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Movies: Best "recovering addict" Movies


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Trainspotting(1996)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 34min | Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 4,547 votes)

Heroin 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 girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

A Street Cat Named Bob(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 43min | Kids & Family, Drama
4.0/5 (with 596 votes)

James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode - With Luke Treadaway, Bob

Savage Salvation(2022)

1h 41min | Thriller
3.2/5 (with 93 votes)

Newly engaged Shelby John and Ruby Red want a fresh start after their struggles with addiction, but when Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on their porch, he embarks on a vengeful killing spree of the dealers who supplied her. Armed with nothing but adrenaline and a nail gun, Shelby begins to unleash chaos on the town’s criminal underbelly, as he hunt’s down crime lord Coyote. Sheriff Church must race against the clock to put an end to Shelby's vigilante justice before the entire town descends into a bloodbath.

Oslo, August 31st(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 169 votes)

One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

Captive(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 120 votes)

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Repeaters(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 29min | Drama, Action, Crime, Science Fiction
3.0/5 (with 76 votes)

A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.

Resolution(2013)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 156 votes)

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead - With Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bill Oberst, Jr.

Clean(2004)

1h 51min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 26 votes)

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

Assholes(2017)

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest assholes in New York City.

The Harvesters(2018)

1h 47min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.

Directed by Etienne Kallos - With Brent Vermeulen, Juliana Venter, Morne Visser

Kill the Day(1996)

18min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Life through the eyes of an addict.

Dosed(2019)

1h 22min | Documentary
4.3/5 (with 5 votes)

The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.

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Spaced Out - Panthung Di Kadaaida(2021)

1h 5min | Drama, Kids & Family

SPACED OUT written, edited and directed by Priyakanta Laishram is a movie dedicated to all the people who are on the road to recovery from drug addiction. The film is a realistic depiction of addiction and how there is no magic cure. The vicious cycle of progress and defeat tumbles the family of Panthoi (played by Priyakanta Laishram) through many years in this film chronicle. It also depicts the relationship of a drug addict with his loved ones that's pushed to the limits by a seemingly no-win situation. A meditation on memory and the difficulty of reconciling the happiness of the past with a present that's become too sad to bear. The film won 5 awards and 15 nominations including Best Actor In A Leading Role for Priyakanta, Best Narration, Best Screenplay etc. at various international and national film festivals.

The Out(2023)

16min | Drama

The Out follows Liam, a thirty-five-year-old recovering heroin addict, as he looks after his young daughter for the first time since being out of prison and getting clean. These 24 hours see Liam piecing together the fragments of his life after prison and his complicated journey to recovery.

We Came Frome The Sea(2020)

15min | Drama, Horror

Einar is an addict who has just abandoned his wife and five-year-old daughter. While struggling to detox at his lodge near the ocean, Einar is harassed by a stranger.

Iboga Nights(2014)

1h 38min | Documentary

Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in which they detox put them at risk.

I'm Dangerous With Love(2010)

1h 22min | Documentary

A haunting, visceral exploration of addiction and one contemporary man's fearless and determined quest for healing and redemption through the ancient wisdom of the Bwiti and their 'magical' plant, Iboga. For those seeking a path out of darkness, this film is not to be missed.

Sister Helen(2002)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

In this emotionally compelling documentary, Sister Helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the South Bronx after the death of her husband and two sons. The film's fly-on-the-wall technique succeeds in capturing the day-to-day existence of Sister Helen and the various residents of the home.