Goodfellas(1990)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.



Trainspotting(1996)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.



Requiem for a Dream(2000)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

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



Boogie Nights(1997)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.



The Ice Storm(1997)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut , 1973, middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.



The Doors(1991)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 59

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.



Bad Lieutenant(1992)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 60

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.



Clockers(1995)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.



Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(1998)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 50

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.



The Basketball Diaries(1995)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.



Traffic(2000)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 43

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.



High Art(1998)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.



Jesus' Son(1999)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 64

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



Basquiat(1996)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 50

The troubled, brief life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a world renowned artist struggling with drug addiction and his own identity.



Citizen Ruth(1996)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 49

An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.



Georgia(1995)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 57

Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Sadie wants to be a famous artist like her sister, but is always doing everything wrong. Her ...



The Acid House(1998)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 41

Three twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities and insect life by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh.



The Mod Squad(1999)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above ...



Bird on a Wire(1990)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 15

An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.



Dead Presidents(1995)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.




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