Drug cartel movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drug cartel movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, captivating, serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with drug cartel, gangsters, criminal, mafia, drugs, organized crime, drug dealer, suspense, gang and drug traffic plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Mexico, Colombia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drug cartel: Sicario (2015), The Lord of the Skies (2013), Narcos: Mexico (2018), Miss Bala (2011), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Queen of the South (2016), Narcos (2015), Ozark (2017), Triple Frontier (2019), ZeroZeroZero (2019).
Best films
List of drug cartel movies
440K
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, enigmatic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, suspense, swat team, drug cartel, revenge, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, organized crime, fbi, crime boss, u.s. mexico border ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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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, gangsters, ambition, master criminal, rise to the top, money, drug lord, generosity, gang war, smuggling, drug dealing, cartel ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, intense, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, corruption, criminal, gang, drugs, suspense, gangsters, drug dealing, business ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, feminist film ...
Plot:
drug cartel, gangsters, rape, beauty pageant, follow your dream, blind ambition, audition, hopes, ambition, physical appearance, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tijuana mexico, mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
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, bleak, disturbing, captivating, perverse ...
Plot:
terrorist, black ops, cia, drug cartel, mission, cartel, u.s. mexico border, cia agent, warrior, brutality, organized crime, kidnapping ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, sonora, kansas city, texas, mexico ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, erotic
Plot:
drug cartel, twists and turns, cartel, murder, destiny, adaptation, runaway, drugs, captivity, vengeance, chase, corruption ...
Place:
mexico, usa
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432K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug dealing, rise to the top, cartel, illegal drugs, cia agent, dea, master criminal, drugs, smuggling ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, latin america, mexico, south america, panama ...
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322K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
money laundering, drug cartel, suspense, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, criminal, mafia, organized crime, drugs, violence ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, missouri, chicago illinois
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, greed, ex special forces, drug lord, friendship, violence, survival, ex soldier, murder, escapades, robbery, jungle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south america, usa, peru, andes mountains, colombia ...
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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:
atmospheric, brutal, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, drug cartel, mafia, cartel, cocaine, drugs, gangsters, drug dealer, drug trade, drug dealing, drug smuggler, brutality ...
Place:
africa
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855K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, harsh, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, drug cartel, mob boss, cocaine, ambition, drug dealing, drug abuse, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, cuba, florida, bolivia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A Tokyo business man returns to his home country of Mexico where he must battle rivals to replace his grandfather as the head of a cartel.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot:
drug cartel, japanese mafia, martial artist, criminal syndicate, gangsters, adaptation, drug dealing, syndicate, mafia, rivalry, fight, society ...
Place:
mexico, tokyo, japan
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132K
Genre: Action, 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, intense, romantic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
marijuana, drug cartel, twists and turns, gangsters, kidnapping, rescue, drug dealing, violence, friendship, woman in danger, love triangle, polyamory ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, los angeles, usa, tijuana mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, twists and turns, partners, policewoman, murder, drug cartel, police investigation, interrogation, u.s. mexico border, corruption, marital problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, usa
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11K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, cynical, perverse ...
Plot:
gangsters, drug cartel, violence, u.s. mexico border, politics, gang war, social relations, society, organized crime, mafia, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Style:
factual, serious, rough, exciting, brutal
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, cocaine, drugs, drug smuggling, colombian drug cartel, assassination, journalist, congress, drug traffic, drug dealing, fighting crime ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 1981, year 1993, year 1992 ...
Place:
colombia, south america, panama, latin america, florida
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265K
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, thought provoking, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, gangsters, drug lord, rise and fall, drug abuse, friendship, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug use, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 50s, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
california, colombia, latin america, boston, mexico ...
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141K
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, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, police officer, old man, drugs, dea, driver, gangsters, drug smuggling, police, drug traffic, organized crime, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, 2010s, year 2005, year 1958
Place:
mexico, el paso texas, texas, illinois, new mexico ...
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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
criminal, life turned upside down, family problems, peril, drug dealing, meth lab, drug lord, unlikely partners, master criminal, cancer, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In Cali during the '60s and '70s, two brothers juggle family, romance and the joint pursuit of a burning ambition: to rule Colombia's drug industry.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
drug cartel, drug lord, drug dealer, war on drugs, smuggling, cartel, drugs, brother brother relationship, criminal gang, crime boss, drug traffic, partners in crime ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colombia
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19K
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, atmospheric, factual
Plot:
cartel, drug lord, business, drug cartel, fight for supremacy, drug dealing, drugs, gang, gangsters, drug crime, crime boss, mafia ...
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191K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia
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:
exciting, factual, emotional, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
pilot, money laundering, drugs, cia, drug cartel, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, sex scene, money, drug traffic, aviation ...
Time:
80s, year 1978, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
Place:
colombia, latin america, usa, panama, central america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, Belgium, Panama
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
drug dealing, gangsters, drug cartel, family relations, murder, forbidden love, young lovers, siblings relations, mafia, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the DR, hardened cop Manolo tries to take down an infamous drug cartel; meanwhile, his daughter has fallen in love with Lorenzo, a construction worker who's unwittingly gotten embroiled in the drug cartel's dealings.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
drug cartel, father daughter relationship, mafia, criminal gang, bandit, fighting crime, forbidden love, love affair, family relations, gang, family problems, criminal ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Taylor is forced to hide the young daughter of a Colombian woman in witness protection who will be testifying against a powerful drug cartel in Federal Court, as ruthless sicarios aim to hunt them down.
Plot:
drug cartel, woman in danger, gunfight, elderly, evacuation, death of father, storm, intruder, weapons, corruption, rainstorm, car accident ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
tense, realistic, dramatic, factual, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drugs, money laundering, suspense, addiction, gangsters, drug cartel, federal agent, investigation, death, undercover agent, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
latin america, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man will become a criminal to save his family. Director: Shawn Welling Writer: Derek H. Potts Stars: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors |
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
Plot:
dea, drug cartel, criminal, cartel, criminal heroes, drug dealer, cia agent, armed forces, kidnapping, drugs, sex trafficking, navy ...
Place:
usa
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929
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dealing with the pressure of his father and his need to be someone, Pablo decides to start a new shady, tricky business that will lead him to some happy but tragic experiences.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, criminal, gay, adaptation, family relations, rivalry, escapades, society, life is a bitch, parents and children, police, youth ...
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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:
serious, semi documentary, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
gangsters, drug cartel, mercenary, cartel, prison, faithfulness, bandit, struggle for survival, hitman, murderer, crime boss, enemy ...
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true events.
Style:
tense
Plot:
cartel, drug cartel, gang, mexican, dea, criminal gang, drug traffic, small town, bandit, drugs, smuggling, suspense ...
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