Drug films are films that depict either drug distribution or drug use, whether as a major theme or in a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from the ultra-realistic to the utterly surreal; some films are unabashedly pro- or anti-drug, while others are less judgmental. The drugs most commonly shown in films are cocaine, heroin, LSD, cannabis (see stoner film) and methamphetamine.
There is extensive overlap with crime films, which are more likely to treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving.
The following is a partial list of drug films and the substances involved.
1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit - MDMA
21 Grams (2003) - cocaine
21 Jump Street (2012) - HFS (a fictional drug), marijuana
22 Jump Street (2014) - WHYPHY (a fictional drug)
24 Hour Party People (2002) - MDMA, cocaine, heroin, methadone, cannabis, and a mention of the large amount of crack in Barbados
25th Hour (2002) - heroin, MDMA
28 Days Later (2002) - prescription drugs (Valium)
28 Days (2000) - prescription drugs, heroin, alcohol
30 Minutes or Less (2011) - cannabis
99 Francs (2007) - cannabis, cocaine
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) - cannabis
50/50 (2011) - cannabis
The 51st State (2001) - POS 51 (a fictional drug); mentions cocaine, LSD and MDMA
54 (1998) - marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, Quaaludes
9 (2009) - Magnet (a fictional drug), used by 8 which causes a drug-like effect
The Acid House (1998) - LSD, cannabis, poppers
Across The Universe (2007) - LSD, cannabis, some kind of opiate (presumably morphine)
Acts of Worship (2001) - heroin, crack cocaine
Adam & Paul (2003) - heroin, cannabis
Adaptation. (2002) - fictional version of ghost orchid powder
Adulthood (2008) - cannabis, cocaine
Adventureland (2009) - cannabis
Air America (1990) - heroin, opium
Airplane! (1980) - cocaine, glue, amphetamine
Alice (1988) - Amanita muscaria
Almost Famous (2000) - cannabis, Vicodin, LSD and Quaaludes
Alpha Dog (2007) - cannabis
Altered States (1980) - cannabis, Amanita muscaria, LSD, DMT, and psilocybin
American Beauty (1999) - cannabis
American Cowslip (2009) - heroin
American Gangster (2007) - heroin and cocaine
American Psycho (2000) - cocaine, Halcion, Xanax, ecstasy and cannabis
American Ultra (2015) - cannabis
American Virgin (2009) - cannabis, unspecified drugs
Amores Perros (2001) - cocaine
Analyse That (2002) - cocaine
Animal Kingdom (2010) - cannabis, cocaine, heroin
The Anniversary Party (2001) - MDMA
Annie Hall (1977) - cocaine
Another Day in Paradise (1997) - heroin, references to meth and cocaine
Another Happy Day (2011) - fentanyl
Apocalypse Now (1979) - marijuana, LSD, and opium
Around the Fire (1999) - cannabis, LSD
Arrebato (1979) - heroin, cocaine and amyl nitrite
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - cannabis, substance D (fictional), methamphetamine, some type of "Downer"
Assassin of Youth (1937) - cannabis
At Close Range (1986) - marijuana
Attack the Block (2011) - cannabis, crack/cocaine
Avenging Disco Godfather (1979) - PCP
Awakening of the Beast (1970, aka O Ritual dos Sádicos and O Despertar da Besta) - LSD
Awaydays (2009) - cocaine, cannabis and heroin
Babel (2006) - MDMA and opium
Bad Batch (2010) - marijuana and cocaine
Bad Boys II (2003) - MDMA and heroin
Bad Lieutenant (1992) - crack, cocaine, heroin and cannabis
Bad Moms (2016) - cannabis
Bad Teacher (2011) - cannabis
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) - opium
Bang Boom Bang (1999) - cannabis
Bangkok Hilton (1989) - heroin smuggling
Basic Instinct (1992) - cocaine
The Basketball Diaries (1995) - heroin, cocaine, cannabis, solvents and various pills
Batman Begins (2005) - a fictional hallucinogenic gas
Be.Angeled (2001) - cocaine, MDMA and cannabis
The Beach (2000) - cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms and stimulants
The Beach Girls (1982) - marijuana and unidentified pills
Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) - peyote
Beerfest (2006) - cannabis
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - heroin (IV) and cocaine
Before I Disappear (2014) - heroin, pills
Belly (1998) - heroin, cannabis
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
Berlin Calling (2008) - cocaine, MDMA, MDA, PMA, ketamine, cannabis; mentions LSD and methamphetamine
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) - pharmaceutical mixing and abuse
La Beuze (2003) - chemical cannabis made by Nazis during WWII which gives users hallucinations of football players
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) - cannabis, LSD, prescription pills, MDMA, peyote
The Big Bang (2010) - Valium, methampthetamine
The Big Boss (1971) - heroin
The Big Chill (1983) - cannabis, cocaine
The Big Lebowski (1998) - cannabis, LSD
Bigger Than Life (1956) - cortisone (steroid hormone)
Bird (1988) - heroin
Black's Game (2012) - speed, MDMA, cocaine
Black Cat, White Cat (1998) - cocaine
Black Fear (1915) - cocaine
Black Snake Moan (2006) - prescription pills, ecstasy
Black Swan (2010) - ecstasy
Black Tar Heroin (1999) - black tar heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol
Blazing Saddles (1974) - cannabis
The Bling Ring (2013) - marijuana, cocaine, heroin (smoked)
Blood In Blood Out (1993) - cocaine and heroin
Blow (2001) - cocaine and cannabis
Blue Sunshine (1976) - LSD
Blue Velvet (1986) - nitrous oxide
Blueberry (2004) - ayahuasca, peyote
Bobby (2006) - LSD
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) - marijuana
Boiler Room (2000) - cocaine
Bonded by Blood (2010) - cocaine, ecstasy
Bongwater (1997) - cannabis, LSD, and cocaine
Boogie Nights (1997) - cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine
Boondock Saints (1999) - cocaine
The Boost (1988) - cocaine
Borderland (2007) - cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms
Borderline (1950) - drugs not identified
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) - cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, crack, heroin, amphetamine, Viagra
Boys Don't Cry (1999) - cannabis
The Boys in Company C (1978) - Demerol and heroin
Brain Candy (1996) - fictional drug GLeeMONEX
The Breakfast Club (1985) - cannabis
Brick (2006) - heroin
Bright Lights, Big City (1988) - cocaine
Britannia Hospital (1982) - psilocybin mushrooms
Brokedown Palace (1999) - heroin
Broken (2007) - heroin
Broken Vessels (1999) - heroin, methamphetamine
Buffalo Soldiers (2001) - heroin, MDMA
Bug (2007) - methamphetamine, cannabis
A Bug and a Bag of Weed (2006) - cannabis, hashish
Bullet (1996) - heroin
Bully (2001) - cannabis, LSD, methamphetamine
The Business (2005) - cannabis, MDMA, cocaine
Caddyshack (1980) - marijuana.
Candy (2006) - heroin, cannabis
Candy Stripe Nurses (1974) - marijuana, amphetamines
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) - heroin
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990 TV special) - marijuana and crack
Cash Crop (2003) - cannabis
Casino (1995) - cocaine, heroin and painkillers
Cass (2008) - cannabis
Caveman (1981) - fictional hallucinogenic berries
Cecil B. Demented (2000) - heroin
Chappaqua (1966) - peyote and heroin
Charlie Bartlett (2008) - prescription pills
Cheech & Chong's various films feature drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, LSD, peyote and various pills and Ajax (comedy). They include:
Up in Smoke (1978)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
Nice Dreams (1981)
Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
Still Smokin' (1983)
Cherry Falls (2000) - marijuana
Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970) - cannabis
Cherrybomb (2009) - cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy
Chinatown Nights (1929) - opium
Chinese Opium Den (1894) - opium
Chopper (2000) - cocaine, heroin (and possibly amphetamines)
Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981) - cannabis, LSD, heroin, various pills such as Valium and Mandrax
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2009) - crystal meth (methamphetamine)
City by the Sea (2002) - crack
City Of God (2002) - cannabis, cocaine
Clean and Sober (1988) - cocaine
Clerks (1994) - cannabis
Clockers (1995) - crack cocaine
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - several fictional drugs in the form of a milk cocktail called Moloko Plus; varieties include Moloko Vellocet, either an opiate (percocet) or an amphetamine (velocity, speed), Synthemesc (synthetic mescaline), and Drencrom (adrenochrome)
Club Paradise (1986) - cannabis
Clubbed to Death (1996) - MDMA
Clueless (1995) - cannabis, cocaine
Cocaine Cowboys (2006) - cocaine and cannabis
Cocaine Cowboys 2 (2008) - cocaine
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983) - cocaine
Cocksucker Blues - cocaine and heroin
Code of Silence (1985) - cocaine
Colors (1988) - marijuana, crack cocaine and PCP
Conspiracy Theory (1997) - LSD
Contact High (2009) - cocaine, cannabis, MDMA, LSD, amphetamine
Contraband (2012) - cocaine
Coogan's Bluff (1968) - marijuana and LSD
Cookers (2001) - methamphetamine
The Cool and the Crazy (1958) - cannabis
Coonskin (1975) - LSD, heroin
Cop Out (2010) - crack/cocaine, mescaline (referred to)
Corridors of Blood (1958) - opium-based anaesthetic
Country Man (1982) - cannabis
Crank (2006) - fictional drug "Beijing Cocktail", cocaine, epinephrine, "Hardcore Haitian Plant Shit" (which probably refers to khat), methamphetamine, cannabis
Crooklyn (1994) - glue (toluene)
Crossing the Bridge (1992) - heroin
The Crow (1994) - morphine
Cruel Intentions (1999) - cocaine (memorably taken out of a rosary necklace)
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2012) - mescaline
Danger Diabolik (1968) - cannabis
Darwin's Nightmare (2004) - glue (Toluene)
The Day of the Beast (1995) - LSD
Daymaker (2007) - cocaine, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
Dazed and Confused (1993) - alcohol, cannabis, LSD
Dead Presidents (1995) - Heroin, morphine
Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - cocaine, cannabis, LSD, MDMA
Dead Ringers (1988) - various prescription drugs (dextroamphetamine and opioids)
Death at a Funeral (2010) - mescaline, Valium and ketamine (mentioned), acid (the pills in the Valium bottle)
The Death of Richie (1977) - barbiturates and other drugs
Death Wish 2 (1982) - marijuana and PCP
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) - crack cocaine
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Deep Cover (1992) - crack cocaine
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990) - cocaine
Den Siste Revejakta (2008) - hashish, cannabis, heroin and LSD
The Departed (2006) - Oxycontin, lorazepam, heroin and cocaine
Detroit Rock City (1999) - cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms
Dev.D (2009) - cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and various pills
The Devil's Rejects (2005) - cannabis
Dick (1999) - cannabis and Quaaludes
District 13 (2004) - cocaine, cannabis
Domino (2005) - mescaline, cannabis, and cocaine
Donkey Punch (2008) - ketamine, Methamphetamine, MDMA, cannabis
Don's Plum (2001) - heroin, cannabis
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) - marijuana and crack cocaine
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) - cannabis
The Doors (1991) - LSD, cocaine, heroin, cannabis and peyote
Dope Sick Love (2005) - heroin and crack cocaine
Down in the Valley (2005) - MDMA
Dragon Eyes (2012) - crack, heroin
Dream with the Fishes (1997) - heroin and LSD
Dreamseller (2007) - heroin
Dredd (2012) - fictional drug Slo-mo (slows the user's perception to 1%)
The Drug Traffic (1923)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) - hydromorphone, oxymorphone, morphine, amphetamines, diazepam, methamphetamine, and heroin
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) - cannabis
Due Date (2010) - cannabis and vicodin
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) - marijuana
Dune (1984) - fictional drug Melange or "Spice"
Easy A (2010) - cannabis
Easy Rider (1969) - cannabis, cocaine and LSD
Easy Street (1917) - cocaine
Ecstasy (2011) - Little Red Pill
ed! (1996) - cannabis, MDMA
Ed Wood (1994) - morphine
Eden Lake (2009) - amyl nitrate
Elephant White (2011) - heroin
Emerald Forest (1985) - Virola snuff
Empire (2002) - heroin and cannabis
Empire Records (1995) - amphetamines
Enter the Dragon (1973) - heroin
Enter the Void (2009) - cocaine, LSD, GHB, cannabis, MDMA, methamphetamine, Datura, and DMT
Equilibrium (2002) - fictional drug Prozium
Essex Boys (2000) - MDMA, heroin
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - cannabis
Euro Trip (2004) - cannabis/hashish, absinthe, amphetamines, benzedrine
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) - peyote
Everywhere and Nowhere (2011) - cannabis, cocaine, MDMA
Evil Bong (2006) - cannabis
Evil Bong 2: King Bong (2009) - cannabis
The Expendables (2010) - cocaine
Extract (2009) - ketamine, Xanax, various other drugs
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - cannabis, speedballs
Factory Girl (2006) - cannabis, speed, heroin, prescription pills
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) - cocaine
Fame chimica (2003) - cannabis and cocaine
Fanboys (2009) - peyote
Fandango (2000) - cannabis and cocaine
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) - cannabis
Faster (2010) - heroin
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - cannabis, mescaline, thorazine, LSD, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates, ether, amyl nitrite, opium, hashish, hash oil, heroin, adrenochrome
Federal Fugitives (1941) - pills
Fifty Pills (2006) - MDMA
The Final Programme (1973)
Flashback (1990) - LSD
Flirting with Disaster (1996) - LSD
Foo-Foo Dust (2003) - crack cocaine and heroin
The Football Factory (2004) - cannabis, inhalants, amphetamines, crack/cocaine
Formula 51 (2002) - fictional drug like ecstasy
Forrest Gump (1994) - cocaine, heroin, cannabis, LSD, unidentified pills
Freak Talks About Sex (1999) - cannabis
Freebird (2008) - marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) - marijuana
The French Connection (1971) - heroin and cocaine
French Connection II (1975) - heroin
Fresh (1994) - cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin
Friday (1995) - marijuana, PCP
Friday After Next (2002) - cannabis
Friday the 13th film series (1980–2009) - cannabis is smoked in most of the films
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) - cocaine, heroin
Fringe series - LSD, unidentified psychoactive drugs
Fritz the Cat (1972) - cannabis and heroin
From Hell (2001) - opium, laudanum and absinthe
From Paris with Love (2010) - cocaine, possibly heroin
Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) - crack, cocaine, LSD
Gangster Exchange (2011) - cannabis, MDMA, LSD, crack, heroin
Garden State (2004) - cocaine, MDMA, marijuana, nitrous oxide, various prescription drugs (especially antidepressants)
Georgia (1995) - heroin
Get Him to the Greek (2010) - marijuana, absinthe, heroin, "Jeffrey", cocaine, adrenaline
Get Out and Get Under (1920) - cocaine
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) - crack, marijuana, and morphine
Gia (1998) - heroin and cocaine
Gift (1993)
Girl, Interrupted (1999) - marijuana, diazepam
The Girl Next Door (2004) - MDMA, marijuana
Go (1999) - MDMA, marijuana and cocaine
Go Ask Alice (1973) - LSD, marijuana, and amphetamines
The Godfather (1972) - cocaine and heroin
The Godfather Part II (1974) - cocaine and heroin
The Godfather Part III (1990) - cocaine and heroin
The Good Shepherd (2006) - LSD
Goodfellas (1990) - cocaine and pills
Goon (2011) - cannabis
Gorp (1980) - amphetamines and Quaaludes
Grand Hotel (1932) - absinthe
Grandma's Boy (2006) - marijuana
Grass (1999) - marijuana
The Greatest (2009)
The Green Butchers (2003) - marijuana
The Green Hornet (2010) - methamphetamine
Gridlock'd (1997) - heroin
Grindhouse (2007) - marijuana
Groove (2000) - GHB, MDMA, nitrous, LSD and marijuana
The Groove Tube (1974) - marijuana
Growing Op (2008) - marijuana
The Guard (2011) - LSD, cocaine
Gummo (1997) - glue, Ritalin, solvents, cocaine
La Haine (1995) - marijuana, hashish, cocaine
Hair (1978) - cannabis and LSD
Half Baked (1998) - cannabis, cocaine, crack and heroin
Half Nelson (2006) - cocaine and crack cocaine
Hall Pass (2011) - marijuana (brownies)
Halloween (1978) - marijuana
The Hangover (2009) - GHB, rohypnol
The Hangover 2 (2011) - cocaine
The Hangover 3 (2013) - demerol, rohypnol, ecstasy
Hannibal (2001) - chloroform, morphine (and unknown sedatives)
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) - marijuana
Hardbodies (1984) - marijuana and cocaine
Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) - cannabis resin
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) - cannabis, and psilocybin mushrooms
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) - cannabis, MDMA, cocaine
Harold & Kumar: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) - cannabis, psilocybin extract, crack, ecstasy, cocaine
Harry Brown (2009) - cannabis, crack/cocaine, heroin
Harsh Times (2006) - cannabis
Harvard Man (2001) - cannabis, LSD
The Hasher's Delirium, aka Le songe d'un garçon de café (1910) - absinthe
Havoc (2005) - cocaine, crack
Head (1968) - cannabis, LSD
Head, Heart and Balls... or Why I Gave Up Smoking Pot (2007) - marijuana
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) - methamphetamine
Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) - marijuana, amphetamines
High Art (1998) - heroin
High School High (1996) - marijuana
Hobo With A Shotgun (2011) - cocaine
Hollywood High (2003)
Holy Rollers (2010) - MDMA
El hombre de los hongos, aka The Mushroom Man (1976) - psychedelic mushrooms
A Home at the End of the World (2004) - cannabis, LSD
Homegrown (1998) - cannabis
La Horde (2010) - cocaine
Horrible Bosses (2011) - cocaine
Hot Rod (2007) - LSD
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) - cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, cocaine
How High (2001) - cannabis
Howard Marks. Mr Nice (2010) - cannabis, LSD, opium
Human Traffic (1999) - cannabis, cocaine and MDMA
Human Wreckage (1923)
Humboldt County (2008) - cannabis
Hunt to Kill (2010) - methamphetamine
Hurlyburly (1998) - cannabis, cocaine and diazepam
Hustle & Flow (2005) - cannabis
I Got The Hook Up (1998) - cannabis, cocaine and LSD
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) - cannabis brownies
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) - heroin
Idle Hands (1999) - cannabis
If Drugs Were Legal (2009) - cannabis, cocaine, crack, ketamine, heroin, MDMA, LSD, amphetamines (and fictional drugs, including "dexclorazole," which mimics the effects of fluoxetine but on a much larger scale; and "xp25," which stimulates the serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain but causes sudden heart attack)
Igby Goes Down (2002) - heroin, cannabis
Ill manors (2012) - crack, cannabis
Illtown (1998)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) - Diazepam
In Bruges (2008) - cocaine, ketamine, LSD, ecstasy
In Vanda's Room (2000) - heroin
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954) - ayahuasca
Inherent Vice (2014) - cannabis
Inner Trial (2008) - LSD, cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms
An Innocent Man (1989) - cocaine
Into the Blue (2005) - cocaine
Iowa (2005) - manufacture and use of methamphetamine
Irréversible (2002) - cocaine
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011) - ecstasy, cannabis and cocaine
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) - cocaine, yopo snuff, and toad licking, presumably a reference to the Bufo Alvarius or Colorado River toad from which the extract should not actually be licked as in the film, but smoked, due to bufo toxin which is incinerated upon smoking; can contain 5-meo-dmt and/or bufotenin
Jackie Brown (1997) - cocaine, cannabis
Jacob's Ladder (1990) - Quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ)
Janky Promoters (2009) - cannabis
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - cannabis
Jesus' Son (1999) - heroin, cannabis, cocaine, LSD, opium, psychedelic mushrooms, tobacco, amphetamines, and diazepam
Jewel Robbery (1932) - cannabis
Johnny Stecchino (1991) - cocaine
Jubilee (1977) - Quaaludes
Jungle Fever (1991) - heroin
Ken Park (2002) - marijuana
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) - heroin and opium
Kid Cannabis (2014) - cannabis, cocaine, oxycodone
Kids (1995) - marijuana, nitrous oxide, MDMA, cocaine and possibly GHB (not ketamine)
Kidulthood (2006) - cannabis, cocaine, unknown pills
Killer Bud (2001) - marijuana
Killing Zoe (1994) - heroin
King of New York (1990) - cocaine
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) - heroin
Knocked Up (2007) - marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms
Kush (2007) - marijuana, cocaine
Lady Sings The Blues (1972) - heroin
Lammbock (2001) - marijuana, hashish, psychedelic mushrooms and cocaine
The Last American Virgin (1982) - marijuana and cocaine
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Last Life in the Universe (2003) - marijuana
The Last Minute (2001) - heroin
Layer Cake (2004) - cocaine, crack cocaine and MDMA
Leaves of Grass (2009) - marijuana
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - alcohol
Lenny (1974) - heroin
Léon: The Professional (1994) - cocaine
Less Than Zero (1987) - cocaine
Lethal Weapon (1987) - cocaine and heroin
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) - nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Licence to Kill (1989) - cocaine
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - marijuana
Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) - crack cocaine
Light Sleeper (1992) - cocaine
Lights in the Dusk (2006) - alcohol
Limitless (2011) - fictional drug "NZT48"
Liquid Sky (1982) - heroin
Little Fish (2005) - heroin
Little Miss Sunshine - heroin, Viagra and anorectics are referred to
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Live and Let Die (1973) - heroin
Live Nude Girls (1995) - marijuana
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) - marijuana and cocaine
Loft (2008) - cocaine
London (2005) - cocaine and marijuana
London Boulevard (2010) - cannabis, cocaine, opium
Looking for Eric (2009) - marijuana
Lord of War (2005) - cocaine and brown-brown
Lords of Dogtown (2005) - marijuana
The Loser Takes It All (2002) - alcohol
Lost in Translation (2003) - marijuana, possibly other psychedelics
Love. Blood. Kryptonite. (2008) - marijuana, cocaine
Love Is The Drug (2006) - cocaine, prescription pills
Love Liza (2002) - gasoline fumes
Lucy (2014) - fictional nootropic CPH4
Macarthur Park (2001) - crack cocaine
Machete (2010) - cannabis, methamphetamine
Mafia! (1998) - cocaine
Magic Trip (2011) - LSD, AMT, psychedelics
Magnolia (1999) - cocaine, amphetamines (Dexedrine), morphine
Magnum Force (1973) - heroin
Malibu Beach (1978) - marijuana
Malibu High (1979) - marijuana, cocaine
Mallrats (1995) - cannabis
Midnight Delight (2016) - cannabis
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - heroin
Mantis in Lace (1968) - LSD
Marfa Girl (2012) - cannabis
Maria Full of Grace (2004) - heroin
Marihuana (1936) - cannabis
Maryjane (1968) - cannabis and hashish
Mask (1985) - unidentified drugs
Max Payne (2008) - fictional drug Valkyrie
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) - opium
McQ (1974) - heroin and cocaine
MDMA (2010) - MDMA
Mean Streets (1973) - heroin
The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009) - steroids, LSD, cannabis, amphetamine
Menace II Society (1993) - crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis
Miami Vice (2006) - cocaine
Middle Men (2009) - cocaine, barbiturates
Midnight Cowboy (1969) - marijuana, unspecified hallucinogenic pills
Midnight Express (1978) - hashish, LSD and cannabis
A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002) - MDMA, cocaine
Minority Report (2002) - fictional psychoactive drug "Clarity"
Missing Link (1988) - unidentified plant
Modern Times (1936) - cocaine
Mondo Mod (1967) - cannabis
Moneyz (2009) - cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, LSD
Monkey on My Back (1957) - morphine
More (1969) - cannabis, heroin, absinthe, Dexamyl (amphetamine-barbiturate), LSD, and a homemade concoction made from cannabis (resin), benzedrine, "red ibogaine", nutmeg and banana peel
Morfiy (2008) - morphine
Morning Patrol (1987) - alcohol
La morte accarezza a mezzanotte (1972) - LSD
Most High (2006) - cocaine and methamphetamine
Mouth to Mouth (2005) - cannabis, many other drugs
Mr. Nice (2010) - marijuana, hashish
Munje! (2001) - cannabis
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - cocaine
My Name Ain't Johnny (2008) cannabis, mainly cocaine
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) - cocaine, opium
The Naked Gun (1988) - heroin
Naked Lunch (1991) - heroin, cannabis, opiates, fictional hallucinogenic bug powder
A Name for Evil (1973) - LSD
Narc (2002) - heroin, cannabis and possibly cocaine
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) - cannabis
National Lampoon's Totally Baked: A Potumentary (2006) - cannabis
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - marijuana.
Natural Born Killers (1994) - magic mushrooms, other drugs suggested but not explicitly stated
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) - marijuana
Never Die Alone (2004) - cocaine, heroin
New Jack City (1991) - crack cocaine
Next Day Air (2009) - cocaine, cannabis
Next Friday (2000) - cannabis
The Night Before (2015) - psychedelic mushrooms, cannabis, cocaine, heroin, several unidentified drugs
A Nightmare on Drug Street (1989) - cocaine, unidentified pills
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - heroin
Nil by Mouth (1997) - heroin
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) - cannabis, hallucinogenic drugs
Nine to Five (1980) - cannabis
Nixon (1995) - prescription drugs
No Country for Old Men (2007) - heroin
Nordkraft (2005) - cannabis, cocaine, methadone, heroin
North Dallas Forty (1979) - marijuana, cocaine and painkillers
Notorious (2009) - cocaine, crack and cannabis
Nowhere (1997) - cannabis and MDMA
O (2001) - steroids, cocaine
On the Road (2012) - cannabis, benzedrine, morphine and alcohol
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - opium
One False Move (1992) - cocaine
One Perfect Day (2004) - cannabis, painkillers, amphetamines and MDMA
Ong-Bak (2008) - opium
The Opium Eater (2011) - opium
Orange County (2002) - amphetamines, painkillers, cannabis, MDMA
Over The Edge (1979) - cannabis and LSD
Out of the Blue (1980)
Outland (1981) - amphetamine-type drug
Outside Providence (1999) - cannabis
Oxy-morons (2010) - oxycotin, heroin, Vicidon
The Pace That Kills (aka Cocaine Fiends) (1935) - cocaine
Paid in Full (2002) - cocaine, crack and cannabis
Pain and Gain (2013) - cocaine, ecstasy, Xylazine
The Palermo Connection (1991) - all drugs are referred to
The Panic in Needle Park (1971) - heroin
Papillon (1973) - cocaine (coca leaves)
Parked (2010) - heroin and cannabis
Party Monster (2003) - crack/cocaine, heroin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine
Pathology (2008) - methamphetamine
PCU (1994) - cannabis
Perfect High (2015) - hydrocodone, codeine, Oxycontin, heroin; Adderall and benzodiazepines are referred to
Performance (1970) - psychedelic mushrooms
Permanent Midnight (1998) - heroin and cocaine
Photographing Fairies (1997) - fictional psychoactive flowers
Pimp (2010) - cannabis, crack/cocaine, heroin is referred to
Pineapple Express (2008) - cannabis, Oxycodone is referred to
Piñero (2001) - heroin, cannabis, cocaine
Pink Cadillac (1989) - methamphetamine
Pink Flamingos (1972) - poppers; the Marbles are involved in a heroin ring in inner-city schools
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) - hashish; this film is often considered a drug-induced movie (LSD, psychedelics)
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) - cannabis, LSD
Platoon (1986) - cannabis, and opium
Platoon Leader (1988) - heroin
Playing God (1997) - fentanyl, morphine and amphetamines
Poltergeist (1982) - cannabis
Polvere (2009) - cocaine
Possession (1981) - psilocybin mushrooms
Pot Zombies (2005) - cannabis
Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990) - fictional drug "mist"
The Principles of Lust (2003) - cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, ayahuasca (yage), pills
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) - dexedrine, amphetamine
Project X (2012) - ecstasy, cocaine, cannabis
Prozac Nation (2001) - cannabis, cocaine, prozac (fluoxetine) and ecstasy
Psych-Out (1968) - LSD and DOM
Puddle Cruiser (1996) - cannabis
Puff, Puff, Pass (2006) - cannabis
Pulp Fiction (1994) - cocaine, heroin, cannabis
Punisher War Zone (2008) - cocaine, methamphetamine
Pure (2002) - heroin
Quadrophenia (1979) - amphetamines (known as "Blues" in the film)
Quiet Cool (1986) - marijuana
Rachel Getting Married (2008) - cannabis, Oxycodone (Percocet)
Rave - The Ultimate Party (2000) - MDMA
Ray (2004) - heroin, cannabis
Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1996) - heroin
Red Angel, aka Akai tenshi (1966) - morphine
Reefer Madness (1936) - cannabis
Reefer Madness (2005 remake) - cannabis
Reeker (2005) - MDMA
Amants réguliers, Les (2005) - cannabis
Reindeer Spotting – Escape from Santaland (2010) - Subutex, amphetamine, heroin and cannabis
Remember the Daze (2007) - mushrooms, cannabis
Reno 911!: Miami (2007) - cocaine
Rent (2005) - heroin, cannabis
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) - fictional drug "Zydrate," a powerful and highly-addictive painkiller and hallucinogenic, manufactured by GeneCo, for people undergoing surgery; "graverobbers" sell a cheap version of Zydrate on the black market extracted from the blood of the dead
Repo Man (1984) - cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines
Requiem for a Dream (2000) - heroin, cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates
Return to Paradise (1998) - cannabis resin
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) - cannabis
Riding the Bullet (2004) - cannabis
Rich Kids (1979) - cocaine
Righteous Kill (2009) - cocaine
Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) - marijuana and LSD
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007) - steroids, cannabis, cocaine, heroin, MDMA, ketamine
Risky Business (1983) - cannabis
RoboCop (1987) - cocaine
RoboCop 2 (1990) - fictional drug "Nuke"
RocknRolla (2008) - cannabis, cocaine, heroin
Rockers (1978) - cannabis
Rolling (2007) - MDMA, cannabis
Rolling Kansas (2003) - cannabis
Romeo + Juliet (1996) - a substance that is similar to, or actually is MDMA, known as "Queen Mab"
The Rose (1979) - heroin, barbiturates
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - cannabis, cocaine, mescaline
Rube in an Opium Joint (1904) - opium; considered the oldest still existing motion picture to contain substance abuse
The Rules of Attraction (2002) - mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine, cannabis and MDMA
The Rum Diary (2011) - LSD
Run! Bitch Run! (2009) - cannabis, crack/cocaine
The Runaways (2010) - cocaine, MDMA, Quaaludes
Running with Scissors (2006) - prescription medications
Rush (1991) - heroin, tobacco, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine
The Salton Sea (2002) - methamphetamine
Sample People (2000) - fictional drug "glow" and cocaine
Sausage Party (2016) - cannabis, bath salts
Savage Beach (1989) - heroin
Savages (2012) - cannabis, cocaine
Saving Grace (2000) - cannabis
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - cocaine, cannabis, and "Substance D," a fictional psychoactive stimulant
Scarface (1983) - cocaine, heroin, Quaaludes
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010) - cannabis, mushrooms
Scrooged (1988) - marijuana and heroin
Secrets of Chinatown (1935) - opium
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) - Haitian witch concoction containing scopolamine
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) - cocaine
Sex and the City (2008) - marijuana
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) - cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine
Sexy Bitches (2005) - cannabis
The Sexy Killer (1976) - heroin
Shank (2010) - khat, cannabis
She Shoulda Said 'No'! (1949) - cannabis
Sherrybaby (2004) - heroin
Shot List (2009) - LSD, cocaine, cannabis
Shrink (2009) - cannabis, amphetamine, cocaine
Shrooms (2007) - magic mushrooms, cannabis
Siberia (1998) - cannabis, MDMA, amyl nitrate
Sid and Nancy (1986) - heroin, methadone, cannabis
The Skeleton Twins (2014) - nitrous oxide, alcohol, cannabis
Skidoo (1968) - LSD
Slackers (2002) - cannabis
SLC Punk! (1999) - LSD, oxycodone, Perocet, cannabis
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) - marijuana
Slim Susie (2003) - amphetamine, heroin, cannabis
Smiley Face (2007) - cannabis
Smoked. The Movie (2012) - cannabis, cocaine
Smokin' Aces (2007) - cocaine
The Social Network (2010) - cocaine, Ccannabis
Something Weird (1967) - LSD
Sorted (2000) - heroin, MDMA, methamphetamine, pills
Soul Plane (2004) - mushrooms, cannabis
Southwest Nine (2004) - LSD, MDMA, cannabis
Spring Break (1983) - marijuana
Spring Breakers (2013) - marijuana, crack/cocaine
Spun (2002) - methamphetamine
Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja (2011) - cannabis
Squeeze (1997)
Stark Raving Mad (2002) - cannabis, GHB, MDMA
Starsky & Hutch (2004) - cocaine
State Property (2002) - cannabis, crack/cocaine
Steal This Movie (2000) - cannabis
Steppenwolf (1974)
Steve-O: Demise And Rise - cannabis, LSD, PCP, cocaine, nitrous oxide, pills
Stoned (2005) - cannabis, hashish, LSD, DMT, psilocybin, cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates
The Stoned Age (1994) - cannabis
Stoned: In The Beginning (2010) - cannabis, LSD, cocaine, sleeping pills, crack
Strange Days (1995) - fictional drug "SQUID"
Strange Wilderness (2008) - cannabis, nitrous oxide
Streets of Blood (2009) - cocaine/crack
Stripes (1981) - LSD
Stuck in Love" (2012)- cannabis, cocaine
The Student Nurses (1970) - LSD
The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (2011) - LSD
Sugarhouse (2007) - cannabis, crack/cocaine
Summer of Sam (1999) - cocaine, cannabis
Sunset Strip (2000) - cannabis, cocaine, LSD, alcohol
Super Fly (1972) - cocaine, cannabis
Super High Me (2007) - cannabis
Super Troopers (2001) - cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms, LSD
Superbad (2007) - cocaine, cannabis
Surfer, Dude (2008) - cannabis
S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011) - cannabis
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - amphetamine, cannabis (resin)
Sweet Nothing (1996) - crack cocaine
Synanon (1965) - heroin
Taking Off (1971) - cannabis
Taking Woodstock (2009) - cannabis, LSD
Taxi 3 (2003) - cannabis and cocaine
Ted (2012) - cannabis and cocaine implicated
Ted 2 (2015) - cannabis and cocaine implicated
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) - cannabis, psychedelic mushrooms
Terminal Bliss (1992) - marijuana, cocaine, LSD and methamphetamine
Thank You For Smoking (2006) - cigarettes, nicotine (patches)
That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) - unknown "colorful" pills (assumed LSD)
That's Your Funeral (1972) - cannabis
The Thing (1982) - cannabis
Thirteen (2003) - inhalants ("Airduster"), LSD, cannabis, cocaine, various prescription drugs, MDMA (in the form of "Booty Juice")
This Is England (2006) - cannabis
This Is the End (2013) - cannabis, MDMA
Thriller - A Cruel Picture (1973) - heroin
Through a Blue Lens (1999) - crack cocaine, heroin
Thumbsucker (2005) - cannabis, cocaine, and ritalin
Thursday (1998) - cocaine, cannabis
Tideland (2005) - heroin
The Tingler (1959) - first film to feature LSD
Toad Road (2012) - acid, various other drugs
Tommy (1975) - heroin, LSD
Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) - cannabis
The Town (2010) - oxycontin, cocaine
Trading Places (1983) - marijuana
Traffic (2000) - cannabis, cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine
Trailer Park Jesus (2012) - LSD
Training Day (2001) - cannabis, crack cocaine, and PCP
Trainspotting (1996) - heroin, opium, MDMA, amphetamines, Valium, hashish, morphine, diamorphine, cyclozine, codeine, temazepam, nitrazepam, phenobarbitone, sodium amytal, dextropropoxyphene, methadone, nalbuphine, pethidine, pentazocine, buprenorphine, dextromoramide, chlormethiazole
Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000) - heroin
Trash (1970) - heroin
The Trip (1967) - LSD, cannabis
The Tripper (2007) - cocaine, nitrous oxide, cannabis, LSD, MDMA
True Romance (1993) - cocaine, cannabis
Tweek City (1995) - methamphetamine
Twelve (2010) - cannabis, Twelve (fictional drug with similar effects to MDMA and cocaine), many drugs referred to
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) - cocaine
Twin Town (1997) - cannabis, heroin, cocaine, magic mushrooms, glue
Uncivilised (1937) - opium
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007) - cannabis
Up in Smoke (1978) - cannabis, LSD, pills, amphetamines
The Usual Suspects (1995) - cocaine
Udta Punjab (2016) - cocaine, heroin
Valley of the Dolls (1967) - barbiturates (Seconal, Nembutal, Amytal), amphetamines (Dexedrine), and Demerol
Veronika Voss (1982) - opiates
Very Bad Things (1998) - marijuana and cocaine
A Very Brady Sequel (1996) - magic mushrooms
The Wackness (2008) - cannabis, cocaine, methylphenidate and anti-depressants
Waiting... (2005) - cannabis and inhalants
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) - cannabis, cocaine, Quaaludes, PCP, amphetamine, pills ("uppers and downers"), LSD and Viagra
Walk the Line (2005) - cocaine and amphetamine
The Warriors - marijuana
The Wash (2001) - cannabis
Weirdsville (2007) - heroin, cannabis
We're the Millers (2013) - cannabis
What Just Happened (2008) - hydromorphone, benzodiazepines, cocaine is referred to
Where the Boys Are '84 (1984) - marijuana
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) - cannabis, cocaine and mescaline
Where the Day Takes You (1992) - multiple drugs
While We're Young (2015) - ayahuasca
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) - heroin
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
The Wild Angels (1966) - marijuana and heroin
Wild in the Streets (1968) - LSD
Winter's Bone (2010) - methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana
Withnail and I (1987) - cannabis, speed and other pills
Without a Paddle (2004) - cannabis
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - cocaine, crack cocaine, Quaaludes, and a mention of cannabis, Xanax and morphine
Woodstock (1970) - cannabis, LSD, and other psychedelics
Wonderland (2003) - cannabis, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, Quaaludes
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) - marijuana
Yellow Submarine (1968) - Largely considered to be like an LSD trip
The Young Nurses (1973) - cocaine
Your Highness (2011) - An unnamed herb that cause hallucinations
Youth In Revolt (2009) - marijuana, mushrooms
Zapped! (1982) - marijuana
Zombieland (2009) - marijuana
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