Mark Renton, un joven escocés de Edimburgo, y sus amigos son adictos a la heroína, lo que significa que viven fuera de la realidad, en un mundo aparte. Dentro del grupo hay un psicópata alcohólico y violento, un joven desesperado, un mujeriego con un conocimiento enciclopédico sobre Sean Connery y un entusiasta de las caminatas y de Iggy Pop.

El Sheriff Church y la detective Zeppelin se esfuerzan por mantener la paz en su complicado pueblo. Shelby John y Ruby Red quieren empezar desde cero una vida juntos. Deciden formar una familia y dejar atrás la mala vida, con el apoyo de Peter, el cuñado de Ruby. Sin embargo, Shelby descubre a su amada Ruby muerta en el porche antes de que pudiera cumplir su último deseo: ser bautizada en el río y limpiar sus pecados pasados. Lleno de furia, Shelby se embarca en una ola de venganza para corregir todo el mal que todos los eslabones de la cadena del tráfico de drogas le han hecho a Ruby. Armado de adrenalina, Shelby los buscará, uno por uno hasta llegar a Coyote, señor del crimen organizado. El sheriff va tras los pasos de Shelby en una carrera contrarreloj para acabar con su justicia ciega antes de que su guerra particular convierta el pueblo en un baño de sangre.

Brian, un criminal al que persigue la policía de toda la ciudad y que está deseando reunirse con su hijo recién nacido, secuestra a Ashley, una mujer que está desintoxicándose de su adicción a la metanfetamina, en su propia casa. Ashley empieza a leer un libro de autoayuda para calmarse. Este hecho provoca que entre ellos nazca una extraña relación.

Un día James Bowen, es un músico callejero que se está recuperando de su adicción a las drogas, se encuentra en su apartamento un gato herido abandonado al que llama Bob. Su vida da un vuelco cuando decide hacerse cargo del animal y con el que aprenderá a ser una persona responsable para dar un cambio a su vida

A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.

Una mujer sale de prisión y se reúne con su exitosa hermana Danica. Pronto descubre que Danica está en una relación online con un hombre que no es lo que parece.

Anders está a punto de acabar un tratamiento de desintoxicación en un centro rural. Como parte de su terapia, una mañana va a la ciudad a una entrevista de trabajo. Aprovechando el permiso, se queda en la ciudad y se encuentra con gente que hacía mucho tiempo que no veía. Es un hombre inteligente, guapo y de buena familia, pero se siente profundamente perturbado por las oportunidades que ha desaprovechado y por las personas a las que ha decepcionado. Sin embargo, cuando llega la noche sueña con la posibilidad de encontrar el amor y empezar una nueva vida llena de esperanza, confiando en el porvenir a partir del día siguiente.

Michael intenta sacar a su mejor amigo Chris de la vida que lleva, apartada de la sociedad. Para ello se dirige a su cabaña del bosque.

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.

An Oakland mayoral candidate struggles to figure out her personal and professional lives.

Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest assholes in New York City.

The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.

In this high definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest newuroscientific research about addiction along the way.Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people in covery feel better understood, and their families and friends feel hope that recovery is possible.

In this emotionally compelling documentary, Sister Helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the South Bronx after the death of her husband and two sons. The film's fly-on-the-wall technique succeeds in capturing the day-to-day existence of Sister Helen and the various residents of the home.

The Out follows Liam, a thirty-five-year-old recovering heroin addict, as he looks after his young daughter for the first time since being out of prison and getting clean. These 24 hours see Liam piecing together the fragments of his life after prison and his complicated journey to recovery

Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in which they detox put them at risk.

Life through the eyes of an addict.

This film points out the risks of being a heroin addict. Explains that addicts cannot be identified solely with one particular socio-economic level and cannot always be detected by appearance. Addicts and ex-addicts describe the first and subsequent drugs they used.

SPACED OUT written, edited and directed by Priyakanta Laishram is a movie dedicated to all the people who are on the road to recovery from drug addiction. The film is a realistic depiction of addiction and how there is no magic cure. The vicious cycle of progress and defeat tumbles the family of Panthoi (played by Priyakanta Laishram) through many years in this film chronicle. It also depicts the relationship of a drug addict with his loved ones that's pushed to the limits by a seemingly no-win situation. A meditation on memory and the difficulty of reconciling the happiness of the past with a present that's become too sad to bear. The film won 5 awards and 15 nominations including Best Actor In A Leading Role for Priyakanta, Best Narration, Best Screenplay etc. at various international and national film festivals.