Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "opium-addiction"

1. The Luminaries (2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Adventure mystery set in the midst of New Zealand's 1860's gold rush period. It has all the stuff that makes a good drama: murder, love and revenge, as men and women travel the world making their fortunes.

Stars: Eve Hewson, Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Marton Csokas

Votes: 4,236

2. Farewell My Concubine (1993)

R | 171 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge

Votes: 33,298 | Gross: $5.22M

3. Shanghai (2010)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat, David Morse

Votes: 10,359 | Gross: $0.04M

4. Temptress Moon (1996)

R | 130 min | Drama, Romance

Not far from Shanghai, in a country town stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older ... See full summary »

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, Saifei He

Votes: 2,041 | Gross: $1.08M

5. Corridors of Blood (1958)

Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee, Finlay Currie

Votes: 2,285

6. The Opium War (1997)

153 min | Drama, History, War

Qing official Lin Zexu burns the opium of British traders in a bid to end the opium trade. Incensed by his actions, the British traders appeal to their government, leading to the First Opium War and the eventual cessation of Hong Kong.

Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Guoan Bao, Liankun Lin, Sihung Lung, Debra Beaumont

Votes: 601

7. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

Directors: Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis

Votes: 456

8. The Narrow Corner (1933)

TV-PG | 69 min | Drama

An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy, Dudley Digges

Votes: 341

9. Droga sterco di Dio (1987)

79 min | Documentary

This film deals with an atrocious and inhuman truth of various worldwide drug problems, according to the text which scrolls in the opening sequence. Some of the problems include: Drug ... See full summary »

Director: Stelvio Massi

Votes: 36

10. Doktor Rosin (1949)

Crime, Drama

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Director: Arthur De Glahs | Stars: Alfred Schnayder, Alfred Neugebauer, Hans Richter, Erika Berghöfer

Votes: 15

11. A Snake's Tail (2006)

74 min | Drama

Bijan asks Manou to meet so that he can tell the story of Kami: Kami's father has passed away and he is introduced to the Agha that has conducted the funeral. A friendship develops between ... See full summary »

Director: Bijan Daneshmand | Stars: Manou Marzban, Omid Gholami, Bijan Daneshmand, Sleem Hasan

Votes: 43

12. Opium (2005 TV Movie)

24 min | Action

Suddenly Dance Theatre's OPIUM observes the artist through fits of creative madness and addiction, in a hallucinatory dance short inspired by the French artist Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) ... See full summary »

Directors: David Ferguson, Miles Lowry | Stars: Jung Ah Chung, David Ferguson, Niels Knudsen, Dominique Porte

13. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: The Murdered Party (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jarrod agrees to defend a murder suspect, despite the fact that Heath witnessed the killing. The case involves the defense of a man from a reviled family and the death of a respected benefactor.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 131

14. Fastlane (2002–2003)
Episode: Ryde or Die (2002)

Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Van and Deaq open a club to investigate an ecstasy dealer who Billie has been trying to get for over 3 years, when the investigation doesn't go according to plan Billie takes matters into her own hands.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, Bill Duke

Votes: 54

15. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: The Lordly Ones (2021)

66 min | Documentary, History

It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 102

16. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Seven: American Graffiti (2023)

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

Jughead and Tabitha team up to investigate a mystery involving Brad Raybury; Cheryl asks Toni if she can attend an afterschool book club with her and other Black students; Betty and Veronica ask Archie and Reggie out on a double date.

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 292

17. Beecham House (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2017)

TV-14 | Drama

Sam has told John that his brother Daniel is in India. When John finds him, Daniel tells him that their mother told him that John was somewhere else. Daniel has resented John for years for ... See full summary »

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Tom Bateman, Kumiko Kaur Chadha Berges, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Bessie Carter

Votes: 139