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1. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
R | 113 min | Drama
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver
Votes: 121,050 | Gross: $44.79M
2. Christiane F. (1981)
R | 138 min | Biography, Drama
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski
Votes: 29,520
3. Menace II Society (1993)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda
Votes: 64,566 | Gross: $27.90M
4. Paid in Full (2002)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, Chi McBride, Kevin Carroll
Votes: 14,261 | Gross: $3.04M
5. The Informers (2008)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
One week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Jon Foster
Votes: 17,472 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Piñero (2001)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez
Votes: 1,405 | Gross: $1.42M
7. Story of a Junkie (1985)
R | 95 min | Documentary
Critically Acclaimed documentary from director Lech Kowalski (DOA) following the life and times of a down-and-out heroin addict in 1980s New York.
Director: Lech Kowalski | Stars: John Spacely, Steven Shingles, Claude du Sorbier, Eddie
Votes: 351
8. Train Station Pickups (1979)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the experiences of Petra and her friends as they reach the final year at high school.
Director: Walter Boos | Stars: Marco Kröger, Katja Bienert, Ingeborg Steinbach, Wolfgang Plumhoff
Votes: 211
9. Twist (2003)
R | 97 min | Drama
A queer "Oliver Twist" update set in the hustler district of modern-day Toronto.
Director: Jacob Tierney | Stars: Nick Stahl, Gary Farmer, Stephen McHattie, Tygh Runyan
Votes: 1,408
10. AKA (2002)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance
AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class ... See full summary »
Director: Duncan Roy | Stars: Matthew Leitch, Diana Quick, George Asprey, Lindsey Coulson
Votes: 1,247
11. Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary follows the lives of a number of heroin addicts in the U.S.A. It shows their heroin life stories.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Tracey Helton, Alice McMunn, Jessica Snow
Votes: 1,075
12. Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama
A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
Director: Floyd Mutrux | Stars: Clifton Tip Fredell, Kit Ryder, Billy Gray, Bob Graham
Votes: 293
13. Skin and Bone (1996)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Harry, Billy and Dean are three hustlers at different stages in their careers. All must deal with the realities of their profession. One falls in love with a client, another enters deeper into denial, and another begins to learn the ropes.
Director: Everett Lewis | Stars: Barry Wyatt, Alan Boyce, Nicole Dillenberg, Garret Scullin
Votes: 231
14. Sweetheart Deal (2022)
98 min | Documentary
Four sex workers caught in the spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets inside his roadside RV. But just as they ... See full summary »
Directors: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller
Votes: 34
15. Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Taken from the life story of Leslie Jordan. A Tennessee country boy realizes he's gay and keeps getting in trouble with the local bad boys. He hears Atlanta is the new place to be, tosses ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Jay Pierrepont III | Stars: Leslie Jordan, Erin Chandler, Mark Pellegrino, John Ritter
Votes: 203
16. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
17. Opiated: Life Beneath the Eyelids (2007)
22 min | Short, Drama
"Opiated: Life Beneath the Eyelids", is a hip-hop epic of tsunami proportions. With an original soundtrack from Denver's own, American Trash Republic. The film is a generational, regional, ... See full summary »
Director: Dara Taylor | Stars: Loki, Ray Kopchinski, Courtney Kerr, Jeff Smalls
Votes: 11
18.
Drug Lords (2018)
Episode:
Frank Lucas & The Country Boys: Heroin Kings of New York
(2018)
TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Frank Lucas does whatever it takes to become and remain the heroin king of New York. Meanwhile, three dedicated cops vow to bring him down.
Stars: Frank Lucas, Dickie Lucas, Benny Abruzzo, Lew Rice
Votes: 120