Movies like Candy
If Candy's mix of australia, heroin and junkie stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Candy'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: heroin, junkie, cold turkey
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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The Panic in Needle Park
1971 · Directed by Jerry Schatzberg · 110 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: heroin · Also drama and romance
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and…
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American Gangster
2007 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 157 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: heroin, junkie · From the same decade (2000s)
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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Heaven Knows What
2015 · Directed by Benny Safdie · 97 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: heroin
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.