Drugstore Cowboy

“Sooner or later, someone will pay the price.”

7.1

1989

1h 42m

DramaCrime

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

Key Crew

Director

Gus Van Sant

Producers

Nick Wechsler

Karen Murphy

Writers

Gus Van Sant

Daniel Yost

Cinematography

Robert D. Yeoman

Music

Elliot Goldenthal

Cast (21)

Matt Dillon

Bob

Kelly Lynch

Dianne

Similar Movies

Howards End

1992

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on libe...

7.0

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get...

7.5

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save arou...

6.6

Charlie Bartlett

2008

Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and deci...

6.7

Running with Scissors

2006

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and a...

5.8

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series...

7.1

The Lovely Bones

2009

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her ki...

7.1

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008

When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against...

7.0

Lonesome Jim

2005

After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick...

6.0

Juno

2007

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her...

7.1

Ang Tag-araw ni Twinkle

2013

A group of soldiers led by then-Colonel Cenon Payawan (Cris Villanueva) attacks an NPA camp deep in the wilderness. Amon...

7.0

Toro

2015

Friends Toro and Victor struggle with drug addiction and male prostitution in a hostile environment. When they lose all...

6.0

Before the Night

2018

The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and...

7.1

Dirty World

1978

Senator Alberici tries to approach the secretariat of his party with a campaign against immorality. In reality the polit...

4.5

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972

Maggie Cole is a research scientist who, after the sudden death of her husband, takes a position as an on-call doctor in...

6.8

Nazey

1979

The film tells the story of two young people who are in love. Ali, a truck driver, is preparing to marry Nazey, who is h...

0.0

The Kite Runner

2007

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son...

7.3

Crown Vic

2019

One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland...

6.2

Letters from War

2016

In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a do...

7.0

Saigon: Year of the Cat

1983

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relat...

4.6

Shoot to Kill

1988

When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin m...

6.6

Story of Women

1988

France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abo...

7.3

Suede: The Insatiable Ones

2018

Looking at identity, power, happiness, self-destruction and acceptance, this is a thematic exploration of a group that o...

7.4

The Facebook Dilemma

2018

Original interviews and rare footage show early warnings about Facebook's impact on privacy and democracy around the wor...

7.2

Mulberry St.

2010

Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street i...

6.0

No image

Shotgun

2015

Three rebellious girls hit the road as they burn rubber and leave no survivors on an inexplicably wild and wicked ride

8.5

Little Darlings

1980

Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while...

6.5

My Bodyguard

1980

Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talkin...

6.3

Staten Island

2009

Sully is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltr...

6.0

The Winter War

1989

Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the mun...

7.1

Cave

2016

A group of former military elites set out to explore an uncharted abyss, not knowing their worst nightmare is waiting fo...

4.4

West and Soda

1965

West and soda is a 1965 traditionally-animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the tr...

6.8

Mala Noche

1987

Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt...

6.1

The Lucky Ones

2008

The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuri...

6.4

Switch

1991

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with Go...

5.9

The Seasoning House

2012

The Seasoning House - where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for t...

6.3

Hardware

1990

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itsel...

5.9

Election

2005

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the d...

7.2

Barfly

1987

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stool...

6.9

Thursday

1998

A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the su...

6.9

Drugstore Cowboy

Key Crew

Director

Producers

Writers

Cinematography

Music

Cast (21)

Similar Movies

Howards End

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Bringing Out the Dead

Charlie Bartlett

Running with Scissors

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

The Lovely Bones

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Lonesome Jim

Juno

Ang Tag-araw ni Twinkle

Toro

Before the Night

Dirty World

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Nazey

The Kite Runner

Crown Vic

Letters from War

Saigon: Year of the Cat

You Might Also Like

Shoot to Kill

Story of Women

Suede: The Insatiable Ones

The Facebook Dilemma

Mulberry St.

Shotgun

Little Darlings

My Bodyguard

Staten Island

The Winter War

Cave

West and Soda

Mala Noche

The Lucky Ones

Switch

The Seasoning House

Hardware

Election

Barfly

Thursday

Drugstore Cowboy

Key Crew

Director

Producers

Writers

Cinematography

Music

Cast (21)

Similar Movies

Howards End

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Bringing Out the Dead

Charlie Bartlett

Running with Scissors

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

The Lovely Bones

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Lonesome Jim

Juno

Ang Tag-araw ni Twinkle

Toro

Before the Night

Dirty World

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Nazey

The Kite Runner

Crown Vic

Letters from War

Saigon: Year of the Cat

You Might Also Like