Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "opioid-crisis"

1. Pain Hustlers (2023)

R | 123 min | Crime, Drama

6.5

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44 Metascore

Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. Hired to work for a bankrupt pharmaceutical company, Liza skyrockets with sales and into the high life, putting her in the middle of a federal criminal conspiracy.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara, Chloe Coleman

Votes: 43,331

2. Dopesick (2021)

TV-MA | 62 min | Drama

8.6

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The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.

Stars: Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter

Votes: 77,554

3. Painkiller (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama

7.4

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The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.

Stars: Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi

Votes: 30,270

4. Vengeance (II) (2022)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

6.8

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65 Metascore

A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.

Director: B.J. Novak | Stars: B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Lio Tipton, Ashton Kutcher

Votes: 37,008

5. Crisis (I) (2021)

R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller

6.2

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41 Metascore

Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, stories of an undercover cop, a professor and a grieving mother collide.

Director: Nicholas Jarecki | Stars: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 13,791

6. August: Osage County (2013)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama

7.2

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58 Metascore

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 95,330 | Gross: $37.74M

7. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

R | 116 min | Drama

6.7

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38 Metascore

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett

Votes: 46,450

8. Shaft (2019)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

6.4

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40 Metascore

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall

Votes: 58,736 | Gross: $21.36M

9. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

Unrated | 113 min | Documentary

7.5

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91 Metascore

Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio

Votes: 7,783

10. Ben Is Back (2018)

R | 103 min | Drama

6.7

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66 Metascore

A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.

Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton

Votes: 24,141 | Gross: $3.70M

11. The Crime of the Century (2021)

TV-MA | 116 min | Documentary, Crime

8.1

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A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.

Stars: Patrick Radden Keefe, Edward Byrne, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Anna Lembke

Votes: 4,357

12. VFW (2019)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Horror

6.1

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72 Metascore

A group of old war veterans put their lives on the line to defend a young woman taking shelter in their local VFW post, who's running from a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of drug-addled punks.

Director: Joe Begos | Stars: Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson, Martin Kove

Votes: 9,594

13. Better Than Love (2019)

85 min | Drama, Romance

5.0

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A reluctant drug dealer strives to elevate his friend's lives while the addictive forces of an ignorant OxyContin prescription corrodes his own.

Director: Ted Carney | Stars: Andrew Lawrence, Alexandra Rodriguez, Matthew Lawrence, DeRon Brigdon

Votes: 193

14. Overdosed (2021)

80 min | Documentary

8.2

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In a rural drug-ravaged West Virginian town, a doctor goes to jail, the pharmacy gets slapped with a fine and drug distributor McKesson corporation goes to trial. At the nexus of this American tragedy OVERDOSED asks: Who are the true drug dealers?

Director: Mary Sue Connolly | Stars: Kelly Beazley, Kevin Bowman, Brandi Braithwaite, Joseph Crites

Votes: 46

15. Life Binder (2020)

10 min | Short, Drama

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A decade after the overdose and death of her sister, Blaire is jolted when former band mate turned famous rock star shows up unannounced with secrets from the past.

Director: Sara Bess | Stars: Jesse Gallegos, Erika Chase, Kyle Findley, Katherine Waddell

16. Death to Life (2021)

49 min | Documentary

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23 states in the U.S. experienced a significant rise in opioid overdose in 2019. In the newest film by Nate Powers, DEATH to LIFE shines a light on the humanity behind the statistics, as ... See full summary »

Director: Nate Powers

17. Billy Connolly's Great American Trail (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2019)

Documentary

6.8

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Billy hears the story of the opioid crisis, visits the backroom of the designer who dressed Elvis and the Beatles, and visits the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

Director: Mike Reilly | Star: Billy Connolly

Votes: 19

18. Dopesick (2021)
Episode: The People vs. Purdue Pharma (2021)

TV-MA | 65 min | Drama

8.7

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Rick and Randy's criminal investigation now threatens Richard Sackler's empire, activists take action against Purdue, and Finnix tries to heal his beloved community that's been ravaged by addiction.

Director: Danny Strong | Stars: Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter

Votes: 1,591

19. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chapo Public Enemy No 1 (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

8.9

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The search for the world's most-wanted drug trafficker - El Chapo - as told by two women in Chicago whose drug-dealing husbands turned against the man who supplied nearly half of America's ... See full summary »

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Mike Ferrara, Olivia Flores, Mia Flores, Jack Riley

Votes: 24