Movies Like Your Witness

If you liked Your Witness (2024), a movie directed by Ben Herrell and Bobbie Wright, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Candy (2006)
★ 7.1/10
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of…
2
Heaven Knows What (2015)
★ 6.4/10
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
3
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
★ 6.8/10
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and…
4
Trainspotting (1996)
★ 8/10
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…
5
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
★ 7.4/10
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
6
Beautiful Boy (2018)
★ 7.6/10
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.
7
A Million Little Pieces (2019)
★ 6.2/10
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
8
Jesus' Son (2000)
★ 6.2/10
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
9
Heroin(e) (2017)
★ 6.9/10
This documentary follows three women — a fire chief, a judge, and a street missionary — as they battle West Virginia's devastating opioid epidemic.
10
Less Than Zero (1987)
★ 6.4/10
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
11
More (1969)
★ 6.3/10
A German student, Stefan, now finished with his studies, hitchhikes to Paris. There he meets a free-spirited American girl, Estelle, who he follows to Ibiza. The two begin a sad and dark path into heroin addiction.
12
Permanent Midnight (1998)
★ 5.9/10
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.
13
Half Baked (1998)
★ 6.3/10
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
14
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
★ 6.6/10
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
15
Adam & Paul (2004)
★ 6.9/10
Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As…
16
The Baker (2023)
★ 6.2/10
A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back…
17
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
★ 6.6/10
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
18
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
★ 6.7/10
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
19
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
20
Echo Valley (2025)
★ 6.5/10
Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child.