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What Are Some Great Movies/documentaries Involving These Themes?

Question by StarStar: What are some great movies/documentaries involving these themes?
For our drama class we are doing a project involving these themes….

– Drug Addiction
– Homosexuality
– AIDS
– Abusive teen relationships
– Skinheads

My teacher is interested in showing us a film involving one of/or all of these themes to give us a better idea on the project. “Sid & Nancy”, for example.
We are in grade 11.

Best answer:

Answer by Stay It
Traffic, American History X, This is England, Suburbia

Answer by piratesversusninjas
Larry Clark’s “KIDS”. But they probably can’t show that in school.

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