List of drug films

Drug films are films that depict either illicit drug distribution or drug use, whether as a major theme, such as by centering the film around drug subculture or by depicting it in a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from gritty social realism depictions to the utterly surreal depictions in art film and experimental film.

Some filmmakers create unabashedly pro- or anti-drug works, while others are less judgmental, allowing the viewer to draw their own conclusions. Drugs commonly shown in such films include cocaine, heroin and other opioids, LSD, cannabis (see stoner film) and methamphetamine.

There is extensive overlap with crime films, which sometimes treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving.

The following is a partial list of drug films and the substances involved.

0–9 1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit (2008) – MDMA 10 to Midnight (1983) – cannabis 21 Grams (2003) – cocaine 21 Jump Street (2012) – HFS (a fictional drug), cannabis 22 Jump Street (2014) – WHYPHY (a fictional drug) 24 Hour Party People (2002) – MDMA, cocaine, heroin, methadone, cannabis, and a mention of the large amount of crack cocaine in Barbados 25th Hour (2002) – heroin, MDMA 28 Days (2000) – prescription drugs, heroin, and alcohol 28 Days Later (2002) – prescription drugs, including Valium 30 Minutes or Less (2011) – cannabis The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) – cannabis 50/50 (2011) – cannabis The 51st State (2001) – POS 51 (a fictional drug); mentions cocaine, LSD, and MDMA 54 (1998) – cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, and quaaludes 8 Mile (2002) - cannabis 9 (2009) – Magnet (a fictional drug), used by 8 which causes a drug-like effect 99 Francs (2007) – cannabis and cocaine

A A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) – heroin, methadone, and cannabis The Acid House (1998) – LSD, cannabis, and poppers Across the Universe (2007) – LSD, cannabis, and some opiate, presumably morphine Acts of Worship (2001) – heroin and crack cocaine Adam & Paul (2003) – heroin and cannabis Adaptation (2002) – fictional version of ghost orchid powder Adulthood (2008) – cannabis and cocaine Adventureland (2009) – cannabis Air America (1990) – heroin and opium Airplane! (1980) – cocaine, glue, and amphetamine Alice in Acidland (1969) – LSD Alice's Restaurant (1969) – heroin Alice (1988) – Amanita muscaria Almost Famous (2000) – cannabis, Vicodin, LSD, and quaaludes Alpha Dog (2007) – cannabis Altered States (1980) – cannabis, Amanita muscaria, LSD, DMT, and psilocybin American Beauty (1999) – cannabis American Cowslip (2009) – heroin American Gangster (2007) – heroin and cocaine American Made (2017) – cocaine American Psycho (2000) – cocaine, Halcion, Xanax, ecstasy, and cannabis American Ultra (2015) – cannabis American Virgin (2009) – cannabis and unspecified drugs Amores Perros (2001) – cocaine Analyze That (2002) – cocaine Animal Kingdom (2010) – cannabis, cocaine, and heroin The Anniversary Party (2001) – MDMA Annie Hall (1977) – cocaine Another Day in Paradise (1997) – heroin, references to morphine, Adderall, methamphetamine, and cocaine Another Happy Day (2011) – fentanyl Apocalypse Now (1979) – cannabis, LSD, and opium Around the Fire (1999) – cannabis, and LSD Arrebato (1979) – heroin, cocaine, and amyl nitrite Assassin of Youth (1937) – cannabis The Astrid Experience (2023) – MDMA and unspecified drugs At Close Range (1986) – cannabis, pills, amphetamines Atlantic City (1980) – cocaine Attack the Block (2011) – cannabis, crack/cocaine Attack of the Meth Gator (2023) - methamphetamine Avenging Disco Godfather (1979) – PCP Awakening of the Beast (1970, aka O Ritual dos Sádicos and O Despertar da Besta) – LSD Awaydays (2009) – cocaine, cannabis, and heroin

B Babel (2006) – MDMA and opium Bad Batch (2010) – cannabis, cocaine Bad Boys (1995) – heroin Bad Boys II (2003) – MDMA and heroin Bad Lieutenant (1992) – crack, cocaine, heroin and cannabis Bad Moms (2016) – cannabis Bad Santa 2 (2016) - Rohypnol Bad Teacher (2011) – cannabis, ecstasy, GHB The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) – opium Bang Boom Bang (1999) – cannabis Bangkok Hilton (1989) – heroin Basic Instinct (1992) – cocaine The Basketball Diaries (1995) – heroin, cocaine, cannabis, solvents and various pills The Batman (2022) - fictional drug known as "drops" Batman Begins (2005) – a fictional hallucinogenic gas (2001) – cocaine, MDMA, cannabis The Beach (2000) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms, stimulants The Beach Girls (1982) – cannabis, unidentified pills Beautiful Boy (2018) – cannabis, crystal meth, heroin, alcohol Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) – peyote Beerfest (2006) – cannabis Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) – heroin, cocaine Before I Disappear (2014) – heroin, pills Belly (1998) – heroin, cannabis Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) Berlin Calling (2008) – cocaine, MDMA, MDA, PMA, ketamine, cannabis; mentions LSD and methamphetamine Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) – pharmaceutical mixing and abuse La Beuze (2003) – chemical cannabis made by Nazis during WWII which gives users hallucinations of football players Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) – cannabis, LSD, prescription pills, MDMA, peyote The Beyond Within: The Rise of LSD and The Fall of LSD (1986) (Everyman episodes) – LSD TV documentary The Big Bang (2010) – Valium, methampthetamine The Big Boss (1971) – heroin The Big Chill (1983) – cannabis, cocaine The Big Easy (1987) – heroin The Big Lebowski (1998) – cannabis, LSD Bigger Than Life (1956) – cortisone (steroid hormone) Bird (1988) – heroin Black's Game (2012) – speed, MDMA, cocaine Black Cat, White Cat (1998) – cocaine Black Fear (1915) – cocaine Black Snake Moan (2006) – prescription pills, ecstasy Black Swan (2010) – ecstasy Black Tar Heroin (1999) – black tar heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol Blazing Saddles (1974) – cannabis The Bling Ring (2013) – cannabis, cocaine, heroin (smoked) Blood In Blood Out (1993) – cocaine, heroin Blow (2001) – cocaine, cannabis Bluehill Avenue (2001) - cannabis, heroin Blue Sunshine (1976) – LSD Blue Velvet (1986) – nitrous oxide, amyl nitrate Blueberry (2004) – ayahuasca, peyote Bobby (2006) – LSD Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) – cannabis Boiler Room (2000) – cocaine Bonded by Blood (2010) – cocaine, ecstasy Bongwater (1997) – cannabis, LSD, and cocaine Boogie Nights (1997) – cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine Boondock Saints (1999) – cocaine The Boost (1988) – cocaine Borderland (2007) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms Borderline (1950) – drugs not identified Born to Win (1971) – heroin The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) – cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, crack, heroin, amphetamine, Viagra The Boys in the Band (1970) – cannabis Boys Don't Cry (1999) – cannabis The Boys in Company C (1978) – Demerol and heroin Boyhood (2014) – cannabis Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) – fictional drug GLeeMONEX The Breakfast Club (1985) – cannabis Brick (2006) – heroin Bride of Chucky (1998) - cannabis Bright Lights, Big City (1988) – cocaine Britannia Hospital (1982) – psilocybin mushrooms Brokedown Palace (1999) – heroin Broken (2007) – heroin Broken Vessels (1999) – heroin, methamphetamine A Bucket of Blood (1959) – heroin Buffalo Soldiers (2001) – heroin, MDMA Bug (2006) – methamphetamine, cannabis A Bug and a Bag of Weed (2006) – cannabis, hashish Bullet (1996) – heroin Bully (2001) – cannabis, LSD, methamphetamine The Business (2005) – cannabis, MDMA, cocaine

C Caddyshack (1980) – cannabis Candy (2006) – heroin, cannabis Candy Stripe Nurses (1974) – cannabis, amphetamines Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) – heroin Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990 TV special) – cannabis, crack Cash Crop (2003) – cannabis Casino (1995) – cocaine, heroin, painkillers Cass (2008) – cannabis Caveman (1981) – fictional hallucinogenic berries Cecil B. Demented (2000) – heroin Chappaqua (1966) – peyote, heroin Charlie Bartlett (2008) – prescription pills (klonopin, prozac, ritalin, wellbutrin, xanax and zoloft) Cheech & Chong's various films feature drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, LSD, peyote, various pills and Ajax (comedy). They include: Up in Smoke (1978) Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) – cannabis Nice Dreams (1981) – cannabis Things Are Tough All Over (1982) – cannabis Still Smokin' (1983) – cannabis Chemical Hunger (2003) – cannabis and cocaine Cherry Falls (2000) – cannabis Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970) – cannabis Cherrybomb (2009) – cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy Children of Men (2006) – cannabis Chinatown Connection (1989) – cocaine Chinatown Nights (1929) – opium Chinese Opium Den (1894) – opium Chopper (2000) – cocaine, heroin, amphetamines Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981) – cannabis, LSD, heroin, various pills such as Valium and Mandrax The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2009) – crystal meth (methamphetamine) City by the Sea (2002) – crack City Of God (2002) – cannabis, cocaine Clean and Sober (1988) – cocaine Clerks (1994) – cannabis Clerks II (2006) - cannabis Clerks III (2022) - cannabis Climax (2018) – LSD, cannabis, cocaine Clockers (1995) – crack cocaine A Clockwork Orange (1971) – several fictional drugs in the form of a milk cocktail called Moloko Plus; varieties include Moloko Vellocet, either an opiate (percocet) or an amphetamine (velocity, speed), Synthemesc (synthetic mescaline), and Drencrom (adrenochrome) Club Paradise (1986) – cannabis Clubbed to Death (1996) – MDMA Clueless (1995) – cannabis, cocaine Cocaine Bear (2023) - cocaine Cocaine Shark (2023) - HT25 a fictional drug Cocaine Cowboys (2006) - cocaine, cannabis Cocaine Cowboys 2 (2008) – cocaine Cocaine Crabs from Outer Space (2022) - cocaine Cocaine Fiends (1935) = Cocaine Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983) – cocaine Cocksucker Blues – cocaine and heroin Code of Silence (1985) – cocaine Colegas – cocaine and hashish Colors (1988) – cannabis, crack cocaine, PCP Conspiracy Theory (1997) – LSD Contact High (2009) – cocaine, cannabis, MDMA, LSD, amphetamine Contraband (2012) – cocaine Contracted (2013) – Rohypnol, heroin Coogan's Bluff (1968) – cannabis, LSD Cook County aka Pure White B*tch (2008) - crystal meth Cookers (2001) – methamphetamine The Cool and the Crazy (1958) – cannabis Coonskin (1975) – LSD, heroin Cop Out (2010) – crack/cocaine, mescaline (referred to) Corridors of Blood (1958) – opium-based anaesthetic Country Man (1982) – cannabis Crank (2006) – fictional drug "Beijing Cocktail", cocaine, epinephrine, "Hardcore Haitian Plant Shit" (which probably refers to khat), methamphetamine, ephedrine, cannabis, and vicodin Crooklyn (1994) – glue (toluene) Crossing the Bridge (1992) – heroin The Crow (1994) – morphine Cruel Intentions (1999) – cocaine (memorably taken out of a rosary necklace) Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2012) – mescaline The Connection (1961) – heroin

D Dallas Buyers Club (2013) – cocaine, alcohol, methamphetamine, zidovudine, zalcitabine, peptide T Danger Diabolik (1968) – cannabis Darwin's Nightmare (2004) – glue (Toluene) The Day of the Beast (1995) – LSD Daymaker (2007) – cocaine, MDMA, LSD, cannabis Days of Wine and Roses (film) (1962) – alcohol Dazed and Confused (1993) – alcohol, cannabis, LSD Dead Presidents (1995) – Heroin, morphine Dead Man (1995) – peyote Dead Man's Shoes (2004) – cocaine, cannabis, LSD, MDMA Dead Ringers (1988) – various prescription drugs (dextroamphetamine and opioids) Deadly Addiction (1988) – cocaine Death at a Funeral (2010) – mescaline, Valium, ketamine (mentioned), acid (the pills in the Valium bottle) The Death of Richie (1977) – barbiturates, others Death Wish 2 (1982) – cannabis, PCP Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) – crack cocaine The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years Deep Cover (1992) – crack cocaine