15 Best Movies About Drugs And Addiction In Cinema History

12. Thirteen

Perhaps one of the lesser-known films to occupy a place on this list, Thirteen is just as bold, daring, and ultimately chilling a picture as any you might see with regards to drugs, highs, and addiction. Starring Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter in the lead roles of Tracy and Evie, this coming-of-age drama is a haunting portrait of the hunger to be popular, and the tender age that drugs and addiction can take hold. Driven by thirst for popularity, young teen Tracy befriends the troublesome but fashionable Evie. Together the two ease away from harmless, typical teen lifestyles into hardcore inebriation, sexual escapades, and petty crime. Some might be quick to dismiss director Catherine Hardwicke for her role behind the camera of the first film in the Twilight series. But her debut effort is a million miles away from the sloppy vampire series, exploring themes dark enough to send the Twilight characters leaping back to into the pages of the novels they came from.