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Movies: Best "war on drugs" Movies


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Predator 2(1990)

3.1/5 (with 1,406 votes)

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.

Training Day(2001)

16
| 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.

Transporter 2(2005)

1h 27min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 1,568 votes)

Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.

Elite Squad(2007)

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)

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.

Traffic(2000)

16
| 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.

Tango & Cash(1989)

13
| 1h 44min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 798 votes)

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.

Blow(2001)

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.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021)

Κ-15
| 2h 11min | Music, Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 106 votes)

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit.".

City Hall(1996)

1h 51min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 109 votes)

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Brother(2000)

1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 179 votes)

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang.

Deep Web(2015)

1h 29min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 121 votes)

Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. As the only film with exclusive access to the Ulbricht family, Deep Web explores how the brightest minds and thought leaders behind the Deep Web and Bitcoin are now caught in the crosshairs of the battle for control of a future inextricably linked to technology, with our digital rights hanging in the balance.

Directed by Alex Winter
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Fresh(1994)

1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 86 votes)

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his employers against each other.

How to Make Money Selling Drugs(2012)

1h 36min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 42 votes)

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.

Directed by Matthew Cooke

Narco Cultura(2013)

1h 43min | Crime, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Directed by Shaul Schwarz

Mr. Untouchable(2007)

1h 32min | Crime, Documentary
3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. Follow his life story from his rough childhood to the last days of his life.

Directed by Marc Levin - With Nicky Barnes

Neurons to Nirvana(2013)

1h 9min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of four powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca) and their previously established medicinal potential. Strictly focusing on the science and medicinal properties of these drugs, Neurons to Nirvana looks into why our society has created such a social and political bias against even allowing research to continue the exploration of any possible positive effects they can present in treating some of today's most challenging afflictions.

Directed by Oliver Hockenhull

Grass Is Greener(2019)

1h 37min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. In his directorial debut, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy presents an unparalleled look at the racially biased history of the war on marijuana. A range of celebrities and experts discuss the plant’s influence on music and popular culture, and the devastating impact its criminalization has had on Black and Latino communities. As more and more states join the push to legalize marijuana, this documentary dives deep into the glaring racial disparities in the growing cannabis market.

Directed by Fab Five Freddy - With Snoop Dogg

The Culture High(2014)

3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

The Culture High tears into the very fibre of the modern day marijuana debate to reveal the truth behind the arguments and motives governing both those who support and oppose the existing pot laws.

Grass(1999)

1h 20min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by many governments on Earth. In this Genie Award-winning documentary veteran Canadian director Ron Mann and narrator Woody Harrelson mix humour and historical footage together to recount how the United States has demonized a relatively harmless drug.

Directed by Ron Mann

Big Night!(2021)

1h 45min | Comedy, Thriller, Drama
4.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A gay beautician is determined to clear his name after learning he's included in a drug watchlist.

American Meth(2008)

1h 12min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the problem, filmmaker Justin Hunt reveals the damage being done by this rural drug of choice, as well as the steps being taken by communities across the nation to wipe out the scourge. From Wyoming to New Mexico, Montana and Oregon, American Meth paints a picture of both devastation and hope.

The Combination(2009)

1h 36min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Set in the maligned western suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John gets out of gaol to discover his younger brother Charlie is caught up with drugs, hookers and crime. Charlie oscillates between the streets and school. Daily clashes between Scott and Charlie's gang escalate. This feud spills into the streets in a territory and identity battle that turns bloody.

Meth Storm(2017)

1h 36min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

As police and DEA agents battle sophisticated cartels, rural, economically-disadvantaged users and dealers–whose addiction to ICE and lack of job opportunities have landed them in an endless cycle of poverty and incarceration–are caught in the middle.

Pipe Dream(2015)

1h 35min | Comedy, Crime
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

A story of two wannabe Schoolies on the Gold Coast during a state-wide crackdown on drugs. The boys stumble upon a stash of "weed", and through the misguidance of an older brother trying to replace his earlier Schoolies experience, they get caught up in the war on drugs waged by the authorities. Selling drugs to earn enough money to replace a broken heirloom they are oblivious to the battle around them. As they are pursued by an overzealous Police Chief and a violent underworld, they aim to be kings and make this the best Schoolies ever.

The Cobra(1967)

1h 38min | Crime, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to destroy the free world by flooding the market with opium and turning everyone into addicts. Along the way he manages to bed junkie Lou, get into various fights and destroy the refinery that is ending out the drugs.

Escape from Ensenada(2018)

1h 23min | Action
2.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Two Southern California College Students plot their escape after being kidnapped by a human trafficking ring while on Spring Break in Mexico.

Emperor of Hemp(1999)

59min | Documentary
2.1/5 (with 1 vote)

This documentary chronicles the life of Jack Herer and his struggle for awareness and enlightenment of cannabis sativa, a.k.a. marijuana or hemp. His research into this plant culminates in his writing The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Official Hemp Bible. He has dedicated his life to educating people about the history and many utilizations of hemp, the conspiracy against it, and ending marijuana prohibition.

Culiacán vs. Mazatlán 3(2015)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Una de Bandidos. Following after the events of CvM2 with the murder of DEA Agent Aníbal in Culiacán, the Zazueta cartel receives retaliation and punishment for it, will they survive?

Foreign Wars(2016)

1h 11min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

From the land of narco-violence to the land of displaced persons. The documentary Guerras Ajenas ('Wars of Others') explores the consequences of the war on drugs in Colombia, and one of its main tools: aerial spraying.

Directed by Carlos Moreno, Lilia Luciano
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