Films like The Basketball Diaries
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Adulthood
Film · 2008 · also crime and dramaAfter serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
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Above the Rim
Film · 1994 · also crime and dramaStory of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times an...
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Heaven Knows What
Film · 2015 · also crime and dramaA young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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Beautiful Boy
Film · 2018 · also dramaAfter he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicte...
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A Million Little Pieces
Film · 2019 · also dramaA young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
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Trainspotting
Film · 1996 · also crime and dramaHeroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfri...
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Kids
Film · 1995 · also crime and dramaA group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
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Less Than Zero
Film · 1987 · also crime and dramaA college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
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Requiem for a Dream
Film · 2000 · also crime and dramaThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Half Nelson
Film · 2006 · also dramaDespite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students...
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