Drug traffic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drug traffic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic and disturbing films and TV shows about / with drug traffic, drug, drug dealing, drug dealer, organized crime, drug lord, betrayal, drug smuggling, gang and mafia plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drug traffic: Traffic (2000), La Reina del Sur (2011), The Kid (2014), Blow (2001), American Gangster (2007), Elite Squad (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), Chouf (2016), Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord (2012), Burn Out (2017).
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List of drug traffic movies
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: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 378 min.
TV show
Story:
After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, novela, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
rise to the top, mafia, cocaine, power struggle, drug dealing, vengeance, rivalry, organized crime, smuggling, mob boss, drug traffic, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, spain, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Two youths, Niño and Compi, enter the world of drug smuggling in the Strait of Gibraltar; while two police officers, Jesús and Eva, try to eradicate the contraband.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, thrilling ...
Plot:
drug traffic, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, smuggling, law enforcement, hashish, mafia, conspiracy, juvenile delinquent, phd, teenager, cocaine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, spain, europe
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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: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
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118K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Style:
disturbing, intense, serious, realistic, social ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug traffic, favela, squad, drug lord, leader, slum, police, fighting crime, police brutality, law enforcement, torture ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, south america, latin america, berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
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534
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
teenage gang, drug trade, drug dealer, drug traffic, revenge killing, gang violence, ghetto, street gang, death of brother, revenge, urban ghetto life, drug ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
marseille
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal is a 2012 Colombian television series produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, about the life of Pablo Escobar. It is only available in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, novela, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, dea, latinos, organized crime, master criminal, drug dealing, smuggling, drug traffic, terrorism, rise to the top, ambition, gangster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
colombia, latin america, panama
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tony, a promising young motorcycle racer, is forced to do perilous drug runs to save the mother of his child from a dangerous mobster.
Style:
action thriller, crime drama, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
motorcycle race, drug traffic, motorcycle, amphetamine, gypsy, biker, abduction, danger, organized crime, motorcycle racing, rebelliousness, parent child relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 292 min.
TV show
Story:
Computer whizz-kid VESA LEVOLA is a decent young man with a promising career who unexpectedly ends up in prison after becoming involved in a street fight. In prison Vesa ends up working for the kingpin of the criminal world, who runs a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
drug traffic, prisoner, prison, police officer, police station, criminal gang, drug bust, drug dealing, drug dealer, husband wife relationship, police, police corruption ...
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, russia
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512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
Style:
brutal, suspense, rough, serious
Plot:
drug traffic, power struggle, drug cartel, drug dealing, fight for supremacy, reality competition, bandit, drug smuggling, drug lord, manipulation, marijuana, drug ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A young member of a gang in Belgrade puts his family in danger when he angers a mafia boss.
Style:
tense, exciting, intense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug traffic, strong violent content, haunted by the past, drug smuggling, destiny, danger, gangster, betrayal, fight scenes, twists and turns, revenge, justice ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, drug lord, master criminal, rise to the top, drug, money, gangster, smuggling, gang war, generosity, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
latin america, colombia, mexico, new mexico
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky ...
Style:
hood, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, ghetto, african american gangster, organized crime, roman empire, urban, rapper, drug, gangster, drug lord, black ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cop, life is a bitch, murder, ambition, rivalry, drug deal, drug traffic, industry, danger, drug dealing, brutality, violence ...
Place:
albania, europe
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656
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, marijuana, drug traffic, organized crime, drug lord, criminal, cannabis, drug dealer, gangster, drug, illegal drugs, drug dealing ...
Place:
europe, morocco
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fbi, informant, father son relationship, drug traffic, buddies, culture clash, drug crime, fbi agent, teenager, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1986, year 2014, year 2017 ...
Place:
las vegas, ohio, michigan, detroit
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Iran
TV show
Story:
Between Dreaming and Awakening, an Iranian drama series whose story revolves around gangs that sponsor the drug trade in Iran, where senior police officers confront them after they pose a real threat to the country's youth. It shows a ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
drug traffic, investigation, law enforcement, gang, organized crime, police procedural, drug cartel, police, police officer, drug, drug lord, drug dealing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iran, tehran, persia
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934
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young confidential informant is sent on a dangerous undercover operation. It's a no-holds-barred look at the vulnerable foot soldiers of the War on Drugs, young criminals who are pressured to work for the police.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
war on drugs, drug traffic, undercover, mission, undercover agent, police, police officer, working undercover, police detective, secret mission, drug, drug cartel ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Consists of the fictionalization of the story of 'Los Miami's', a criminal organization led by 'El inmortal' that controlled the cocaine trade in Madrid in the 1990s.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
cocaine, drug traffic, crime boss, organized crime, drug, underworld, drug use, gang, drug dealing, drug smuggling, criminal, crime family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
madrid, spain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Two lifelong friends from Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rob a country house, but the small-scale grift quickly becomes a matter of life and death. The friends soon unravel as they find one of the biggest narcotics corridors on the East Coast.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
drug traffic, friendship, narcotics, robbery, heist, drug, friends, thievery, illegal drugs, friend, drug smuggling, drug trade ...
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
It’s 1993, and Paloma Luisa Marquez Hermosa is on top of the world. Originally from Columbia, she now heads a very discreet – and very efficient – criminal organization that smuggles cocaine into Montreal and launders drug money. Nicknamed the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
drug traffic, cartel, organized crime, criminal organization, police corruption, female crime boss, cocaine, drug dealing, drug, drug abuse, forensics, criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montreal, colombia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When a boat loaded with cocaine sinks off his home island, Eduardo sees a risky but exciting opportunity to make money and fulfill impossible dreams.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
cocaine, drug traffic, junkie, friendship, friend, changing lives, friends, drug, drug use, greed, moral ambiguity, smuggling ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug traffic, drug lord, criminal underworld, smuggling, drug, drug trade, underworld, drug dealer, drug smuggling, gang member, drug cartel ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Style:
tense, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
drug traffic, undercover, drug lord, illegal drugs, teenager, criminal underworld, gang, undercover agent, outlaw gang, working undercover, bandit, criminal ...
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246
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug dealing, drug dealer, drug traffic, smuggling, drug, illegal drugs, bandit, criminal, life is a bitch, social problems, drug smuggling, money problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nigeria
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