Drugstore Cowboy

Name: Drugstore Cowboy
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1989-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.076

About Drugstore Cowboy

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.

Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 crime film directed by Gus Van Sant. It runs 102 minutes and was released in October 1989.

Its themes are hopeful, tragic, melancholy, and drug addiction.

Matt Dillon appears as Bob, Kelly Lynch as Dianne, James Remar as Gentry, and James Le Gros as Rick. The screenplay is by Daniel Yost and Gus Van Sant. It streams on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel in the United States.

Trainspotting, Boogie Nights, and High Art make useful companions to Drugstore Cowboy, all filed under addiction and drug abuse. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 641 votes and it carries a R rating.