Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cocaine-smuggling"

1. Narcos (2015–2017)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann

Votes: 470,887

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: 917,382 | Gross: $45.60M

3. Cocaine Bear (2023)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Thriller

An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

Director: Elizabeth Banks | Stars: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta

Votes: 107,628

4. Blow (2001)

R | 124 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.

Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths

Votes: 275,218 | Gross: $52.99M

5. 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: 208,459 | Gross: $51.34M

6. Chungking Express (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong

Votes: 95,956 | Gross: $0.60M

7. Marlowe (2022)

R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Brenda Rawn

Votes: 11,852

8. The Mule (2018)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León, Gustavo Muñoz

Votes: 152,738 | Gross: $103.80M

9. ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020)

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

A cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.

Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Giuseppe De Domenico, Harold Torres

Votes: 29,401

10. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti leaves Liberty City for Vice City, a city overrun by the mob. Now, Tommy is out to make Vice City his home.

Stars: Ray Liotta, William Fichtner, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 29,546

11. Hot Pursuit (2015)

PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) tries to protect the outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley

Votes: 54,201 | Gross: $34.51M

12. The Trust (2016)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

Directors: Alex Brewer, Benjamin Brewer | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira, Eric Heister

Votes: 20,818

13. The Business (2005)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Frankie likes the sun, pools and the cute, bikini clad girls and stays in Spain.

Director: Nick Love | Stars: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman

Votes: 15,352

14. 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: 48,775 | Gross: $2.45M

15. In Order of Disappearance (2014)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Oftebro

Votes: 29,163 | Gross: $0.05M

16. Driven (I) (2018)

R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Intense thriller where politics, big business and narcotics collide.

Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, Isabel Arraiza

Votes: 8,398

17. Fariña (2018)

TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1980s Galicia (Spain), the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.

Stars: Javier Rey, Tristán Ulloa, Antonio Durán 'Morris', Carlos Blanco

Votes: 4,494

18. Zoom (2015)

Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.

Director: Pedro Morelli | Stars: Tyler Labine, Alison Pill, Michael Eklund, Mariana Ximenes

Votes: 3,012

19. Essex Boys (2000)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6th December Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Winsor | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Bean, Gareth Milne, Alex Kingston

Votes: 4,322

20. The Frame (2014)

127 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Two strangers find their lives colliding in an impossible way. Alex is a methodical cargo thief working for a dangerous cartel. Sam is a determined paramedic trying to save the world while running from her past.

Director: Jamin Winans | Stars: David Carranza, Tiffany Mualem, Cal Bartlett, Christopher Soren Kelly

Votes: 3,973

21. Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami (2021)

TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Two childhood friends go from high school dropouts to the most powerful drug kingpins in Miami in this true story of a crime saga that spanned decades.

Stars: Alexia Nepola, Pedro Rosello, Ralph Linero, Marilyn Bonachea

Votes: 3,229

22. Operation Odessa (2018)

TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime

In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.

Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Ludwig Fainberg, Juan Almeida, Nelson Yester, Kristy Galeota

Votes: 6,925

23. Yardie (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama

British crime drama film directed by Idris Elba based on the novel of the same name by Jamaican-born writer Victor Headley.

Director: Idris Elba | Stars: Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Aml Ameen, Rayon McLean

Votes: 3,273 | Gross: $0.04M

24. Mafia Inc (2019)

143 min | Crime, Drama

The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vince works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather.

Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Marc-André Grondin, Gilbert Sicotte, Mylène Mackay

Votes: 1,643

25. The Two Escobars (2010)

104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.

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

Votes: 2,203

26. En la Boca del Lobo (2014– )

Crime

Follows the series of events that lead to the downfall of Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel.

Stars: Samuel Zuluaga, Manuel Antonio Gómez, James Lawrence, Pedro Calvo

Votes: 123

27. Cop or Hood (1979)

PG | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.

Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset

Votes: 3,108

28. Hotel Colonial (1987)

R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama

Marco Venieri receives word that his brother Luca, an ex-terrorist turned state's evidence, has killed himself in Columbia. Marco takes the journey to Columbia only to find a country permeated with poverty, corruption, racism and crime.

Director: Cinzia TH Torrini | Stars: John Savage, Rachel Ward, Massimo Troisi, Robert Duvall

Votes: 314

29. Kings of Coke (2022)

83 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A ragtag gang of Irish bank robbers from Montreal rose to become one of North America's most feared criminal organizations.

Director: Julian Sher | Stars: Dan Burke, David McGee, Kathy Dobson, D'Arcy O'Connor

Votes: 163

30. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)

68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.

Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo

Votes: 265

31. Unlawful Passage (1994)

95 min | Thriller

Erotic thriller about a rich couple who hires a new sailboat captain who's unbeknown to them also a drug smuggler.

Director: Camilo Vila | Stars: Lee Horsley, Felicity Waterman, Leslie Ming, William Zabka

Votes: 97

32. Charley Hannah (1986 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Drama

A Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police Captain (Robert Conrad) accidentally kills a youth when he is pursuing some cop killers. The investigation into the murders and into a cocaine connection ... See full summary »

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Robert Conrad, Shane Conrad, Christian Conrad, Joan Leslie

Votes: 63

33. Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

The true story of the rise of a shadowy new generation of cocaine kingpins and of law enforcement's desperate efforts to bring them down.

Stars: Jeremy McDermott, Peter Vincent, Ruben Oliva, Jean-Pierre Yerma

Votes: 10

34. Mugshots: John Gotti - End of the Sicilians (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Shot in Sicily and Brooklyn, this is the story of John Gotti's crew. Before you see John Travolta bring Gotti to the big screen in the upcoming Hollywood release - 'Gotti: In the Shadow of ... See full summary »

Stars: Giovanni Falcone, George Anastasia, Angelo Bruno, Joe Valachi

35. A Hot Lead (2017 Video)

Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

When Greenridge is faced with an unprecedented crime epidemic, the members of the Detective's Guild finds themselves overwhelmed. After the fourteenth murder, Chief of the Guild James ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Geoghegan | Stars: Joey Cianfrani, Christopher Cruttenden, Wesley Davies, Michael Davis

36. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: The Way We Were (1989)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Romance

It's brotherly war when Bobby furiously confronts J.R. for ignoring their agreement to consult one another concerning business. Tommy plans to smuggle cocaine from Colombia with the unwitting help of Carter and Tracey.

Director: Patrick Duffy | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 97

37. Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode: Secret Snow, Deadly Snow (1975)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A plastic surgeon is found dead in his car, apparently shot to death. A drug dealer is arrested, but Kojak is forced to let him go when the medical examiner informs him that the surgeon, ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas

Votes: 128

38. 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: 879

39. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Fruit of the Poison Tree (1989)

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

Crockett and Tubbs' efforts to bust a major drug dealer are repeatedly thwarted in court by a shady big-shot southern gentleman attorney and his loyal protege Lisa, whose father was a prosecutor murdered for crusading against drugs.

Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 291

40. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Junk Love (1985)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Crockett and Tubbs bust the owner of a bordello (Miles Davis), they discover that one of his drug-addicted prostitutes is the object of a powerful drug dealer's twisted obsession.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 486

41. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Miami Squeeze (1989)

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

Crockett recruits the young cop from the Line of Fire episode to assist in an investigation of a dandy British drug lord and his operation in Miami, which includes the son of an anti-drug legislator. Also, Sonny visits a shrink.

Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 286

42. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Milk Run (1985)

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

Crockett and Tubbs encounter two naive young men smuggling cocaine-filled statues for a murderous criminal.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 667

43. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Prodigal Son (1985)

TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs travel to New York to take down a powerful Colombian cartel.

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

Votes: 765

44. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Redemption in Blood (1988)

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

Burnett begins to remember who he really is, as Tubbs and the rest of the squad decide he must be taken down.

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

Votes: 381

45. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Smuggler's Blues (1985)

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

Someone in law enforcement is murdering drug dealers and their families in cold blood. To find the culprit, Crockett and Tubbs go undercover and travel to Colombia with a laid-back pilot to pose as dealers.

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

Votes: 776

46. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Great McCarthy (1984)

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

Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.

Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 716

47. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Payback (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

-Crockett goes undercover to take down Mario Fuente (Frank Zappa), a dealer of 'weasel dust'.

Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 504

48. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Trust Fund Pirates (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Bolivian cruise ship is attacked by pirates leading Crockett and Tubbs to enlist the help of a renegade pilot in the contraband business to solve the case.

Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 430

49. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Walk-Alone (1986)

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

Tubbs goes undercover in a penitentiary to try and smoke out a group of corrupt prison guards.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 493

50. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Yankee Dollar (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Crockett sees his stewardess girlfriend die from smuggling balloons of cocaine into the country, he and Tubbs go undercover to expose the ring.

Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 483