Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "drug-cartel", "uzi"

1. 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: 644,832 | Gross: $324.59M

2. 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: 915,762 | Gross: $45.60M

3. American Made (2017)

R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons

Votes: 208,010 | Gross: $51.34M

4. Bad Boys for Life (2020)

R | 124 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett must face off against a mother-and-son pair of drug lords who wreak vengeful havoc on their city.

Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig

Votes: 175,058 | Gross: $206.31M

5. Desperado (1995)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin

Votes: 197,553 | Gross: $25.63M

6. Bedazzled (2000)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Miriam Shor

Votes: 112,188 | Gross: $37.88M

7. Tango & Cash (1989)

R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.

Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance

Votes: 113,474 | Gross: $63.41M

8. Licence to Kill (1989)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto

Votes: 112,019 | Gross: $34.67M

9. RoboCop 2 (1990)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 93,114 | Gross: $45.68M

10. Clear and Present Danger (1994)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Crime, Drama

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida

Votes: 107,843 | Gross: $122.19M

11. The Counselor (2013)

R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem

Votes: 105,880 | Gross: $16.97M

12. Peppermint (2018)

R | 101 min | Action, Thriller

Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba

Votes: 70,838 | Gross: $35.42M

13. Colombiana (2011)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A young girl in Bogotá witnesses her parents' murder and grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.

Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 107,602 | Gross: $36.67M

14. 2 Guns (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton

Votes: 225,276 | Gross: $75.61M

15. Machete Kills (2013)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Danny Trejo, Alexa PenaVega, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba

Votes: 82,389 | Gross: $8.01M

16. Snitch (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron

Votes: 92,758 | Gross: $42.93M

17. The Substitute (1996)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 15,657 | Gross: $14.75M

18. Running Scared (1986)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel

Votes: 14,977 | Gross: $38.50M

19. Act of Valor (2012)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh | Stars: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Rorke Denver

Votes: 71,768 | Gross: $70.01M

20. Miss Bala (2019)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, Thomas Dekker, Vivian Chan, Barbarella Pardo

Votes: 12,719 | Gross: $15.01M

21. Year of the Dragon (1985)

R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.

Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo

Votes: 17,638 | Gross: $18.70M

22. SuperFly (2018)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.

Director: Director X | Stars: Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 7,623 | Gross: $20.55M

23. Blackout (VI) (2022)

TV-MA | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, and quickly finds himself on the run in a locked down hospital with the Cartel on his tail. He scrambles to find his true identity in the most vicious way.

Director: Sam Macaroni | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Omar Chaparro, Nick Nolte

Votes: 4,801

24. A Man Apart (2003)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Vin Diesel, Timothy Olyphant, Larenz Tate, Geno Silva

Votes: 49,401 | Gross: $26.18M

25. Grand Theft Auto III (2001 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

A young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.

Stars: Frank Vincent, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Madsen, Michael Rapaport

Votes: 17,225

26. 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

27. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan, Perry Lopez

Votes: 11,096 | Gross: $6.88M

28. Code of Silence (1985)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese

Votes: 9,372 | Gross: $20.35M

29. Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Jaeckel

Votes: 8,113 | Gross: $6.70M

30. Fire Birds (1990)

PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Adventure

Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.

Director: David Green | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner

Votes: 7,178 | Gross: $14.76M

31. Cartels (2016)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A drug lord is captured and held "secretly" by 6 US agents at a hotel in Constanta, Romania. He agreed to testify against others in the drug business. They send lots of armed men to the hotel. Lots of shooting follows.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Luke Goss, Georges St-Pierre, Darren E. Scott

Votes: 2,212

32. The President's Man (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Thriller

A U.S. president's highly classified secret agent must find a fearless replacement to take over his extremely dangerous military missions.

Directors: Eric Norris, Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Dylan Neal, Jennifer Tung, Soon-Tek Oh

Votes: 2,417

33. Contract to Kill (2016)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

Islamic extremists will make an alliance with a Mexican cartel to smuggle WMD and terrorists into USA. Harmon's asked to prevent this. He starts in Istanbul with his team.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Russell Wong, Jemma Dallender, Mircea Drambareanu

Votes: 2,231

34. Centaur (2022)

TV-MA | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.

Director: Daniel Calparsoro | Stars: Àlex Monner, Begoña Vargas, Abraham Pérez Fernández, Édgar Vittorino

Votes: 1,536

35. VANish (2015)

79 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A kidnapped young woman is forced on a road trip full of murder and mayhem that takes place entirely in her captor's getaway van.

Director: Bryan Bockbrader | Stars: Maiara Walsh, Tony Todd, Danny Trejo, Austin Abke

Votes: 1,819

36. Comando judicial (1990)

93 min | Action

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Director: Ángel Sancho | Stars: Joaquín Cordero, Gilberto Trujillo, José Natera, Diana Ferreti

37. The Sentinel (1996–1999)
Episode: Storm Warning (1997)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jim and Blair visit Storm Island to celebrate Jim's Coast Guard Cousin Rucker's birthday. With a storm rolling in, they rescue Monique, runaway mistress of a drug lord. They find she is not what she seems when the cartel comes after her.

Director: Oley Sassone | Stars: Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, Bruce A. Young, Brittney Powell

Votes: 24

38. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: Codename: Dragonfly (1996)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime

An investigation into the theft of a state-of-the-art military helicopter for use in the drug trade leads Walker to a former fellow Marine Corps officer, who abandoned his unit 25 years ago in Vietnam.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 114

39. Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014)
Episode: Fruit for the Crows (2011)

TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

SAMCRO deals with the fallout from a death threat made against Tara.

Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie

Votes: 2,506

40. Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014)
Episode: To Thine Own Self (2012)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jax scrambles to put his affairs in order, while Nero handles business with his old crew.

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie

Votes: 2,553