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1. The Wire (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 379,663
2. Snowfall (2017–2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.
Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John
Votes: 30,906
3. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 472,399
4. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 920,037 | Gross: $45.60M
5. Traffic (2000)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 220,266 | Gross: $124.12M
6. Pineapple Express (2008)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride
Votes: 358,320 | Gross: $87.34M
7. Predator 2 (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall, Rubén Blades
Votes: 183,263 | Gross: $30.67M
8. King of New York (1990)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Votes: 42,319 | Gross: $2.55M
9. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
R | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane
Votes: 117,371 | Gross: $5.50M
10. ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Giuseppe De Domenico, Harold Torres
Votes: 29,506
11. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti leaves Liberty City for Vice City, a city overrun by the mob. Now, Tommy is out to make Vice City his home.
Stars: Ray Liotta, William Fichtner, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 29,650
12. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
R | 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.
Directors: Jim Sheridan, Jim Sheridan | Stars: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller
Votes: 50,306 | Gross: $30.98M
13. El Chapo (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Stars: Marco de la O, Humberto Busto, Diego Vásquez, Juan Carlos Cruz
Votes: 20,558
14. Proof of Life (2000)
R | 135 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed
Votes: 58,984 | Gross: $32.60M
15. Gåsmamman (2015–2022)
45 min | Crime, Thriller
Sonja lives a carefree life with her family near Stockholm and works as an accountant in the family business at the marina. One day Sonja is drawn into the criminal underworld to save her family.
Stars: Alexandra Rapaport, Clara Christiansson Drake, Joel Lützow, Edvin Ryding
Votes: 3,645
16. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 13,063
17. Miss Bala (2011)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.
Director: Gerardo Naranjo | Stars: Stephanie Sigman, Noé Hernández, Irene Azuela, J.R. Yenque
Votes: 9,439
18. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,747
19. Cocaine Godmother (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco, who reportedly masterminded more than 200 murders. This film presents her life story from the time she was a young girl to the end of her life.
Director: Guillermo Navarro | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jenny Pellicer, Alejandro Edda, Warren Christie
Votes: 2,690
20. Brother (I) (2000)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps, Masaya Katô
Votes: 24,620 | Gross: $0.45M
21. I'm No Longer Here (2019)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Director: Fernando Frias | Stars: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Emily May Jampel, Xueming Angelina Chen, Yahir Alday
Votes: 9,446
22. Hache (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Inspired by real events, Hache is the story of Helena, a woman catapulted to the heroin trafficking business in the Barcelona of the 60s.
Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Eduardo Noriega, Marc Martínez, Pep Ambròs
Votes: 1,917
23. Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
R | 118 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The story of how Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States in the early 1980's and the police officers who turned the tide on crime.
Director: Billy Corben | Stars: Jon Roberts, Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday
Votes: 14,118 | Gross: $0.15M
24. City of Men (2007)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Director: Paulo Morelli | Stars: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos
Votes: 16,320 | Gross: $0.31M
25. Birds of Passage (2018)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra | Stars: Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez
Votes: 13,176 | Gross: $0.51M
26. Seis Manos (2019– )
TV-MA | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Orphans raised by a martial arts master are plunged into a mystery involving demonic powers, drug cartels, ancient rituals and blood sacrifice.
Stars: Danny Trejo, Mike Colter, Aislinn Derbez, Vic Chao
Votes: 1,958
27. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Documentary, Crime, History
Explore how opportunistic smuggling networks in Latin America turned into powerful and ruthless drug cartels with unprecedented power.
Stars: Ioan Grillo, Chris Feistl, Jeremy McDermott, Jim Shedd
Votes: 336
28. The Shepherd (I) (2008 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former New Orleans cop battles drug cartels and ex-Army Special Forces who are smuggling drugs from Mexico into U.S. through a Texas border town.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Lord, Natalie J. Robb, Gary McDonald
Votes: 7,412
29. Anti-Social (2015)
Not Rated | 116 min | Crime
Central London, today: Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system; Marcus is an armed robber on a jewelry-store crime-wave. For the two brothers, being Anti-Social is a way of life.
Director: Reg Traviss | Stars: Gregg Sulkin, Meghan Markle, Josh Myers, Christian Berkel
Votes: 2,293
30. The Two Escobars (2010)
104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.
Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez
Votes: 2,219
31. Drug Lords (2018)
TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary series examining drug cartels and kingpins from around the world.
Stars: Quinn Dalton, Razor Rizzotti, Jordan Lawson, Winter Dunn
Votes: 1,544
32. Dope (II) (2017– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Crime
Ride along for an uncompromising look at the lives of those who sell, use and wage a war on drugs in the U.S. and Mexico.
Stars: Ronan Summers, Michael Beach
Votes: 1,839
33. I Witness (2003)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia de Rossi, Clifton Collins Jr.
Votes: 1,588
34. The Heroin Busters (1977)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring, and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned to the same task.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati
Votes: 950
35. L.A. Wars (1994)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama
A trigger-happy ex-cop goes undercover in a mafia organization under the guise of protecting the crime boss's daughter from a new rival, which ignites a bloody war on the streets of L.A.
Directors: Tony Kandah, Martin Morris | Stars: Vince Murdocco, Mary E. Zilba, A.J. Stephans, Johnny Venokur
Votes: 401
36. The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020)
124 min | Drama
In 1972, young women looking for a fresh start in life endure isolated captivity in a true 98-day human experiment studying the effects of marijuana on females.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Hannah Vandenbygaart, Daniel DeSanto, Craig Burnatowski
Votes: 209
37. The House I Live In (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez, William Julius Wilson
Votes: 5,399 | Gross: $0.21M
38. Johnny Was (2006)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Johnny Was is a gritty gangster drama set in the tough city of Brixton, London. Johnny (Vinnie Jones) is trying to escape his violent past by living a simple "quiet life".
Director: Mark Hammond | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin, Laurence Kinlan, Eriq La Salle
Votes: 1,764
39. How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Crime
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
Director: Matthew Cooke | Stars: 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Susan Sarandon, David Simon, 50 Cent
Votes: 6,827 | Gross: $1.50M
40. Giovanni Falcone, l'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra (2006 TV Movie)
196 min | Biography, Drama
TV-Movie on the life and accomplishments of Giovanni Falcone, the legendary Sicilian judge who boldly opposed the Mafia
Directors: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi | Stars: Massimo Dapporto, Elena Sofia Ricci, Emilio Solfrizzi, David Coco
Votes: 208
41. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling
Votes: 901
42. Looking After Jo Jo (1998)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Set on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Michael Stewart, Craig Moncur, Kathryn Howden
Votes: 377
43. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)
68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.
Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo
Votes: 273
44. The Palermo Connection (1990)
PG-13 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A candidate for the Mayor of New York City promises to legalize drugs. The mafia, making insane money on illegal drug trade, is about to dissuade him - at all cost.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 570
45. Mr. Untouchable (2007)
R | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes, David Breitbart, Walter Cronkite, Louie Diaz
Votes: 957 | Gross: $0.10M
46. Grass (1999)
R | 80 min | Documentary, History
The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harry J. Anslinger, George Bush, Cab Calloway
Votes: 3,633 | Gross: $0.31M
47. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
48. Contrabando y traición (1977)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two criminals, Emilio and Camelia try to smuggle drugs into the USA.
Director: Arturo Martínez | Stars: Valentín Trujillo, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Arturo Martínez, Patricia María
Votes: 29
49. (T)ERROR (2015)
84 min | Documentary
(T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of "Shariff", a 63-year-old Black ... See full summary »
Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | Stars: Khalifah Ali Al-Akili, Mike Healey, Ali Kareem, Saeed 'Shariff' Torres
Votes: 823
50. Alpha: The Right to Kill (2018)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest drug lords in Manila. ... See full summary »
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Allen Dizon, Elijah Filamor, Apollo Abraham, Eli Alamares
Votes: 349