Below is a list of the top ten substance use disorder movies now available on HBO Max.

These top ten streaming lists of the best film, television, and documentary resources for professionals to offer their patients are part of an ongoing TTC Resources series. In this series, Tarzana Treatment Centers offers support for treatment professionals and anyone else in need.

The goal is to provide easily accessible information about substance use disorder.

As an important note, we recommend that you watch these movies before recommending them. Many of these films portray recreational drug usewith graphic reality and could be triggering to people in early recovery. A movie that could be illuminating to one patient, revealing the dangers of drug abuse, couldprove to be dangerous to another.

Thus, as a disclaimer, we ask you to use your own experienced judgment when deciding whether to recommend these films to patients, particularly those vulnerable and newly sober.

1) Clean and Sober (1988 Drama)

Hiding out in rehab from police, a cocaine-addicted hot shot realizes he has a big problem.

2) Requiem for a Dream (200 Drama)

Heroin addiction and amphetamine addiction brutally tears apart the lives of the characters.

3) Bright Lights, Big City (1988 Drama)

Dreaming of success, a young man finds himself becoming dependent on drugs and drinking.

4) Gus Van Sant’s Last Days (2005 Drama)

Based on the last days of Kurt Cobain, a look at how addiction consumes talent and genius.

5) Half Nelson (2006 Drama)

A teacher in a Brooklyn school struggles with drug addiction as he tries to mentor a student.

6) Winter’s Bone (2010 Drama)

After her drug-dealing father disappears, a young woman searches for closure in the Ozarks.

7) Ray (2004 Biographical Drama)

Overcoming blindness to find mainstream success, Ray Charlesbattles heroin addiction.

8) Walk the Line (2005 Biographical Drama)

Johnny Cash finds that his toughest battle in life is against his addiction to drugs and drinking.

9) Under the Volcano (1984 Drama)

A heavy-drinking British Consul in Mexico drowns himself in alcohol on the Day of the Dead.

10) The Man with the Golden Arm (1956 Drama)

When an ex-heroin addict gets out of prison, he struggles to avoid the temptation to relapse.

If you want to provide certainpatients with movies that will open their eyes about the cost of addiction, or if you want to know more about substance use disorder, here is a good place to start with easy access.