Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "heroin-injection"

1. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife barreling towards a shattering climax.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei

Votes: 111,656 | Gross: $7.08M

2. Jailbait (2014 Video)

TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Anna Nix is sent to a juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive stepfather. In the prison, she discovers relationships, drugs, complex mental illness, and her eventual search for redemption.

Director: Jared Cohn | Stars: Sara Malakul Lane, Erin O'Brien, Steve Hanks, Andray Johnson

Votes: 5,051

3. 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: 29,402

4. The Rules of Attraction (2002)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.

Director: Roger Avary | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel

Votes: 53,324 | Gross: $6.53M

5. The Sister of Ursula (1978)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Still mourning the passing of their father, two Austrian sisters, Dagmar and Ursula, arrive at a luxurious Italian seaside hotel. At the same time, a mysterious killer starts murdering promiscuous women in the area.

Director: Enzo Milioni | Stars: Barbara Magnolfi, Stefania D'Amario, Anna Zinnemann, Vanni Materassi

Votes: 1,343

6. Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.

Director: Chris Nahon | Stars: Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Ric Young

Votes: 66,594 | Gross: $36.85M

7. Tokyo Decadence (1992)

NC-17 | 112 min | Drama

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of ... See full summary »

Director: Ryû Murakami | Stars: Miho Nikaido, Yayoi Kusama, Sayoko Amano, Tenmei Kano

Votes: 3,586 | Gross: $0.28M

8. Tideland (2005)

R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer

Votes: 34,683 | Gross: $0.07M

9. Matador (1986)

NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo

Votes: 12,949 | Gross: $0.21M

10. 52 Pick-Up (1986)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover

Votes: 7,012 | Gross: $5.19M

11. Hache (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Inspired by real events, Hache is the story of Helena, a woman catapulted to the heroin trafficking business in the Barcelona of the 60s.

Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Eduardo Noriega, Marc Martínez, Pep Ambròs

Votes: 1,908

12. Satan's Baby Doll (1982)

Not Rated | 75 min | Horror

In the crypt of the remote castle of the Aguilars lies the recently-deceased body of Maria. Her husband Antonio is a jealous bully, his mute brother Ignazio is in a wheelchair peeping on ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Bianchi | Stars: Jaqueline Dupré, Mariangela Giordano, Aldo Sambrell, Giuseppe Carbone

Votes: 773

13. Black Metal Veins (2012 Video)

92 min | Documentary

A graphic docu-drama detailing the hopeless lives of several young people addicted to heroin.

Director: Lucifer Valentine | Star: Autumn Misery

Votes: 828

14. Streets (1990)

R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The story of runaways living in Venice, California, under the threat of a psychotic cop who is a serial killer of prostitutes.

Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Christina Applegate, David Mendenhall, Eb Lottimer, Jane Chung

Votes: 879 | Gross: $1.51M

15. Pusher (I) (2012)

R | 89 min | Crime, Thriller

In London, a street dealer's life spins out of control over the course of one week after he borrows money from his supplier on what's supposed to be a sure thing.

Director: Luis Prieto | Stars: Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn, Zlatko Buric

Votes: 4,985

16. Fiona (1998)

85 min | Drama

Despite the fact that Fiona has lived apart from her mother, they lead parallel lives as bi-sexual prostitutes. The meeting of the two women spells tragedy for the mother and hope for the daughter.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Anna Thomson, Felicia Maguire, Alyssa Mulhern, Anna Grace

Votes: 647

17. Kleinhoff Hotel (1977)

R | 105 min | Drama

Pascale, married to an architect, misses her flight to London and is forced to stay in Berlin, at the Kleinhoff Hotel where she stayed as a student. Karl, a would-be revolutionary, lives in... See full summary »

Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Corinne Cléry, Bruce Robinson, Katja Rupé, Rodolfo Dal Pra

Votes: 256

18. The Glitter Dome (1984 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In this seedy neo-noire tale, two Hollywood homicide cops investigating a movie mogul's murder stumble upon a child-pornography ring.

Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: James Garner, Margot Kidder, John Lithgow, John Marley

Votes: 364

19. Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake, when he meets Molly, a carefree young woman who gets him to start using heroin, his world slowly falls apart.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, Carly Pope, Robin Dunne

Votes: 585

20. Higher and Higher (1970)

X | 103 min | Drama, Music

A beautiful blonde hooks up with a rock star, and after a night of sex and drugs, he leaves. She, though, has fallen madly in love with him, and sets out with her girlfriend across Europe ... See full summary »

Directors: Erwin C. Dietrich, Peter Baumgartner, Jack Hill | Stars: Ingrid Steeger, Rolf Eden, Vivian Weiss, Li Paelz

Votes: 568

21. El pico (1983)

110 min | Drama

Paco, son of a conservative Civil Guard commander, and his best friend, Urko, son of a socialist politician, are heroin dealers and addicts. The two teens seem to be gripped by their addiction, but will tragedy be the only conclusion?

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Luis Manzano, José Manuel Cervino, Luis Iriondo, Enrique San Francisco

Votes: 1,181

22. 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

23. Black Tar Road (2016)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

On a Black Tar Road between nowhere and somewhere, two misunderstood women find love in between the cracks of hardships. And misfortune

Directors: Amber Dawn Lee, Rob Brownstein, Jeff Chassler, Robert P. Franco, Jay Holben, Gary Kohn | Stars: Maria Olsen, James Black, Leif Gantvoort, Darin Cooper

Votes: 346

24. Batas ng .45 (1991)

121 min | Action, Drama

An honest policeman dishonorably removed from the service takes the law in his own hand--with a .45 gun in his hand. With nothing left but his honor and integrity, he's out to prove his innocence.

Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Timmy Cruz, Paquito Diaz, Charlie Davao

Votes: 13

25. Climax (1977)

100 min | Drama

Ana is a young girl with the same problems as any girl her age.

Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Javier Escrivá, Teresa Gimpera, Beatriz Rossat, Tony Fuentes

Votes: 68

26. Shadow People (I) (2007)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Dan and Gretchen, a couple with a secretive past and a failing relationship rent a guest house from an affluent couple in California's San Fernando Valley.

Director: Keith Coulouris | Stars: Lesli Kay, Keith Coulouris, Kaela Dobkin, Lee Spencer

Votes: 115

27. Forbidden love (2012)

12 min | Short, Drama

Through the ambiguous relationship between Madeleine de Beaupré (Dita von Teese), an actress struggling since her child's death, and Melki (Djanis Bouzyani), her young drug dealer, that becomes incestuous.

Director: Ali Mahdavi | Stars: Dita Von Teese, Djanis Bouzyani

Votes: 10

28. The Whore and the Whale (2004)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War, and of a woman. Her quest for answers brings Vera to the Argentine Patagonia.

Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Pep Munné, Mercè Llorens

Votes: 1,033

29. Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A drug-addicted doctor (Thomsen) who works in an asylum discovers that one of his patients (Stubo) is a gifted writer.

Director: János Szász | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Kirsti Stubø, Zsolt László, Enikö Börcsök

Votes: 1,189

30. Hanna D. - La ragazza del Vondel Park (1984)

84 min | Drama

A young street girl from Amsterdam seeks a new life away from prostitution.

Director: Rino Di Silvestro | Stars: Ann-Gisel Glass, Sebastiano Somma, Tony Serrano, Donatella Damiani

Votes: 295

31. La puritana (1989)

92 min | Crime, Drama

Annabella Allori (Margie Newton) attends the last moments of her dying brother (Dario Casalini), who tells her about a tape cassette which has recorded all aberrations suffered by him and ... See full summary »

Director: Ninì Grassia | Stars: Margie Newton, Dario Casalini, Gabriele Tinti, Carlo Mucari

Votes: 116

32. Morgue Street (2012)

11 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

Based upon the story "The Murders in The Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe, it tells the story of two prostitutes, mother and daughter, struggling against a mysterious creature after it has broken into their home.

Director: Alberto Viavattene | Stars: Désirée Giorgetti, Federica Tommasi, Roberto Nali, Mario Cellini

Votes: 28

33. Railway Children (2016)

120 min | Crime, Drama

12 year old Raju arrives on an unknown city platform. He's soon sucked into a gang run by 'Solution' that deals with petty crimes. A new life of adventure away from home begins, bringing along dangers of drugs, abuse, crime and also hope.

Director: Prithvi Konanur | Stars: Pari, Manohara, Syed Pervez, Yash Shetty

Votes: 162

34. Cold Turkey (2001 TV Movie)

Documentary

Leo Regan follows his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he tries to go cold turkey (detox) from heroin in his council flat and without medication.

Director: Leo Regan | Stars: Errol, Lanre Fehintola, Neil McCormick, Leo Regan

Votes: 100

35. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. (2001)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack thinks he's identified the mole inside CTU. Kim and Janet realize they are being kidnapped and try to escape. Palmer orders an employee to get dirt on a reporter who might jeopardize his campaign. Ira Gaines' plans come to a halt when he must renegotiate with a conspirator.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 2,239

36. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Love Rivals (1999)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama

Rachel is besotted with Fenner and asks him if they will still be able to see each other when she is released from prison. She gives him a love letter but he destroys it.

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Lara Cazalet, Jane Lowe, Helen Fraser, Simone Lahbib

Votes: 58

37. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Solitary Confinement (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Peter goes undercover as new inmate in prison to investigate the baffling death of a convicted murderer, who somehow choked on dirt while being in solitary confinement known as Room 216, a place where terrors from the past can kill.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 17

38. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: The Man Behind the Glass (1990)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ronette is attacked in her hospital bed by an unseen person. Jean Renault, brother of Jacques and Bernard, plans to blackmail Ben Horne for the release of Audrey. Donna meets with Harold Smith, a shut-in who had befriended Laura.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 4,467

39. Dan August (1970–1971)
Episode: Love Is a Nickel Bag (1970)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A teenage boy fatally overdoses at a wild party. In order to find the drug supplier, Dan 'sweats out' the heroin-addicted host of the party in an attempt to gain information.

Director: George McCowan | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Norman Fell, Richard Anderson, Ned Romero

Votes: 33

40. Power, Privilege & Justice (2002– )
Episode: Dirty Secrets Down Under (2009)

Documentary, Crime

Shirley Withers is tried for the murder of her boyfriend, Australian millionaire Peter Shellard, and for later attempting to hire a hitman to murder her two accomplices.

Directors: David Cargill, Scott A. Friedland, Patrick Taulère | Stars: Len Cariou, Dominick Dunne, Carol Elaine Cyr

41. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Sunday Best (2012)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama

Easter Sunday allows for several families to share dinner" Nucky, Margaret and the kids with Eli, Richard with the Sagorskys, and Gyp with his wife and kids.

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,850