Drug smuggling movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drug smuggling movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with drug smuggling, drug, drug dealer, drug traffic, drug dealing, organized crime, criminal, cocaine, gangster and drug lord plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Colombia, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drug smuggling: Kid Cannabis (2014), Sicario (2015), Cocaine Godmother (2017), Cocaine Coast (2018), Maria Full of Grace (2004), The Mule (2018), ZeroZeroZero (2019), En la Boca del Lobo (2014), Ilegales (2010), Kill the Messenger (2014).
Best films
New films
| All Souls (2023) | 4.9 | |
| Dope Thief (2025) | 7.0 | |
| The Baker (2022) | 5.9 | |
| Coppers (2024) | 5.1 | |
| Silent Cargo (2022) | 6.3 |
List of drug smuggling movies
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
weed, drug smuggling, marijuana, public nudity, male nudity, drug dealing, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, female nudity, buddies, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2006, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, idaho, canada
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530K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, brutal, harsh, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
revenge, cia, drug cartel, drug smuggling, hitman, brutality, fbi, fbi agent, black ops, cia agent, vigilantism, murder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with ...
Style:
factual, tense, captivating, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, colombian drug cartel, woman, gang, drug cartel, mother, smuggler, cocaine, parent child relationship, drug, arrest, drug dealer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story:
It takes place in the Galicia (Spain) of the 80s, when 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.
Style:
erotic, realistic, intense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug smuggling, drug use, drug, cocaine, drug addiction, political corruption, mafia, drug dealing, organized crime, gangster, war on drugs, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, colombia, galicia, new mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Colombia, Ecuador
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, independent film, depressing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug dealing, immigrant, human trafficking, friendship, coming of age, depression, drug, illegal immigration, women, drug abuse, addiction, character study ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, south america, new jersey, latin america ...
Is relevant?
167K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. ...
Style:
road movie, crime drama, exciting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
old man, drug cartel, drug smuggling, drug, dea, drug crime, pickup truck, mexican drug cartel, police, driver, cartel, mountain ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, 2010s, year 2005, year 1958
Place:
mexico, texas, chicago, el paso texas, south america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.
Style:
brutal, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, cartel, drug cartel, cocaine, drug dealer, drug trade, drug dealing, drug smuggler, drug, brutality, gunfight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, south america, mexico, italy
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Genre: Crime
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story and the book, At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel, En la Boca del Lobo follows the series of events that ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, colombian drug cartel, drug lord, drug smuggling, mafia, war on drugs, drug kingpin, organized crime, drug dealer, gangster boss, drug ...
Place:
colombia
Is relevant?
108
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tells the stories of a group of people in Ciudad de Juarez with one thing in common: they are all looking for a better life for them and their families. For many, that better life waits just a short walk away in the United States.
Style:
suspense, touching, suspenseful, independent film, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, investigation, illegal immigrant, drug traffic, immigrant, drug, smuggling, cocaine, child in peril, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, murder ...
Place:
mexico, new mexico
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, clever, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
journalism, reporter, journalist, conspiracy, u.s. government, investigative journalism, politics, drug smuggling, investigative reporter, media manipulation, media, cia ...
Time:
80s, year 2014, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, california, los angeles, nicaragua, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Paraguay, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Former Colonel Fernandez is appointed Minister of the National Anti-Drug Agency (SENAD) and purges the special forces to fight the first of many battles against drug trafficking on the border of Paraguay and Argentina.
Style:
perverse, exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
partisan, military police, drug traffic, culture clash, false accusation, military service, group of criminals, cartel, danger, drug smuggling, friendship, military officer ...
Place:
paraguay
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
While serving a 33-year sentence, a spiritual awakening led drug lord Esteban Mendoza Cruz to form a church in Mexico's most corrupt prison. With a congregation of more than 600, Cruz sows hope both among inmates and in the community at large.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, uplifting
Plot:
redemption, prison, cartel, jail, drug smuggling, drug, drug rehab, changing lives, change of heart, lifestyle change, war on drugs, drug dealer ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A powerful drama about a mother and her fourteen year old boy who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drug selling enterprise, a 'County Line', which exploits vulnerable children and traffics them across Britain.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, thought provoking, dark
Plot:
drug, drug smuggling, teenage protagonist, brother sister relationship, juvenile delinquency, smuggling, teenager, outlaw gang, criminal gang, criminal, money problems, drug dealer ...
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug lord, drug dealing, drug abuse, drug, drug traffic, drug cartel, rise and fall, drug use, friendship, addiction, gangster ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 80s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
latin america, california, south america, usa, colombia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Style:
hilarious, road movie, humorous, laugh out loud, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot:
road trip, on the road, nothing goes right, parenthood, journey, smuggling, camping, marijuana, adolescence, homeless teenager, drug dealing, pretense ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, colorado, arizona, north america ...
Is relevant?
138K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Style:
sexy, tense, action packed, intense, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, twists and turns, rescue, kidnapping, sex scene, drug cartel, marijuana, drug dealing, friendship, woman in danger, polyamory, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, afghanistan, south america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Traffik is a 1989 British television serial about the illegal drugs trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated ...
Style:
serious, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
drug dealer, heroin, drug abuse, police corruption, fighting the system, smuggling, organized crime, politics, drug addict, price of justice, rules and policies, down on your luck ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, pakistan, london, england, germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, swimming, drug dealer, swimmer, drug, smuggling, desperation, illegal drugs, bandit, money problems, criminal gang, drug dealing ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
TV show
Story:
Suri, a South Asian female and aspiring influencer, turns to a life of crime to bail her truck driver father out of prison.
Style:
crime drama, psychological, serious, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, drug smuggling, smuggling, organized crime, social problems, illegal drugs, drug dealer, drug, criminal gang, criminal, drug dealing, drug crime ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Three bumbling underlings who are tasked with smuggling cocaine get into problems during their journey.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, semi serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, cocaine, mistaken identity, smuggling, drug traffic, criminal, car theft, satire, bandit, escapades, misfit, farce ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
Style:
semi documentary, serious, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, pablo escobar, prison, mercenary, bandit, drug dealer, hitman, crime boss, friendship between men, brutality, faithfulness ...
Place:
colombia, south america
Is relevant?
477
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sino and Mo are detectives use unorthodox methods to solve crimes.
Style:
detective, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, drug smuggling, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, satire, crime solving, smuggler, smuggling, uncover truth, drug smuggler ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Colombia
TV show
Story:
The adventures of Vicenta Acero, the feared coyote who now leads the dynasty of illicit dealings once under the control of her father.
Style:
sexy, serious, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
drug dealing, parents and children, family relations, female protagonist, love and romance, crime boss, drug smuggling, rivalry, danger, criminal, strong female presence, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The head of the Reykjavík police department's internal affairs unit decides to use his investigation into a corrupt police lieutenant to take down a major criminal organization.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, rough, brutal, serious ...
Plot:
police corruption, drug, power struggle, drug smuggling, covert operation, drug lord, bandit, drug cartel, corrupt cop, fight for supremacy, drug dealing, drug traffic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A story about a pool cleaner that gets in a whole mess of trouble. "Pineapple Express" Meets "The Hangover"
Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, financial crisis, smuggling, financial problem, money problems, problem solving, crisis, drug smuggler, smuggler, family in crisis, humour, misadventure ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Style:
realistic, captivating, factual, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot:
cartel, drug cartel, drug lord, business, gang, fight for supremacy, criminal, drug dealing, drug, drug trade, crime boss, mafia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south america
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Genre: Musical, Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.
Style:
hood, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, urban, hip hop, drug dealing, vengeance, rivalry, social decay, murder, tough heroes, gangster, partner, criminal ...
Place:
philadelphia
Is relevant?
229K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
suspense, political, realistic, thought provoking, anthology ...
Plot:
drug traffic, organized crime, drug abuse, drug dealer, drug lord, addiction, drug addiction, drug cartel, drug, war on drugs, politics, corruption ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Style:
dark, surreal, creepy, biting, art house ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, cat, prostitute, loneliness, murder, father son relationship, drug addict, following someone, drug use, women, feminist ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place:
middle east, iran, persia, maghreb, california
Is relevant?
231K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, factual, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
pilot, drug cartel, money laundering, aviation, cia, money, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, trial, arms smuggling, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
colombia, panama, nicaragua, latin america, usa ...
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