Poll: Best Portrayal of a Drug Addict

A poll by leavey-2

Results of 922 votes:

  1. 194

    Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting (1996)

  2. 143

    Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream (2000)

  3. 119

    Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream (2000)

  4. 70

    Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

  5. 54

    Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

  6. 51

    Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries (1995)

  7. 44

    Timothée Chalamet in Beautiful Boy (2018)

  8. 42

    Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. (1981)

  9. 29

    Courtney Love in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

  10. 24

    Heath Ledger in Candy (2006)

  11. 23

    Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)

  12. 21

    Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (2005)

  13. 19

    Frank Sinatra in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

  14. 14

    Val Kilmer in The Doors (1991)

  15. 11

    Samuel L. Jackson and Ruby Dee in Jungle Fever (1991)

  16. 10

    Al Pacino in The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

  17. 10

    Paz de la Huerta in Enter the Void (2009)

  18. 10

    Erika Christensen in Traffic (2000)

  19. 10

    Philip Seymour Hoffman in Love Liza (2002)

  20. 8

    Chloe Webb in Sid and Nancy (1986)

  21. 7

    Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (2006)

  22. 5

    Mena Suvari in Spun (2002)

  23. 4

    Kitty Winn in The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

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