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1. Dopesick (2021)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama
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: 77,551
2. Painkiller (2023)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama
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: 30,268
3. Crisis (I) (2021)
R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
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: 13,790
4. August: Osage County (2013)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
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: 95,328 | Gross: $37.74M
5. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
R | 116 min | Drama
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: 46,447
6. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Unrated | 113 min | Documentary
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
7. Ben Is Back (2018)
R | 103 min | Drama
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
8. The Crime of the Century (2021)
TV-MA | 116 min | Documentary, Crime
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
9. The Pharmacist (2020)
TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, Crime
Dan Schneider, a small-town pharmacist in Louisiana, makes effort to identify his son's killer, which leads to his gathering of evidence against a prolific "pill mill" doctor in New Orleans.
Stars: Dan Schneider, Annie Schneider, Jack Stephens, M.
Votes: 8,673
10. The Evening Hour (2020)
114 min | Drama
Adaptation of Carter Sickels' 2012 novel.
Director: Braden King | Stars: Philip Ettinger, Tess Harper, Archie Lewis, Jessie Noe
Votes: 346
11. Street Legal (2019)
60 min | Drama
Olivia Novak returns with a new generation of lawyers in "Street Legal," a character-driven legal drama that follows the professional and personal lives of ambitious law partners at a start-up Toronto law firm.
Stars: Cynthia Dale, Cara Ricketts, Steve Lund, Yvonne Chapman
Votes: 127
12. Heroin(e) (2017)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Three women fight to break the cycle one life at a time.
Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon | Stars: Jan Rader, Patricia Keller, Necia Freeman, Najah Menapace
Votes: 3,325
13. Recovery Boys (2018)
89 min | Documentary
In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and reenter society sober after years of drug abuse. Recovery Boys, from Academy Award nominated director... See full summary »
Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Votes: 825
14. Overdosed (2021)
80 min | Documentary
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. Transitions (2019– )
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A realistic portrayal of mental illness and the opioid epidemic seen through the eyes of law enforcement, narco-traffickers and the mentally-ill, set in Washington D.C., the origin of the American nightmare.
Stars: Wali Johnson, Anwan Glover, Michelle Harris, King Wesley
Votes: 29
16. Small Time (2020)
104 min | Drama
It can be brutal enough just growing up a girl. Then add poverty, addiction, and God to the mix. Armed with a gun and a prayer, Emma and her cat bravely go where too many girls have gone before. It's a war, and we gotta win it.
Director: Niav Conty | Stars: Audrey Grace Marshall, Kevin Loreque, Holter Graham, Dominique Johnson
Votes: 99
17. Brick
Crime, Drama | Pre-production
After the event of Hurricane Sandy in the town of Brick, New Jersey a local by the name of Kayden MacGeraghty befriends a pharmacist who will eventually be the cause of a statewide heroin and opioid epidemic.
Stars: John Antorino, Sal Ardisi, Michael Mazza, Christopher Pickhardt
18. Sold in America (2018)
72 min | Documentary
Sold in America is an original series that dives into the nation's unseen sex trade, covering issues from human trafficking to prostitution. Although the subject is often discussed in an ... See full summary »
Stars: Noor Tagouri, Kate Grumke, Kevin Clancy
Votes: 11
19. La Buena (2019)
11 min | Short, Drama
A family man finds himself homeless after a tragedy.
Directors: Troy Mundle, Chad Riley | Stars: Troy Mundle, Duane Howard, Aliyah O'Brien, Olivia Hazuki Abreo
20. Tropical Wasteland
Drama | Announced
Kendall Daigle is a poet who sees the world through a lens advanced far beyond her 19 years, her voice is soft as a whisper but on the page she is a hurricane, until she meets a boy who ... See full summary »
21. Death to Life (2021)
49 min | Documentary
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
22. Scott Adams Talks About Trump Staff Turnover, North Korea, Russian Sanctions, and Opioid Dealers (2018 Video)
News
Star: Scott Adams
23. Although I Don't Know Why (2019)
5 min | Short, Drama
Young Josie recalls her past relationship with a drug-addicted boy named Jameson.
Director: Austin Dague | Stars: Myles Brewer, Sara Dowling
24. Portland in Quarantine (2020)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary footage of the city Portland Oregon and Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests of the police killings of George ... See full summary »
Director: Donald Daedalus | Star: Aaron C. Israel
25.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
The Lordly Ones
(2021)
Documentary, History
It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 102
26.
Morning Wire (2021– )
Congressional Funding Fight & Harrington V. Purdue Pharma | 12.5.23
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Georgia Howe, John Bickley
27.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Corruption, Chaos, and Cretinism
(2018 Podcast Episode)
57 min | News, Talk-Show
Ben discusses the Rob Porter scandal, the Republican's budget compromise, Memogate, and more.
Stars: Ben Shapiro, Neil Cavuto, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Rand Paul
28.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Zarak Mosadek (No. 23)
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red and the Task Force head to Paris in hopes of pressuring Garvey by taking down a prominent heroin supplier to the Nash Syndicate. Liz doesn't trust Red and takes her own path to find Garvey.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,214
29.
Warski Live (2017– )
Episode:
Richard Spencer & JF vs. Vee and Arch Warhammer
(2018)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Andy Warski, Jean-François Gariépy, Vee, Richard Spencer
30.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Spiritual, but Not Religious
(2018 Podcast Episode)
43 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Tyler Blanski
31.
United Shades of America (2016–2022)
Episode:
The Canadian Way
(2018)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
Kamau visits Canada to see if it's all it's cracked up to be.
Stars: W. Kamau Bell, Russell Peters, Mark Nykanen, Chad McMullan
Votes: 21