Best Drug Abuse movies of 2000s

Actors : Luis Fernando Peña, Maya Zapata, Armando Hernández, Mario Zaragoza,
Directors : Gerardo Tort,

Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.

Actors : Jean-Hugues Anglade, Sylvie Drapeau, Isabelle Blais, Angèle Coutu,
Directors : Lyne Charlebois,

An erotic drama about a woman facing her 30th birthday who looks back at her life growing-up with her grandmother, crazy mother and her over-indulgence with men, sex and alcohol.

Actors : Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Brandon Quintin Adams, Bad Azz, Tami Roman,
Directors : Billy Wirth,

The story follows one of many homeless crack addicts living and trying to survive in MacArthur Park. Unbeknownst to perhaps even himself, a man rediscovers why and how he ended up so broken...

Actors : Léa Seydoux, Anaïs Demoustier, Agathe Schlenker, Johan Libéreau,
Directors : Rebecca Zlotowski,

Two teenage girls bond over drugs, partying, and music after being arrested, trying to find themselves in a difficult world.

Actors : Kaim Alizadeh, Rahmatollah Ebrahimi, Hossein Hashemian, Ahmad Mahdavi,
Directors : Abolfazl Jalili,

Acclaimed director Abolfazl Jalili offers a compassionate story of the young Afghan refugee who lives illegally in Iran. 14-year-old Kaim drifts to the Delbaran crossing on the Afghan-Iran ...

Actors : Dasha Drozdovskaja, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Levan Doborjginidze, Misha Meskhi,
Directors : Levan Tutberidze,

A group of teenage boys from Tbilisi take a trip to Azerbaijan to buy drugs, and end up fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, when they are captured by Azerbaijani militants, with one ...

Actors : Bita Farahi, Masoud Rayegany, Baran Kosari, Bahram Radan,

Sara is addicted to drugs. Her fiance Arash is away in Canada studying and doesn't know about her addiction. One month before his returning to Iran Sara decides to quit her addiction but that will not be as easy as she thinks so.

Actors : Juanita Walsh, Eben Gordon, Rob Moretti, Jennifer Laine Williams,
Directors : Rob Moretti,

An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. ...

Actors : Max Perlich, Robert Blanche, Chad Lindberg, Emma Bing,
Directors : Nick Lyon,

Set in the rainy environs of Oregon and Washington, Punk Love is the story of two forlorn lovers, searching for that elusive Hollywood Ending to the story of their dreams. Sarah is a lost ...

Actors : Flora Martínez, Belén Fabra, Héctor Colomé, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

The lives of two brothers are dramatically crossed when Raul a violent police targeted by gangs of prostitution return to the family home. While Valentín , who suffers from mental disabilities, works at a hostess club as handy boy.

Actors : David Strathairn, Jennifer Tilly, Jonathan Tucker, Dan Moran,
Directors : Tanya Wexler,

A troubled 17-year-old struggles to adjust to life after rehab.

Actors : Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau, Constance Rousseau,
Directors : Mia Hansen-Løve,

A father and daughter are reunited some 11 years after the father's drug addiction tore the family apart.

Actors : Garrett Brawith, Rachel Hardisty, Joshua Harper, Sanoe Lake,
Directors : Billy Samoa Saleebey,

A med student, a teenage runaway, a lawyer, a drag queen, a high school basketball player, a drug dealer, and a teacher all cross paths in the Ecstasy-riddled L.A. underground party scene. ...

Actors : Aranya Namwong, Inthira Charoenpura, Prangthong Changthom, Karunpon Thieansuwan,
Directors : Bhandit Thongdee,

After waking up in a hospital to discover that she has been pregnant for ten weeks, a drug addict begins to experience vivid hallucinations.

Actors : Eszter Wierdl, Zsolt Trill, Tamás Kóbor, Orsolya Tóth,
Directors : Kornél Mundruczó,

Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep. Touched by grace, Johanna cures patients by offering ...

Actors : Rip Torn, Diane Ladd, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Cloris Leachman,
Directors : Mark David,

In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows ...

Actors : Peter Andersson, Marie Richardson, Sofia Westberg, Magnus Krepper,
Directors : Björn Runge,

The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts....

Actors : Sean Apple, Garrett M. Brown, Ann Cusack, Jonah Blechman,
Directors : Robert Ethan Gunnerson,

A disgraced LAPD detective embarks on a quest to redeem his integrity by finding a missing child.

Actors : Forth Richards, Benji Crisnis, Theo Montgomery, Womack Daryl,

An edgy drama about a gay teen's tumultuous decent into drugs and anonymous sex, Wrecked smashes cinematic taboos while it spins its cautionary tale. Ryan is an earnest 18-year-old trying ...

Actors : David Burns, Damien Di Paola, Johnny Hickey, Tim Sylvia,
Directors : Johnny Hickey,

The gritty true-life story of a notorious Boston criminal and his gang who, driven by addiction and greed, commit a series of dangerous robberies during the height of the OxyContin drug trade.