Opium Movies

The Thai government sends a man in undercover to a guerrilla compound to bring down Thailand's biggest drug lord, who supplies opium to most of the...

A once-promising doctor begins a downward spiral, finding himself in opium dens, a carnival freak show, and drugs parties.

An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.

A series of trick film hallucinations and scary doubling effects result when Patachon smokes an opium cigarette.

Blanche Sweet has a dual role in this picture -- she plays twin sisters, Edith, a sweet, normal young girl, and Grace, who is a drug fiend. They live...

Bigorno gets a visit to his seaside estate from a traveler, who brings a monkey and bric-a-brac for his wife and mother-in-law, and some opium for...

Gerrit Ammidon, despairing of any chance to marry his love, Nettie Vollar, because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, sails to...

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

Early "shockumentary", apparently shot in Egypt, which documents the habits of opium addicts. The interiors of drug dens are shown, and at the...

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

A newly qualified priest meets with a difficult partitioner.

Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, was almost hanged, was granted the rank of Major by Abraham...

Over 90% of the world's opium now comes from Afghanistan. In this shocking new film, we ride the drugs caravan, from cultivation, to process, to...

An exploration into the opium trade in Central Asia and the devastating effect on its people.