Half Nelson

Half Nelson 2006

6.60

Despite 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 will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

2006

New Jack City

New Jack City 1991

6.60

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

1991

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021

6.80

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

2021

Bones

Bones 2001

4.80

Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to get revenge on those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.

2001

Cartel Land

Cartel Land 2015

7.20

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.

2015

Teenage Kicks

Teenage Kicks 2016

5.90

Miklós is at the age when everything feels high-stakes. He is coming to terms with his own sexuality, and when his best friend Dan reveals that he has a new girlfriend, this puts an end to their plans to run away together.

2016

Cracked Up

Cracked Up 1987

1

17-year-old track star, John Owens, has never used any drug stronger than pot, until he meets an older woman who introduces him to crack cocaine. He quickly becomes addicted but is able to hide his problem from all except his best friend, Chris.

1987

Tougher Than Leather

Tougher Than Leather 1988

5.30

Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they encounter racist bikers, blonde bimbos, and the Beastie Boys!

1988

Narc

Narc 2020

1

Two students attempt to bring a stop to the new drug circulating through the school hallways, not realizing that they might just be going up against the entire school body.

2020

Filth City

Filth City 2017

5.00

When a mayor running for re-election is caught on video smoking crack, he'll do whatever it takes to keep it out of the wrong hands.

2017

Crackdown Big City Blues

Crackdown Big City Blues 2018

1

Set in New York City in the 1990s, community activists seek to rid their neighborhood of the anguish, brutality, and violence associated with local drug dealers.

2018

Drugsland

Drugsland 2017

1

Observational documentary series going deep into the world of drugs from the perspective of one city, as seen through the eyes of professionals, users and dealers.

2017