Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cia-conspiracy"

1. Snowfall (2017–2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama

A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.

Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John

Votes: 30,158

2. Sicario (2015)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 477,205 | Gross: $46.89M

3. The Punisher (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After his revenge on those who murdered his family, aimless Marine veteran Frank Castle finds a new meaning in life as a vigilante known as "The Punisher".

Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes, Jason R. Moore

Votes: 265,245

4. 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: 34,630 | Gross: $18.87M

5. Kill the Messenger (2014)

R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo

Votes: 48,768 | Gross: $2.45M

6. 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: 30,553 | Gross: $31.05M

7. Bob Roberts (1992)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.

Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise

Votes: 15,638 | Gross: $4.48M

8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

The third installment of the Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise brings the player to a dark twisted future with a built-up war storyline.

Director: Jason Blundell | Stars: Omid Abtahi, Orion Acaba, Abdul Alvi, Ike Amadi

Votes: 8,106

9. White Sands (1992)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 8,887 | Gross: $9.01M

10. The Last Narc (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime

Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.

Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Ramón Lira, Jorge Godoy

Votes: 2,874

11. Company Business (1991)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn

Votes: 3,297 | Gross: $1.50M

12. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)

TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.

Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano

Votes: 3,875

13. Tough and Deadly (1995 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Elmo Freech is a private investigator who is contacted by CIA agent John Portland, who suffers from amnesia, to reveal a dubious case of drug smuggling involving big fish from Washington, D.C. and the CIA.

Director: Steve Cohen | Stars: Billy Blanks, Roddy Piper, Richard Norton, Charles Kahlenberg

Votes: 607

14. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)

R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling

Votes: 899

15. America's War on Drugs (2017)

TV-14 | 480 min | Documentary, History

"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.

Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro

Votes: 223

16. The Sleep Room (1998)

193 min | Biography, Drama

Based on a true story, this production relates the tale of two American lawyers who try to bring the U.S. government to its knees. In the early 1950s, the CIA funds a Montreal psychiatric ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Leon Pownall, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Gabrielle Rose

Votes: 127

17. The War on Democracy (2007)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

Venezuela, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, Salvador, Bolivia: people's struggle for democracy versus US imperialism in Latin America since the 1950s, backing coups and supporting dictatorships.

Directors: Chris Martin, John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Stars: John Pilger, Philip Agee, Salvador Allende, George Bush

Votes: 2,527

18. Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)

72 min | Documentary, History

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Directors: David Kasper, Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Brooks, Barbara Honegger, David MacMichael

Votes: 233

19. The Panama Deception (1992)

91 min | Documentary, History, War

A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.

Director: Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Carlos Cantú, Diviana Ingravallo, Abraham Alvarez

Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $0.31M

20. Viper (1988)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama

After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Linda Purl, James Tolkan, Jeff Kober, Chris Robinson

Votes: 133

21. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime

With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.

Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn

Votes: 1,644

22. Crack Capitalism (2015)

32 min | Documentary, Short

The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Alexander-Hughes | Stars: Michael Dukakis, Nelson George, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross

23. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)

Documentary, Action, Crime

Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 27

24. Guerrilla News Network: The War Conspiracy (2002)

4 min | Short

Berkeley Prof. Emeritus discusses his CIA-suppressed book, 'The War Conspiracy'.

Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Peter Dale Scott

Votes: 11

25. Guerrilla News Network: Crack the CIA (2002)

9 min | Short

A design-driven short about the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking during Iran Contra.

Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Taalam Acey

Votes: 19

26. White Gold: War in Paradise (2008 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Crime

First person shooter with RPG elements about Saul Myers, a tough mercenary hired to investigate which of the factions in a war-torn Caribbean region is producing poisoned cocaine that's been killing celebrities around the world.

27. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Barbary Coast (2022)

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Tonight at 9/8C on Vought Plus, it's the season finale of #AmericanHero. Three contestants remain, but only TWO will join #TheSeven. Will Starlight choose her old flame Supersonic? Or will someone else be moving into the Seven Tower?

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 12,818

28. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Sam Giancana (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Revealing the secrets of the Mafia's most notorious members, beginning with Sam Giancana, who was associated with the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra and the CIA.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: Peter Vaira, G. Robert Blakey, David Schippers, John Seigenthaler Sr.

Votes: 13

29. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Michael Ruppert (2012 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Joe sits down with Michael Ruppert.

Stars: Brian Redban, Joe Rogan, Michael Ruppert

30. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
John Joseph (2018 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 202 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

John Joseph is a musician, author and triathlete from New York City, most famous for his work as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags in the 1980s.

Stars: Joe Rogan, John Joseph