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Drug films are films that depict either illicit drug distribution or drug use, whether as a major theme, such as by centering the film around drug subculture or by depicting it in a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from gritty social realism depictions to the utterly
surreal Surreal may refer to: *Anything related to or characteristic of Surrealism, a movement in philosophy and art * "Surreal" (song), a 2000 song by Ayumi Hamasaki * ''Surreal'' (album), an album by Man Raze *Surreal humour, a common aspect of humor ...
depictions in
art film An art film (or arthouse film) is typically an independent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily f ...
and
experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...
. Some filmmakers create unabashedly pro- or anti-drug works, while others are less judgmental, allowing the viewer to draw their own conclusions. Drugs commonly shown in such films include
cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly recreational drug use, used recreationally for its euphoria, euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from t ...
,
heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and brow ...
and other
opioid Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid us ...
s, LSD,
cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...
(see
stoner film Stoner film is a subgenre of comedy film that revolves around the Recreational drug use, recreational use of Cannabis (drug), cannabis. Generally, cannabis use is one of the main themes and inspires much of the plot. They are often representative ...
) and
methamphetamine Methamphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity. Methamph ...
. There is extensive overlap with
crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
s, which sometimes treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving. The following is a partial list of drug films and the substances involved.


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* '' 1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit'' (2008) – MDMA * ''
10 To Midnight ''10 to Midnight'' is a 1983 American crime- horror-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilb ...
'' (1983) – cannabis * ''
21 Grams ''21 Grams'' is a 2003 American psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The seco ...
'' (2003) – cocaine * ''
21 Jump Street ''21 Jump Street'' is an American police procedural television series that aired on the Fox network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-loo ...
'' (2012) – HFS (a fictional drug), cannabis * ''
22 Jump Street ''22 Jump Street'' is a 2014 American satirical buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill, Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman and produced by and starring Hill and Channing Tatum. ...
'' (2014) – WHYPHY (a fictional drug) * ''
24 Hour Party People ''24 Hour Party People'' is a 2002 British biographical comedy-drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Win ...
'' (2002) – MDMA, cocaine, heroin, methadone, cannabis, and a mention of the large amount of crack in Barbados * ''
25th Hour ''25th Hour'' is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Edward Norton. Adapted by David Benioff from his own 2001 debut novel ''The 25th Hour'', it tells the story of a man's last 24 hours of freedom as he prepares to go t ...
'' (2002) – heroin, MDMA * '' 28 Days'' (2000) – prescription drugs, heroin, alcohol * ''
28 Days Later ''28 Days Later'' is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover the accidental release of a highly contagi ...
'' (2002) – prescription drugs (Valium) * ''
30 Minutes or Less ''30 Minutes or Less'' is a 2011 American action comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari and Nick Swardson. Loosely inspired by Death of Brian Wells, the Brian Wells case, the plot follows a s ...
'' (2011) – cannabis * '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005) – cannabis * '' 50/50'' (2011) – cannabis * '' The 51st State'' (2001) – POS 51 (a fictional drug); mentions cocaine, LSD and MDMA * '' 54'' (1998) – cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, Quaaludes * '' 9'' (2009) – Magnet (a fictional drug), used by 8 which causes a drug-like effect * ''
99 Francs ''99 Francs'' is a 2000 novel by French writer Frédéric Beigbeder. The book was released in France on August 2000 through Grasset & Fasquelle and has since been re-released under the titles ''€ 14.99'' and ''€ 5.90''. Shortly after the book' ...
'' (2007) – cannabis, cocaine


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A Street Cat Named Bob James Anthony Bowen (born 15 March 1979)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' is an English author based in London. His memoirs ''A Street Cat Named Bob'', ''The World According to Bob'' and ''A Gift from Bob'', were ...
'' (2016) – Heroin, Methadone, Cannabis * ''
The Acid House ''The Acid House'' is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His 1993 novel '' Trainspotting'' was made into a film of the same name. He has also written ...
'' (1998) – LSD, cannabis, poppers * ''
Across The Universe "Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album ''No One's Gonna Change Our W ...
'' (2007) – LSD, cannabis, some kind of opiate (presumably morphine) * '' Acts of Worship'' (2001) – heroin, crack cocaine * '' Adam & Paul'' (2003) – heroin, cannabis * ''
Adaptation. ''Adaptation'' is a 2002 American meta comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast including Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, ...
'' (2002) – fictional version of
ghost orchid Ghost orchid, is a common name for several orchids, and may refer to: *'' Dendrophylax lindenii'', the American ghost orchid *''Epipogium aphyllum ''Epipogium aphyllum'', the ghost orchid (not to be confused with the American ghost orchid, ''De ...
powder * '' Adulthood'' (2008) – cannabis, cocaine * '' Adventureland'' (2009) – cannabis * '' Air America'' (1990) – heroin, opium * '' Airplane!'' (1980) – cocaine, glue, amphetamine * ''
Alice in Acidland Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...
'' (1969) – LSD * ''
Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...
'' (1988) – ''
Amanita muscaria ''Amanita muscaria'', commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus ''Amanita''. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, ''Amanita muscar ...
'' * '' Almost Famous'' (2000) – cannabis, Vicodin, LSD and Quaaludes * ''
Alpha Dog ''Alpha Dog'' is a 2006 American crime film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000. The cast includes Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Shawn Hato ...
'' (2007) – cannabis * '' Altered States'' (1980) – cannabis, ''Amanita muscaria'', LSD, DMT, and psilocybin * '' American Beauty'' (1999) – cannabis * ''
American Cowslip ''American Cowslip'' is a 2009 independent American comedy feature film directed by Mark David. It revolves around heroin addict, Ethan Inglebrink, whose life is centered on his garden and his group of eccentric friends. ''American Cowslip'' is Dav ...
'' (2009) – heroin * '' American Gangster'' (2007) – heroin and cocaine * '' American Made'' (2017) – cocaine * ''
American Psycho ''American Psycho'' is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. Alison Kelly of ''The Observer'' notes that while "some countr ...
'' (2000) – cocaine, Halcion, Xanax, ecstasy and cannabis * ''
American Ultra ''American Ultra'' is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh and written by Max Landis. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, and To ...
'' (2015) – cannabis * '' American Virgin'' (2009) – cannabis, unspecified drugs * '' Amores Perros'' (2001) – cocaine * '' Analyze That'' (2002) – cocaine * '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010) – cannabis, cocaine, heroin * '' The Anniversary Party'' (2001) – MDMA * '' Annie Hall'' (1977) – cocaine * '' Another Day in Paradise'' (1997) – heroin, references to morphine, biphetamine, methamphetamine and cocaine * ''
Another Happy Day ''Another Happy Day'' is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Sam Levinson, in his feature directorial debut. The film stars an ensemble cast including Ellen Barkin, Kate Bosworth, Ellen Burstyn, Thomas Haden Church, Jeffrey DeMunn ...
'' (2011) – fentanyl * '' Apocalypse Now'' (1979) – cannabis, LSD, and opium * ''
Around the Fire Around may refer to: * Around (song), "Around" (song), by Julia van Bergen * ''Around'', 2006 album by Tom Verlaine * ''Around'', 2013 EP by Whirr (band), Whirr * ''Around'', 2006 List of Palestinian films, Palestinian film See also

* Round ( ...
'' (1999) – cannabis, LSD * ''
Arrebato ''Arrebato'' (, "Rapture") is a 1979 Spanish art house horror film written and directed by Iván Zulueta. Plot José Sirgado (Eusebio Poncela) is a frustrated horror film director and heroin addict in a tumultuous relationship with Ana Turne ...
'' (1979) – heroin, cocaine and amyl nitrite * ''
Assassin of Youth ''Assassin of Youth'' is a 1937 exploitation film directed by Elmer Clifton. It is a pre-WWII film about the supposed ill effects of cannabis. The film is often considered a clone of the much more famous ''Reefer Madness'' (sharing cast member D ...
'' (1937) – cannabis * '' At Close Range'' (1986) – cannabis, pills, amphetamines * ''
Atlantic City Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, Boardwalk (entertainment district), boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020 United States censu ...
'' (1980) – cocaine * ''
Attack the Block ''Attack the Block'' is a 2011 British science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost. It was the film debut of Cornish, Boyega and composer Steven Price. The f ...
'' (2011) – cannabis, crack/cocaine * ''
Avenging Disco Godfather ''Disco Godfather'' (also known as ''The Avenging Disco Godfather'') is a 1979 American action film starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed, directed by J. Robert Wagoner and released by Transvue Pictures. J. Robert Wagoner wrote and directed '' ...
'' (1979) – PCP * ''
Awakening of the Beast ''Awakening of the Beast'' ( pt, O Despertar da Besta, also released as pt, O Ritual dos Sádicos) is a 1970 Brazilian horror/exploitation film directed by José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (Zé do Caixão). ...
'' (1970, aka ''O Ritual dos Sádicos'' and ''O Despertar da Besta'') – LSD * '' Awaydays'' (2009) – cocaine, cannabis and heroin


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Babel Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon and may refer to: Arts and media Written works Books *Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith * Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu * Babel (20 ...
'' (2006) – MDMA and opium * '' Bad Batch'' (2010) – cannabis, cocaine * '' Bad Boys'' (1995) – heroin * '' Bad Boys II'' (2003) – MDMA and heroin * '' Bad Lieutenant'' (1992) – crack, cocaine, heroin and cannabis * '' Bad Moms'' (2016) – cannabis * ''
Bad Santa 2 ''Bad Santa 2'' is a 2016 Christmas black comedy drama film directed by Mark Waters and written by Shauna Cross and Johnny Rosenthal. A standalone sequel to the 2003 film ''Bad Santa'', the film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, ...
'' (2016) - Rohypnol * ''
Bad Teacher ''Bad Teacher'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jake Kasdan from a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel, the film tells the ...
'' (2011) – cannabis, ecstasy, GHB * ''
The Ballad of Little Jo ''The Ballad of Little Jo'' is a 1993 American Western film inspired by the true story of a society woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock by going out to the West, and living disguised as a man. The film stars ...
'' (1993) – opium * ''
Bang Boom Bang ''Bang Boom Bang – A Sure Thing'' (german: Bang Boom Bang – Ein todsicheres Ding) is a German comedy film from 1999. The movie is set in Unna, Westphalia. It was filmed in Unna as well as in Dortmund. Plot The part-time criminal Keek has lo ...
'' (1999) – cannabis * ''
Bangkok Hilton ''Bangkok Hilton'' is a three-part Australian mini-series made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the main protagonist (Nicole ...
'' (1989) – heroin * '' Basic Instinct'' (1992) – cocaine * '' The Basketball Diaries'' (1995) – heroin, cocaine, cannabis, solvents and various pills * '' Batman Begins'' (2005) – a fictional hallucinogenic gas * '' Be.Angeled'' (2001) – cocaine, MDMA, cannabis * '' The Beach'' (2000) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms, stimulants * '' The Beach Girls'' (1982) – cannabis, unidentified pills *'' Beautiful Boy'' (2018) – cannabis, crystal meth * '' Beavis and Butt-head Do America'' (1996) – peyote * '' Beerfest'' (2006) – cannabis * ''
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film was written by Kelly Masterson, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney. The title comes from t ...
'' (2007) – heroin, cocaine * ''
Before I Disappear ''Before I Disappear'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Shawn Christensen. The film is a feature-length adaptation of his 2012 Oscar-winning short film, ''Curfew''. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest Film on March 10, ...
'' (2014) – heroin, pills * ''
Belly Belly may refer to: Anatomy * The abdomen, the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax; or the stomach ** A beer belly, an overhang of fat above the waist, presumed to be caused by regular beer drinking ** Belly dance * The fleshy, cent ...
'' (1998) – heroin, cannabis * '' Berkeley in the Sixties'' (1990) * '' Berlin Calling'' (2008) – cocaine, MDMA, MDA, PMA, ketamine, cannabis; mentions LSD and methamphetamine * ''
Better Living Through Chemistry The phrase "Better Living Through Chemistry" is a variant of a DuPont advertising slogan, "Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was their slogan until 1982 when the "Through Chemistry" part was dr ...
'' (2014) – pharmaceutical mixing and abuse * ''
La Beuze LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on Figure 8 ( ...
'' (2003) – chemical cannabis made by Nazis during WWII which gives users hallucinations of football players * '' Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' (1970) – cannabis, LSD, prescription pills, MDMA, peyote * '' The Big Bang'' (2010) – Valium, methampthetamine * '' The Big Boss'' (1971) – heroin * ''
The Big Chill Big Chill can refer to: *The Big Chill (music festival), an annual music and comedy festival held in England * ''The Big Chill'' (film), a 1983 American film directed by Lawrence Kasdan *The Big Chill at the Big House, a 2010 U.S. college ice hock ...
'' (1983) – cannabis, cocaine * '' The Big Easy'' (1987) – heroin * '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998) – cannabis, LSD * ''
Bigger Than Life ''Bigger Than Life'' is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush, and Walter Matthau. Its plot follows an ailing school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control when he misuses c ...
'' (1956) – cortisone (steroid hormone) * ''
Bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
'' (1988) – heroin * ''
Black's Game ''Black's Game'' ( is, Svartur á leik) is an Icelandic crime film from 2012, directed and written by Óskar Þór Axelsson. It is based on the novel of the same name by about the drug trade in Reykjavík in the mid-1990s. In the 2013 Edda Aw ...
'' (2012) – speed, MDMA, cocaine * '' Black Cat, White Cat'' (1998) – cocaine * '' Black Fear '' (1915) – cocaine * '' Black Snake Moan'' (2006) – prescription pills, ecstasy * ''
Black Swan The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon c ...
'' (2010) – ecstasy * '' Black Tar Heroin'' (1999) – black tar heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol * ''
Blazing Saddles ''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. ...
'' (1974) – cannabis * '' The Bling Ring'' (2013) – cannabis, cocaine, heroin (smoked) * ''
Blood In Blood Out ''Blood In Blood Out'' (also known as ''Bound by Honor'' and ''Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor'') is a 1993 American epic crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford that has become a cult-classic film with a cult following among the Mexic ...
'' (1993) – cocaine, heroin * ''
Blow Blow commonly refers to: *Cocaine *Exhalation * Strike (attack) Blow, Blew, Blowing, or Blown may also refer to: People * Blew (surname) * Blow (surname) Arts and entertainment Music *The Blow, an American electro-pop band Albums * ''Blow ...
'' (2001) – cocaine, cannabis * '' Bluehill Avenue (2001)-cannabis,heroin * '' Blue Sunshine'' (1976) – LSD * '' Blue Velvet'' (1986) – nitrous oxide * ''
Blueberry Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' within the genus ''Vaccinium''. ''Vaccinium'' also includes cranberries, bi ...
'' (2004) – ayahuasca, peyote * '' Bobby'' (2006) – LSD * ''
Bodies, Rest & Motion ''Bodies, Rest & Motion'' is a 1993 American drama film written by Roger Hedden based on his 1986 play, and directed by Michael Steinberg. The film stars Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth, and Eric Stoltz: they play four friends who are ...
'' (1993) – cannabis * '' Boiler Room'' (2000) – cocaine * ''
Bonded by Blood ''Bonded by Blood'' is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus. Although the album was completed in the summer of 1984, it was not released until 1985 due to issues with Exodus and the record label. It is considered one of th ...
'' (2010) – cocaine, ecstasy * '' Bongwater'' (1997) – cannabis, LSD, and cocaine * ''
Boogie Nights ''Boogie Nights'' is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic fil ...
'' (1997) – cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine * '' Boondock Saints'' (1999) – cocaine * ''
The Boost ''The Boost'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Harold Becker and based on the book '' Ludes: A Ballad of the Drug and the Dream '' by Ben Stein. It stars James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, June Chandler and Amanda Blake ...
'' (1988) – cocaine * '' Borderland'' (2007) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms * '' Borderline'' (1950) – drugs not identified * ''
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down ''The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Paul Sapiano. The film had its world premiere in the Guilty Pleasures section at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 25, 2006. It was released in the Unit ...
'' (2006) – cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, crack, heroin, amphetamine, Viagra * '' The Boys in the Band'' (1970) – cannibas * '' Boys Don't Cry'' (1999) – cannabis * ''
The Boys in Company C ''The Boys in Company C'' is a 1978 war film directed by Sidney J. Furie about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War. It stars Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson and Michael Lemb ...
'' (1978) – Demerol and heroin * ''Boyhood'' (2014) – cannabis * '' Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy'' (1996) – fictional drug GLeeMONEX * ''
The Breakfast Club ''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 American teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The film t ...
'' (1985) – cannabis * ''
Brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
'' (2006) – heroin * ''
Bride of Chucky ''Bride of Chucky'' is a 1998 American black comedy slasher film written by Don Mancini and directed by Ronny Yu. The fourth installment in the ''Child's Play'' franchise, it stars Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Ritter, Katherine Heigl, and Ni ...
'' (1998) - cannabis * '' Bright Lights, Big City'' (1988) – cocaine * '' Britannia Hospital'' (1982) – psilocybin mushrooms * '' Brokedown Palace'' (1999) – heroin * '' Broken'' (2007) – heroin * ''
Broken Vessels ''Broken Vessels'' is a 1999 medical drama film directed by Scott Ziehl and written by Ziehl along with David Baer and John McMahon. The film debuted at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and marked Ziehl's directorial debut. It stars Tod ...
'' (1999) – heroin, methamphetamine * '' A Bucket of Blood'' (1959) – heroin * ''
Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This nickname was given to the Black Cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in t ...
'' (2001) – heroin, MDMA * '' Bug'' (2006) – methamphetamine, cannabis * ''
A Bug and a Bag of Weed ''A Bug and a Bag of Weed'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by David Gonella and starring Sebastian Spence, Chris Cuthbertson, and Drew Hagen. Plot Peter Jordan is 31 years old, $35,000 in debt, and he's been working at Super Duper Computers for s ...
'' (2006) – cannabis, hashish * ''
Bullet A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel. Bullets are made of a variety of materials, such as copper, lead, steel, polymer, rubber and even wax. Bullets are made in various shapes and co ...
'' (1996) – heroin * ''
Bully Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively wikt:domination, dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by ot ...
'' (2001) – cannabis, LSD, methamphetamine * '' The Business'' (2005) – cannabis, MDMA, cocaine


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* '' Caddyshack'' (1980) – cannabis * ''
Candy Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language an ...
'' (2006) – heroin, cannabis * '' Candy Stripe Nurses'' (1974) – cannabis, amphetamines * '' Carlito's Way: Rise to Power'' (2005) – heroin * '' Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue'' (1990 TV special) – cannabis, crack * ''
Cash Crop A cash crop or profit crop is an Agriculture, agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from staple crop (or "subsistence crop") ...
'' (2003) – cannabis * ''
Casino A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertai ...
'' (1995) – cocaine, heroin, painkillers * '' Cass'' (2008) – cannabis * '' Caveman'' (1981) – fictional hallucinogenic berries * ''
Cecil B. Demented ''Cecil B. Demented'' is a 2000 black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers; they force her to star in their underg ...
'' (2000) – heroin * '' Chappaqua'' (1966) – peyote, heroin * ''
Charlie Bartlett ''Charlie Bartlett'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in or ...
'' (2008) – prescription pills (klonopin, prozac, ritalin, wellbutrin, xanax and zoloft) * Cheech & Chong's various films feature drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, LSD, peyote, various pills and Ajax (comedy). They include: ** '' Up in Smoke'' (1978) ** '' Cheech & Chong's Next Movie'' (1980) – cannabis ** ''
Nice Dreams ''Nice Dreams'' is a 1981 American action adventure comedy film directed by Tommy Chong and starring Cheech & Chong, in their third feature film. Released in 1981 by Columbia Pictures, the film focuses on the duo having gotten rich selling canna ...
'' (1981) – cannabis ** '' Things Are Tough All Over'' (1982) – cannabis ** '' Still Smokin''' (1983) – cannabis * ''
Cherry Falls ''Cherry Falls'' is a 2000 American slasher film directed by Geoffrey Wright, and starring Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, and Michael Biehn. The plot focuses on a small Virginia town where a serial killer is targeting teenaged virgins. After being s ...
'' (2000) – cannabis * ''
Cherry, Harry & Raquel! ''Cherry, Harry & Raquel!'' is a 1969 American action exploitation film produced and directed by American film director Russ Meyer. Following the success of ''Vixen!'' (1968), the film is notable for the first appearance of actor (and Meyer regu ...
'' (1970) – cannabis * '' Cherrybomb'' (2009) – cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy * ''
Children of men ''Children of Men'' is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel '' The Children of Men'', was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredi ...
'' (2006) – cannabis * ''
Chinatown Connection Chinatown Connection was a martial arts action film directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette released on June 1, 1990. It stars Bruce Ly, Lee Majors II, Art Camacho, Brinke Stevens and Fitz Houston. Two police officers lead a team to stop poison laced nar ...
'' (1989) – cocaine * '' Chinatown Nights'' (1929) – opium * ''
Chinese Opium Den ''Chinese Opium Den'' (also known as ''Opium Joint'') is an 1894 American short film, short black-and-white silent film, silent film. It is an early motion picture produced by Thomas Edison. Very little is known about this film as no print is be ...
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1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
) – opium * '' Chopper'' (2000) – cocaine, heroin, amphetamines * ''
Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo ''Christiane F.'' (german: Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, italic=yes, ) is a 1981 German biographical drama film directed by Uli Edel that portrays the descent of Christiane Felscherinow, a bored 13-year-old growing up in mid-19 ...
'' (1981) – cannabis, LSD, heroin, various pills such as Valium and Mandrax * ''
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth ''The City Addicted to Crystal Meth'' is a British documentary by Louis Theroux. It was televised on 9 August 2009. Theroux filmed his documentary in Fresno, California which has one of the highest number of crystal meth users in the United Stat ...
'' (2009) – crystal meth (methamphetamine) * ''
City by the Sea ''City by the Sea'' is a 2002 American crime drama film starring Robert De Niro, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, Frances McDormand and William Forsythe. It deals with the family problems of a wayward youth and is set against a man trying to break fre ...
'' (2002) – crack * '' City Of God'' (2002) – cannabis, cocaine * ''
Clean and Sober ''Clean and Sober'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and starring Michael Keaton as a real estate agent struggling with a substance abuse problem. This film served as Keaton's first dramatic departure from comedies. Th ...
'' (1988) – cocaine * '' Clerks'' (1994) – cannabis * ''Climax (2018)'' – LSD, cannabis, cocaine * '' Clockers'' (1995) – crack cocaine * ''
A Clockwork Orange ''A Clockwork Orange'' may refer to: * ''A Clockwork Orange'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess ** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel *** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (soundtrack), the film ...
'' (1971) – several fictional drugs in the form of a milk cocktail called Moloko Plus; varieties include Moloko Vellocet, either an opiate (percocet) or an amphetamine (velocity, speed), Synthemesc (synthetic
mescaline Mescaline or mescalin (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a naturally occurring psychedelic protoalkaloid of the substituted phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects comparable to those of LSD and psilocybin. Biological sou ...
), and Drencrom (
adrenochrome Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline (epinephrine). It was the subject of limited research from the 1950s through to the 1970s as a potential cause of schizophrenia. While it has no current medical applic ...
) * ''
Club Paradise ''Club Paradise'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole, and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create a ...
'' (1986) – cannabis * '' Clubbed to Death'' (1996) – MDMA * '' Clueless'' (1995) – cannabis, cocaine * ''
Cocaine Bear ''Cocaine Bear'' is an upcoming American black comedy thriller film directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Banks from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden. It is inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear who ingested a d ...
'' (2023) - cocaine * ''
Cocaine Cowboys ''Cocaine Cowboys'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben, and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine dealer Jon Roberts, described by pros ...
'' (2006) - cocaine, cannabis * ''
Cocaine Cowboys 2 ''Cocaine Cowboys 2'', also known as ''Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' With the Godmother'', is a 2008 documentary film sequel to '' Cocaine Cowboys'' (2006). Directed by Billy Corben and Lisa M. Perry and produced by Rakontur, the film "stars" Char ...
'' (2008) – cocaine * '' Cocaine Fiends'' (1935) = Cocaine * '' Cocaine: One Man's Seduction'' (1983) – cocaine * ''
Cocksucker Blues ''Cocksucker Blues'' is an unreleased documentary film directed by the still photographer Robert Frank chronicling The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972 in support of their album '' Exile on Main St.'' Production There was much anticipation for ...
'' – cocaine and heroin * ''
Code of Silence A code of silence is a condition in effect when a person opts to withhold what is believed to be vital or important information voluntarily or involuntarily. The code of silence is usually followed because of threat of force or danger to onesel ...
'' (1985) – cocaine * '' Colegas'' – cocaine and hashish * '' Colors'' (1988) – cannabis, crack cocaine, PCP * ''
Conspiracy Theory A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.Additional sources: * * * * The term has a nega ...
'' (1997) – LSD * ''
Contact High Contact high is a phenomenon that occurs in, otherwise sober, people who experience a drug-like effect just by coming into contact with someone who is under the influence of a psychoactive drug. In a similar way to the ''placebo effect'', a conta ...
'' (2009) – cocaine, cannabis, MDMA, LSD, amphetamine * ''
Contraband Contraband (from Medieval French ''contrebande'' "smuggling") refers to any item that, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold. It is used for goods that by their nature are considered too dangerous or offensive in the eyes o ...
'' (2012) – cocaine * '' Contracted'' (2013) – Rohypnol, heroin * ''
Coogan's Bluff Coogan's Bluff is a promontory near the western shore of the Harlem River in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. Its boundaries extend approximately from 155th Street and the Macombs Dam Bridge viaduct to ...
'' (1968) – cannabis, LSD * ''
Cookers ''Cookers'' is an American horror film directed by Dan Mintz which was released in 2001. The film is about two drug users who hide out in an abandoned farmhouse to prepare a huge batch of crystal meth, only to be tormented by terrifying visions. ...
'' (2001) – methamphetamine * ''
The Cool and the Crazy ''The Cool and the Crazy'' is a 1958 motion picture that was distributed by American International Pictures, American-International Pictures as a double feature with ''Dragstrip Riot''. It stars Scott Marlowe and Gigi Perreau. Plot ''The Co ...
'' (1958) – cannabis * '' Coonskin'' (1975) – LSD, heroin * '' Cop Out'' (2010) – crack/cocaine, mescaline (referred to) * ''
Corridors of Blood ''Corridors of Blood'' (aka ''Doctor from Seven Dials'')Tom Weaver, ''The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon'', Bear Manor Media 2011 p 80-95 is a 1958 British-American period drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Boris Karloff and Christo ...
'' (1958) – opium-based anaesthetic * '' Country Man'' (1982) – cannabis * ''
Crank Crank may refer to: Mechanisms * Crank (mechanism), in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it * Crankset, the compone ...
'' (2006) – fictional drug "Beijing Cocktail", cocaine, epinephrine, "Hardcore Haitian Plant Shit" (which probably refers to khat), methamphetamine, ephedrine, cannabis, and vicodin * ''
Crooklyn ''Crooklyn'' is a 1994 American semi-autobiographical film produced and directed by Spike Lee and co-written with his sister Joie and brother Cinqué. Occurring in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, during the summer ...
'' (1994) – glue (
toluene Toluene (), also known as toluol (), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon. It is a colorless, water-insoluble liquid with the smell associated with paint thinners. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of a methyl group (CH3) at ...
) * '' Crossing the Bridge'' (1992) – heroin * ''
The Crow The Crow is a supernatural superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr revolving around the titular character of the same name. The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fiancée at t ...
'' (1994) – morphine * '' Cruel Intentions'' (1999) – cocaine (memorably taken out of a
rosary The Rosary (; la, , in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary, or simply the Rosary, refers to a set of prayers used primarily in the Catholic Church, and to the physical string of knots or b ...
necklace) * ''
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus ''Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus'' (''Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus and 2012'' as presented onscreen) is a 2013 Chilean adventure comedy film written and directed by Sebastián Silva. The film stars Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffmann. At th ...
'' (2012) – mescaline * '' The Connection'' (1961) – heroin


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* '' Dallas Buyers Club'' (2013) – cocaine, alcohol, methamphetamine, zidovudine, zalcitabine, peptide T * ''
Danger Diabolik ''Danger: Diabolik'' ( it, Diabolik) is a 1968 action and crime film directed and co-written by Mario Bava, based on the Italian comic series ''Diabolik'' by Angela and Luciana Giussani. The film is about a criminal named Diabolik (John Philli ...
'' (1968) – cannabis * ''
Darwin's Nightmare ''Darwin's Nightmare'' is a 2004 Austrian-French-Belgian documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper, dealing with the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania. It premiered at the 2004 V ...
'' (2004) – glue (Toluene) * ''
The Day of the Beast ''The Day of the Beast'' ( es, El día de la bestia, links=no) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian black comedy film with horror elements co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza and Santiago Segura. The p ...
'' (1995) – LSD * '' Daymaker'' (2007) – cocaine, MDMA, LSD, cannabis * ''
Days of Wine and Roses (film) ''Days of Wine and Roses'' is a 1962 American drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 ''Playhouse 90'' teleplay of the same name. The film was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Hen ...
'' (1962) – alcohol * '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993) – alcohol, cannabis, LSD * ''
Dead Presidents ''Dead Presidents'' is a 1995 American crime film co-written, produced and directed by the Hughes brothers, Hughes Brothers. The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate), focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate an ...
'' (1995) – Heroin, morphine * ''
Dead Man ''Dead Man'' is a 1995 American acid western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, Gabriel Byrne, Mili Avital, an ...
'' (1995) – peyote * '' Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004) – cocaine, cannabis, LSD, MDMA * '' Dead Ringers'' (1988) – various prescription drugs (dextroamphetamine and opioids) * ''
Deadly Addiction Deadly may refer to: * Deadliness, the ability to cause death Arts and entertainment * ''Deadly'', a 2011 novel by Julie Chibbaro * ''Deadly'', a children's book series by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings * ''Deadly'' (Australian TV series), a ...
'' (1988) – cocaine * '' Death at a Funeral'' (2010) – mescaline, Valium, ketamine (mentioned), acid (the pills in the Valium bottle) * ''
The Death of Richie ''The Death of Richie'' is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film based on ''Richie'', a non-fiction book by Thomas Thompson about the 1972 death of George Richard "Richie" Diener Jr. at the hands of his father, who was ultimately not ch ...
'' (1977) – barbiturates, others * ''
Death Wish 2 ''Death Wish II'' is a 1982 American vigilante action film directed and co-edited by Michael Winner. It is the first of four sequels to the 1974 film '' Death Wish''. It is the second installment in the ''Death Wish'' film series. In the story ...
'' (1982) – cannabis, PCP * '' Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'' (1987) – crack cocaine * '' The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years'' * '' Deep Cover'' (1992) – crack cocaine * '' Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection'' (1990) – cocaine * ''
Den Siste Revejakta ''Den siste revejakta'' is a Norwegian film from 2008 based on the novel by the same name. The movie is a comedy/drama. It was filmed in 2007 and premiered on 29 August 2008. The movie is directed by Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen. The title ''Den siste rev ...
'' (2008) – hashish, cannabis, heroin, LSD * ''
The Departed ''The Departed'' is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film ''Infernal Affairs'' and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter ...
'' (2006) – Oxycontin, lorazepam, heroin, cocaine * ''
Deprisa, Deprisa ''Deprisa, deprisa'' ( en, Hurry, Hurry!) is a 1981 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. It tells the story of a gang of juvenile delinquents and is considered one of the classics of the quinqui film genre.' In the English-speaking world, it ...
'' (1981) – Heroin * '' Detroit Rock City'' (1999) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms * ''
Dev.D ''Dev.D'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic black comedy film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, it is a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel ''Devdas'', previously ada ...
'' (2009) – cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, various pills * '' Devil's Harvest'' (1942) – cannabis * ''
The Devil's Rejects ''The Devil's Rejects'' is a 2005 black comedy horror film written, produced and directed by Rob Zombie, and is the second film in the ''Firefly'' film series, serving as a sequel to his 2003 film ''House of 1000 Corpses''. The film is center ...
'' (2005) – cocaine, cannabis * ''
Dick Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to: Media * ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia * Dicks (band), a musical group * ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film * "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat Names ...
'' (1999) – cannabis, Quaaludes * '' Dirty Grandpa'' (2016) – crack cocaine, xanax, cannabis * '' District 13'' (2004) – cocaine, cannabis * '' Domino'' (2005) – mescaline, cannabis, cocaine * ''
Donkey Punch Donkey punch is the sexual practice of inflicting blunt force trauma to the back of the head or lower back of the receiving partner during anal or vaginal sex as an attempt by the penetrating partner to induce involuntary tightening of internal o ...
'' (2008) – ketamine, Methamphetamine, MDMA, cannabis * ''
Don's Plum ''Don's Plum'' is a 2001 black-and-white independent lengthened short film directed by R. D. Robb, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Kevin Connolly. It was filmed in 1995–1996, and written by Robb with Bethany Ashton, Tawd Beckman ...
'' (2001) – heroin, cannabis * ''
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' (or simply ''Don't Be a Menace'') is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Paris Barclay in his feature film directorial debut, and produced by Keenen Ivory Wayan ...
'' (1996) – cannabis, crack cocaine * '' Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'' (1991) – cannabis * ''
The Doors The Doors were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential ro ...
'' (1991) – LSD, cocaine, heroin, cannabis, peyote * ''
Dope Sick Love Jon Alpert (born c. December 13, 1948) is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films. Life and career A native of Port Chester, New York, Jonathan B. Alpert is a 1970 gradu ...
'' (2005) – heroin, crack cocaine * '' Down in the Valley'' (2005) – MDMA * '' Dragon Eyes'' (2012) – crack, heroin * ''
Dream with the Fishes ''Dream with the Fishes'' is a 1997 American independent film directed by Finn Taylor. The film is Taylor's directorial debut and starred David Arquette, Kathryn Erbe and Brad Hunt. It was released on June 20, 1997, by Sony Pictures Classics. Pl ...
'' (1997) – heroin, LSD * '' Dreamseller'' (2007) – heroin * '' Dredd'' (2012) – fictional drug Slo-mo (slows the user's perception to 1%) * ''
The Drug Traffic ''The Drug Traffic'' is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Robert Walker, Gladys Brockwell and Barbara Tennant. It was produced independently and released on a state-by-state basis.Munden p.204 Syn ...
'' (1923) * '' Drugstore Cowboy'' (1989) – cocaine, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, morphine, amphetamines, valium (diazepam), methamphetamine, heroin * '' Dude, Where's My Car?'' (2000) – cannabis * ''
Due Date ''Due Date'' is a 2010 American black comedy road film directed by Todd Phillips, who wrote the screenplay with Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel. The film follows a man (Robert Downey Jr.) who must get across the country to Los An ...
'' (2010) – cannabis and vicodin * '' The Dukes of Hazzard'' (2005) – cannabis


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* '' Easy A'' (2010) – cannabis * '' Easy Rider'' (1969) – cannabis, cocaine and LSD * ''
Easy Money A get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to obtain high rates of return for a small investment. The term "get rich quick" has been used to describe shady investments since at least the early 20th century. Most schemes create an impression that partic ...
'' (1983) – marijuana * ''
Easy Street Easy Street may refer to: Film * ''Easy Street'' (1917 film), a Charlie Chaplin comedy * Easy Street (1930 film), by Oscar Micheaux, US * ''Easy Street'' (TV series), 1986–87 US sitcom Music *Easy Street (band), UK, 1970s **''Easy Street'', ...
'' (1917) – cocaine * ''
Ecstasy Ecstasy may refer to: * Ecstasy (emotion), a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness * Religious ecstasy, a state of consciousness, visions or absolute euphoria * Ecstasy (philosophy), to be or stand outside o ...
'' (2011) – Little Red Pill * '' ed!'' (1996) – cannabis, MDMA * ''
Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
'' (1994) – morphine * '' Eden Lake'' (2009) – amyl nitrate * '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' (2019) - cocaine, Methylamine mentioned * ''
Elephant White ''Elephant White'' is a 2011 American action-thriller film starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon. Filming took place in Bangkok, Thailand. Plot American assassin Curtie Church ( Hounsou) is completing a job in Thailand when 18-year-old child p ...
'' (2011) – heroin * ''
Embrace of the Serpent ''Embrace of the Serpent'' ( es, El abrazo de la serpiente) is a 2015 Colombian international co-production, internationally co-produced adventure film, adventure drama film directed by Ciro Guerra, and written by Guerra and Jacques Toulemonde Vi ...
'' (2015) – nyakwána, ''
Ayahuasca AyahuascaPronounced as in the UK and in the US. Also occasionally known in English as ''ayaguasca'' (Spanish-derived), ''aioasca'' (Brazilian Portuguese-derived), or as ''yagé'', pronounced or . Etymologically, all forms but ''yagé'' descen ...
'' (caapi), yakruna (fictional) * '' Emerald Forest'' (1985) – ''Virola'' snuff * ''
Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
'' (2002) – heroin, cannabis * ''
Empire Records ''Empire Records'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler. The fil ...
'' (1995) – amphetamines * '' Enter the Dragon'' (1973) – heroin * '' Enter the Void'' (2009) – cocaine, LSD, GHB, cannabis, MDMA, methamphetamine, ''Datura'', DMT * '' Equilibrium'' (2002) – fictional drug Prozium * ''
Essex Boys ''Essex Boys'' is a 2000 British crime film. It was directed by Terry Winsor and stars Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Tom Wilkinson, Charlie Creed-Miles and Holly Davidson. Plot The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated ...
'' (2000) – MDMA, heroin * ''
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (also simply known as ''Eternal Sunshine'') is a 2004 American romantic science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. P ...
'' (2004) – cannabis * '' Euro Trip'' (2004) – cannabis/hashish,
absinthe Absinthe (, ) is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of ''Artemisia absinthium'' ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. Historical ...
,
amphetamine Amphetamine (contracted from alpha- methylphenethylamine) is a strong central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity. It is also commonly used ...
s,
benzedrine Amphetamine (contracted from alpha- methylphenethylamine) is a strong central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity. It is also commonly used a ...
* '' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'' (1993) – peyote * ''
Everywhere and Nowhere ''Everywhere and Nowhere'' is a 2011 coming of age British drama film focusing on the identity struggles of Ash ( James Floyd) a young British Pakistani who is torn between the traditions of middle-class family life and his passion for DJing. The ...
'' (2011) – cannabis, cocaine, MDMA * ''
Evil Bong ''Evil Bong'' is a 2006 American stoner horror comedy film directed by Charles Band about a group of stoners who smoke from a sentient, malevolent bong that traps the smoker in The Bong World, a surreal realm filled with killer strippers and othe ...
'' (2006) – cannabis * '' Evil Bong 2: King Bong'' (2009) – cannabis * '' The Expendables'' (2010) – cocaine * ''
The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty W ...
'' (1973) – ritalin and thorazine * ''
Extract An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form. The aromatic principles of many spices, nuts, h ...
'' (2009) – ketamine, Xanax, various other drugs * ''
Eyes Wide Shut ''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story'') by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's sett ...
'' (1999) – cannabis,
speedballs Speedball (or powerball) is a polydrug mixture of a stimulant (most often cocaine or amphetamine) with an opioid (heroin, morphine, and/or fentanyl) that may be taken intravenously or by nasal Insufflation (medicine), insufflation. Original spee ...


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* '' Factory Girl'' (2006) – cannabis, speed, heroin, prescription pills * '' The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985) – cocaine * ''
Fame chimica Fame is the quality of being well-known and in the public eye. Celebrities are famous by definition. Fame may also refer to: Books * '' Fame: an art project'', a 2013 book and series of paintings by Robert Priseman * ''Fame'' (novel) (German '' ...
'' (2003) – cannabis and cocaine * '' Fanboys'' (2009) – peyote * '' Fandango'' (2000) – cannabis, cocaine * '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982) – cannabis * '' Faster'' (2010) – heroin * '' Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1998) – cannabis, mescaline, thorazine, LSD, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates, ether, amyl nitrite, opium, hashish, hash oil, heroin,
adrenochrome Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline (epinephrine). It was the subject of limited research from the 1950s through to the 1970s as a potential cause of schizophrenia. While it has no current medical applic ...
* ''
Federal Fugitives ''Federal Fugitives'' (a.k.a. ''International Spy'') is a 1941 American film noir directed by William Beaudine. The film stars Neil Hamilton, Doris Day, Victor Varconi, and Charles C. Wilson.
'' (1941) – pills * ''
Fifty Pills ''Fifty Pills'' (also known as ''50 Pills'') is the debut comedy film of director Theo Avgerinos, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Plot After being blamed for a party which he didn't throw or have any knowledge of, that resulte ...
'' (2006) – MDMA * ''
The Final Programme ''The Final Programme'' is a novel by British science fiction and fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Written in 1965 as the underground culture was beginning to emerge, it was not published for several years. Moorcock has stated that publishers a ...
'' (1973) * '' Flashback'' (1990) – LSD * '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996) – LSD * ''
Foo-Foo Dust Foo-Foo may refer to: *Foo-Foo, a fictional poodle belonging to Miss Piggy on ''The Muppet Show'' *Foo Foo, a fictional poodle belonging to Walter the Softy in the ''Beano'' *"Foo Foo", a song by Santana from their album ''Shaman'' *Foo-foo band, ...
'' (2003) – crack cocaine and heroin * '' The Football Factory'' (2004) – cannabis, inhalants, amphetamines, crack/cocaine * '' A Force of One'' (1979) – cocaine and heroin * '' Formula 51'' (2002) – fictional drug like ecstasy * ''
Forrest Gump ''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and ...
'' (1994) – cocaine, heroin, cannabis, LSD, unidentified pills * ''
Freak Talks About Sex ''Freak Talks About Sex'', released for home video as ''Blowin' Smoke'' (its working title was ''Syracuse Muse''), is a 1999 film starring Steve Zahn and Josh Hamilton (actor), Josh Hamilton. The movie was shot in Auburn, New York, Auburn and Syra ...
'' (1999) – cannabis * ''
Freebird "Free Bird", also spelled "Freebird", is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and performed by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song featured on the band's debut album in 1973. Released as a single in November 1974, "Fr ...
'' (2008) – marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms * '' Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' (1991) – cannabis * '' The French Connection'' (1971) – heroin, cocaine * ''
French Connection II ''French Connection II'' is a 1975 American action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971 Academy Award for Best Picture winner '' The French Connection''. The film continues the story o ...
'' (1975) – heroin * ''
Fresh Fresh or FRESH may refer to: People *DJ Fresh (born 1977), UK-based drum and bass artist *DJ Fresh (producer), US-based R&B producer born Marqus Brown Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Fresh'' (1994 film), a crime film * ''Fresh'' (200 ...
'' (1994) – cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin * ''
Friday Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the ISO-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth day ...
'' (1995) – cannabis, PCP * '' Friday After Next'' (2002) – cannabis * ''
Friday the 13th Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. ...
'' film series (1980–2009) – cannabis is smoked in most of the films * '' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' (1989) – cocaine, heroin * '' Friend of the World'' (2020) – a fictional hallucinogenic antidote * '' Fringe'' series – LSD, unidentified psychoactive drugs * ''
Fritz the Cat ''Fritz the Cat'' is a comic strip created by Robert Crumb. Set in a "supercity" of anthropomorphic animals, it focused on Fritz, a feline con artist who frequently went on wild adventures that sometimes involved sexual escapades. Crumb began d ...
'' (1972) – cannabis, heroin * '' From Hell'' (2001) – opium, laudanum, absinthe * '' From Paris with Love'' (2010) – cocaine, possibly heroin The Five Heartbeats


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Gambling, Gods and LSD ''Gambling, Gods and LSD'' is a 2002 Canadian/Swiss experimental documentary film by Canadian film director Peter Mettler. It was shot between 1997 and 1999 in Canada, the United States, Switzerland and India, and is a "fragmented narrative" tha ...
'' (2002) – crack, cocaine, LSD * ''
Gangster Exchange ''Gangster Exchange'' is a 2009 film written and directed by Dean Bajramovic. The film debuted at the Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 3, 2009, where it won the Audience Choice for Best Film. Plot Japanese yakuza team up with Bosnian mobsters ...
'' (2011) – cannabis, MDMA, LSD, crack, heroin * '' Garden State'' (2004) – cocaine, MDMA, marijuana, nitrous oxide * '' Georgia'' (1995) – heroin * '' Get Him to the Greek'' (2010) – cannabis, absinthe, heroin, "Jeffrey", cocaine, adrenaline * ''
Get Out and Get Under ''Get Out and Get Under'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis. The car in the movie, to which Lloyd was alternately devoted or frustrated, appears to be a 1920 Ford Model T. ...
'' (1920) – cocaine * ''
Get Rich or Die Tryin' ''Get Rich or Die Tryin'' is the debut studio album by American rapper 50 Cent. It was released on February 6, 2003, by Interscope Records, Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, Eminem's Shady Records, and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. After signing wi ...
'' (2005) – crack, cannabis, morphine * '' Ghost in the Shell'' (2017) – cannabis * ''
Gia ''Gia'' is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth M ...
'' (1998) – heroin, cocaine * ''
Gift A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or anything in return. An item is not a gift if that item is already owned by the one to whom it is given. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation ...
'' (1993) *'' The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) – cannabis'' * ''
Girl, Interrupted ''Girl, Interrupted'' is a best-selling 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen, relating her experiences as a young woman in an American psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Th ...
'' (1999) – cannabis, diazepam, Vallium * '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004) – MDMA, cannabis * '' Go'' (1999) – MDMA, cannabis, cocaine * ''
Go Ask Alice ''Go Ask Alice'' is a 1971 book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of self-destructive escapism. Attributed to "Anonymous", the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as ...
'' (1973) – LSD, cannabis, amphetamines * ''
The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, ...
'' (1972) – cocaine, heroin * '' The Godfather Part II'' (1974) – cocaine, heroin * '' The Godfather Part III'' (1990) – cocaine, heroin * ''
Good Boys Good Boys may refer to: * " Good Boys (song)", a 2003 song by Blondie * ''Good Boys'' (film), a 2019 American film * ''The Good Boys'', a 1997 Indian Malayalam film * Goodboys Goodboys are an English house music group consisting of Joshua Gr ...
'' (2019) - ecstasy * '' The Good Shepherd'' (2006) – LSD * ''Good Time'' (2017) – LSD, Oxycontin, Xanax, cannabis * '' Goodfellas'' (1990) – cocaine, pills * ''
Goon Goon may refer to: Slang * Humans: ** People noted for brutality, or otherwise as targets of contempt: *** A guard in a prisoner of war camp (British World War II usage) *** An enforcer (ice hockey) *** A hired thug, in a goon squad ** Alter ...
'' (2011) – cannabis * '' Gorp'' (1980) – amphetamines, Quaaludes * '' Grandma's Boy'' (2006) – cannabis * ''
Grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
'' (1999) – cannabis * '' The Greatest'' (2009) * '' The Green Butchers'' (2003) – cannabis * ''
The Green Hornet The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media ...
'' (2011) – methamphetamine * ''
Gretel & Hansel ''Gretel & Hansel'' (also known as ''Gretel & Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'') is a 2020 dark fantasy horror film based on the German folklore tale "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm. The film is directed by Oz Perkins, and produced by Fred ...
'' (2020) – ''
Amanita muscaria ''Amanita muscaria'', commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus ''Amanita''. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, ''Amanita muscar ...
'' * '' Gridlock'd'' (1997) – heroin * ''
Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
'' (2016) – cocaine, heroin * '' Grindhouse'' (2007) – cannabis * '' Groove'' (2000) – GHB, MDMA, nitrous, LSD, cannabis * ''
The Groove Tube ''The Groove Tube'' is a 1974 American independent comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro and starring Shapiro, Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase. It features the song "Move On Up" by Curtis Mayfield in its opening scene. The low-budget mo ...
'' (1974) – cannabis * ''
The Guard The Guard may refer to: * ''The Guard'' (TV series), a Canadian drama series portraying about the Canadian Coast Guard * ''The Guard'' (1990 film), a 1990 Soviet film about a soldier who kills his entire unit * ''The Guard'' (2001 film), a 2001 ...
'' (2011) – LSD, cocaine * '' The Guest'' (2014) – marijuana * '' Gummo'' (1997) – glue, Ritalin, solvents, cocaine


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La Haine ''La Haine'' (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French crime drama film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and nig ...
'' (1995) – cannabis, hashish, cocaine * ''
Hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and f ...
'' (1979) – cannabis, LSD * ''
Half Baked ''Half Baked'' is a 1998 American stoner comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, and Guillermo Díaz. The film was directed by Tamra Davis, co-written by Chappelle and Neal Brennan and produced by Robert Simonds. The ...
'' (1998) – cannabis * ''
Half Nelson A nelson hold is a grappling hold which is executed by one person from behind the opponent, generally when both are on the mat face down with the opponent under the aggressor. One or both arms are used to encircle the opponent's arm under the armpi ...
'' (2006) – cocaine, crack cocaine * '' Hall Pass'' (2011) – cannabis * ''
Halloween Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observanc ...
'' (1978) – cannabis * '' The Hangover'' (2009) – GHB, rohypnol * ''
The Hangover 2 ''The Hangover Part II'' is a 2011 American comedy film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the sequel to the 2009 film ''The Hangover'' and the second installment in ''The Hangover'' trilogy. Directe ...
'' (2011) – cocaine * ''
The Hangover 3 ''The Hangover Part III'' is a 2013 American action comedy film and the sequel to ''The Hangover Part II'' (2011), both produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the third and final installment in ''The Han ...
'' (2013) – demerol, rohypnol, ecstasy * ''
Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...
'' (2001) – chloroform, morphine, unknown sedatives * ''
Happy Death Day ''Happy Death Day'' is a 2017 American black comedy slasher film directed by Christopher Landon, and written by Scott Lobdell. It stars Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard. The film was produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions b ...
'' (2017) – unknown lethal drugs, aggression-inducing drugs * ''
Hard Ticket to Hawaii ''Hard Ticket to Hawaii'' is a 1987 American action film written and directed by Andy Sidaris, and starring Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Cynthia Brimhall, and Harold Diamond. It is the second installment in the Triple B series and ...
'' (1987) – cannabis * ''
Hardbodies ''Hardbodies'' is a 1984 American sex comedy film about three middle-aged men who hire a younger man to help them pick up women at the beach. The film was directed by Mark Griffiths, and stars Grant Cramer, Courtney Gains and Gary Wood. It was f ...
'' (1984) – marijuana and cocaine * '' Hare Rama Hare Krishna'' (1971) – cannabis * ''
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' is a 2008 American buddy stoner comedy film written and directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. The sequel to ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (2004), it is the second installment in the ...
'' (2008) – cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms * ''
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (released in some international markets as ''Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies'') is a 2004 American buddy stoner comedy film directed by Danny Leiner, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and starr ...
'' (2004) – cannabis, MDMA, cocaine * '' Harold & Kumar: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'' (2011) – cannabis, psilocybin extract, crack, ecstasy, cocaine * '' Harry Brown'' (2009) – cannabis, crack cocaine, heroin * '' Harsh Times'' (2006) – cannabis * ''
Harvard Man ''Harvard Man'' is a 2001 American crime comedy-drama thriller film written and directed by James Toback, and starring Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, Rebecca Gayheart, Ray Allen, and Eric Stoltz. Plot The story concer ...
'' (2001) – cannabis, LSD * ''
The Hasher's Delirium ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...
'', aka ''Le songe d'un garçon de café'' (1910) – absinthe * '' A Hatful of Rain'' (1957) – morphine * '' Havoc'' (2005) – cocaine, crack * ''
Head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may ...
'' (1968) – cannabis, LSD * '' Head, Heart and Balls... or Why I Gave Up Smoking Pot'' (2007) – cannabis * '' Heavy Metal'' (1981) – fictional drug "Nyborg" (parody of cocaine) * ''
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things ''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' is a 2004 drama film co-written and directed by Asia Argento and starring Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse (with Bennett and the Sprouse brothers sharing the role as Jeremiah). Th ...
'' (2004) – methamphetamine * ''
Hells Angels on Wheels ''Hells Angels on Wheels'' is a 1967 American biker film directed by Richard Rush, and starring Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, and Sabrina Scharf. The film tells the story of a gas-station attendant with a bad attitude who finds life more exciting ...
'' (1967) – cannabis, amphetamines * '' High Art'' (1998) – heroin * '' High School Confidential'' (1958) – cannabis, heroin * ''
High School High ''High School High'' is a 1996 American comedy film about an inner city high school in the Los Angeles, California area, starring Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Louise Fletcher, Malinda Williams, and Brian Hooks. It is a spoof of movies c ...
'' (1996) – cannabis * '' Hobo With A Shotgun'' (2011) – cocaine * '' Hollywood High'' (2003) * ''
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'' (2010) – MDMA * '' El hombre de los hongos'', aka ''The Mushroom Man'' (1976) – psychedelic mushrooms * '' A Home at the End of the World'' (2004) – cannabis, LSD * '' Homegrown'' (1998) – cannabis * ''
Honky Honky (also spelled honkie or sometimes honkey) is a derogatory term used to refer to White people, predominantly heard in the United States. The first recorded use of "honky" in this context may date back to 1946, although the use of "honky-ton ...
'' (1971) - marijuana * ''
La Horde ''The Horde'' (french: La Horde) is a 2009 French horror film co-written and directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. It stars Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney and Aurélien Recoing. Plot A group of French policemen emba ...
'' (2010) – cocaine * ''
Horrible Bosses ''Horrible Bosses'' is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein, from a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer ...
'' (2011) – cocaine, nitrous oxide * '' Horrible Bosses 2'' (2014) – nitrous oxide (laughing gas) * ''
Hot Rod Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimised for speed and acceleration. One definition is: "a car that's been stripped down, souped up and made ...
'' (2007) – LSD * ''
Hot Tub Time Machine ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' is a 2010 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Steve Pink and starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, and Chevy Chase. The film was released on March 26, ...
'' (2010) – cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, cocaine * '' How High'' (2001) – cannabis * '' Howard Marks. Mr Nice'' (2010) – cannabis, LSD, opium * ''
Human Traffic ''Human Traffic'' is a 1999 British-Irish-Welsh independent coming of age comedy drama film written and directed by Justin Kerrigan. It is a cult film of the Cool Cymru era of arts in Wales. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and ...
'' (1999) – cannabis, cocaine, MDMA * ''
Human Wreckage ''Human Wreckage'' is a 1923 American independent silent drama propaganda film that starred Dorothy Davenport and featured James Kirkwood, Sr., Bessie Love, and Lucille Ricksen. The film was co-produced by Davenport and Thomas H. Ince and dist ...
'' (1923) * '' Humboldt County'' (2008) – cannabis * '' Hunt to Kill'' (2010) – methamphetamine * ''
Hurlyburly ''Hurlyburly'' is a dark comedy play by David Rabe, first staged in 1984. The title refers to dialogue from Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''. Plot ''Hurlyburly'' depicts the intersecting lives of several low-to-mid-level Hollywood players in the 198 ...
'' (1998) – cannabis, cocaine, diazepam * ''
Hustle & Flow ''Hustle & Flow'' is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. It als ...
'' (2005) – cannabis * ''
homeless to harvard Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...
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* '' ICE- Hawaii's Crystal Meth Epidemic ''(2005) - History of methamphetamine from WWII to the shores of Waikiki * ''
I Come in Peace ''I Come in Peace'' (released under the alternative title ''Dark Angel'') is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Craig R. Baxley, and starring Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley and Matthias Hues. The film was releas ...
'' (1990) – heroin and Barsi (fictional drug manufactured by extraterrestrial technology) * ''
I Got The Hook Up ''I Got the Hook-Up'' is a 1998 American crime comedy film, starring Anthony Johnson, Master P, Ice Cube, C-Murder and directed by Michael Martin. This was No Limit Records' first theatrical release. The movie was distributed by Dimension Films. ...
'' (1998) – cannabis, cocaine and LSD * ''
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas ''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'' is a 1968 American romantic comedy film directed by Hy Averback and starring Peter Sellers. The film is set in the counterculture of the 1960s. The cast includes Joyce Van Patten, David Arkin, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh ...
'' (1968) – cannabis brownies * '' I Love You Phillip Morris'' (2010) – heroin * ''
Idle Hands ''Idle Hands'' is a 1999 American teen black comedy horror film directed by Rodman Flender, written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer, and starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, and Vivica A. Fox. The main plot follows the ...
'' (1999) – cannabis * '' If Drugs Were Legal'' (2009) – cannabis, cocaine, crack, ketamine, heroin, MDMA, LSD, amphetamines (and fictional drugs, including "dexclorazole," which mimics the effects of fluoxetine but on a much larger scale; and "xp25," which stimulates the serotonin
neurotransmitter A neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse. The cell receiving the signal, any main body part or target cell, may be another neuron, but could also be a gland or muscle cell. Neuro ...
s in the brain but causes sudden heart attack) * ''
Igby Goes Down ''Igby Goes Down'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sardonic teenager who attempts to break free of his familial ties and wealthy, overbearing mother. The film was written and directed ...
'' (2002) – heroin, cannabis * ''
Ill manors ''Ill Manors'' (stylised as ''ill Manors'') is a British crime drama film written, co-scored and directed by Ben Drew AKA musician Plan B. The film revolves around the lives of eight main characters, played by Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Keef Coggi ...
'' (2012) – crack, cannabis * ''
Illtown '' Illtown'' is a 1998 film directed by Nick Gomez. It was the first screen appearance of Oscar Isaac. Plot Dante and his girlfriend Micky run a very profitable drug operation in a seaside town, aided and abetted by a host of teens who sell the s ...
'' (1998) * ''
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can ''I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can'' is a 1982 American biographical film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jill Clayburgh. The screenplay by David Rabe is based on the memoir of the same title by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara G ...
'' (1982) – Diazepam * '' In Bruges'' (2008) – cocaine, ketamine, LSD, ecstasy * ''
In Vanda's Room ''In Vanda's Room'' (Portuguese: ''No Quarto da Vanda'', 2000) is a docufiction (a subgenre of cinéma vérité) film by Portuguese director Pedro Costa. This is the second film in his Fontainhas trilogy. Overview The film follows the daily life ...
'' (2000) – heroin * '' Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome'' (1954) – ayahuasca * ''
Ingrid Goes West ''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 American black comedy drama film directed by Matt Spicer and written by Spicer and David Branson Smith. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, Billy Magnussen, Wyatt Russell, Pom Klementieff, and O'Shea Jack ...
'' (2017) – cannabis, cocaine * '' Inherent Vice'' (2014) – cannabis, heroin * ''Inner Trial'' (2008) – LSD, cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms * ''
An Innocent Man ''An Innocent Man'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983. The concept album is a tribute to the American popular music of Joel's adolescent years with Joel paying homage to a number of ...
'' (1989) – cocaine * '' Into the Blue'' (2005) –
cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly recreational drug use, used recreationally for its euphoria, euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from t ...
* ''
Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
'' (2005) – manufacture and use of methamphetamine * ''
Irréversible ''Irréversible'' () is a 2002 French experimental psychological thriller film written and directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel, the plot depicts the events of a tragic night in Paris as two men a ...
'' (2002) – cocaine * ''
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy ''Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy'' is a 2011 Canadian film adaptation of the short story " The Undefeated" from the best-selling book '' Ecstasy'' by Irvine Welsh. Directed by Rob Heydon, the film stars Adam Sinclair as Lloyd Buist, a drug user who s ...
'' (2011) – ecstasy, cannabis and cocaine * ''
It's All Gone Pete Tong ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' is a 2004 British-Canadian mockumentary-drama film about a DJ (Paul Kaye) who goes completely deaf. The title uses a rhyming slang phrase used in Britain from the 1980s (Pete Tong = "wrong"), referring to the BBC Ra ...
'' (2004) – cocaine, yopo snuff, and toad licking, presumably a reference to the ''Bufo Alvarius'' or Colorado River toad from which the extract should not actually be licked as in the film, but smoked, due to bufo toxin which is incinerated upon smoking; can contain 5-meo-dmt and/or bufotenin


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* '' Jackie Brown'' (1997) – cocaine, cannabis * '' Jacob's Ladder'' (1990) –
Quinuclidinyl benzilate 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) (IUPAC name 1-azabicyclo .2.2ctan-3-yl hydroxy(diphenyl)acetate; US Army code EA-2277; NATO code BZ; Soviet code Substance 78) is an odorless and bitter-tasting military incapacitating agent.QNB: Incapacitating Age ...
(BZ) * ''
Janky Promoters ''Janky Promoters'' is a 2009 American comedy film, starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps who play as "janky" promoters who book rapper Jeezy to play at their concert, only to fail at doing it the right way and thus getting into more trouble than they ...
'' (2009) – cannabis * '' Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' (2001) – cannabis * '' Jesus' Son'' (1999) – heroin, cannabis, cocaine, LSD, opium, psychedelic mushrooms, tobacco, amphetamines, and diazepam * '' Jewel Robbery'' (1932) – cannabis * '' Johnny Stecchino'' (1991) – cocaine * '' Jubilee'' (1977) – Quaaludes * ''
Jungle A jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past recent century. Etymology The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅ ...
'' (2017) – psilocybin mushrooms * ''
Jungle Fever ''Jungle Fever'' is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, ...
'' (1991) – crack cocaine


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K-PAX ''K-PAX'' is an American science fiction novel by Gene Brewer, the first in the ''K-PAX'' series. The series deals with the experiences on Earth of a being named Prot. It is written in the first person from the point of view of Prot's psychiat ...
'' (2001) – thorazine and haldol * ''
Ken Park ''Ken Park'' is a 2002 erotic drama which revolves around the abusive and dysfunctional lives of several teenagers, set in the city of Visalia, California. It was written by Harmony Korine, who based it on Larry Clark's journals and stories. The ...
'' (2002) – marijuana * '' The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977) – heroin and opium * '' Kid Cannabis'' (2014) – cannabis, cocaine, oxycodone * ''
Kids Kid, Kids, KIDS, and K.I.D.S. may refer to: Common meanings * Colloquial term for a child or other young person ** Also for a parent's offspring regardless of age * Engage in joking * Young goats * The goat meat of young goats * Kidskin, lea ...
'' (1995) – marijuana, nitrous oxide, MDMA, cocaine and possibly GHB (not ketamine) * '' Kidulthood'' (2006) – cannabis, cocaine, unknown pills * '' Kill Bill: Vol. 2'' (2004) – cocaine * '' Kill Your Darlings'' (2013) – marijuana, nitrous oxide, benzedrine and methamphetamine * ''
Killer Bud ''Killer Bud'' is an American comedy film released in 2001. It was Robert Stack's final film prior to his death in 2003. External links *Rottentomatoes.com reviewKilling Zoe'' (1994) – heroin * '' King of New York'' (1990) – cocaine * '' Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects'' (1989) – marijuana, cocaine and heroin * ''
Kiss of the Dragon ''Kiss of the Dragon'' (''Le Baiser mortel du dragon'' in French) is a 2001 French-American action film directed by Chris Nahon, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, and starring an international cast of Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and ...
'' (2001) – heroin * ''
Knocked Up ''Knocked Up'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a sl ...
'' (2007) – marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms * ''
Kush Kush or Cush may refer to: Bible * Cush (Bible), two people and one or more places in the Hebrew Bible Places * Kush (mountain), a mountain near Kalat, Pakistan Balochistan * Kush (satrapy), a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire * Hindu Kush, a m ...
'' (2007) – marijuana, cocaine


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Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the ...
(film) All drugs * ''
L.A. Confidential ''L.A. Confidential'' (1990) is a neo-noir novel by James Ellroy and the third of his L.A. Quartet series. It is dedicated to Mary Doherty Ellroy. The epigraph is "A glory that costs everything and means nothing"— Steve Erickson. Plot The s ...
'' (1997) – marijuana and heroin * '' Lady Sings The Blues'' (1972) –
heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and brow ...
* ''
Lammbock ''Lammbock'' is a 2001 German stoner film. The protagonists of the movie are two pizza delivery men who decide to up their income by adding marijuana to the menu and get into trouble after attracting the attention of an undercover cop. There a ...
'' (2001) – marijuana, hashish, psychedelic mushrooms and cocaine * '' The Last American Virgin'' (1982) – marijuana and cocaine * '' The Last Days of Disco'' (1998) * ''
Last Life in the Universe ''Last Life in the Universe'' (Thai title: เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล, ''Ruang rak noi nid mahasan'') is a 2003 Thai romantic crime film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film is notable for being t ...
'' (2003) – marijuana * ''
The Last Minute ''The Last Minute'' is a 2001 British-American urban gothic film, written and directed by Stephen Norrington. It shows a struggling man hitting bottom and finding light in unexpected places, and trying a huge alternative as the solution to hi ...
'' (2001) – heroin * '' Layer Cake'' (2004) – cocaine, crack cocaine and MDMA * '' Leaves of Grass'' (2009) – marijuana * ''
Leaving Las Vegas ''Leaving Las Vegas'' is a 1995 American drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis, and based on the semi-autobiographical 1990 novel of the same name by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having ...
'' (1995) – alcohol * '' Lenny'' (1974) – heroin * '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994) – cocaine * ''
Leprechaun in the Hood ''Leprechaun in the Hood'' (also known as ''Leprechaun 5'' or ''Leprechaun 5: In the Hood'') is a 2000 American black comedy slasher film directed by Rob Spera and the fifth installment in the ''Leprechaun'' series. The film follows Warwick Davis ...
'' (2000) - marijuana * '' Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood'' (2003) – marijuana * '' Less than Zero'' (1987) – cocaine * '' Lethal Weapon'' (1987) – cocaine and heroin * '' Lethal Weapon 4'' (1998) – nitrous oxide (laughing gas) * ''
Licence to Kill ''Licence to Kill'' is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues t ...
'' (1989) – cocaine * '' The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' (2004) – marijuana * ''
Life or Meth - Hawaii's Youth Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy transf ...
'' (2006) Follow up to documentary film simulcast in state of Hawaii, authentic, real teenagers * ''
Life Is Hot in Cracktown ''Life Is Hot in Cracktown'' is a 2009 crime drama film based on Buddy Giovinazzo's 1993 collection of short stories with the same title. Giovinazzo directed and wrote the film. Plot The film intertwines several unsettling stories of people in a ...
'' (2009) – crack cocaine * '' Light Sleeper'' (1992) – cocaine * ''
Lights in the Dusk ''Lights in the Dusk'' ( fi, Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, and Maria Järvenhelmi, the film was presented at the 2006 Can ...
'' (2006) – alcohol * '' Limitless'' (2011) – fictional drug "NZT48" * '' Liquid Sky'' (1982) – heroin * '' Little Fish'' (2005) – heroin * ''
Little Miss Sunshine ''Little Miss Sunshine'' is a 2006 American tragicomedy road film and the feature film directorial debut of the husband–wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film sta ...
'' – heroin, Viagra and anorectics are referred to * '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986) – nitrous oxide (laughing gas) * '' Live and Let Die'' (1973) – heroin * '' Live Nude Girls'' (1995) – marijuana * '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998) – marijuana and cocaine * ''
Loft A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage). A loft apartment refers to large ...
'' (2008) – cocaine * ''
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
'' (2005) – cocaine and marijuana * '' London Boulevard'' (2010) – cannabis, cocaine, opium * '' Looking for Eric'' (2009) – marijuana * ''
Lord of War ''Lord of War'' is a 2005 American crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol, and co-produced by and starring Nicolas Cage. The film was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, to positive reviews and grosse ...
'' (2005) – cocaine and brown-brown * ''
Lords of Dogtown ''Lords of Dogtown'' is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written by Stacy Peralta. The film follows a group of young skateboarders in Santa Monica, California during the 70s. This is the first (and so fa ...
'' (2005) – marijuana * ''
The Loser Takes It All ''The Loser Takes It All'' ( el, Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα, translit=O chamenos ta pairnei ola, italic=yes) is a 2002 Greek dramatic experimental independent underground art film, the seventh feature film directed by Nikos Niko ...
'' (2002) – alcohol * '' Lost in Translation'' (2003) – marijuana, possibly other psychedelics * '' The Lost Weekend'' (1945) – alcohol * ''
Love Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...
'' (2015) – alcohol, ayahuasca, marijuana * '' Love. Blood. Kryptonite.'' (2008) – marijuana, cocaine * ''
Love Is The Drug "Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 song from English rock band Roxy Music's fifth studio album ''Siren'', released as a single in September 1975. Co-written by Bryan Ferry and Andy Mackay, the song originated as a slower, dreamier track until the b ...
'' (2006) – cocaine, prescription pills * ''
Love Liza ''Love Liza'' is a 2002 American Tragicomedy, tragicomedic drama directed by Todd Louiso and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Jack Kehler, Wayne Duvall, Sarah Koskoff and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film is written by Gordy Hoffman, a play ...
'' (2002) – gasoline fumes * ''
Low Down ''Low Down'' is a 2014 American biopic directed by Jeff Preiss and based on the memoirs written by Amy-Jo Albany (portrayed by Elle Fanning) about her father, famed jazz pianist Joe Albany (portrayed by John Hawkes), and his struggles with drug ...
'' (2014) – heroin * '' LSD, Trip or Trap'' (1967) – LSD * '' Lucy'' (2014) – fictional nootropic CPH4


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Macarthur Park MacArthur Park (originally Westlake Park) is a park dating back to the late 19th century in the Westlake, Los Angeles, Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the early 1940s, it was renamed after General Douglas MacArthur, and later designated ...
'' (2001) – crack cocaine * '' Machete'' (2010) – cannabis, methamphetamine * ''
Mafia! ''Mafia!'', also known as ''Jane Austen's Mafia!'', is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. The film spoofs Francis ...
'' (1998) – cocaine * '' Magic Trip'' (2011) – LSD, AMT, psychedelics * ''
Magnolia ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendro ...
'' (1999) – cocaine, amphetamines (Dexedrine), morphine * ''
Magnum Force ''Magnum Force'' is a 1973 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film ''Dirty Harry''. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on '' Ra ...
'' (1973) – heroin * '' Malibu Beach'' (1978) – marijuana * ''
Malibu High Malibu may refer to: Places * Malibu, California, a United States city **Malibu High School ** Malibu Lake **Malibu Creek * Malibu, British Columbia, a locality in Canada * Baja Malibu, a beach in Rosarito Beach Municipality, Baja California, Mex ...
'' (1979) – marijuana, cocaine * ''
Mallrats ''Mallrats'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Rooker, and Smith as Silent Bob. ...
'' (1995) – cannabis *
Mandy Mandy or Mandie may refer to: People * Mandy (name), a female given name and nickname * Iván Mándy (1918-1995), Hungarian writer * Mark Mandy (born 1972), Irish retired high jumper * Philip Mandie (born 1942), a former judge on the Supreme Cou ...
(2018) - LSD, cocaine * '' The Martian'' (2015) – vicodin * '' Midnight Delight'' (2016) – cannabis * '' The Man with the Golden Arm'' (1955) – heroin * ''
Mantis in Lace ''Mantis in Lace'' is a 1968 sexploitation film directed by William Rotsler and starring Susan Stewart, Vic Lance, Steven Vincent, Pat Barrington, and Stuart Lancaster. It was produced by Harry Novak. At least two differently edited versions hav ...
'' (1968) – LSD * '' Marfa Girl'' (2012) – cannabis * ''
Maria Full of Grace ''Maria Full of Grace'' (Spanish title: ''María, llena eres de gracia'', lit., " Maria, you are full of grace") is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Joshua Marston. The film was produced between Colombia and the United States. The story ...
'' (2004) – heroin * ''
Marihuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...
'' (1936) – cannabis * '' Maryjane'' (1968) – cannabis and hashish * ''
Mask A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment and often they have been employed for rituals and rights. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practic ...
'' (1985) – unidentified drugs * ''
Max Payne ''Max Payne'' is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (''Max Payne'' and ''Max Payne 2'') and Rockstar Studios (''Max Payne 3''). The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York Ci ...
'' (2008) – fictional drug Valkyrie * '' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971) – opium * '' McQ'' (1974) – heroin and cocaine * ''
MDMA 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly seen in Tablet (pharmacy), tablet form (ecstasy) and crystal form (molly or mandy), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant properties primarily used for Recreational dru ...
'' (2010) – MDMA * ''
Mean Streets ''Mean Streets'' is a 1973 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and co-written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973. De Niro won the National ...
'' (1973) – heroin * ''
The Men Who Stare At Goats ''The Men Who Stare at Goats'' (2004) is a non-fiction work by Jon Ronson concerning the U.S. Army's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The title refers to attempts to kill goats by staring ...
'' (2009) – steroids, LSD, cannabis, amphetamine * ''
Menace II Society ''Menace II Society'' (pronounced ''Menace to Society'') is a 1993 American teen drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut. The film is set in Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and follows the life of K ...
'' (1993) – crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis * ''
Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ...
'' (2006) – cocaine * '' Middle Men'' (2009) – cocaine, barbiturates * ''
Midnight Cowboy ''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1969 American drama (film and television), drama film, based on the 1965 Midnight Cowboy (novel), novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars ...
'' (1969) – marijuana, unspecified hallucinogenic pills * '' Midnight Express'' (1978) – hashish, codeine, LSD and cannabis, references to heroin * '' Midsommar'' (2019) – psilocybin mushrooms * ''
A Midsummer Night's Rave ''A Midsummer Night's Rave'' is a 2002 American film adapted from Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' released on November 1, 2002. The film stars Corey Pearson, Lauren German, Andrew Keegan, Chad Lindberg, and Sunny Mabrey; and was direc ...
'' (2002) – MDMA, cocaine * ''
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates ''Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates'' is a 2016 American romantic comedy film directed by Jake Szymanski and written by Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien. The film stars Zac Efron and Adam DeVine as the title characters, two brothers who put ...
'' (2016) – cannabis, MDMA * ''
Minority Report Minority Report may refer to: * Minority report (Poor Law), published by the UK Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905–09 * "Minority Report", a 1949 science fiction short story by Theodore Sturgeon * "The Minority Report ...
'' (2002) – fictional psychoactive drug "Clarity" * '' Missing Link'' (1988) – unidentified plant * '' Modern Times'' (1936) – cocaine * ''
Mondo Mod Mondo (Italian language, Italian, Ido language, Ido, and Esperanto for ''world''), may refer to: People *Michael Mondo, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer *Mondo Guerra, American fashion designer *Armand Duplantis, Armand ”Mondo” Duplan ...
'' (1967) – cannabis * '' Moneyz'' (2009) – cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, LSD * '' Monkey on My Back'' (1957) – morphine * '' Monos'' (2019) – psilocybin * ''
More More or Mores may refer to: Computing * MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS * more (command), a shell command * MORE protocol, a routing protocol * Missouri Research and Education Network Music Albums * ''More!'' (album), by Booka ...
'' (1969) – cannabis, heroin, absinthe, Dexamyl (amphetamine-barbiturate), LSD, and a homemade concoction made from cannabis (resin), benzedrine, "red ibogaine", nutmeg and banana peel * '' Morfiy'' (2008) – morphine * '' Morning Patrol'' (1987) – alcohol * '' La morte accarezza a mezzanotte'' (1972) – LSD * '' Most High'' (2006) – cocaine and methamphetamine * '' Mouth to Mouth'' (2005) – cannabis, many other drugs * ''
Mr. Nice ''Mr Nice'' (US title ''Mr. Nice'') is a 2010 crime drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose, ''Mr Nice'' is in part a biopic, a loose film adaptation of ''Mr Nice'', the cult 1997 autobiography by Howard Marks. The film features an en ...
'' (2010) – marijuana, hashish * ''
Munje! ''Munje!'' (Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to wr ...
'' (2001) – cannabis * '' My Name Ain't Johnny'' (2008) cannabis, mainly cocaine * '' My Own Private Idaho'' (1991) – cocaine * ''
Mysterious Skin ''Mysterious Skin'' is a 2004 coming-of-age film written and directed by Gregg Araki, adapted from Scott Heim's 1995 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of two pre-adolescent boys who both experienced sexual abuse as children, and h ...
'' (2004) – cocaine * ''
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish ''The Mystery of the Leaping Fish'' is a 1916 American short silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, and Alma Rubens. Directed by John Emerson, the story was written by Tod Browning with intertitles by Anita Loos. A 35&nb ...
'' (1916) – cocaine, opium


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* '' The Naked Gun'' (1988) – heroin * '' Naked Lunch'' (1991) – heroin, cannabis, opiates, fictional hallucinogenic bug powder * '' A Name for Evil'' (1973) – LSD * '' Narc'' (2002) – heroin, cannabis and possibly cocaine * '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978) – cannabis * '' National Lampoon's Totally Baked: A Potumentary'' (2006) – cannabis * '' National Lampoon's Vacation'' (1983) – marijuana * ''
Natural Born Killers ''Natural Born Killers'' is a 1994 American crime film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, and Tom Sizemore. The film tells the story of two victims of traumatic childho ...
'' (1994) – magic mushrooms, other drugs suggested but not explicitly stated * '' Navajeros'' (1980) – LSD and Hashish * '' Neighbors'' (2014) – cannabis, magic mushrooms * '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'' (2016) – cannabis, GHB * '' Never Die Alone'' (2004) – cocaine, heroin * ''
New Jack City ''New Jack City'' is a 1991 American action crime film based upon an original story and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, and directed by Mario Van Peebles in his feature film directorial debut. Released in the United Stat ...
'' (1991) – crack cocaine * ''
Next Day Air ''Next Day Air'' is a 2009 American dark comedy film that was released by Summit Entertainment on May 8, 2009. The film starring Donald Faison and Mike Epps was produced on an estimated budget of $3 million. Two criminals accidentally accept ...
'' (2009) – cocaine, cannabis * ''
Next Friday ''Next Friday'' is a 2000 American stoner comedy film and the sequel to the 1995 film ''Friday''. It is the first film to be produced by Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision. It was directed by Steve Carr and stars Ice Cube, Mike Epps, ...
'' (2000) – cannabis * '' The Night Before'' (2015) – psychedelic mushrooms, cannabis, MDMA, cocaine * ''
A Nightmare on Drug Street ''A Nightmare on Drug Street'' is a 1989 direct-to-video anti-drug short film directed by Traci Wald Donat. The film follows three deceased young characters, Felipe, Jill and Eddie, who now exist only as spirits. They tell each other's stories o ...
'' (1989) – cocaine, unidentified pills * '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987) – heroin * '' Nil by Mouth'' (1997) – heroin * '' The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat'' (1974) – cannabis, hallucinogenic drugs * '' Nine to Five'' (1980) – cannabis * '' Nixon'' (1995) – prescription drugs * ''
Nobody Nobody may refer to: * Nobody, an indefinite pronoun Nobody may also refer to: Fictional characters *Nobody (Kingdom Hearts), Nobody (''Kingdom Hearts''), a race of beings in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' video game series *Nobody, a character in the ...
'' (2021) - cocaine * '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007) – heroin * ''
Nordkraft Narvik Energi is a power company that serves Narvik in Norway. It operates seven hydroelectric power stations and Nygårdsfjellet wind farm. The company is owned by the City of Narvik (50.01%), DONG Energy (33.33%) and HelgelandsKraft (16.66%) ...
'' (2005) – cannabis, cocaine, methadone, heroin * '' North Dallas Forty'' (1979) – marijuana, cocaine and painkillers * '' The Northman'' (2022) – ''
Amanita muscaria ''Amanita muscaria'', commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus ''Amanita''. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, ''Amanita muscar ...
'' * ''
Notorious Notorious means well known for a negative trait, characteristic, or action. It may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Notorious'' (1946 film), a thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Notorious'' (1992 film), a TV film re ...
'' (2009) – cocaine, crack and cannabis * '' Nowhere'' (1997) – cannabis and MDMA


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* '' O'' (2001) – steroids, cocaine * ''
On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...
'' (2012) – cannabis, benzedrine, morphine and alcohol * ''
Once Upon a Time in America ''Once Upon a Time in America'' ( it, C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian–American venture produce ...
'' (1984) – opium * ''
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a ...
'' (2019) – alcohol, cannabis, LSD * ''
One False Move ''One False Move'' is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Carl Franklin and co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. The film stars Thornton alongside Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams. The low-budget production was about to be released strai ...
'' (1992) – cocaine * '' One Perfect Day'' (2004) – cannabis, painkillers, amphetamines and MDMA * ''
Ong-Bak ''Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior'' ( th, องค์บาก, ), also known in the United States as ''Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior'' is a 2003 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew, featured stunt choreography by Panna Rittikrai and starr ...
'' (2008) – opium * ''
The Opium Eater ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...
'' (2011) – opium * ''
Orange County Orange County most commonly refers to: *Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area Orange County may also refer to: U.S. counties *Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando *Orange County, Indiana *Orange County, New ...
'' (2002) – amphetamines, painkillers, cannabis, MDMA * ''
The Other Guys ''The Other Guys'' is a 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adam McKay, who co-wrote it with Chris Henchy. It stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg with Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jac ...
'' (2010) – cannabis mentioned * '' Over The Edge'' (1979) – cannabis and LSD * ''
Out of the Blue Out of the Blue may refer to: Film and television Film * ''Out of the Blue'' (1931 film), a British musical by Gene Gerrard * ''Out of the Blue'' (1947 film), an American comedy directed by Leigh Jason *'' Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley'', a ...
'' (1980) * '' Outland'' (1981) – amphetamine-type drug * '' Outside Providence'' (1999) – cannabis and Quaaludes (referred to as "vitamin Q") * '' Oxy-morons'' (2010) – oxycotin, heroin, Vicidon


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* '' The Pace That Kills'' (aka ''Cocaine Fiends'') (1935) – cocaine * '' Paid in Full'' (2002) – cocaine, crack and cannabis * ''
Pain & Gain ''Pain & Gain'' is a 2013 American action comedy film directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. It is based on the activities of the Sun Gym gang, a group of ex-convicts and bodybuilders convicted of ...
'' (2013) – cocaine, ecstasy, Xylazine * ''
The Palermo Connection ''Dimenticare Palermo'' (''Forgetting Palermo'') is a 1989 Italian political thriller film starring James Belushi, directed by Francesco Rosi and co-written by Gore Vidal. The film was released under the title ''The Palermo Connection'' in North Am ...
'' (1991) – all drugs are referred to * ''
The Panic in Needle Park ''The Panic in Needle Park'' is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino (in his first lead role) and Kitty Winn. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel ...
'' (1971) – heroin * ''
Pandemic in a Pandemic A pandemic () is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of in ...
'' (2021) - Post Covid rise in mental health issues and substance abuse * '' Papillon'' (1973) – cocaine (coca leaves) * ''
Parked ''Parked'' is a 2011 Irish drama film written by Ciaran Creagh and directed by Darragh Byrne about homelessness, friendship, and the will to survive adversity, whilst still retaining poise. It premiered at the 2010 Torino Film Festival Plot Having ...
'' (2010) – heroin and cannabis * '' Party Monster'' (2003) – crack/cocaine, heroin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine * ''
Pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...
'' (2008) – methamphetamine, nitrous oxide (laughing gas) * '' PCU'' (1994) – cannabis * '' Perfect High'' (2015) – hydrocodone, codeine, Oxycontin, heroin; Adderall and benzodiazepines are referred to * ''
Performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...
'' (1970) – psychedelic mushrooms * ''
Permanent Midnight ''Permanent Midnight'' is a 1998 independent drama film written and directed by David Veloz. It stars Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Owen Wilson, Cheryl Ladd and Janeane Garofalo. Based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the s ...
'' (1998) – heroin and cocaine * ''
Photographing Fairies ''Photographing Fairies'' is a 1997 British fantasy film based on Steve Szilagyi's 1992 novel ''Photographing Fairies''. The film explores some of the themes of folklore, such as possession, paganism, animism, hallucinogens, parapsychology and fa ...
'' (1997) – fictional psychoactive flowers * ''
Pimp Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or other sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer. A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female, though the term pimp has still ...
'' (2010) – cannabis, crack/cocaine, heroin is referred to * '' Pineapple Express'' (2008) – cannabis, Oxycodone is referred to * ''
Piñero ''Piñero'' is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso, premiered at the Mon ...
'' (2001) – heroin, cannabis, cocaine * '' Pink Cadillac'' (1989) – methamphetamine * '' Pink Flamingos'' (1972) – poppers; the Marbles are involved in a heroin ring in inner-city schools * ''
Pink Floyd The Wall Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...
'' (1982) – hashish; this film is often considered a drug-induced movie (LSD, psychedelics) * '' Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (1999) – cannabis, LSD * '' The Place Beyond the Pines'' (2012) - cannabis, MDMA, oxycontin * ''
Platoon A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two or more squads, sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the branch, but a platoon can be composed of 50 people, although specific platoons may range ...
'' (1986) – cannabis, and opium * '' Platoon Leader'' (1988) – heroin * '' Playing God'' (1997) – fentanyl, morphine and amphetamines * ''
Poltergeist In ghostlore, a poltergeist ( or ; German for "rumbling ghost" or "noisy spirit") is a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed. Most claims or fictional descr ...
'' (1982) – cannabis * ''Polvere'' (2009) – cocaine * ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019) – atropine, scopolamine (''Flying ointment'' ) * ''Possession (1981 film), Possession'' (1981) – psilocybin mushrooms * ''Pot Zombies'' (2005) – cannabis * ''Prayer of the Rollerboys'' (1990) – fictional drug "mist" * ''The Principles of Lust'' (2003) – cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, ayahuasca (yage), pills * ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' (2009) – dexedrine, amphetamine * ''Private Parts (1997 film), Private Parts'' (1997) – marijuana * ''Project X (2012 film), Project X'' (2012) – ecstasy, cocaine, cannabis * ''Protégé (film), Protégé'' (2007) – heroin * ''Prozac Nation (film), Prozac Nation'' (2001) – cannabis, cocaine, prozac (fluoxetine) and ecstasy * ''Psych-Out'' (1968) – LSD and DOM * ''Puddle Cruiser'' (1996) – cannabis * ''Puff, Puff, Pass'' (2006) – cannabis * ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994) – cocaine, heroin, cannabis * ''Punisher: War Zone'' (2008) – cocaine, methamphetamine * ''Pure (2002 film), Pure'' (2002) – heroin


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* ''Quadrophenia (film), Quadrophenia'' (1979) – amphetamines (known as "Blues" in the film) * ''Quiet Cool'' (1986) – marijuana


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* ''Rachel Getting Married'' (2008) – cannabis, Oxycodone (Percocet) * ''Rambo: Last Blood'' (2019) - cocaine, Flunitrazepam, valium pills * ''Rapture-Palooza'' (2013) – cannabis * ''Rave - The Ultimate Party'' (2000) – MDMA * ''Ray (film), Ray'' (2004) – heroin, cannabis * ''Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault'' (1996) – heroin * ''Red Angel'', aka ''Akai tenshi'' (1966) – morphine * ''Reefer Madness'' (1936) – cannabis * ''Reefer Madness (2005 film), Reefer Madness'' (2005 remake) – cannabis * ''Reeker'' (2005) – MDMA * ''Regular Lovers (film), Amants réguliers, Les'' (2005) – cannabis * ''Reindeer Spotting – Escape from Santaland'' (2010) – Subutex, amphetamine, heroin and cannabis * ''Remember the Daze'' (2007) – mushrooms, cannabis * ''Reno 911!: Miami'' (2007) – cocaine * ''Rent (film), Rent'' (2005) – heroin, cannabis * ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'' (2008) – fictional drug "Zydrate," a powerful and highly-addictive painkiller and hallucinogenic, manufactured by GeneCo, for people undergoing surgery; "graverobbers" sell a cheap version of Zydrate on the black market extracted from the blood of the dead * ''Repo Man (film), Repo Man'' (1984) – cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines * ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000) – heroin, cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates * ''Return to Paradise (1998 film), Return to Paradise'' (1998) – cannabis resin * ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (1984) – cannabis * ''Riding the Bullet (film), Riding the Bullet'' (2004) – cannabis * ''Rich Kids (film), Rich Kids'' (1979) – cocaine * ''Righteous Kill'' (2009) – cocaine * ''Riot on Sunset Strip'' (1967) – marijuana and LSD * ''Rise of the Footsoldier'' (2007) – steroids, cannabis, cocaine, heroin, MDMA, ketamine * ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011) – fictional drug "ALZ-113" * ''Risky Business'' (1983) – cannabis * ''RoboCop (1987 film), RoboCop'' (1987) – cocaine * ''RoboCop 2'' (1990) – fictional drug "Nuke" * ''RocknRolla'' (2008) – cannabis, cocaine, heroin * ''Rockers (1978 film), Rockers'' (1978) – cannabis * ''Rolling (2007 film), Rolling'' (2007) – MDMA, cannabis * ''Rolling Kansas'' (2003) – cannabis * ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996) – a substance that is similar to, or actually is MDMA, known as "Queen Mab" * ''The Rose (film), The Rose'' (1979) – heroin, barbiturates * ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001) – cannabis, cocaine, mescaline * ''Rube in an Opium Joint'' (1904) – opium; considered the oldest still existing motion picture to contain substance abuse * ''The Rules of Attraction (film), The Rules of Attraction'' (2002) – mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine, cannabis and MDMA * ''The Rum Diary (film), The Rum Diary'' (2011) – LSD * ''Run! Bitch Run!'' (2009) – cannabis, crack/cocaine * ''The Runaways (2010 film), The Runaways'' (2010) – cocaine, MDMA, Quaaludes * ''Running with Scissors (film), Running with Scissors'' (2006) – prescription medications * ''Rush (1991 film), Rush'' (1991) – heroin, tobacco, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine


S

* ''The Salton Sea (2002 film), The Salton Sea'' (2002) – methamphetamine * ''Sample People'' (2000) – fictional drug "glow" and cocaine * ''Sausage Party'' (2016) – cannabis, bath salts * ''Savage Beach'' (1989) – heroin * ''Savages (2012 film), Savages'' (2012) – cannabis, cocaine * ''Saving Grace (2000 film), Saving Grace'' (2000) – cannabis * ''A Scanner Darkly (film), A Scanner Darkly'' (2006) – cocaine, cannabis, methamphetamine, and "Substance D," a fictional psychoactive stimulant * ''Scarface (1983 film), Scarface'' (1983) – cocaine, heroin, Quaaludes * ''Scary Movie'' (2000) - cannabis * ''Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World'' (2010) – cannabis, mushrooms * ''Scrooged'' (1988) – marijuana and heroin * ''Secrets of Chinatown'' (1935) – opium * ''The Serpent and the Rainbow (film), The Serpent and the Rainbow'' (1988) – Haitian witch concoction containing scopolamine * ''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution'' (1976) – cocaine * ''Sex and the City (film), Sex and the City'' (2008) – marijuana * ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' (2010) – cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine * ''Sexy Bitches'' (2005) – cannabis * ''The Sexy Killer'' (1976) – heroin * ''Shank (2010 film), Shank'' (2010) – khat, cannabis * ''She Shoulda Said 'No'!'' (1949) – cannabis * ''Sherrybaby'' (2004) – heroin * ''Shot List'' (2009) – LSD, cocaine, cannabis * ''Shrink (film), Shrink'' (2009) – cannabis, amphetamine, cocaine * ''Shrooms (film), Shrooms'' (2007) – magic mushrooms, cannabis * ''Siberia (1998 film), Siberia'' (1998) – cannabis, MDMA, amyl nitrate * ''Sid and Nancy'' (1986) – heroin, methadone, cannabis * ''The Skeleton Twins'' (2014) – nitrous oxide, alcohol, cannabis * ''Skidoo (film), Skidoo'' (1968) – LSD * ''Slackers (film), Slackers'' (2002) – cannabis * ''SLC Punk!'' (1999) – LSD, oxycodone, Percocet, cannabis * ''Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers'' (1988) – marijuana * ''Slim Susie'' (2003) – amphetamine, heroin, cannabis * ''Smiley Face (film), Smiley Face'' (2007) – cannabis * ''Smoked. The Movie'' (2012) – cannabis, cocaine * ''Smokin' Aces'' (2007) – cocaine, ritalin * ''The Social Network'' (2010) – cocaine, cannabis * ''Something Weird (film), Something Weird'' (1967) – LSD * ''Sorted (film), Sorted'' (2000) – heroin, MDMA, methamphetamine, pills *Sorry to Bother You (film), ''Sorry to Bother You'' ''(2018)'' – Cannabis, cocaine *''Soul Plane'' (2004) – mushrooms, cannabis *''Southwest Nine'' (2004) – LSD, MDMA, cannabis *''Spring Break (film), Spring Break'' (1983) – marijuana *''Spring Breakers'' (2013) – marijuana, crack/cocaine *''Spun'' (2002) – ephedrine, methamphetamine *''Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja'' (2011) – cannabis *''Squeeze (1997 film), Squeeze'' (1997) *''Stark Raving Mad (2002 film), Stark Raving Mad'' (2002) – cannabis, GHB, MDMA *''Starsky & Hutch (film), Starsky & Hutch'' (2004) – cocaine *''State Property (film), State Property'' (2002) – cannabis, crack/cocaine *''Steal This Movie'' (2000) – cannabis *''Steppenwolf (film), Steppenwolf'' (1974) *''Steve-O: Demise And Rise'' – cannabis, LSD, PCP, cocaine, nitrous oxide, pills *''Stoned (film), Stoned'' (2005) – cannabis, hashish, LSD, DMT, psilocybin, cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates *''The Stoned Age'' (1994) – cannabis *''Stoned: In The Beginning'' (2010) – cannabis, LSD, cocaine, sleeping pills, crack *''Strange Days (film), Strange Days'' (1995) – fictional drug "SQUID" *''Strange Wilderness'' (2008) – cannabis, nitrous oxide *''Streets of Blood'' (2009) – cocaine/crack *''Stripes (film), Stripes'' (1981) – LSD *''Stuck in Love" (2012)- cannabis, cocaine'' *''The Student Nurses'' (1970) – LSD *''The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD'' (2011) – LSD *''Sugarhouse (film), Sugarhouse'' (2007) – cannabis, crack/cocaine *''Summer of Sam'' (1999) – cocaine, cannabis *''Sunset Strip (2000 film), Sunset Strip'' (2000) – cannabis, cocaine, LSD, alcohol *''Super Fly (1972 film), Super Fly'' (1972) – cocaine, cannabis *''Super High Me'' (2007) – cannabis *''Super Troopers'' (2001) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms, LSD *''Superbad (film), Superbad'' (2007) – cocaine, cannabis *''Surfer, Dude'' (2008) – cannabis *''S.W.A.T.: Firefight'' (2011) – cannabis *''Sweet Bird of Youth'' (1962) – amphetamine, cannabis (resin) *''Sweet Nothing (film), Sweet Nothing'' (1996) – crack cocaine *''Synanon (film), Synanon'' (1965) – heroin


T

* ''Taking Off (film), Taking Off'' (1971) – cannabis * ''Taking Woodstock'' (2009) – cannabis, LSD * ''Taxi 3'' (2003) – cannabis and cocaine * ''Ted (film), Ted'' (2012) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms and cocaine implicated * ''Ted 2'' (2015) – cannabis and cocaine implicated * ''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'' (2006) – cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms * ''Terminal Bliss'' (1992) – marijuana, cocaine, LSD and methamphetamine * ''Terrifier 2'' (2022) - cocaine, MDMA * ''Thank You for Smoking (film), Thank You For Smoking'' (2006) – cigarettes, nicotine (patches) * ''That Was Then... This Is Now'' (1985) – unknown "colorful" pills (assumed LSD) * ''That's Your Funeral'' (1972) – cannabis * ''The Thing (1982 film), The Thing'' (1982) – cannabis * ''The Cannabis Diary (2022 film), The Cannabis Diary'' (2022) – cannabis * ''Things We Lost in the Fire (film), Things We Lost In The Fire'' (2007) - heroin * ''Thirteen (2003 film), Thirteen'' (2003) – inhalants ("Airduster"), LSD, cannabis, cocaine, various prescription drugs, MDMA (in the form of "Booty Juice") * ''This Is England'' (2006) – cannabis * ''This Is the End'' (2013) – cannabis, MDMA, Magic Mushrooms * ''Thriller - A Cruel Picture'' (1973) – heroin * ''Through a Blue Lens'' (1999) – crack cocaine, heroin * ''Thumbsucker (film), Thumbsucker'' (2005) – cannabis, cocaine, and ritalin * ''Thursday (film), Thursday'' (1998) – cocaine, cannabis * ''Tideland (film), Tideland'' (2005) – heroin * ''The Tingler'' (1959) – first film to feature LSD * ''Toad Road'' (2012) – acid, various other drugs * ''Tommy (1975 film), Tommy'' (1975) – heroin, LSD * ''Tomorrow, When the War Began (film), Tomorrow, When the War Began'' (2010) – cannabis * ''The Town (2010 film), The Town'' (2010) – oxycontin, cocaine * ''Trading Places'' (1983) – marijuana * ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' (2000) – cannabis, cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine * ''Trailer Park Jesus'' (2012) – LSD * ''Training Day'' (2001) – cannabis, crack cocaine, and PCP * ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting'' (1996) – heroin, opium, MDMA, amphetamines, Valium, hashish, morphine, diamorphine, cyclizine, codeine, temazepam, nitrazepam, phenobarbitone, sodium amytal, dextropropoxyphene, methadone, nalbuphine, pethidine, pentazocine, buprenorphine, dextromoramide, chlormethiazole * ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009) – cannabis brownies * ''Trapped in a Purple Haze'' (2000) – heroin * ''Trash (1970 film), Trash'' (1970) – heroin * ''Trolls (film), Trolls'' (2016) – satirical messages about psychedelic drugs including opium * ''The Trip (1967 film), The Trip'' (1967) – LSD, cannabis * ''The Tripper'' (2007) – cocaine, nitrous oxide, cannabis, LSD, MDMA * ''True Romance'' (1993) – cocaine, cannabis * ''Tweek City'' (1995) – methamphetamine * ''Twelve (2010 film), Twelve'' (2010) – cannabis, Twelve (fictional drug with similar effects to MDMA and cocaine), many drugs referred to * ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me'' (1992) – cocaine * ''Twin Town'' (1997) – cannabis, heroin, cocaine, magic mushrooms, glue *Twins (1988) - Cocaine use The Temptations


U

* ''Uncivilised (film), Uncivilised'' (1937) – opium * ''The Union: The Business Behind Getting High'' (2007) – cannabis * ''The UnMiracle'' (2017) – cocaine, heroin, ritalin and vicodin * '' Up in Smoke'' (1978) – cannabis, LSD, pills, amphetamines * ''Unprescribed - Prescription for Addiction'' (2021) Opioids * ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995) – cocaine * ''Udta Punjab'' (2016) – cocaine, heroin, pheniramine, buprenorphine (chaanf in Punjab)


V

* ''Valley of the Dolls (film), Valley of the Dolls'' (1967) – barbiturates (Seconal, Nembutal, Amytal), amphetamines (Dexedrine), and Demerol * ''Vanishing Point (1971 film), Vanishing Point'' (1971) – amphetamine (Benzedrine) * ''Veronika Voss'' (1982) – opiates * ''Very Bad Things'' (1998) – marijuana and cocaine * ''A Very Brady Sequel'' (1996) – magic mushrooms


W

* ''The Wackness'' (2008) – cannabis, cocaine, methylphenidate and anti-depressants * ''Waiting... (film), Waiting...'' (2005) – cannabis and inhalants * ''Wall Street (1987 film), Wall Street'' (1987) – cocaine, mushrooms mentioned * ''Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story'' (2007) – cannabis, cocaine, Quaaludes, PCP, amphetamine, pills ("uppers and downers"), LSD and Viagra * ''Walk the Line'' (2005) – cocaine and amphetamine * ''The Warriors (film), The Warriors'' – marijuana * ''The Wash (2001 film), The Wash'' (2001) – cannabis * ''We Need to Talk About Kevin (film), We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011) – prozac (fluoxetine) * ''Weekend at Bernie's'' (1989) – cocaine and heroin * ''Weirdsville'' (2007) – heroin, cannabis * ''We're the Millers'' (2013) – cannabis * ''What Just Happened (2008 film), What Just Happened'' (2008) – hydromorphone, benzodiazepines, cocaine is referred to * ''Where the Boys Are '84'' (1984) – marijuana * ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' (1980) – cannabis, cocaine and mescaline * ''Where the Day Takes You'' (1992) – multiple drugs * ''While We're Young (film), While We're Young'' (2015) – ayahuasca * ''Who'll Stop the Rain'' (1978) – heroin * ''Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film), Why Do Fools Fall in Love'' (1998) * ''The Wild Angels'' (1966) – marijuana and heroin * ''Wild in the Streets'' (1968) – LSD * ''Winter's Bone'' (2010) – methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana * ''Withnail and I'' (1987) – cannabis, speed and other pills * ''Without a Paddle'' (2004) – cannabis * ''The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film), The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013) – cocaine, crack cocaine, Quaaludes, and a mention of cannabis, Xanax and morphine * ''Woodstock (film), Woodstock'' (1970) – cannabis, LSD, and other psychedelics * ''Wonderland (2003 film), Wonderland'' (2003) – cannabis, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, Quaaludes * ''The Wonderland Experience (2002 film), The Wonderland Experience'' (2002) – cannabis, LSD


Y

* ''Y Tu Mamá También'' (2001) – marijuana * ''Yellow Submarine (1968 film), Yellow Submarine'' (1968) - largely considered to be like an LSD trip * ''The Young Nurses'' (1973) – cocaine * ''Your Highness'' (2011) – an unnamed herb that cause hallucinations * ''Youth in Revolt (film), Youth In Revolt'' (2009) – marijuana, mushrooms


Z

* ''Zapped!'' (1982) – marijuana * ''Zombieland'' (2009) – marijuana


See also

* List of films featuring hallucinogens * List of films containing frequent marijuana use * :Works about drugs, Works about drugs (category) * :Hood films


References


External links


Stoner movie genre


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drug films, list of Lists of films by topic, Drugs Films about drugs, Lists of films by common content