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Code 8(2019)

3.1/5 (with 759 votes)

In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)

American Gangster(2007)

R
| 2h 37min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 2,423 votes)

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

Training Day(2001)

R
| 2h 2min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 2,620 votes)

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Elite Squad(2007)

R
| 1h 55min | Drama, Action, Crime
4.0/5 (with 977 votes)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

White Boy Rick(2018)

R
| 1h 51min | Crime, Drama
3.2/5 (with 454 votes)

The story of a teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Licence to Kill(1989)

PG-13
| 2h 13min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 874 votes)

After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.

Traffic(2000)

R
| 2h 27min | Thriller, Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 941 votes)

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within(2010)

1h 55min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.9/5 (with 783 votes)

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

For Your Eyes Only(1981)

PG
| 2h 7min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 841 votes)

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

Blow(2001)

R
| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,917 votes)

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Layer Cake(2004)

R
| 1h 45min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 943 votes)

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

The Counselor(2013)

R
| 1h 57min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
2.6/5 (with 834 votes)

A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.

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Starsky & Hutch(2004)

PG-13
| 1h 41min | Comedy, Crime
2.9/5 (with 998 votes)

Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

Chapo: El Escape Del Siglo(2016)

2.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A famous drug kingpin escapes from prison. The mexican president wants him back in jail whereas the U.S. government wants him dead.

Directed by Axel Uriegas

Burn Out(2018)

1h 47min | Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 168 votes)

Tony, a promising young motorcycle racer, is forced to do perilous drug runs to save the mother of his child from a dangerous mobster.

Easy Rider(1969)

R
| 1h 35min | Adventure, Drama
3.5/5 (with 856 votes)

A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.

Freestyle(2023)

1h 28min | Crime, Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

Trying to check out a recording from his debut album, a street rapper and his friend run into trouble when a major drug deal turns into a total disaster for them.

Up in Smoke(1978)

R
| 1h 26min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 242 votes)

An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye.".

In Order of Disappearance(2014)

1h 55min | Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime
3.4/5 (with 254 votes)

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”.

Death Wish II(1982)

R
| 1h 28min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 188 votes)

Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.

The Ruthless(2019)

1h 52min | Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 187 votes)

Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets a “true education.” In 1978, he and his friends Slim and Mario embark on a 15-year criminal career, a successful and ruthless spiral of robberies, kidnappings, murders and heroin smuggling.

The Shepherd: Border Patrol(2008)

1h 35min | Action
3.0/5 (with 78 votes)

A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.

The Drug King(2018)

2h 19min | Crime, Action, Drama
3.1/5 (with 56 votes)

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

El Niño(2014)

2h 17min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 110 votes)

Two youths, Niño and Compi, enter the world of drug smuggling in the Strait of Gibraltar; while two police officers, Jesús and Eva, try to eradicate the contraband.

The Crime of Padre Amaro(2002)

1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 115 votes)

Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.

Drug War(2012)

R
| 1h 47min | Action, Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 112 votes)

A drug cartel boss is arrested in a raid and coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.

The Principal(1987)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 118 votes)

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.

Target Number One(2020)

2h 15min | Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 51 votes)

Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.

Directed by Daniel Roby

Violent Cop(1989)

1h 43min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 152 votes)

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.

Nude Nuns with Big Guns(2010)

1h 30min | Thriller, Action, Comedy
2.3/5 (with 57 votes)

Upon taking her vows to become a nun, Sister Sarah is abused, brainwashed and also drugged into submission by the corrupt clergy. On the verge of her own death from a lethal dose of drugs, Sister Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on all those who did wrong to her. Armed with God's will and an arsenal of big guns, she dispenses Judgment Day on her former tormentors. When the church hires the merciless motorcycle gang "Los Muertos" to track down and to kill her they soon realize that this sister is one bad mother.

Directed by Joseph Guzman - With Asun Ortega, David Castro, Perry D'Marco
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