The 25 Best Drug Documentaries

31 documentaries

Addiction, policy and the trade that keeps it all going.

Drugs from every side - the users, the dealers, the police and the policy. The House I Live In makes the case against the war on drugs better than anything else. Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is a chemist trying everything so you don't have to.

The House I Live In poster

1

The House I Live In

2012 · 1h 50m

7.994%

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia poster

2

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

2016 · 20 eps

8.9

The Last Narc poster

3

The Last Narc

2020 · 4 eps

8.5

Orange Sunshine poster

4

Orange Sunshine

2016 · 1h 45m

7.3100%

Grass Is Greener poster

5

Grass Is Greener

2019 · 1h 37m

7.1100%

The Two Escobars poster

6

The Two Escobars

2010 · 1h 40m

8.185%

Cocaine Cowboys poster

7

Cocaine Cowboys

2006 · 1h 58m

7.771%

The Sunshine Makers poster

8

The Sunshine Makers

2015 · 1h 41m

7.0100%

The Crime of the Century poster

9

The Crime of the Century

2021 · 2 eps

8.1

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High poster

10

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

2007 · 1h 44m

8.1

Heroin(e) poster

11

Heroin(e)

2017 · 39m

6.8100%

Cartel Land poster

12

Cartel Land

2015 · 1h 41m

7.390%

How to Change Your Mind poster

13

How to Change Your Mind

2022 · 4 eps

7.9

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street poster

14

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

2000 · 1h 15m

7.9

Narco Cultura poster

15

Narco Cultura

2013 · 1h 43m

7.288%

Louis Theroux: Dark States – Heroin Town poster

16

Louis Theroux: Dark States – Heroin Town

2017 · 3 eps

7.8

The Pharmacist poster

17

The Pharmacist

2020 · 4 eps

7.7

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary poster

18

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary

2014 · 1h 39m

7.578%

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion poster

19

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion

2016 · 1h

7.6

Neurons to Nirvana poster

20

Neurons to Nirvana

2013 · 1h 9m

7.6

Grass poster

21

Grass

1999 · 1h 20m

7.274%

Sins of My Father poster

22

Sins of My Father

2009 · 1h 34m

7.2

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami poster

23

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami

2021 · 6 eps

7.1

Magic Medicine poster

24

Magic Medicine

2018 · 1h 19m

7.1

DMT: The Spirit Molecule poster

25

DMT: The Spirit Molecule

2010 · 1h 15m

7.1

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Freeway: Crack in the System poster

Freeway: Crack in the System

2015 · 1h 43m

7.0

Pablo's Hippos poster

Pablo's Hippos

2010 · 1h 30m

6.9

Party Monster: The Shockumentary poster

Party Monster: The Shockumentary

1998 · 57m

7.260%

The Last Shaman poster

The Last Shaman

2016 · 1h 23m

6.6

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics poster

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

2020 · 1h 25m

6.860%

Take Your Pills poster

Take Your Pills

2018 · 1h 27m

6.358%

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