Best Drug Abuse movies of 2000s that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Anthony Mackie, Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Jeff Lima,
Directors : Ryan Fleck,

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.

Actors : Regina King, Jamie Foxx, Clifton Powell, Kerry Washington,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Actors : Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virgina Ariza, Catalina Sandino Moreno,
Directors : Joshua Marston,

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

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

Actors : Vanessa Hudgens, Nikki Reed, Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Catherine Hardwicke,

A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Vadim Perelman,

An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her home's new owners.

Actors : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.