Drug Overdose Movies

A young girl dies after a batch of deadly pills find their way into a dance club scene. Cody and Fiorelli attempt to stop others from taking the...

An educational film that depicts the widespread use of prescription drugs to treat illnesses as well as the misuse and abuse of those drugs.

A man gets left at a motel room by his friends and his addiction is forcing him to relapse.

Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and...

Model, film star, muse, socialite, icon. Edie Sedgwick was the very first "it" girl of the Andy Warhol Factory scene. The arc of her life traced the...

Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this...

The late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA Draft, he forever altered our...

Middle class teenagers Jill, Felipe and Eddie, talk about their addiction and drug-related death.

Danny is a young man looking for love, and believes becoming a model is the peak of success. He eventually becomes a stripper and learns how that...

An experimental story, focusing on a group of punks disillusions with the neoliberal state, and the tendency’s towards so called filth and...

Educational film about the dangers of drug use and abuse in high school. Framed around the death of a classmate from overdose.

Months after the gruesome events of Ramen Hell, Alejandro and Frank try to escape to Colombia with the help of René, a mysterious driver, and...

First short film made by Marcus van Aefst & Luka Welling.

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the types of narcotic deaths and drugs encountered by Dr. Milton Helpern in his post as Chief Medical...

After the passing of his wife, a single father attempts to reconnect with his daughter as she crumbles under the weight of severe neglect and...

This program is an overview of best practices to keep a person who has overdosed alive between discovery and hospitalization. Practices include...