Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-iran-contra-affair"

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: 30,126

2. 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: 208,364 | Gross: $51.34M

3. Eraser (1996)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn

Votes: 118,420 | Gross: $101.30M

4. 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: 48,764 | Gross: $2.45M

5. 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

6. 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: 2,872

7. 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

8. 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: 222

9. Asylum City (2018–2019)

40 min | Crime, Drama

Anat is a young police investigator who receives a murder investigation. While trying to find the killer she untangles the ties and becomes a real threat to forces which are bigger and stronger than her.

Stars: Hani Furstenberg, Dvir Benedek, Doron Ben-David, Ori Yaniv

Votes: 115

10. Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989 TV Movie)

187 min | Drama, Thriller

Oliver North survives a serious car accident. The young midshipman struggles to re-enter the Naval Academy, enters the Marine Corps, serves in Vietnam, and moves to Washington to work for the Nati.

Director: Mike Robe | Stars: David Keith, Barnard Hughes, Annette O'Toole, Peter Boyle

Votes: 1,599

11. 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

12. The X-Fools (1997 Video Game)

T | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Interactive tour and X-Files spoof. Join agents Mully and Scudder, on whom the show is actually based, in their secret trailer to view their tapes and files that prove that the aliens are here. Things turn more sinister by the game's end.

Director: Steven Horowitz | Stars: Cam Clarke, Mary Kay Bergman, Quinton Flynn, Joe Alaskey

Votes: 11

13. Gary Webb: In His Own Words (2002)

8 min | Documentary, Short

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Directors: Anthony Lappé, Stephen Marshall | Star: Gary Webb

14. Eerie, Indiana (1991–1992)
Episode: Mr. Chaney (1992)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Marshall wins a lottery to select the next Harvest King, and must go into the woods to face the Eerie wolf. The only problem is that none of the previous 'winners' have ever returned.

Director: Mark Goldblatt | Stars: Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow, Mary-Margaret Humes, Francis Guinan

Votes: 163

15. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Borrasca (1988)

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

Tubbs and Switek go undercover and pose as drug dealing middlemen to take down Borrasca, a very dangerous counter revolutionary who uses drug money to fight the war against communism in his country.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 298

16. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode: Garry Shandling/Los Lobos (1987)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music

In the cold opening, President Reagan's former national security adviser Robert McFarlane has an emotional breakdown during his testimony at the Iran-Contra congressional hearing. In the ... See full summary »

Directors: Paul Miller, Lyndall Hobbs | Stars: Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks

Votes: 82

17. 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: 12,812

18. Computer Chronicles (1983–2002)
Episode: CD-ROM Software (1991)

TV-G | 29 min | News, Talk-Show

In the early 1990s, the computer industry settled on a CD-ROM standard and that fanned the growth of CD-ROMs as a storage medium.

Stars: Stewart Cheifet, Tim Bajarin, Stan Cornyn, Mike Gabrielson

19. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: Presidential Cover Ups (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary

The office of the President of the United States was designed to operate with greater transparency than any other world-leader... but how much do we really know about what goes on behind the doors of the Oval Office?

Stars: Jonathan Adams, Allan Lichtman, Doug Wead, Katie Pavlich

Votes: 41

20. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: The Drug Wars (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary

This episode uncovers the conspiracies behind America's 40-year drug campaign. Why does the U.S. Government classify marijuana and heroin as equally dangerous drugs, and will the move by ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Adams, Darrell Issa, Jason Howerton, Michael Levine

Votes: 47

21. American Crime Story (2016– )
Episode: Manna from Heaven (2016)

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

Johnnie Cochran and F. Lee Bailey go across the country to acquire the Mark Fuhrman tapes.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi, Christian Clemenson, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Votes: 3,653

22. One Hit Wonderland (2012– )
Episode: 'Baby Got Back' by Sir Mix-a-Lot (2012)

13 min | Documentary, History, Music

Todd discusses the history of Sir Mix-a-lot, the one-hit wonder behind "Baby Got Back."

Director: Todd Nathanson | Star: Todd Nathanson

Votes: 13