Movies like Hell's Pavement
If Hell's Pavement's mix of child abuse, drug abuse and drug addiction stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hell's Pavement's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Trainspotting
1996 · Directed by Danny Boyle · 94 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug abuse, drug addiction
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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Short Term 12
2013 · Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton · 96 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: child abuse, foster child
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
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Oliver Twist
2005 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 130 min6.8
Why you'll like itWith Teresa Churcher · Shares: child abuse · From the same decade (2000s)
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of…
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Judy
2019 · Directed by Rupert Goold · 118 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: drug abuse, drug addiction
Thirty years after starring in 'The Wizard of Oz', beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub.
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Beautiful Boy
2018 · Directed by Felix van Groeningen · 121 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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The Florida Project
2017 · Directed by Sean Baker · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction
The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
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Boy A
2008 · Directed by John Crowley · 106 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: child abuse · From the same decade (2000s)
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle.
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Heaven Knows What
2015 · Directed by Benny Safdie · 97 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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Mommie Dearest
1981 · Directed by Frank Perry · 129 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: child abuse
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.