Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "war-on-drugs"

1. Snowfall (2017– )

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, Isaiah John, Amin Joseph

Votes: 10,355

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: 373,113 | Gross: $46.89M

3. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

130 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.

Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne

4. 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: 113,493 | Gross: $103.80M

5. Triple Frontier (2019)

R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Loyalties are tested when five friends and former special forces operatives reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.

Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund

Votes: 108,848

6. White Boy Rick (2018)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Votes: 29,834 | Gross: $24.01M

7. 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. Based on the Spanish-language film.

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

Votes: 8,789 | Gross: $15.01M

8. Traffic (2000)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas

Votes: 196,195 | Gross: $124.12M

9. 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: 90,211 | Gross: $122.19M

10. New Jack City (1991)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock

Votes: 31,717 | Gross: $47.62M

11. 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: 83,328 | Gross: $42.93M

12. A Scanner Darkly (2006)

R | 100 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane

Votes: 106,683 | Gross: $5.50M

13. 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: Joe Biden, George Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton

Votes: 2,109

14. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 32,084

15. The Last Narc (2020)

TV-MA | 185 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, Jorge Godoy, Phil Jordan

Votes: 1,584

16. Deep Cover (1992)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A uniformed cop is recruited by a drug enforcement agent to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa

Votes: 8,938 | Gross: $16.64M

17. The Substitute (1996)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mercenary Shale's team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes 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: 12,487 | Gross: $14.75M

18. Deep Web (2015)

TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary

A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law; with particular focus on the FBI capture of the Tor hidden service Silk Road, and the judicial aftermath.

Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Nicolas Christin, Cindy Cohn, Joshua L. Dratel, Andy Greenberg

Votes: 9,050

19. Psychomagic, A Healing Art (2019)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary

Director Alejandro Jodorowsky unveils his theory of trauma therapy.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Star: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Votes: 324

20. The House I Live In (2012)

Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez, William Julius Wilson

Votes: 5,172 | Gross: $0.21M

21. Aswang (2019)

85 min | Documentary

When Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug dealers, users, and small time street criminals. ASWANG follows ... See full summary »

Director: Alyx Ayn G. Arumpac | Stars: Orly Fernandez, Jomari, Ciriaco Santiago III

Votes: 94

22. The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020)

124 min | Drama

In 1972, young women looking for a fresh start in life endure isolated captivity in a true 98-day human experiment studying the effects of marijuana on females.

Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Tymika Tafari, Julia Sarah Stone, Morgan Kohan, Brittany Bristow

Votes: 13

23. Narcos, Guns & Money: Chasing El Chapo (2015 TV Movie)

Documentary

Days after Mexico's most infamous drug lord escaped from prison for the second time, Mariana van Zeller travels to "El Chapo's" home in Sinaloa to see first hand what the hunt for the world's most wanted man looks like.

Director: Alex Simmons | Stars: Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mariana van Zeller, Miguel Angel Vega

Votes: 30

24. Escape from Ensenada (2017)

TV-MA | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two Southern California College Students plot their escape after being kidnapped by a human trafficking ring while on Spring Break in Mexico.

Director: Brandon Slagle | Stars: Bronwyn Carrie-Wilson, Devanny Pinn, Louis Mandylor, Jonathan Goldstein

Votes: 551

25. Singham (2019)

141 min | Action, Drama

After taking charge as the DSP of Singham Khurd, Dilsher Sikhon sets out to end the drug addiction among the youth of Punjab. This sets him against Bhuller, a vicious business tycoon with connections in high places.

Director: Navaniat Singh | Stars: Priyanka Arya, Sonam Bajwa, Kartar Cheema, Anita Devgan

Votes: 86

26. Grass (1999)

R | 80 min | Documentary, History

The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.

Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harry J. Anslinger, George Bush, Cab Calloway

Votes: 3,442 | Gross: $0.31M

27. Curtis Snow, Chapter 3: Still on the Bluff (2020– )

Not Rated | 28 min | Reality-TV

Curtis Snow fights for ownership of his image and neighborhood while exposing personal dramas and triumphs to his loyal cult following via social media.

Stars: Brian Hightower, Big Rube, Snoop Dogg, Curtis Snow

Votes: 6

28. Public Enemy Number One (2019)

70 min | Documentary

PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a somewhat benign criminal activity into a self-perpetuating constantly expanding policy disaster.

Director: Robert Rippberger | Stars: Dan Baum, Wayward Bill, Peter Bourne, Dick Cole

Votes: 25

29. Peace Officer (2015)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Crime

Peace Officer is a documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of 'Dub' Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his ... See full summary »

Directors: Brad Barber, Scott Christopherson | Stars: Radley Balko, William 'Dub' Lawrence

Votes: 429 | Gross: $0.03M

30. Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target (1998)

R | 94 min | Action

The anti-terrorist Delta Force is called into action once again in this thriller, concerning a crazed genius who threatens to unleash a biological weapon with the power to kill everyone in New York City.

Director: Mark Roper | Stars: Jim Fitzpatrick, Bryan Genesse, Greg Collins, John Simon Jones

Votes: 2,326

31. Call of Juarez: The Cartel (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Mystery

An undercover team has been put together in order to investigate a bombing of an LAPD office.

Stars: Lombardo Boyar, Kim Compeau, Jesse Corti, John Cygan

Votes: 240

32. Medias Res (2017)

95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Dave and Joe, evicted from their apartment, turn to stealing cars and dealing Fluoride to make their financial ends meet. One night they find Summer Hayes in the trunk of a stolen automobile and nothing is what it at first appears to be.

Director: Edwin Fernando Gonzalez | Stars: Mike Delaney, Sarah Coykendall, Joseph Mason, Reggie D. White

Votes: 75

33. Belushi's Toilet (2018)

121 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In the not so distant future, the war on drugs is considered a failure. Prohibition has ended. A group of friends risk their relationships and sanity, to create the perfect new drug.

Director: Andrew Wright | Stars: Mark Nocent, James Soares-Correia, Hayden Finkelshtain, Alex Frankson

Votes: 54

34. Nostrum (2010)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

A group of friends head out to an abandon farmhouse to kick a nasty habit. Little do they know that they are in for the night of their lives.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Megan Hutchings, Mike Webster, Aimee Feler, Shamier Anderson

Votes: 220

35. Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (1994 TV Movie)

Crime, Documentary

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Directors: Bill Jersey, Gary Weimberg | Stars: Albert Anastasia, Billy Beattie, Angelo Bruno, Brendan Byrne

Votes: 33

36. The Naked Queen (2007)

85 min | Documentary

A cultural critique of the mythic foundations of the war on drugs that has in essence become a war on cannabis.

Director: Daryl Verville | Stars: Bruce Alexander, Hilary Black, John Conroy, Carolyn DeMarco

37. Quebrando o Tabu (2011)

PG-13 | 80 min | Documentary

Documentary uncovering the failure of the UN sanctioned war on drugs.

Directors: Fernando Grostein Andrade, Cosmo Feilding-Mellen | Stars: Fran Boyd Andrews, Brenda Blom, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter

Votes: 973

38. Last Night Another Soldier

Action | Announced

An insight into the experiences of soldiers on the front line and the lives of those they leave behind.

39. Marijuana: A Chronic History (2010 TV Movie)

88 min | Documentary

A look at the strange history of marijuana in America, with a critical eye toward America's War on Drugs and its impact on society.

Stars: Gary Philp, Hal Sparks, Graham Hill, Mark A.R. Kleinman

Votes: 105

40. Raw Opium (2010)

84 min | Documentary

Raw Opium is a feature length documentary (and two-part TV series) about a commodity that has tremendous power - both to ease pain and to destroy lives. The opium poppy is the raw material ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Findlay | Star: John Ralston

Votes: 27

41. The True History of Marijuana (2010 Video)

80 min | Documentary, Crime, History

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Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Donald Abrams, David Bearman, Manuel Guzman, Jeffrey Hergenrather

Votes: 15

42. Guerras Ajenas (2016)

TV-14 | 71 min | Documentary

From the land of narco-violence to the land of displaced persons. The documentary Guerras Ajenas ('Wars of Others') explores the consequences of the war on drugs in Colombia, and one of its main tools: aerial spraying.

Directors: Carlos Moreno, Lilia Luciano | Stars: Jorgan Andrews, Pedro Arenas, Pedro José Arenas, Vicente Calapucha

Votes: 38

43. In Pot We Trust (2007 TV Movie)

88 min | Documentary

Documentary examining the cases of five chronically ill people who have been prescribed medical marijuana as part of their treatment.

Director: Star Price | Star: Aaron Houston

Votes: 364

44. Only in America (1996)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Rusty Martin | Stars: Jill Bowden, Amy Tall Chief, Orion Courtin, Sarah Scott Davis

Votes: 21

45. Philippines: La méthode Duterte (2017 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

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Director: François Cauwel | Stars: Balbin, Gil Castro, Jenny Castro, Matthieu Dauchez

Votes: 5

46. Fungimentary: The Magic Mushrooms of Balingup (1995 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary

Multi award winning (Australian made) guerrilla independent documentary. First Broadcast on SBS (Australia) 8:30pm 20 October 1995. It undertakes a highly entertaining tongue-in-cheek ... See full summary »

Directors: Paul Blake, Russell Vines

Votes: 12

47. G.O.D.: God or Devil

Crime | Announced

LOGLINE: A young man from Queens discovers on the eve of his NFL stardom, his incarcerated father was really a notorious drug king pin from the "crack "heyday in the 80s -sent to prison for... See full summary »

Stars: Ahmed Best, Nicholas Alexander

48. Black Thoughts (2020)

30 min | Short

Aiming to bridge the divide between embattled Americans, Black Thoughts places viewers within the history ravaged mind of a broken-hearted Black man as he contemplates how confusion keeps citizens engaged in an endless cycle of conflict.

Director: Dwayne Logan | Stars: Ava Corley, Kristian Eke, Mykie Fisher, Jk Gregg

49. My Thoughts Re Chris Cantwell (2017 Video)

42 min | Short, Talk-Show

Karen Straughan of Honey Badger Radio presents an after-action report of her interview with the white nationalist, Chris Cantwell, and rebuts his ideas.

Stars: Karen Straughan, Justin Trudeau

50. Behind the Freedom Curtain (2013)

114 min | Documentary

A history of American propaganda, form WW2, to the Cold War, to the War on Drugs, to the War on Terror.

Director: Nathan Wold | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Bono, Fidel Castro