Best Drug Abuse movies of 1990s

Actors : Michelle Johnson, Jeff Wincott, Richard Fitzpatrick, Douglas O'Keeffe,
Directors : Damian Lee,

Thirteen Years in the emergency room, seeing people die from drugs and drug-related crime, have made Dr. Jack Davies angry and desperate. One day he stumbles drunken through the back ...

Actors : Dyan Cannon, John Heard, Lola Mason, George Coe,
Directors : Dyan Cannon,

Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. ...

Actors : Rachael Crawford, Barbara Barnes-Hopkins, Callum Keith Rennie, Maurice Dean Wint,
Directors : John L'Ecuyer,

This film, based on a Jim Carroll short story, recounts the tale of Curtis and his encounter with voodoo. Curtis is a drug addict who has become paranoid, thinking that his wife's mother ...

Actors : Keivyn McNeill Grayes, Elise Ballard, Ray Aranha, Sharlene Brown,
Directors : Seth Michael Donsky,

A retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abuse and prostitution.

Actors : Kazuhiko Kanayama, Ryo Ishibashi, Asami Sawaki, Tatsuo Yamada,
Directors : Rokuro Mochizuki,

Tachibana is a mob hit man, just released from 10 years in prison where he kicked his drug habit. He's dismayed to find that the code of conduct he honors no longer counts, and soon gets ...

Actors : Sonia Curtis, Tim Owen, Estee Chandler, Luke Perry,
Directors : Jordan Alan,

Two adolescent children of wealthy parents deal with the emotional travails of spoiled youth by indulging in self destructive behaviour including but not limited to drugs, parties and teen ...

Actors : María Pujalte, Daniel Guzmán, Maria Conchita Alonso, Loles León,

TV host Miranda Vega heads a variety talk-show format. Confronted with plummeting ratings, she is forced to try a different approach that brings singing hookers, drug addicts, and other ...

Actors : Kenneth Glenaan, Iain Glen, Andrew Barr, Steve Hotchkiss,
Directors : David Hayman,

In London's seedy Soho district in 1963, Larry Winters (Iain Glen) murders a bartender with shocking violence. Sentenced to life behind bars, Winters has towering fits of rage that continue...

Actors : Sam Ball, Lisa Marie, Jesse Woodrow, Hilit Pace,
Directors : Alexander Samaan,

Life is a drug induced haze for Claire Oberon; living in her remote mansion, addicted to heroin, surrounding herself with her drug addicted friends, letting her life slowly fade away. ...

Actors : Champagne Powell, Matt Socia, Charles King, Paul Lane,
Directors : John Wischner,

A former drug addict who has found Christ attempts to exert a positive influence on an unruly group of youths.

Actors : Howard Anderson, Johanna Brownstein, Jonathan Isgar, Sorapong Chatree,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

One half of the movie follows a guy named Sam and his friend Gus. Sam gets scratched by a radioactive cat in a fight with some wacky drug addicts and achieves amazing super powers. He then ...

Actors : Peter Benson, Oliver Dutton, Charles Wood, Lorelei Gardner,
Directors : Aaron Stevenson,

Abandoned at six by his off-kilter parents, Liam pursues his passion for writing, and reaches child-prodigy status while under the roof of a pair of drug-addicted mates, one of whom is a ...

Actors : Brian O'Hare, Sean Mennie, Libby Simeon, Tina Denning,
Directors : Rustin Thompson,

A woman abused by her drug-dealer husband decides enough is enough and it's time to take revenge for the sake of her children.

Actors : Ian Warwick, K. Louise Middleton, Kelly Smith,
Directors : Fernando Calderón,

Trying to escape her abusive boyfriend, Sara flees L.A. and ends up getting lost in the desert. The various odd characters along her way make her road trip a near psychedelic nightmare...

Actors : Janic Heen, Eirin Jansen, Anders Dale, Bjarte Hjelmeland,
Directors : Svend Wam,

Three twenty-something male friends in a non-descript Norwegian city seeking happiness. In the crazy 90s with the sexual confusion, substance abuse, and welfare-abuse prevalent, the quest ...

Actors : Chi Wai Tai, Robert Mak Tak-Law, Jestoni Alarcon, Yukari Ôshima,
Directors : Phillip Ko,

Ray is a Rambo-like Manila cop who travels to Hong Kong on assignment. He searches for his girl friend Lina, and finds her - addicted to drugs. Heung Lan, his ex-partner, is an undercover ...

Actors : Larry Gamell Jr., Hassan Jamal, Marsha L. Carter, Garrett Henry,
Directors : Riffat A. Khan,

Three black teens try to get rid of the local drug dealer while picking up white girls, hookers and learning to rap.

Actors : Eva Santolaria, Àlex Casanovas, Said Amel, Joan Dalmau,
Directors : Antonio Chavarrías,

Before her brutal death, Susanna had been engaged to marry Moroccan immigrant Said. Before that, the confused recovering drug-addict had been involved with wine salesman Alex, an arrangement set up by her boss to repay a debt to him.

Actors : Lynne Murphy, Sudi de Winter, Rebecca Smart, Fiona Ruttelle,
Directors : Richard Lowenstein,

Seymour is a loner. A small, shy, introverted eleven year old whose parents are separated. By chance Seymour meets the beautiful, effervescent but drug-addicted Angie, who is also lonely ...

Actors : Bowie Lam, Maggie Siu, Francis Ng, Kwok-Pong Chan,
Directors : Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang,

A touching tale on how a gangster cum drug addict turn over a new leaf