Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "character-name-in-title", "drug-lord"

1. Better Call Saul (2015–2022)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama

The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the years leading up to his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.

Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian

Votes: 646,341

2. Deadpool 2 (2018)

R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison

Votes: 644,845 | Gross: $324.59M

3. Griselda (2024)

TV-MA | 55 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Fleeing from Medellín to Miami, Griselda Blanco creates one of the most ruthless cartels in history.

Stars: Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Juliana Aidén Martinez, Martín Rodríguez

Votes: 37,068

4. 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: 182,399 | Gross: $30.67M

5. Starsky & Hutch (2004)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime

Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red and white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of a police snitch called "Huggy Bear".

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn

Votes: 154,479 | Gross: $88.24M

6. The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

The spirit of the Crow resurrects another man seeking revenge for the murder of his son.

Director: Tim Pope | Stars: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop

Votes: 21,691 | Gross: $17.88M

7. Shaft (2019)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall

Votes: 58,712 | Gross: $21.36M

8. Black Dynamite (2009)

R | 84 min | Action, Comedy

Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.

Director: Scott Sanders | Stars: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Phyllis Applegate

Votes: 51,801 | Gross: $0.23M

9. El Mariachi (1992)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt

Votes: 71,255 | Gross: $2.04M

10. Coffy (1973)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A sexy Black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott

Votes: 12,920

11. Shaft (1971)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John

Votes: 21,004 | Gross: $16.69M

12. Loving Pablo (2017)

R | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Julieth Restrepo

Votes: 22,383 | Gross: $0.02M

13. Saving Grace (2000)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.

Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo

Votes: 19,324 | Gross: $12.12M

14. Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.

Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Jean Reno

Votes: 50,486 | Gross: $1.12M

15. A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An ex-cop, now a private detective, takes on the search for the millions stolen by a drug lord.

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Votes: 7,783 | Gross: $29.39M

16. Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, History

In Colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams - and then meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar.

Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac, Brady Corbet

Votes: 23,362 | Gross: $0.11M

17. Veronica Guerin (2003)

R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 21,882 | Gross: $1.57M

18. Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005 Video)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the late 1960s, Carlito Brigante emerges as the heroin czar of Harlem.

Director: Michael Bregman | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzmán, Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Votes: 4,896

19. Bobby Z (2007)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord.

Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde, Jason Flemyng

Votes: 15,249

20. Let's Get Harry (1986)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure

When Colombian revolutionaries kidnap an American engineer, his brother and friends, faced with official inaction, hire a mercenary and mount the rescue operation themselves.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Michael Schoeffling, Tom Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Jere Burns

Votes: 1,549 | Gross: $0.14M

21. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)

Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is set in the 2nd World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s. Enter a magical world of nostalgia and 'Expect the Unexpected'.

Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Divya Menon

Votes: 24,367 | Gross: $0.58M

22. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the ... See full summary »

Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox

Votes: 3,149

23. R... Rajkumar (2013)

Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An aimless ruffian starts working for a drug baron and his mission is to kill the rival, whose niece he eventually falls for.

Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood, Govardhan Asrani

Votes: 6,689

24. Contraband (1980)

Unrated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Someone is muscling in on the two brothers' cigarette smuggling into Italy at Naples. The police is tipped off, then Mickey's stable burns down, then the killing etc. starts. Luca responds.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Marcel Bozzuffi, Saverio Marconi

Votes: 2,205

25. Viva Knievel! (1977)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

He's powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Lauren Hutton, Red Buttons

Votes: 1,365

26. Krishna (I) (1996)

Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A convict freshly out of prison is given an undercover name "Krishna" and the task to bring down a drug kingpin and his cartel.

Directors: S. Deepak, Deepak S. Shivdasani | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Tinnu Anand

Votes: 431

27. Jaguar Lives! (1979)

PG | 90 min | Action

The world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).

Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Bach

Votes: 550

28. Caroline at Midnight (1994)

R | 88 min | Romance, Thriller

Victoria is a dealer in the most dangerous game. Playing conveniently into her hand is her husband and his partner, two of the dirtiest cops on the force. Gunning for her is a seductive ... See full summary »

Director: Scott McGinnis | Stars: Clayton Rohner, Mia Sara, Tim Daly, Paul Le Mat

Votes: 359

29. Ipaglaban mo ako Boy Topak (1991)

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Director: Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco | Stars: Zoren Legaspi, Sheryl Cruz, Eddie Rodriguez, Tony Ferrer

30. Sr. Justicia (2010)

5 min | Short, Action, Crime

Infamous thief Diablo is cornered in his hide-out by the notorious masked crime-fighter known as Sr. Justicia. However, Diablo knows the secret behind the activities of city's hooded vigilante.

Director: J. Luis Rivera | Stars: Yuliana Barco, Jesús de Magallanes

31. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 876

32. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Jack of All Trades (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett's estranged cousin Jack, the swindling but lovable black sheep of the family, needs Sonny's help after he unknowingly robs the underboss of a dangerous, flamboyant drug lord obsessed with Shakespeare to pay off a debt.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 273

33. 30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode: The Two Escobars (2010)

TV-G | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The rise of Colombian soccer is attributed to the influx of drug money into the sport by Pablo Escobar and the other drug cartels. However, the team's swift decline after Escobar's death results in the murder of star player Andres Escobar.

Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez

Votes: 3,444