehabilitation through this poignant movie, where a diverse group of individuals share their stories. Some are entering rehab for the first time, while others have been down this road before. 2. Addicted (2014) In this thrilling and s...
Andy Goodrich's life is upended when his wife enters a rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace, as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had. ...
That same year, Hathaway also saw her profile soar among actors with her tour de force as a drug addict just out of rehab who returns home for her sister’s wedding in “Rachel Getting Married” (2008). Her work in the searing Jonathan Demme drama proved she was one of the industry’...
The villain in “Licence to Kill” is more akin to an ordinary brutal drug lord we see in many movies and TV shows. Substituting for all this is an overload of recognizable stars playing too many characters. In addition to the complete MI6 staff — Robert Brown as M and Caroline Bliss ...
Mahershala Ali, American actor who rose to prominence in the 2010s and won an Oscar for his moving and nuanced performance as the fatherly drug dealer Juan in Moonlight (2016). He previously gained favorable attention for his portrayal of the political o
You can lead a horse to rehab, but you can’t make him give up smack. As I said, 2018 was a pretty good year for drug addiction movies. We get a hard look at the toll that drug takes on the loved ones of an addict.Steve Carrellwatches the painful journey his son undertakes as ...
Winter’s Bone(2010): A drug trade movie where a 17-year-old girl must hunt down her meth cooking dad (dead or alive) to save the family home. Down to the Bone(2006): Vera Farmiga won acting awards for playing a grocery clerk mom who undergoes drug rehab without support from her hu...
After suffering a drug-related seizure in 2012, Moore entered rehab. She began penning her life story with Ariel Levy, a staff writer forThe New Yorker, which was published asInside Out: A Memoirin 2019. She also took roles in such films asMargin Call(2011),Wild Oats(2016),Rough Night...
28 Days –A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister’s wedding and crashing a stolen limousine. A League of Their Own –Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their ...