Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "drug-use", "hope"

1. Downfall (2004)

R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler

Votes: 375,509 | Gross: $5.51M

2. Children of Men (2006)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine

Votes: 529,748 | Gross: $35.55M

3. The Beach (I) (2000)

R | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon

Votes: 253,947 | Gross: $39.79M

4. The Holy Mountain (1973)

16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara

Votes: 48,103 | Gross: $0.06M

5. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance

Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.

Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern

Votes: 401,374 | Gross: $124.87M

6. Freedom Writers (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn

Votes: 85,435 | Gross: $36.61M

7. Babel (I) (2006)

R | 143 min | Drama

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam

Votes: 317,268 | Gross: $34.30M

8. Death to Smoochy (2002)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito

Votes: 42,645 | Gross: $8.36M

9. Winter's Bone (2010)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone

Votes: 150,611 | Gross: $6.53M

10. Stronger (I) (2017)

R | 119 min | Biography, Drama

Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.

Votes: 49,706 | Gross: $4.21M

11. Ray (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 152 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell

Votes: 157,462 | Gross: $75.33M

12. 21 Grams (2003)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston

Votes: 245,977 | Gross: $16.29M

13. Sid and Nancy (1986)

R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.

Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop

Votes: 34,708 | Gross: $2.83M

14. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson

Votes: 24,560 | Gross: $0.83M

15. The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

The spirit of the Crow resurrects another man seeking revenge for the murder of his son.

Director: Tim Pope | Stars: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop

Votes: 21,716 | Gross: $17.88M

16. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama

Coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson, Shia LaBeouf, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 26,821 | Gross: $0.52M

17. These Final Hours (2013)

R | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A self-obsessed young man makes his way to the party-to-end-all-parties on the last day on Earth, but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for her father. Their relationship ultimately leads him on the path to redemption.

Director: Zak Hilditch | Stars: Jessica De Gouw, Nathan Phillips, David Field, Lauren Cleary

Votes: 18,989

18. The United States of Leland (2003)

R | 108 min | Drama

A young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.

Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Kevin Spacey, Chris Klein

Votes: 24,285 | Gross: $0.34M

19. My King (2015)

Unrated | 124 min | Drama, Romance

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.

Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco

Votes: 14,195 | Gross: $0.05M

20. Captive (II) (2015)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Biography, Crime

A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 7,249 | Gross: $2.56M

21. The Method (2015– )

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ambitious young law enforcement graduate is thrilled when her idol takes her on as a trainee. But his methods aren't anything like she imagined.

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Polukhin, Alexander Petrov

Votes: 3,329

22. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance

Alex, who's homeless and addicted to alcohol, and Michèle, who's losing her sight, form a relationship while sleeping rough on Paris's Pont-Neuf bridge.

Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Marion Stalens

Votes: 15,459 | Gross: $0.12M

23. Close to the Horizon (2019)

109 min | Drama, Romance

When Jessica leaves home one night, she has no idea she is about to meet her great love. But Danny hides a dark secret and soon Jessica will be faced with the most difficult decision of her life.

Director: Tim Trachte | Stars: Luna Wedler, Jannik Schümann, Luise Befort, Victoria Mayer

Votes: 1,893

24. Longtime Companion (1989)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.

Director: Norman René | Stars: Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison

Votes: 6,135 | Gross: $4.61M

25. Another Day in Paradise (1998)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.

Director: Larry Clark | Stars: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner

Votes: 9,216 | Gross: $1.03M

26. A Better Life (2011)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.

Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Demián Bichir, José Julián, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo, Joaquín Cosio

Votes: 16,540 | Gross: $1.76M

27. Little Woods (2018)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Western

In Little Woods North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.

Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale

Votes: 4,110 | Gross: $0.15M

28. Thumbsucker (2005)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves

Votes: 21,992 | Gross: $1.33M

29. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze

Votes: 30,040 | Gross: $3.43M

30. Head On (1998)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.

Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Elle Mandalis, Damien Fotiou, Alex Papps

Votes: 4,628 | Gross: $0.38M

31. Day of the Wacko (2002)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.

Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michal Koterski

Votes: 11,817

32. Low Down (2014)

R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.

Director: Jeff Preiss | Stars: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage

Votes: 2,217 | Gross: $0.04M

33. Sunshine State (2002)

PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Romance

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Alex Lewis, Alan King

Votes: 4,243 | Gross: $3.06M

34. The Last of England (1987)

Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy

The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.

Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, 'Spring' Mark Adley, Gerrard McArthur

Votes: 1,493

35. Broken (I) (2006)

R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

Hope thinks of her life, moving from Cleveland to LA, full of hope of making it as a musician to slowly being broken by a life and bad boyfriend going nowhere.

Director: Alan White | Stars: Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto, Tess Harper, Joe Hursley

Votes: 1,599

36. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News

Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.

Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik

Votes: 18,008 | Gross: $3.41M

37. The Velocity of Gary (1998)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ex porn star Valentino and Gary are in love with each other. But Valentino also has a girlfriend. Tragedy hits them, when Valentino collapses and is hospitalized with AIDS.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Salma Hayek, Thomas Jane, Olivia d'Abo

Votes: 1,875

38. Sand Castles (2014)

Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade.

Director: Clenet Verdi-Rose | Stars: Jordon Hodges, Anne Winters, Randy Spence, Saxon Trainor

Votes: 1,612

39. Kicked in the Head (1997)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Redmond is on a spiritual quest in NYC. Uncle Sam gives him a bag to deliver. That and his friend Stretch bring him in the middle of shoot-outs - not good for his angst. He meets a cute stewardess.

Director: Matthew Harrison | Stars: Kevin Corrigan, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor

Votes: 1,089 | Gross: $0.10M

40. Chasing Fire (2013)

108 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Living behind the shadow of her mother, Kristin falls in love with Shane, an aspiring musician, whom she soon discovers to have something innately in common with her.

Director: Brian Patrick Lim | Stars: Roa Anthea, Richard Herrera, Ryan Alonzo, Gigette Reyes

Votes: 43

41. Daymaker (2007)

126 min | Comedy, Drama

A day of non-coincidental coincidences and revelations in the lives of about twenty people; normal people with drug and relationship problems despite their intelligence and awareness. Today... See full summary »

Director: Joe LiTrenta | Stars: Michael Nathanson, Cristina Marie Proctor, Myla Pitt, Alexander Hayes

Votes: 457

42. Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003– )

113 min | Documentary

Covers the key aspects of the world AIDS epidemic through powerful documentary stories about five victims and their communities, on five continents.

Stars: Elton John, Danny Glover

Votes: 65

43. Demons and Doors (2012)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Thriller

With her mind in jeopardy all Marion has left is her talent to escape.

Directors: Jason Croot, Stephen Southouse | Stars: Nelly Kalligas, Victoria Hopkins, David Furlong, Leila Reid

Votes: 31

44. East 103rd Street (1981)

70 min | Documentary

Portrays a family faced with poverty and drug addiction in Spanish Harlem, New York City.

Director: Chris Menges

Votes: 8

45. An Emerald Grove

Action, Adventure, Horror | Announced

An unprepared rescue team flies past the edge of the universe and encounters a threat to humanity's very existence.