Movies like Ecstasy
If Ecstasy's mix of drug smuggling, scotland and ecstasy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ecstasy'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: scotland, edinburgh, scotland · 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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Go
1999 · Directed by Doug Liman · 102 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: ecstasy, rave · Also crime and comedy
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
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Layer Cake
2004 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: drug smuggling, ecstasy · 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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T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Directed by Danny Boyle · 117 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: scotland, edinburgh, scotland · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
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Human Traffic
1999 · Directed by Justin Kerrigan · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: ecstasy, rave · Also comedy and drama
For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through…
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American Gangster
2007 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 157 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: drug smuggling · 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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Sweet Sixteen
2002 · Directed by Ken Loach · 106 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: scotland · Also crime and drama
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
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The Guard
2011 · Directed by John Michael McDonagh · 96 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug smuggling · Also comedy and crime · From the same decade (2010s)
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
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The Angels' Share
2012 · Directed by Ken Loach · 101 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: scotland · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
Robbie is a Glasgow boy locked in a family feud who just wants a way out. On community service, he meets Rhino, Albert and Mo. Little did Robbie imagine that turning to drink might change their lives, leading them to…
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We're the Millers
2013 · Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber · 110 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: drug smuggling · Also comedy and crime · From the same decade (2010s)
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
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Filth
2013 · Directed by Jon S. Baird · 97 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: edinburgh, scotland · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.