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1. Tropic Thunder (2008)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, War
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn
Votes: 448,629 | Gross: $110.52M
2. American Gangster (2007)
R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin
Votes: 453,029 | Gross: $130.16M
3. Lethal Weapon (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 276,684 | Gross: $65.21M
4. Sid and Nancy (1986)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop
Votes: 34,722 | Gross: $2.83M
5. Dead Presidents (1995)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez
Votes: 24,516 | Gross: $24.20M
6. Above the Law (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean
Votes: 34,665 | Gross: $18.87M
7. Air America (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War
A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins
Votes: 30,565 | Gross: $31.05M
8. Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old Marine friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 3,283
9. The Boys in Company C (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama, War
In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck
Votes: 3,525
10. Combat Shock (1984)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio, Asaph Livni
Votes: 3,276
11. A Force of One (1979)
PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the detectives of an undercover police unit are being mysteriously killed by a martial artist, a professional kickboxer is hired to assist them.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Chuck Norris, Clu Gulager, Ron O'Neal
Votes: 4,339 | Gross: $20.17M
12. Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)
82 min | Action, Drama, War
The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: John Woo | Stars: Eddy Ko, Ching-Ying Lam, Philippe Loffredo, Cécile Le Bailly
Votes: 1,406
13. Down on Us (1984)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Sandy Kenyon, Joe Camp, Toni Sawyer, Steven Tice
Votes: 127
14.
The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020)
Episode:
L'ère des empires
(2020)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The spiritual carnage drug addiction has wreaked globally over time was seeded in 1790 as globalization began in earnest. In the next 181 years, key geopolitical countries grappled with ... See full summary »
Directors: Vincent Metzinger, Christophe Bouquet, Julie Lerat | Stars: Harry J. Anslinger, Robert C. Bonner, Al Capone, Paul Carbone
Votes: 28
15.
The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020)
Episode:
L'heure des barons
(2020)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Combining diplomacy and drug enforcement at the ground level, Nixon's War on Drugs forced drug cartels to radically adapt new business methods, and thus, from the ashes of the Old World, ... See full summary »
Directors: Vincent Metzinger, Christophe Bouquet, Julie Lerat | Stars: Giuseppe Ayala, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Robert C. Bonner, Paolo Borsellino
Votes: 25
16.
Drug Lords (2018)
Episode:
Frank Lucas & The Country Boys: Heroin Kings of New York
(2018)
TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Frank Lucas does whatever it takes to become and remain the heroin king of New York. Meanwhile, three dedicated cops vow to bring him down.
Stars: Frank Lucas, Dickie Lucas, Benny Abruzzo, Lew Rice
Votes: 120