30 Addiction Recovery Movies to Watch
Explore 30 released addiction recovery movies, selected for topic relevance and audience interest, with summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
Rank 1Movie
Trainspotting
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. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Runner-up picks
2Movie
Beautiful Boy
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
3Movie
Rachel Getting Married
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
More rankings
4MovieNo Exit
2022★ 6.8
5MovieA Good Person
2023★ 7.0
6MovieHillbilly Elegy
2020★ 6.7
7MovieThe Way Back
2020★ 6.6
8Movie28 Days
2000★ 6.2
9MovieThe Possession of Hannah Grace
2018★ 5.6
10MovieHoney Boy
2019★ 7.0
11MovieThe Party Is Over
2018★ 6.1
12MovieBen Is Back
2018★ 6.6
13MovieThanks for Sharing
2013★ 6.0
14MoviePostcards from the Edge
1990★ 6.6
15MovieAmy
2015★ 7.6
16MovieAll Is Forgiven
2007★ 6.5
17MovieColumbus
2017★ 7.1
18MovieA Million Little Pieces
2019★ 6.2
19MovieSweet Dreams
2024★ 5.5
20MovieBeing Charlie
2016★ 6.2
21MovieKeep the Lights On
2012★ 5.7
22MovieDosed
2019★ 8.3
23MovieThe Trip
2021★ 6.1
24MovieThe Sexy Killer
1976★ 6.1
25MovieInner Demons
2014★ 5.2
26MovieLast Resort
1996★ 6.4
27MovieFinal Recovery
2025★ 3.0
28MovieJelly Roll: Save Me
2023★ 8.6
29MovieTrapped in a Purple Haze
2000★ 4.9
30MovieDate Bait
1960★ 5.3
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Explore 30 released addiction recovery movies, selected for topic relevance and audience interest, with summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
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