Addiction Movies

In their third session together, a troubled sex addict seeks help from a therapist for his isolating, self-destructive vices.

After her addicted husband sells their 6-year-old daughter, a mother takes matters into her own hands and sets off on a desperate journey to save her child. Noghreh is a gripping Iranian short film about poverty, addiction, and maternal strength.

When their dads pass away in a car crash together, the two best friends are trying their best to still survive high school, while developing their own struggles and addictions at home. But the thing they worry the most about, graduating. They’re failing all of their classes and graduation time is...

Struggling with the urge to eat flowers, a young woman will do what she can to hide her addiction from her family.

Chase needs to finish his midterm, and to do that, he needs coffee; there’s only one problem: he’s all out.

Brian tries to overcome his past failures and rebuild his relationship with his daughter, the only way he can.

A Dad's excessive use of Facebook/Memes is put into question by his family.

An 18-year-old faces his family about his cologne addiction and "Some bitch named Macy"?

Everything is going well in the life of an ordinary girl, until she buys a pack of cigarettes.

Mark wakes up and does not remember what he did the previous evening and must confront the darkest parts of himself through looking at the physical evidence around his house.

Filmed 2 years before his death, this documentary portrays New Brunswick folk artist Joseph Sleep (1913-1978) in his later life. He was born at sea and worked with and around boats, fish, carnivals, and animals most of his life. While convalescing during an extended period in the Halifax infirmary...

An intimate look at the human faces of America's current opioid epidemic. Seen through the eyes of a mother and the lens of a small town.

A crumbling mural. A broken community. A man trying not to drink today. At the edge of a fading town, a group of recovering addicts are brought together to repaint a decaying wall. What starts as a community art project slowly becomes a lifeline, a place to talk, to fall apart, to hold each other...

Étienne Boulay’s story is anything but ordinary. Raised in Montréal-Nord, he went on to play football in the CFL and NFL, with lots of road bumps along the way. Boulay is a genuine and engaging personality who never fails to make an impression wherever he goes.

Thomas is only 25 and already an alcoholic. He desperately needs help, but it's becoming increasingly difficult for his friends to deal with him - they're distancing themselves. Will it take a biblical catastrophe for him to change?

In "Dreamscape," a man spirals into a chaotic world where the lines between his drug-induced dreams and harsh reality blur. As he grapples with haunting visions and paranoia, he must confront his own mind to uncover the truth before he loses himself completely.

An unflinching look at alcohol use disorder and it’s impact. Conversations between a father and daughter.