8. Sid and Nancy
This tragedy of a film tells the real-life story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Vicious was of course the bassist for the British punk band The Sex Pistols back in the late 1970’s. Sid and Nancy deals with the singer’s heroin-addled relationship with Spungen, which ultimately led to the breakup of the band, and indirectly to the death of the two young lovers.
To call their relationship a messed up, heroin fueled, spiral into the depths of hell, might not be strong enough wording. The two had an intense relationship to begin with, but frequent use of every hard drug under the sun, everything got worse over time. This film does a great job demonstrating how great things can be in the midst of a heroin buzz, but also how awful the come-down can be.
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