Movies like Less Than Zero
If Less Than Zero's mix of self-destruction, drug addiction and cocaine stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Less Than Zero's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 180 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction, hedonism, decadence · Also crime and drama
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
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Trainspotting
1996 · Directed by Danny Boyle · 94 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction, shocking · Also drama and crime
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride.
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Blow
2001 · Directed by Ted Demme · 124 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction, suspenseful · Also crime and drama
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
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Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 102 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction · Also crime and drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Carlito's Way
1993 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 144 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: cocaine · Also crime and drama
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
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American Gangster
2007 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 157 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: suspenseful · Also drama and crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
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The Basketball Diaries
1995 · Directed by Scott Kalvert · 102 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also drama and crime
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Jackie Brown
1997 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Michael Bowen · Also crime and drama
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail…
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25th Hour
2002 · Directed by Spike Lee · 135 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: melancholy · Also crime and drama
On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
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Layer Cake
2004 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: cocaine · Also drama and crime
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Directed by Stephen Chbosky · 103 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: melancholy, gay theme
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him…
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The Infiltrator
2016 · Directed by Brad Furman · 127 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: suspenseful · Also crime and drama
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.