Tag: heroin addict

  • El Pico 2

    Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.

  • Fletch

    When investigative reporter Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he’s approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk’s story.

  • Bird

    Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

  • Jesus’ Son

    A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

  • Requiem for a Dream

    The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

  • Sherrybaby

    After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry’s family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry’s ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.

  • Using

    Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China’s unknown heroin subculture.

  • Heaven Knows What

    A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.

  • 6 Balloons

    Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.

  • The Brutalist

    Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van…