By default, movies are sorted by year in descending order.
Lucia
Lucia (2013)
A: 1.0 Q: 3.0 R: 1.7

A man suffering from insomnia can finally sleep thanks to a drug, Lucia, that causes lucid dreaming. Fantasy and reality become intertwined.

Are we responsible for our actions if under the influence of drugs? How can we ever trust another person's explanations?

A parasite alters the behavior of several people who are connected by events but who are affected differently.

Limitless
Limitless (2011)
A: 2.4 Q: 3.7 R: 3.7

A guy's friend introduces him to NZT, an experimental drug that "allows him to use 100% of his brain," bringing him wealth and power. But bad guys want it too.

Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, Beyond the Black Rainbow is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories

Scanner Darkly, A
Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
A: 3.5 Q: 4.1 R: 3.9

In the future, an undercover narcotics agent is addicted to "Substance D," which causes multiple personality disorder.

Special
Special (2006)
A: 4.1 Q: 4.1 R: 3.7

An experimental drug trial causes an otherwise very normal metermaid to believe that he has super powers.

Equilibrium
Equilibrium (2002)
A: 3.0 Q: 4.0 R: 3.8

A facist society is balanced by Prozium, a mind-altering drug that prevents people from feeling anything.

A pharmaceutical company releases an anti-depressant that causes your happiest memory to surface.

Intelligence enhancing drugs and virtual reality simulations transform a gardener.

Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch (1991)
A: 3.1 Q: 4.5 R: 3.4

An exterminator gets addicted to bug-killer, and finds himself spiraling into bizarre hallucinations, and delusional adventures.

Scanners
Scanners (1981)
A: 1.9 Q: 4.3 R: 3.3

An underworld of Scanners (with psychic and telekinetic powers) are attempting world domination. A rogue Scanner tries to bring them down.

Altered States
Altered States (1980)
A: 2.7 Q: 3.8 R: 3.3

A scientist gets carried away while investigating consciousness using hallucinogenic drugs.

THX 1138
THX 1138 (1971)
A: 3.3 Q: 3.8 R: 3.5

A future society has outlawed sex, while drugs are used to control the populace.

The Big Cube
The Big Cube (1969)
A: 0.0 Q: 0.0 R: 0.0

Conflicted but earnest daughter and hep-cat boyfriend try to gaslight her stepmother (Lana Turner) using LSD...in the form of sugar cubes. Drugs are bad, m'kay

Is Bette Davis crazy? Money murder drugs and hallucinations in a Southern Gothic setting. Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotton co-star. Agnes Moorehead rocks.

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