#1) EASY RIDER
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bdh18 — 18 years ago(April 19, 2007 11:39 PM)
-Drugstore Cowboy
-Trainspotting
-Rumble Fish(To those in-the-know Heroin plays a major role in the film on many levels.Although mentioned only a few times,Its a big part of the mystery to why "Motorcycle Boy" came back & what he found or didn't find in California)
-Pink Floyd: The Wall
-Barfly(Booze. & although Bukowski wasn't entirely happy w/the film & portrayal of his alter-ego Henry Chinaski,I thought Rourke was amazing & the film great.& Bukowski experienced enough Hollywod BS to churn out a novel about it"Hollywood"which is a great read)
-Grateful Dead:The Movie -
Nahnnie2 — 18 years ago(September 07, 2007 10:47 AM)
Besides this one? In no particular order
Trainspotting (better book)
Basketball Diaries
Less than Zero (better book)
Leaving Las Vegas
Requiem for a Dream
Rules of Attraction (better book)
Another day in Paradise
The Job
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (better book)
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RabbitMayhem — 18 years ago(October 11, 2007 11:25 PM)
I like all the choices you guys have put up except the "alcohol" ones.
Here I go.
Herion:
TRAINSPOTTING
RAY
Coke:
BOOST
SCARFACE
Morphine:
DRUGSTORE COWBOY
LSD
THE DOORS
Junkies
BASKETBALL DIARIES
FEAR AND LOATHING..
RUSH
POT
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A
L
F
B
A
K
E
D
BTW: not to make a "weenie" statement, but WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN is a very good "alcohol abuse" film. -
PatrickDice — 16 years ago(June 01, 2009 11:09 AM)
The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down
London
Human Traffic
My vote history:
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micaofboca — 16 years ago(November 28, 2009 12:28 PM)
LIGHT SLEEPER - For God's sakes. Why has nobody thought of this one!
IN BRUGES - When Ray and Ken party with Little Jimmy on Chloe's stash !! heh heh.
THE CONNECTION : Made back in 1964. It's the best drug culture movie ever made.
THE COOL WORLD : More about gangs than drugs, but that's what they were up to.
BIRD - Clint Eastwood's biopic on the life of Charlie Parker
TRAFFIK - The original British made for TV flic (Not the remake which sucked).
HUMAN TRAFFIC: 1999 British film about the club scene and the drugs they take.
MONTGOMERY CLIFT : 1983 bio about "the longest suicide in Hollywood history."
PRIDE & GLORY : About the Heroin and crack epidemic in Washington Heights (Gritty)
I know I'm a bit older than most of the entrants to this discussion, so I hope someone, anyone - benefits from the enjoyment of watching The Connection and The Cool World (not Ralph Bakshi's animated movie, but Shirley Clarke's original).
The Connection was one of the "dopest" movies ever made and Shirley Clarke is #1. -
Newt73 — 10 years ago(May 13, 2015 03:27 PM)
Depends on what you mean by culture. Films that realistically portray drug culture? Best films about drug culture? Best drug related films?
The Basketball Diaries
Blow
Dazed and Confused
The Doors
Across the Universe
Where the Buffalo Roam (better than fear loathing imo)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Wall
The Rules of Attraction
Requiem for a Dream
Movies about overcoming addiction When a Man Loves a Woman, Clean and Sober, and 28 Days.