Editing Laudanum (section)

=== Film and television ===
* In the movie ''[[The Shootist]]'' (1976) John Wayne’s gunslinger character, John Books, is prescribed laudanum by the doctor ([[James Stewart]]) for his terminal cancer.
* In the original version of the miniseries [[Roots (1977 miniseries)|''Roots'']] (1977), upon Toby's arrival to Virginia and ready for sale, the slave doctor says he'll give laudanum to the wild ones, brandy to the dull ones and "let the buyer beware".
* In [[Philippa Gregory]]'s novel ''[[Wideacre]]'' (1987), the main character Beatrice Lacey nearly becomes addicted to laudanum when her eventual husband Dr. John MacAndrew prescribes it to her after her mother's death.
* It plays a major role in the plot of James Clavell's historical novel ''[[Gai-Jin]]'' (1993).
* In the film ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' (1993), Mattie Earp, [[Wyatt Earp]]'s wife is addicted to laudanum.
* In the adaptation ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994), which was based on the 1976 novel with the same name, Claudia uses laudanum to try to kill [[Lestat de Lioncourt|Lestat]]: Under the pretext of making peace, she offers him some drunk noble-blood twins to feed on, when she actually had them overdose on the drug, and misled Lestat into drinking dead blood which is toxic to vampires.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ql_stry_2 |title=Interview with the Vampire (film): Plot summary|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> 
* In the film ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'' (2001), Inspector Abberline is a user of laudanum, and [[Jack the Ripper]] also uses laudanum for making his victims sleepy.
* In the TV series ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', (2004–2006) the town doctor recommends laudanum several times, bringing a bottle of it to a patient. Initially in the series, Alma Garrett is an addict to laudanum. Trixie is a former addict.
* In Season 1, Episode 16 of [[Murdoch Mysteries]] (2008), Dr. Ogden allegedly overdoses a patient with laudanum and is sentenced to 3 years in prison.
* In the TV show ''[[American Horror Story: Murder House]]'' (2011), laudanum is repeatedly used to drug a main character, leaving him waking up unable to remember what had occurred.
* In the TV series ''[[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]'' (2014), Claire uses laudanum in several episodes throughout the 18th century.
* In season 2, episode 8 of [[The Knick]] (2015), a patient takes laudanum to calm her nerves before a surgery. When she is then etherized for anesthesia, complications arise leading to her death.
* In the film ''[[Winchester (film)|Winchester]]'' (2018), Doctor Eric Price is addicted to laudanum due to his wife's suicide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winchester (2018) |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/winchester |access-date=Nov 5, 2020 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> 
* In the film ''[[The Highwaymen (film)|The Highwaymen]]'' (2019), Bonnie Parker (Emily Brobst) of [[Bonnie and Clyde]] fame is addicted to laudanum.
* In the Season 1 finale of [[Netflix]] series ''[[Bridgerton]]'' (2020), Lord Archibald Featherington is implied to have died by [[forced suicide]] through ingestion of a vial of laudanum after the [[bookmaker|bookies]] he cheated learn of his deception.
* In season two of the series [[Warrior (TV series)|''Warrior'']] (2020), Officer Lee (Tom Weston-Jones) becomes addicted to laudanum when he uses it to offset his lingering head trauma.
* In the miniseries ''[[The North Water (miniseries)|The North Water]]'' (2021), the main character, a surgeon who takes a job on a whaling ship in the Arctic, is addicted to laudanum.
*In season two of the series ''[[Good Omens]]'' (2023), the demon Crowley drinks an entire glass of laudanum to prevent a poor grave robber named Elspeth from killing herself. Due to his demon constitution, he merely becomes extremely drunk from it.
*In the TV movie North and South (Based on the John Jakes novel of the same name) laudanum is used by Justin to drug Madeline to keep her trapped and complacent.