Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "heroin-overdose"

1. The Suicide Squad (2021)

R | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman

Votes: 409,753 | Gross: $55.82M

2. Flight (I) (2012)

R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller

Troubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman

Votes: 376,247 | Gross: $93.77M

3. The Doors (1991)

R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley

Votes: 99,086 | Gross: $35.18M

4. Cold Pursuit (2019)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Neeson, Michael Eklund

Votes: 78,087 | Gross: $32.14M

5. High and Low (1963)

Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa

Votes: 53,218

6. Animal Kingdom (2010)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Bryce Lindemann

Votes: 60,511 | Gross: $1.04M

7. Shaft (2019)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall

Votes: 58,756 | Gross: $21.36M

8. Synchronic (2019)

R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides

Votes: 40,220

9. Tideland (2005)

R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer

Votes: 34,687 | Gross: $0.07M

10. In Order of Disappearance (2014)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Oftebro

Votes: 29,147 | Gross: $0.05M

11. Inserts (1975)

NC-17 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.

Director: John Byrum | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 2,440

12. Soaked in Bleach (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Crime

Tom Grant, a private investigator once hired by Courtney Love, reveals his take on the death of Kurt Cobain.

Director: Benjamin Statler | Stars: Daniel Roebuck, Sarah Scott, August Emerson, Tyler Bryan

Votes: 11,596

13. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama

In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello

Votes: 6,986 | Gross: $29.20M

14. Good People (2014)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Discovering a stash of cash in their dead tenant's apartment, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary - the thief who stole it.

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson, Omar Sy

Votes: 17,279

15. Baby Sister (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Immature dropout Annie concocts a scheme to get her older sister's live-in boyfriend to date her instead.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ted Wass, Phoebe Cates, Pamela Bellwood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 390

16. L.A. Confidential (2003 TV Movie)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Unsold TV pilot based on the James Ellroy novel. An ambitious internal affairs investigator, a simple but tough patrolman and a morally gray vice squad detective investigate corruption and a mysterious heroin smuggling ring in 1950s L.A.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, David Conrad, Josh Hopkins, Pruitt Taylor Vince

Votes: 813

17. Puppet on a Chain (1970)

PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ... See full summary »

Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen

Votes: 1,277 | Gross: $0.77M

18. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Karleen Bennett, Laura Joplin

Votes: 5,641 | Gross: $0.41M

19. Hideaway (2009)

Unrated | 88 min | Drama

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling ... See full summary »

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Melvil Poupaud

Votes: 2,973 | Gross: $0.03M

20. Train Station Pickups (1979)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

Follows the experiences of Petra and her friends as they reach the final year at high school.

Director: Walter Boos | Stars: Marco Kröger, Katja Bienert, Ingeborg Steinbach, Wolfgang Plumhoff

Votes: 210

21. New World (1995)

R | 125 min | Drama

Born in 1943 during German occupation of their French town, Patrick and Marie-José have been best friends; now teens, they experiment with sex, which doesn't seem to bring them closer. ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Nicolas Chatel, Sarah Grappin, James Gandolfini, Alicia Silverstone

Votes: 312

22. Hammer (1972)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Los Angeles dock worker becomes a boxer but his crooked manager is involved in various rackets and he's working for the mob.

Director: Bruce D. Clark | Stars: Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee, William Smith

Votes: 750

23. American Perfekt (1997)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Sandra meets a shrink on the way to picking up her sister at a desert town to continue to their mom. He decides by flipping a coin. The coin flipping gets psycho.

Director: Paul Chart | Stars: Amanda Plummer, Robert Forster, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk

Votes: 1,573

24. The New Twenty (2008)

Unrated | 92 min | Drama

Five best friends in their late 20's discover new truths about themselves and the friendships they thought would last forever.

Director: Chris Mason Johnson | Stars: Bill Sage, Terry Serpico, Nicole Bilderback, Colin Fickes

Votes: 520 | Gross: $0.02M

25. Terrorgram (1990)

R | 88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

"Terrorgram" was an anthology of three horror stories linked by a sinister delivery boy. The stories are "Heroine Overdose", "Pandora" and "Veteran's Day".

Director: Stephen M. Kienzle | Stars: James Earl Jones, Steven Field, J.T. Wallace, Jerry Anderson

Votes: 175

26. Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (2012)

55 min | Documentary

How the Vietnamese community overcame the odds and found their place in multicultural Australia.

Stars: Maria Tran, Thang Ngo, Deborah Wallace, Andy Trieu

Votes: 26

27. A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan (1972)

20 min | Short, Fantasy

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Director: Jamaa Fanaka | Stars: Jamaa Fanaka, Katina Gordon Fanaka, Carmen Gordon

Votes: 10

28. Heroin (2015)

Short, Crime, Drama

In a series of life changing events, Rebecca's life crumbles around her as heroin consumes all.

Director: David Turvey | Stars: Rachel Poole, Randy Leracey

29. Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode: The Goodbye Orphan Annie Blues (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Baretta comes to suspect that his close friend, a music store owner, may not only be a drug dealer but may be unknowingly selling heroin so pure that it's killing his customers.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Edward Grover, Paul Williams

Votes: 55

30. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Primum Non Nocere (2002)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An ice hockey player dies during a game.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 881

31. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Supply & Demand (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenage boy is found dead in his apartment which is totally trashed.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 326

32. The Guardian (2001–2004)
Episode: Family (2002)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Burton's sister-in-law and former secret crush Liz is selling her advertising agency to benefit her son, a hostile, delinquent brat who was expelled from school and is in debt. A 10-year-old girl is forced to be a drug mule.

Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Charles Malik Whitfield

Votes: 128

33. Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode: Due Process of Law (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After Mark's girlfriend is found dead he becomes obsessed with finding the responsible person, even if it means ignoring the law.

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Raymond Burr, Dwayne Hickman, David Carradine, Don Galloway

Votes: 76

34. Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode: Justice for All (1978)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Kojak has been recruited to be lead investigator for a powerful law firm--great salary and benefits. His involvement with a series of deaths due to "hot smack" leads him to believe the ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Benson | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas

Votes: 112

35. Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode: Sweeter Than Life (1975)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

During a family party, Kojak's camera was stolen. When it turns up at a murder scene, Kojak discovers his nephew is an addict and was somehow involved. He pays a former boxer to oversee his... See full summary »

Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas

Votes: 139

36. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Good Collar (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett attempts to help a high-school football star achieve his dream, while others pressure him to help bring down a teenage drug lord.

Director: Mario DiLeo | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 465

37. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode: God Bless the Child (1982)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Busting a heroin ring becomes personal for Hooker when he discovers the dealers are selling smack at his daughter's high school.

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, April Clough, Richard Herd

Votes: 103

38. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Seeing Red (2006)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Ice Truck Killer leaves Dexter the most horrifying crime scene imaginable, forcing him to confront a horrific suppressed memory from his past; Rita must hire a lawyer when her ex sues for sole custody of their children.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King

Votes: 7,088

39. Final 24 (2006–2007)
Episode: Jim Morrison (2007)

TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Jim Morrison is one of the most famous rock singers in the world. He's is the ultimate sex symbol, but Morrison is at war with his own dark demons. A gripping look into the last 24 hours of... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Allcock, Michael McNamara, Chris Bould | Stars: Danny Wallace, James Riordan, Vince Treanor, Pamela Des Barres

Votes: 55

40. 999: On the Front Line (2017– )
Episode: Episode #4.2 (2020)

47 min | Documentary

Paramedics of the West Midlands Ambulance Service treat a man who has taken a heroin overdose, a 73-year-old man with slurred speech, and a toddler with breathing difficulties

Directors: Jimmy Dallas, Craig Ellis, Ian Glatt, Harriet Morter | Star: Paul Bown

41. Pistol (2022)
Episode: Track 6: Who Killed Bambi? (2022)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, Music

Malcolm believes the Sex Pistols have become too much like a rock band. Johnny leaves the group and is replaced by Sid as lead singer. Sid is suspected of murdering Nancy in New York City.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Louis Partridge, Sydney Chandler

Votes: 274

42. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Pool Shark (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A shark attacks a woman in the pool at a casino day-club, and Catherine soon suspects it's part of a feud between rival casino owners. Meanwhile, Wendy has some sad news for Hodges.

Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 703

43. Fuck You, It's January!!! (2015– )
Episode: Fuck You, It's Year!!! (2015)

Comedy

A discussion of dumping ground of cinematic releases that is January evolves into that one about a year full of lackluster sequels.

Directors: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa | Stars: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa, Rich Evans

Votes: 7

44. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Buffalo Shuffle (2011)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ignoring a puzzling break-in at Station 4, Murdoch travels to Buffalo to help Dr. Ogden solve the suspicious death of a young cancer patient at a children's hospital.

Director: Yannick Bisson | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 333

45. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: The Untouchable (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A troubled woman who once turned to Mac after witnessing a group of men trying to cover up a murder turns up dead herself under very suspicious circumstances.

Director: Vikki Williams | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 264

46. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Sunday Best (2012)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama

Easter Sunday allows for several families to share dinner" Nucky, Margaret and the kids with Eli, Richard with the Sagorskys, and Gyp with his wife and kids.

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,849

47. The New Look (2024– )
Episode: Will You Return (2024)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History

Christian tends to family matters that will forever influence his aesthetic. Coco must make a deal with Spatz as Elsa's addiction intensifies.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, Emily Mortimer

Votes: 161

48. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 60-53 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

We begin the countdown of America's most notorious unsolved mysteries and crimes by exploring who killed Marilyn Monroe and ask if one of America's most infamous killers got away with murder.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, John McGinnis, Troy Taylor, Paul Aron

49. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Turn in the Urn (2014)

TV-14 | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hedge fund manager turns up at his own funeral and the Jeffersonian team must try to identify the man who was cremated. Also as the sales of Finn's and Hodgins' hot sauce soars, Finn must deal with some life changes.

Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 700

50. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: One for Sorrow: Part 1 (2015)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.

Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Helen Schlesinger, Shanaya Rafaat, Tim Pigott-Smith, Andreea Paduraru

Votes: 485