List of drug films

Drug films are films that depict drug usage, either as a major theme or 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 methamphetamine. The following is a partial list of drug movies and the substance involved. (See also: Stoner film.) Template:CompactTOC3

0-9

• 24 Hour Party People (2002). Ecstasy.

A

• The Acid House (1998). LSD.
• Adaptation. (2002). Fictional ghost orchid powder.
• Alpha Dog (2007). Marijuana.
• Altered States (1980). Fictional version of peyote.
• American Beauty (1999). Marijuana.
• American Psycho (2000). Cocaine and marijuana.
• Amores Perros (2001). Cocaine.
• The Anniversary Party (2001). Ecstasy.
• Apocalypse Now (1979). LSD, opium, marijuana and cocaine.
• Around the Block (2009). Heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
• Around the Fire (1999). Marijuana and LSD.
• Asi del precipicio (2006). Cocaine, marijuana, LSD, ecstasy and ketamine.
• Avenging Disco Godfather (1979). PCP.

B

• Bad Lieutenant (1992). Crack cocaine and heroin.
• The Basketball Diaries (1995). Heroin, cocaine and solvents.
• Batman Begins (2005). Hallucinogens.
• The Beach (2000). Marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and stimulants.
• Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996). Peyote.
• Beerfest (2006). Marijuana.
• The Big Lebowski (1998). Marijuana.
• Blow (2001). Cocaine and marijuana.
• Blueberry (2004). Mescaline or DMT.
• Blue Velvet (1986). An unnamed inhalant, possibly nitrous oxide or amyl nitrite.
• Boiler Room (2000). Cocaine.
• Bongwater (1997). Marijuana and LSD.
• Boogie Nights (1997). Cocaine and methamphetamine.
• The Boost (1988) Cocaine.
• The Breakfast Club (1985). Marijuana.
• Bug (2007). Cocaine.

C

• Candy (2006). Heroin and marijuana.
• Casino (1995). Cocaine, heroin and painkillers.
• 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). Opium.
• Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981). Heroin.
• Cidade de deus (2002). Marijuana and cocaine.
• Clean and Sober (1988). Cocaine.
• A Clockwork Orange (1971). Fictional drugs drencrom (presumably based on adrenochrome) and synthemesc (presumably synthetic mescaline).
• Cocaine Cowboys (2006). Cocaine.
• Crank (2006). Beijing Cocktail, cocaine, epinephrine, "Hardcore Haitian Plant Shit", methamphetamine and marijuana.
• Crooklyn (1994). Glue.

D

• Dazed and Confused (1993). Marijuana.
• Deep Cover (1992). Crack cocaine.
• Detroit Rock City (1999). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
• Dick (1999). Marijuana and quaaludes.
• The Doors (1991). LSD and peyote.
• Dream Seller (2007). Heroin.
• Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Painkillers such as Dilaudid and Numorphan (the blues), amphetamines and cocaine.
• Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). Marijuana.

E

• Easy Rider (1969). Marijuana, cocaine and LSD.
• Ed Wood (1994). Morphine.
• Empire Records (1995). Marijuana and methamphetamine.
• Euro Trip (2004). Marijuana/hashish and absinth.
• Evil Bong (2006). Marijuana.

F

• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Marijuana.
• 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 nitrate, barbiturates and amphetamines.
• Formula 51 (2001). Fictional drug Formula 51 and marijuana.
• Freak Talks About Sex (1999). Marijuana.
• The French Connection (1971). Heroin and cocaine.
• Friday (1995). Marijuana .
• Friday After Next (2002). Marijuana.
• From Hell (2001). Opium, heroin and absinthe.

G

• Garden State (2004). Antidepressants, marijuana, nitrous oxide and MDMA.
• Georgia (1995). Heroin.
• Gia (1998). Heroin and cocaine.
• 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 (1999). Marijuana.
• Gridlock'd (1997). Heroin.
• Grindhouse (2007). Marijuana.
• Groove (2000). Ecstasy and marijuana.
• Gummo (1997). Glue.

H

• Hair (1978). Marijuana and LSD.
• Half Baked (1998). Marijuana and cocaine.
• Half Nelson (2006). Cocaine and crack cocaine.
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Marijuana.
• Harvard Man (2001). LSD.
• Homegrown (1998). Marijuana.
• How High (2001). Marijuana.
• Human Traffic (1999). MDMA, marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy.
• Hurlyburly (1998). Marijuana, cocaine and valium.

I

• Idle Hands (1999). Marijuana.
• I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can (1982). Valium.
• In the Name of the Father (1993). Marijuana and LSD.
• It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004). Cocaine.

J

• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). Marijuana.
• Jesus' Son (1999). Heroin and tranquilizers.

K

• Kids (1995). Marijuana, nitrous oxide, ecstasy and ketamine.
• King of New York (1990). Cocaine.
• Knocked Up (2007). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.

L

• The Last Minute (2001). Heroin.
• Layer Cake (2004). Cocaine and ecstasy.
• Liquid Sky (1982). Heroin.
• Little Fish (2005). Heroin.
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006). Heroin.
• Less Than Zero (1987). Cocaine.
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Marijuana and cocaine.
• London (2005). Cocaine and marijuana.
• Lord of War (2005). Cocaine.
• Love Liza (2002). Gasoline fumes.

M

• Mallrats (1995). Marijuana.
• Maria Full of Grace (2004). Cocaine.
• Menace II Society (1993). Crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
• Midnight Express (1978). Hashish.
• More (1969). Heroin.

N

• Naked Lunch (1991). Heroin.
• National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Marijuana.
• Natural Born Killers (1994). Marijuana and psychedlic mushrooms.
• Next Friday (2000). Marijuana.

O

• One Perfect Day (2004). Marijuana, painkillers, amphetamines and ecstasy.

P

• The Panic in Needle Park (1971). Heroin.
• Party Monster (2003). Cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and ketamine.
• PCU (1994). Marijuana.
• A Perfect Day (2005). Marijuana, painkillers, amphetamines, and ecstasy.
• Performance (1970). LSD.
• Permanent Midnight (1998). Heroin and cocaine.
• Psych-Out (1968). LSD.
• Puff, Puff, Pass (2006). Marijuana.
• Pulp Fiction (1994). Cocaine, heroin and marijuana.

R

• Ray (2004). Heroin and marijuana.
• Reefer Madness (1936). Marijuana.
• Reefer Madness (2005 remake). Marijuana.
• Repo Man (1984). Marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines.
• Requiem for a Dream (2000). Heroin, amphetamines, cocaine and marijuana.
• Return to Paradise (1998). Hashish.
• Rockers (1978). Marijuana.
• Rolling Kansas (2003). Marijuana.
• Rush (1991). Heroin.

S

• The Salton Sea (2002). Methamphetamine.
• Sample People (1999). Fictional drug "glow" and cocaine.
• Saving Grace (2000). Marijuana.
• A Scanner Darkly (2006). Cocaine, marijuana and Substance D, a fictional psychoactive stimulant.
• Scarface (1983). Cocaine and heroin.
• "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" (1949). Marijuana.
• Sid and Nancy (1986). Heroin.
• Slackers (2002). Marijuana.
• SLC Punk! (1999). LSD, percocet, and marijuana.
• Smiley Face (2007). Marijuana.
• South West Nine (2004). LSD, ecstasy, and marijuana.
• Spun (2002). Methamphetamine.
• The Stoned Age (1994). Marjiuana.
• Super Troopers (2001). Marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and LSD.

T

• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006). Marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
• Thirteen (2003). Solvents and LSD.
• Traffic (2000). Cocaine and heroin.
• Training Day (2001). Marijuana and PCP.
• Trainspotting (1996). Heroin, marijuana and amphetamines.
• The Trip (1967). LSD.
• The Tripper (2007). Marijuana.
• True Romance (1993). Cocaine and marjiuana.

W

• The Wash (2001). Marijuana.
• Wasted (2002). Heroiin.
• Where the Buffalo Roam (1980). Marijuana.
• Withnail and I (1987). Marijuana, speed and other pills.