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La Reina del Sur (2011)
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: life is a bitch, rise to the top, power struggle, mafia, drug dealing, cocaine, mob boss, rivalry, vengeance, drug traffic, organized crime, gang war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, europe, spain, morocco
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 6.3
 968
The Club (2019)
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: disturbing, captivating, tense, sex comedy
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: drug cartel, criminal, gay, family relations, rivalry, escapades, adaptation, police, danger, youth, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
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Brave Men's Blood (2014)
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: brutal, serious, suspense, rough
Plot: drug smuggling, drug lord, drug, drug dealing, war on drugs, drug bust, mob boss, drug cartel, police corruption, bandit, power struggle, fighting crime ...
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 7.5
 274K
Blow (2001)
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: depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug addiction, drug lord, drug abuse, drug dealing, friendship, drug, drug dealer, drug cartel, rise and fall, addiction, gangster, drug use ...
Time: 70s, year 2001, 20th century, 80s, near future ...
Place: latin america, colombia, california, mexico, usa ...
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The Snitch Cartel (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: colombian drug cartel, gangster, gang, drug, violence, organized crime, rise to the top, drug dealing, ambition, drug cartel, criminal heroes, money ...
Place: colombia, latin america, florida, miami, usa ...
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 7.8
 386K
The Gentlemen (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
Style: dark comedy, stylized, realistic, neo noir, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly
Plot: gangster, organized crime, marijuana, gang, crime boss, money, british, criminal underworld, tough guy, criminal, swearing, gang war ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom
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 8.3
 909K
Scarface (1983)
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, cult classic, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, ambition, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place: miami, cuba, miami beach, florida, bolivia ...
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Cocaine Godmother (2017)
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, suspense, tense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: drug smuggling, gang, woman, mother, parent child relationship, cocaine, smuggler, drug, arrest, drug dealer, murder, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: colombia
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 7.6
 219K
Traffic (2000)
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, bleak, political, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot: drug abuse, organized crime, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
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 6.5
 4K
Gangsta (2018)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Antwerp, Belgium. The lives of four small-time drug dealers spin out of control when they steal a shipment of cocaine, triggering a full out war between an Amsterdam drug lord and a ruthless Colombian cartel.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, anime
Plot: drug traffic, organized crime, drug cartel, gang war, dirty cop, nightclub, friends, rivalry, danger, ghetto, teenager, outlaw ...
Place: belgium, amsterdam, antwerp, netherlands, morocco
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Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar, Argentina, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In a mountain town, where corn and poppies grow, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground to escape the threat of being stolen. Ana and her two best friends grow up together, affirming the bonds of their friendship and ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: drug cartel, friendship, drug, social issues, social problems, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, grownups, drug use, girlfriend, friends, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place: mexico
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 5.7
 4K
Tortured (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A mobster orders an undercover FBI agent to torture an accountant.
Style: realistic, psychological, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot: law enforcement, fbi, torture, police investigation, police corruption, crime gone awry, master criminal, criminal heroes, disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, accountant, hitman ...
Time: 21st century
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Shadows Run Black (1984)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A detective investigates a series of killings committed by a serial killer known as "The Black Angel." He begins to suspect that it might not be just a random group of murders.
Style: slasher, detective, relaxing, erotic, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, erotica, cheating wife, coitus, voyeur, kidnapping, female nudity, promiscuous woman, prejudice, police investigation, sex in car, murder of a nude woman ...
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 6.0
 49K
A Man Apart (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style: suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, drug cartel, vigilante, drug, lone hero, justice, gang, gangster, violence, corruption, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
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 6.8
 5K
Heli (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: drug cartel, cocaine, drug dealing, corrupt law enforcer, torture, society, kids in trouble, urban ghetto life, factory worker, small town, police corruption, vengeance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.5
 37
Breathless (2021)
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: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: drug cartel, mafia, father daughter relationship, family relations, love affair, criminal, fighting crime, criminal gang, gang, crime boss, bandit, family problems ...
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 7.5
 1K
Kingpin (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Rule the family. Control the empire. A Change in power looms imminent in the drug cartel family.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug cartel, drug dealing, drug smuggling, family relations, brother brother relationship, partner, police corruption, rivalry, gangster, drug abuse, addiction, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, el paso texas, thailand, michigan ...
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 7.2
 3K
Dom (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A father who never stopped fighting against drugs. A son who never stopped using them. Two sides of the same coin. Victor is a cop who has fought all his life to curb cocaine trafficking. His son is a drug addict who has become one of the most ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, tense ...
Plot: war on drugs, sex, drug cartel, favela, criminal, drug traffic, drug, father son relationship, cocaine, father son estrangement, relationship problems, estranged father ...
Time: 70s, 90s
Place: rio de janeiro, northeast brazil, brazil
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
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, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style: suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, spy, conspiracy, sniper, politics, assassination, shootout, drug cartel, violence, espionage, covert operation, mercenary ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colombia, washington d.c., usa, langley virginia, iraq ...
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Better Call Saul (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3154 min.
TV show
Story: Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style: witty, stylized, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: lawyer, workplace situations, legal, hotshot lawyer, criminal lawyer, family relations, dark humor, moral dilemma, anti hero, dishonesty, lawyer client relationship, cons and scams ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, syria, albuquerque new mexico
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 6.9
 599
Cannabis (2016)
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: suspense, rough, serious, brutal
Plot: drug traffic, power struggle, drug lord, bandit, reality competition, drug dealing, manipulation, fight for supremacy, drug cartel, drug smuggling, marijuana, drug ...
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 5.1
 4K
The Line (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Plot: drug dealing, drug abuse, gangster, hitman, mentally unstable, law enforcement, master criminal, criminal heroes, assassin, spy, killer, professional ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, tijuana mexico, latin america
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 8.1
 52K
Power (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: nightclub, nightlife, drug dealing, ambition, nightclub owner, businessman, organized crime, money laundering, sexual activity, drug lord, double life, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
 11K
Drug War (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war on drugs, drug cartel, whistleblower, mole, criminal, recruit, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, triad, gang, shooting ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: china, asia
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Beast of Burden (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: hitman, drug cartel, race against time, police, rescue, danger, hostage, chase, murder, conspiracy, rivalry, secrets ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Welcome to No Man's Land (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Pete, Steven and Dave are good friends that have fallen on hard times; They are unemployed and hardly get by on benefits. Coincidentally, they are approached by a low-key gangster who offers them what seems like quick cash-in-hand work. One ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: gangster, drug cartel, drug, criminal, friendship, dea, drug dealer, friends, society, heroes, rivalry, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: manchester
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Barbarous Mexico (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, ...
Style: anthology, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, dark ...
Plot: urban legend, folklore, legend, rape, day of the dead, creature, murder, ritual, brother sister relationship, sister sister relationship, blood, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, bleak, rough, mind bending ...
Plot: police officer, police investigation, murder, investigation, danger, dishonesty, murder witness, law enforcement, terrorism, dirty cop, violence, secret past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid
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 7.0
 251
Undercover Law (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story: An action-packed series about several Colombian women who work as intelligence agents. They investigate the perilous criminal activities of drug lords while maintaining their lives outside of work. Undercover Law is based on a true story.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
Plot: drug cartel, mission, drug smuggling, working undercover, drug traffic, informant, drug, drug lord, crime boss, moral dilemma, multiple storylines, undercover police officer ...
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