Drugstore Cowboy My Own Private Idaho

Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho are two classics of American contemporary cinema, offering edgy yet human insights into the lives of addicts, hustlers, and other disenfranchised youth.

Set in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1970s, Drugstore Cowboy is a deadpan insider's look at petty drug dealers and users that's at once poignant and hilarious. With Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, James Le Gros, and an unforgettable cameo by William S. Burroughs. (1989; 100 mins.)

In My Own Private Idaho, River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves give what are arguably their greatest performances as two boys living on the streets of Portland. It's a sweet-tempered yet almost hallucinatory fable of lost loves.(1991; 102 mins.)