10 Great Films About Addiction

Benicio del Toro strikes again, this time starring as grieving heroin addict Jerry in Sussane Bier's devastating tale of grief and acceptance, Things We Lost in the Fire.

Following the death of his best friend Brian (David Duchovny), Jerry slips further into drug abuse and his best friend's widow Audrey (Halle Berry) agrees to let him move in with her and her daughter whilst he tries to get clean.

Things We Lost in the Fire occasionally slips into soap opera melodrama territory, but is grounded in its more over the top moments by del Toro's deeply moving and unsettling performance as a man battling not just his drug addiction, but the grief he and Audrey feel over Brian's untimely death.

The film is all about moving on, and how even the smallest piece of understanding can save someone from going over the edge. It's a hard film to stomach, but Things We Lost in the Fire is still one of the most sympathetic portrayals of drug addiction of the 2000s.