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1. 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: 453,681 | Gross: $130.16M
2. 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: 277,044 | Gross: $65.21M
3. Live and Let Die (1973)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James
Votes: 115,707 | Gross: $35.38M
4. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 136,106 | Gross: $15.63M
5. Coonskin (1974)
R | 100 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas
Votes: 3,767
6. 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: 17,807 | Gross: $18.70M
7. Rapid Fire (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents, the only person he can trust is Ryan, a Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso, Raymond J. Barry
Votes: 10,418 | Gross: $14.36M
8. The Shadow Line (2011)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Kierston Wareing, Richard Lintern
Votes: 5,022
9. Most Wanted (2020)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.
Director: Daniel Roby | Stars: Antoine Olivier Pilon, Josh Hartnett, Stephen McHattie, Jim Gaffigan
Votes: 5,719
10. The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While on dispatch in Australia to extradite a drug courier, a tough Hong Kong cop wages a one-man war against Sydney's most powerful kingpin.
Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward
Votes: 1,864
11. 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: 3,533
12. $ (1971)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber
Votes: 2,897 | Gross: $4.40M
13. Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On the verge of being fired, a corrupt customs official finds a haul of drugs and teams up with a vicious gangster to become the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Ma Dong-seok
Votes: 7,318
14. Mitchell (1975)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans
Votes: 4,928
15. Puppet on a Chain (1970)
PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.77M
16. TNT Jackson (1974)
R | 72 min | Action
A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson, Ken Metcalfe
Votes: 1,423
17. Get Christie Love! (1974 TV Movie)
74 min | Action, Crime
A beautiful policewoman goes undercover to break up a drug ring.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Louise Sorel, Paul Stevens
Votes: 373
18. Angels of Terror (1971)
89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister, and finds her involved with a heroin-smuggling gang that is under attack from an unknown rival who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.
Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Uschi Glas, Hansjörg Felmy, Werner Peters, Harry Riebauer
Votes: 558
19. Hit! (1973)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles
Votes: 870 | Gross: $0.08M
20. The Heroin Busters (1977)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring, and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned to the same task.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati
Votes: 950
21. Sol Madrid (1968)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Crime
Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice.
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas, Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 377
22. London's Finest (2014)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A small-time drug-dealer gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies.
Director: Chris Bouchard | Stars: Nathanael Wiseman, Arin Alldridge, Ene Frost, Marlon G. Day
Votes: 433
23. Shou zhi ao chu (1981)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Li, a martial artist, returns home to find out that his father is being harassed by a crime syndicate. Together with an American kung fu champion he vows revenge when the syndicate kills his father.
Director: Chan-Wei Lin | Stars: Billy Chong, Sing Chen, Carl Scott, Chung-You Chang
Votes: 78
24. Kung Fu Cops (1973)
79 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man sets out to take revenge against the drug gang that murdered his brother.
Director: Chia-Wen Sun | Stars: Jason Piao Pai, Ingrid Yin-Yin Hu, Chun-Ku Lu, Thompson Kao Kang
Votes: 16
25. Zehir kaçakçilari (1952)
Adventure, Crime
Director: Hicri Akbasli | Stars: Handan Adali, Bülent Oran, Muzaffer Aslan, Nimet Alp
26.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Evil Under the Sun
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot's rehabilitative health retreat on an island resort becomes an even more stimulating mental exercise when a flirtatious film star is found strangled on a nearby beach.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 2,690
27.
B.J. and the Bear (1978–1981)
Episode:
A Coffin with a View
(1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
It was a dark and stormy night when B.J and the Bear drove two Transylvanian coffins from Frisco to L.A., meeting up along the way with murder, mayhem and maybe even Count Dracula.
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Greg Evigan, Pamela Hensley, John Carradine, Jack Ging
Votes: 23
28.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Flight to Danger
(1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An airline stewardess is an unsuspecting mule to smuggle heroin into the country for her boyfriend and his partner. After she discovers what's going on she is murdered for it. As a favor to her father Barnaby looks into the case.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Shelley Fabares, Carl Franklin
Votes: 73
29.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
The Loose Connection
(1973)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
What's the perfect heroin-smuggling plot? Hide it in the radiator of a car owned by a tourist above suspicion--Barnaby Jones. When the shipment is replaced by sugar, Barnaby finds himself ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Lloyd Bochner, Christine Belford
Votes: 120
30.
The Blue Knight (1975–1976)
Episode:
The Candy Man
(1976)
Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: George Kennedy, Sheila Larken, James A. Watson Jr., Gloria Hendry
31.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Follow the White Brick Road
(1972)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The U.S. Navy cooperated in the filming of this story about a shipboard heroin ring, lending the Destroyer U.S.S. Whipple and having real-life Admiral Joseph McGittrick play a substantial ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong
Votes: 111
32.
The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode:
Final Round
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
David 'Benson' is saved from a couple of muggers by a boxer nicknamed 'Rocky' and becomes his friend and corner-man. Unfortunately the young man suffers from high blood pressure and is being used to ferry drugs by an unscrupulous manager.
Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Martin Kove
Votes: 356
33.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
A Hair-Trigger Away
(1976)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop with an addicted girlfriend is determined to continue on the drug case he was working on, even after accidentally killing his own partner during an attempted arrest.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 131
34.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
A Very Deadly Game
(1974)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Kojak works with the FBI to apprehend a drug dealer. He sends one of his detectives to work with an FBI agent posing as buyers. When the dealer arrives he shoots both men and takes off... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Telly Savalas, Art Lund, Burr DeBenning, Roger Robinson
Votes: 147
35.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
Marker to a Dead Bookie
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lt. Kojak fails to bring down a wily heroin kingpin, so he ups the ante by putting himself up for sale, pretending he's got no shot at Captain's bars, so he's going for dirty money instead.... See full summary »
Director: Alex March | Stars: Telly Savalas, Roger Robinson, Val Avery, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 207
36.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Cry Danger
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mannix travels to San Francisco to wind up a case. At the airport he spots old flame Jan Holloway, who stood him up some time before. She tells Joe she is really married to a man named ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Diana Muldaur, Peter Donat
Votes: 98
37.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Portrait of a Hero
(1972)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam war hero who married into the family of an aircraft manufacturer is killed by a grenade tossed into an elevator just before the doors close. The elevator operator, Roy Elkins, ... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Robert Reed, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 90
38.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Then the Drink Takes the Man
(1967)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mannix infiltrates an alcohol-rehabilitation center in Mexico. His client is a young woman who fears her father is being swindled. Intertect has devised a cover identity so that Mannix ... See full summary »
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Mike Connors, Joseph Campanella, John Anderson, Lynda Day George
Votes: 151
39.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Back in the World
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett flashes to his role during the Saigon evacuation as he and a war correspondent uncover heroin smuggled in body bags. Ten years later in Miami the H resurfaces and so does the reporter looking for the CIA connection.
Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 487
40.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Fakeout
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The IMF's target is Poltroni, an international drug dealer. Poltroni, alias Ted Carson, is in a country with no extradition treaty with the United States. Briggs devises a plan to lure ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 335
41.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
A Quiet Weekend in the Country
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police informant dies before he can tell Capt. Greer about a drug smuggling operation. Greer sends his team to investigate a small community not very open to outsiders.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 58
42.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
The Connection
(1972)
TV-PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The trio go undercover to take down an international drug ring.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 51
43.
Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
Episode:
Boy's Night Out
(2005)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murphy is on hand to crack a drugs gang when events suddenly spiral out of control.
Director: Richard Standeven | Stars: James Barriscale, Michael Bertenshaw, Daniel Betts, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 48
44.
Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
Episode:
Extra Mile
(2005)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murphy gambles his career to establish a connection between an MP and a gangland boss.
Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: James Nesbitt, Ramon Tikaram, Owen Teale, Adam Allfrey
Votes: 45
45.
Nash Bridges (1996–2001)
Episode:
Hit and Run
(2000)
TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama
Frankie Dwyer returns again, putting out a contract on Nash's life while smuggling heroin inside of tofu containers. Nash and Caitlin's relationship is strained; Inger sets up Nick with her mother Ulla; Evan is born again in a baptism.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, James Gammon, Jaime Gomez
Votes: 50
46.
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971–1972)
Episode:
Operation: Big Store
(1971)
60 min | Drama
O'Hara teams with Joe Lew (George Takei) to take down a large drug shipment in LA.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: David Janssen, Eric Braeden, Angel Tompkins, Stacy Harris
Votes: 20
47.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fred Archer is blackmailed by Kim Lane, who winds up dead. Albert Sanders, Perry's derelict client, is charged with the murder. Perry depends on Kim's friend, Inez Kaylor, to assist in the defense, but she double-crosses him at every turn.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 390
48.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
The Code Five Affair
(1975)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama
Terry and Chris bust a drug operation, but the drug organization uses an elaborate scheme to get their heroin back, involving a pretty girl to con Chris out of information on a scheduled ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Bondelli | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Bruce Fairbairn, Kate Jackson
Votes: 22
49.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Unicorn
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Grand theft cobra venom? That is what seems to be the charge, along with murder, when a robbery attempt of an Asian ship goes wrong and leads to a wild gunfight. A longshoreman is killed ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Richard Egan, Charles Aidman
Votes: 134
50.
T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode:
A Cry for Help
(1982)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ambitious drug lord directs a street gang to deal high-grade heroin in Hooker's beat, meanwhile setting up a hearing-impaired teenage gang member to take a murder rap, but Hooker suspects the boy is innocent and vows to help him.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, Richard Herd
Votes: 80