Best Drugs movies of 1980s

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Don Gordon,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Tate Donovan, Kathy Baker,
Directors : Glenn Gordon Caron,

A hustling drug addict checks himself into rehab to escape trouble with the law, and realizes that it's exactly what he needs.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, John P. Ryan, Kay Lenz,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Kate Reid,
Directors : Louis Malle,

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs, and danger.

Actors : Danilo Mattei, Lorraine De Selle, Zora Ulla Keslerová, Giovanni Lombardo Radice,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Actors : Makoto Ashikawa, Maiko Kawakami, Takeshi Kitano, Shirô Sano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.

Actors : Brian Benben, Matthias Hues, Betsy Brantley, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Craig R. Baxley,

Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst ...

Actors : Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan, Kandice Stroh, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A group of four teenage girls come of age in the asphalt desert of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley arranged with a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz,
Directors : James Bridges,

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Actors : Gary Conway, Larry Poindexter, Steve James, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

Actors : Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, David Rasche, Laila Robins, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and ...

Actors : Jack Scalia, Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Actors : Harold Diamond, Dona Speir, Ronn Moss, Hope Marie Carlton,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

In Molokai, two undercover drug enforcement agents are after a vicious drug kingpin, but on the way, they will also have to deal with a contaminated giant python.

Actors : Corey Haim, Teri Garr, Christopher Collet, Peter Weller,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A teen must protect his family, when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their house.

Actors : Alexandra Paul, Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Randy Brooks,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his ...

Actors : Sean Young, James Woods, John Kapelos, Steven Hill,
Directors : Harold Becker,

Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to ...

Actors : John Vernon, Tamara Dobson, Linda Blair, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Paul Nicholas,

Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after killing a man (by accident). The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where...

Actors : Victor Arnold, Jackie Chan, Sandy Alexander, Danny Aiello,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

Two New York cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.