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Theme: Drugs and Addiction

This refers to the depictions of various narcotic substances in fantastic cinema, along with the resulting problems that occur when people become addicted to them. These can include:-

– Depictions of types of narcotics and addictive substances in the future, including dystopias where the populace are kept in narcotised bliss

– Chemicals and addictives that have unforeseen side effects ranging all the way from mutation to personality transformation (the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story is often told as a story about drug addiction)

– Stories about people under the thrall of addictions and the dementia produced, many of which are depicted under the theme Drug Hallucinations.


Aachi & Ssipak (2006)

29 July 200712 February 2024

Rating: ★★½

Demented Korean Anime

Director: Jo Beom-jin
Category: Science Fiction

The ABCs of Death (2012)

26 February 201320 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Aaron Becker, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, …
Actors: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley
Category: Horror

Alice (2009)

17 February 201124 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

SF Version of Alice in Wonderland

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer, Kathy Bates, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Alien Nation (1988)

8 July 19993 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Human-Alien Buddy Cop Film

Director: Graham Baker
Actors: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevin Major Howard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aliens vs Titanic (2017)

26 January 20187 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Stranded on a Planet with Alien Parasites

Director: Jeff Leroy
Actors: Tasha Tacosa, Jin N Tonic, Jennifur Miller, Kelly Erin Decker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alyce (2011)

15 September 201417 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Urban Alice in Wonderland

Director: Jay Lee
Actors: Jade Dornfeld, Tamara Feldman, James Duval, Rena Owen, …
Category: Horror

Antibirth (2016)

25 January 20184 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Stoner Chick’s Mutant Impregnation

Director: Danny Perez
Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Sevigny, Meg Tilly, Mark Webber, …
Category: Science Fiction

Better Man (2024)

8 March 20256 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Rock Star Biopic with an Ape

Director: Michael Gracey
Actors: Robbie Williams, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Jonno Davies, …
Category: Fantasy

Bliss (2019)

4 July 202023 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Drug Hallucinations

Director: Joe Begos
Actors: Dora Madison, Jeremy Gardner, Tru Collins, Graham Skipper, …
Category: Horror

Blood (2000)

31 July 200131 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Narcotically Addictive Blood

Director: Charly Cantor
Actors: Adrian Rawlins
Category: Horror

Bloodeaters (1980)

18 August 202026 June 2022

Rating: ★

Toxic Marijuana Turns Hippies Into Zombies

Director: Charles McCrann
Actors: Charles McCrann, John Amplas
Category: Horror

Blue Sunshine (1977)

9 June 19996 June 2024

Rating: ★★

LSD Flashbacks Create Psychos

Director: Jeff Lieberman
Actors: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Robert Walden, Ray Young
Category: Horror

Bong of the Dead (2011)

4 June 201122 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Zombie Comedy

Director: Thomas Newman
Category: Horror

Brain Damage (1987)

3 April 200021 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Addictive Brain Parasite

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Rick Herbst, Jennifer Lowry
Category: Horror

Brave New World (1998)

10 August 20109 October 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Leslie Libman, Larry Williams
Actors: Peter Gallagher, Rya Kihlshedt, Tim Guinee, Leonard Nimoy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986)

26 November 200521 October 2024

Rating: ★

Bad Taste Splatter and Mutations/Troma Film

Director: Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman
Category: Horror

Cocaine Bear (2023)

25 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Rampaging Drug-Addicted Bear

Director: Elizabeth Banks
Actors: Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr, …
Category: Horror

Cocaine Crabs from Outer Space (2022)

10 April 202510 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Drug Addled Invading Alien Crabs

Director: Chuck Magee
Actors: Chuck Magee, Kate Andrews, Brent G. Baker, Doug Hoffman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cocaine Shark (2023)

17 March 202410 April 2025

Rating: 0­

Gonzo Killer Shark Film

Director: Mark Polonia
Actors: Titus Himmelberger, Natalie Himmelberger, Ken Van Sant, Samantha Coolidge, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Cocaine Werewolf (2024)

10 April 202519 May 2025

Rating: 0­

Werewolf Film

Director: Mark Polonia
Actors: Brice Kennedy, Jamie Morgan, Cody Losinger, Greta Volkova, …
Category: Horror

Corridors of Blood (1958)

18 October 20044 July 2022

Rating: ★★★

19th Century Medical Experiments

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, Betta St John, …
Category: Horror

Dark Angel (1990)

1 May 20002 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Cop vs Intergalactic Drug Dealer/Action

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dead Ringers (1988)

22 January 200212 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Disturbed Twin Psychology

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Category: Horror

Dredd (2012)

12 January 20139 July 2022

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Adaptation/Future Law Enforcement Officer

Director: Pete Travis
Actors: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune (1984)

1 February 200117 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Sting, Jurgen Prochnow, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune (2000)

8 July 200517 April 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Alec Newman, Saskia Reeves, William Hurt, Julie Cox, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune Part One (2021)

30 October 202117 April 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune Part Two (2024)

20 April 20246 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, …
Category: Science Fiction

Edge of Sanity (1989)

8 August 199930 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Gerard Kikoine
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp
Category: Horror

Equals (2015)

17 July 201622 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Dystopia

Director: Drake Doremus
Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Jacki Weaver, Guy Pearce, …
Category: Science Fiction

Equilibrium (2002)

10 March 200418 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Dystopia

Director: Kurt Wimmer
Actors: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, …
Category: Science Fiction

Evil Bong (2006)

9 June 20204 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Demonic Marijuana Bong

Director: Charles Band
Actors: David Weidoff, Brian Lloyd, Robin Sydney, Tommy Chong, …
Category: Horror

The Faculty (1998)

16 December 199919 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Body Snatchers Take Over a High School

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Laura Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)

18 November 202313 April 2024

Rating: ★★★

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Director: Mike Flanagan, Michael Fimognari
Actors: Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Mark Hamill, Henry Thomas, …
Category: Horror

Frankenhooker (1990)

9 March 200017 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Frankenstein Parody

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Joe Gonzalez, Louise Lasser, …
Category: Horror

Fritz the Cat (1972)

2 May 201317 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Adult Animation/Gonzo Talking Animals Satire

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Skip Hinnant, John McCurry
Category: Fantasy

Ginger Snaps (2000)

2 August 200116 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Teenage Girl Werewolves

Director: John Fawcett
Actors: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Jesse Moss, …
Category: Horror

Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)

7 January 20069 May 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Teenage Girl Werewolf

Director: Brett Sullivan
Actors: Emily Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Janet Kidder, Brendan Fletcher, …
Category: Horror

Guardian (2001)

1 July 200328 May 2021

Rating: ★

Action/Body-Hopping Demon

Director: John Terlesky
Actors: Mario Van Peebles, James Remar, Ice-T, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, …
Category: Horror

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)

22 February 201527 August 2021

Rating: ★

Time Travel Comedy

Director: Steve Pink
Actors: Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, …
Category: Science Fiction

I Pass for Human (2004)

21 October 200727 October 2021

Rating: ★★½

Ghosts of Drug Addicts

Director: Chris D.
Actors: Eleanor Whitledge, Mary Woronov, John Diehl
Category: Horror

Infinity Pool (2023)

25 February 20232 May 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Executed Clones/Bored Lawless Elites

Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Lespert, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jacob’s Ladder (2019)

1 September 201917 February 2024

Rating: ★

Drug Hallucinations

Director: David M. Rosenthal
Actors: Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nikki Behaire, Richie Coster
Category: Horror

Jekyll and Hyde … Together Again (1982)

2 September 200322 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Jekyll and Hyde Spoof

Director: Jerry Belson
Actors: Mark Blankfield, Bess Armstrong, Tim Thomerson, Peter Brocco
Category: Science Fiction

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

2 December 201710 March 2024

Rating: ★★½

Spy Film/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Life After The Navigator (2020)

7 December 20225 September 2024

Rating: ★★½

The Making of Flight of the Navigator

Director: Lisa Downs
Actors: Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young, Randal Kleiser, …
Category: Science Fiction

Limitless (2011)

27 March 201129 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Intelligence Expanding Drug

Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Liquid Dreams (1991)

14 December 20089 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Future Sexuality

Director: Mark Manos
Actors: Candice Daly, Barry Dennen, Juan Fernandez, Tracey Walter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Liquid Sky (1982)

8 April 200029 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Drug-Addicted Flying Saucer

Director: Slava Tsukerman
Actors: Anne Carlisle, Paula Sheppard
Category: Science Fiction

Lucy (2014)

27 July 20142 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Drug Grants Enhanced Intelligence and Superpowers/Action Film

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, …
Category: Science Fiction

Max Payne (2008)

19 October 200812 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Vigilante Cop

Director: John Moore
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris Ludacris Bridges, …
Category: Fantasy

Methgator (2023)

17 March 202416 September 2024

Rating: ★★½

Giant Drug-Addicted Alligator

Director: Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray
Actors: Laronn Marzett, Patrick Labyorteaux, Robbie Rist, Vanessa Tamayo, …
Category: Horror

Necromentia (2009)

29 May 201327 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Hallucinations, Fetish and Gateways to Hell

Director: Pearry Teo
Actors: Chad Grimes, Santiago Craig, Layton Matthews
Category: Horror

Orphans and Angels (2003)

4 July 200328 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Sinister Stranger

Director: Harold Brodie
Actors: Emmeline Hawthorne, Christopher Brown
Category: Horror

The Other Side of the Mirror (2016)

4 July 20174 September 2024

Rating: ½

Darker Version of Alice in Wonderland

Director: Zach Hamer
Category: Fantasy

Outland (1981)

7 February 200124 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Action Set on One of Jupiter’s Moons

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, …
Category: Science Fiction

Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare (2025)

18 April 202518 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Horror Version of Peter Pan

Director: Scott Jeffrey/Scott Chambers
Actors: Megan Placito, Martin Portlock, Peter De Souza-Feighoney, Kit Green, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Photographing Fairies (1997)

14 June 20023 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Fairies and Altered Perception

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Toby Stephens, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber, Emily Woof, …
Category: Fantasy

Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)

26 January 20081 June 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Descent into Madness/Rock Musical

Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bob Geldof, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, …
Category: Fantasy

Project Power (2020)

29 August 20208 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Superpower Drug

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Courtney B. Vance, …
Category: Science Fiction

Proteus (1995)

18 March 199926 November 2020

Rating: ★

Shape-Shifting Monster

Director: Bob Keen
Actors: Craig Fairbrass, Doug Bradley, Robert Firth, Ricco Ross
Category: Horror

Psychonauts, The Forgotten Children (2015)

3 November 201621 July 2023

Rating: ★★½

Surrealist Animation

Director: Pedro Rivera, Alberto Vazquez
Category: Fantasy

Reminiscence (2021)

4 September 202130 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Memory Retrieval Device/Future Noir

Director: Lisa Joy
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie/Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Repo: The Genetic Opera (2008)

8 January 201317 September 2019

Rating: ★

Future Organ Repossession/Rock Musical

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Sorvino, Sarah Brightman, …
Category: Science Fiction

RoboCop 2 (1990)

6 January 201127 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Cyborg Cop

Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Gabriel Damon, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

24 July 20066 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Philip K. Dick Adaptation/Identity Bending Drugs

Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)

5 May 199928 December 2022

Rating: ★

Psychic Powers

Director: Christian Duguay
Actors: Liliana Komorowska, Steve Parrish, Colin Fox, Daniel Pilon
Category: Science Fiction

Shrooms (2007)

11 July 202311 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Drug Hallucinations/Backwoods Horror

Director: Paddy Breathnach
Actors: Lindsay Haun, Jake Huston, Maya Hazen, Sean McGinley
Category: Horror

Skinwalkers (2006)

7 March 20094 March 2024

Rating: ★

Werewolves

Director: Jim Isaac
Actors: Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Matthew Knight, …
Category: Horror

The Special (2020)

4 July 202121 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Man Becomes Sexually Obsessed with a Mysterious Box

Director: B. Harrison Smith
Actors: Davy Raphaely, David Sheridan, Sarah French, Doug Henderson, …
Category: Horror

The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

5 August 201330 May 2023

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Jeremy Kasten, Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, …
Actors: Udo Kier, Catriona MacColl, Debbie Rochon, Tom Savini, …
Category: Horror

THX 1138 (1971)

12 November 20029 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ticks (1993)

19 June 199931 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Mutant Ticks

Director: Tony Randel
Actors: Seth Green, Clint Howard, Rosalind Allen, Barry Lynch, …
Category: Horror

Tommy (1975)

27 February 200331 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Demented Rock Musical/Messianic Pinball Player

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Paul Nicholas, …
Category: Fantasy

Urge (2016)

31 December 201631 May 2024

Rating: ½

Designer Drug Causes Mass Insanity

Director: Aaron Kaufman
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Justin Chatwin, Danny Masterson, Ashley Greene, …
Category: Horror

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)

4 November 201117 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Stoner Film

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Actors: Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Lennon, …
Category: Fantasy

VFW (2019)

29 April 202429 April 2024

Rating: ★★★

Barroom Under Siege from Crazed Drug Addicts

Director: Joe Begos
Actors: Stephen Lang, Fred Williamson, William Sadler, Martin Kove, …
Category: Horror

Vile (2011)

19 September 201327 October 2021

Rating: ★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Taylor Sheridan
Actors: Greg Cipes, Maya Hazen, Rob Kirkland, Ian Bohen, …
Category: Horror

The Wave (2019)

31 January 20202 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Reality Bending Drug Hallucinations

Director: Gille Klabin
Actors: Justin Long, Donald Faison, Sheila Vand, Ronnie Gene Blevins, …
Category: Fantasy

Wicked City (1993)

27 April 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★

War with Demon Dimension

Director: Mak Tai Kit
Actors: Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Tatsuya Nakadai, …
Category: Fantasy

Wild in the Streets (1968)

10 June 200210 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Satiric Youth Revolution

Director: Barry Shear
Actors: Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook, Shelley Winters, Richard Pryor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Wired (1989)

11 April 20052 August 2019

Rating: ★

Surreal John Belushi Biopic

Director: Larry Peerce
Actors: Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J.T. Walsh, Gary Groomes, …
Category: Fantasy

Zombie Hunter (2013)

20 April 202320 April 2023

Rating: ★★½

Zombie Film

Director: Kevin King
Actors: Danny Trejo, Martin Copping, Claire Niederpruem, Jade Regier, …
Category: Horror

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  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Romantic Comedies
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  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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