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 7.8
 92
Zrádci (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story: David must join forces with police analyst Petra as they are drawn deep into the tangled web of who controls the flow of meth into Europe.
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, poliziottesco
Plot: drug cartel, police investigation, drug dealer, police, investigation, drug dealing, rivalry, chase, violence, uncover truth, suspicion, police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: central europe
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2025: Blood, White & Blue (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Undercover U.S. agent Bill Wilson makes the bust of his career taking down a cartel leader. Hiding the evidence in his home exposes his family to a brutal targeting on the night of the annual Purge, the deadliest night of the year.
Style: humorous, suspenseful, captivating, rough, entertaining
Plot: distopia, undercover agent, drug lord, drug cartel, secret agent, drug traffic, drug trade, drug dealing, drug dealer, drug
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 6.1
 2K
Black Widow (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Black Widow is not dead ... Drug Queen Carmen van Walraven is hiding in Canada and leads an anonymous life there. One evening a colleague is harassed and Carmen helps her. In self-defense, she kills the perpetrator, is arrested and extradited to ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot: business, gangster, drug, criminal, drug dealer, violence, criminal heroes, death, rivalry, family relations, society, drug cartel ...
Time: 21st century
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Highway Patrolman (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol has to adapt to survive as he contends with dangerous drug-runners and widespread corruption.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot: drug cartel, police officer, woman with a gun, criminal mind, patrol, police corruption, nihilism, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, innocence lost ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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 7.1
 12K
The Connection (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, powerful ...
Plot: mafia, organized crime, judge, drug dealing, gang, violence, corruption, husband wife relationship, justice, spy, gangster, ghetto ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2014, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place: marseille, france, new york
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 6.0
 15K
Arkansas (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the consequences are deadly.
Style: hood, realistic, serious, contemplative, stylized ...
Plot: murder, park ranger, betrayal, manipulation, violence, drug dealer, money, life turned upside down, peril, dishonesty, unlikely criminal, deal ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: alabama, arkansas
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 7.6
 24K
Mayans M.C. (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, tense, serious, spectacular ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motorcycle gang, street gang, latinos, organized crime, motorcycle, biker, gang war, drug traffic, power struggle, rivalry, lifestyle, threat ...
Place: southern california, california
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 5.7
 66K
Sabotage (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style: exciting, intense, stylized, suspense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, drug cartel, vengeance, crime scene, revenge, death of friend, revenge killing, tough law enforcer, danger, dishonesty, drug, violent ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: mexico, atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
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 6.3
 310
Bella Bettien (2002)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The gripping story of the Dutch Bettien Martens, based on true facts. After making an incredible career in the international narcotics world during 1984-1992, Bettien was arrested at Piazza Navona in Rome as one of the targets of the International ...
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: drug bust, drug cartel, friendship, corruption, mafia, drug, cocaine, undercover, death, mother daughter relationship, boss, love ...
Place: colombia, mallorca
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California Dreaming (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two Southern California College Students plot their escape after being kidnapped by a human trafficking ring while on Spring Break in Mexico.
Style: captivating, humorous
Plot: villain, drug dealer, drug cartel, heroes, cocaine, kidnapping, drug, cartel, fight, human trafficking, college, war on drugs ...
Place: california, mexico
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 6.6
 15K
The Business (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mother's thug of a boyfriend gives him just the opportunity. After beating up the abusive beau, Frankie runs off to Spain, where he ...
Style: captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rise and fall, drug dealing, organized crime, drug dealer, femme fatale, on the run, gangster, drug abuse, murder, british gangster, ambition, friendship ...
Time: 80s, year 2005, 20th century
Place: colombia, britain, england, spain, london
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 5.3
 2K
Centaur (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: motorcycle race, organized crime, chase, drug lord, car chase, drug cartel, fight, criminal, drug dealer, criminal underworld, deal, money problems ...
Time: 2020s
Place: spain, marseille, barcelona
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Runway Cop (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: All he has is smell and a D-line body but is devoted in catching the bad guys. Detective Cha (Kang Ji-hwan) takes the cover of a model on a runway to solve a case.
Style: satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, romantic
Plot: model, cop, drug, drug cartel, working undercover, drug dealer, detective inspector, undercover agent, forensics, police detective, war on drugs, mission ...
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 5.5
 516
El cartel (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on Mexico's current criminal climate, EL CÁRTEL is a rare look into the values and practices of the world's most intriguing and enigmatic industry - the multi-billion dollar business of drug trafficking. When Jules Land, a naïve ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, independent film ...
Plot: drug dealing, border, chase, media, journalist, business, drug cartel, drug, violence, tough heroes, once in a lifetime opportunity, clergy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 5.1
 2K
VANish (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Three thugs kidnap Emma, the daughter of a drug kingpin, and have no idea that murderous blood that runs through her veins. As time passes, the unlucky threesome finds themselves in danger from the police, gangsters and their captive.
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, road trip, on the road, danger, captivity, violence against women, violent content, woman in danger, chaos, rivalry, on the run ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Earth and Blood (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A sawmill owner and his teenage daughter become tangled in a deadly feud when a drug dealer stashes stolen cocaine on their remote property.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, emotional, bloody ...
Plot: drug cartel, danger, teenage daughter, murder, chase, death, criminal, revenge, drug, gunfight, father and daughter, gang of outlaws ...
Time: 2020s
Place: france
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 4.3
 249
Paralytic (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A contract killer takes vengeance against a ruthless drug cartel, resulting in a mysterious puzzle that a small town sheriff must solve in order to stop untold horrors.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: sheriff, murder mystery, hitman, organized crime, murderer, drug cartel, killings, murder, vengeance, criminal's revenge, puzzle, undercover ...
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News of a Kidnapping (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Colombia
Duration: 321 min.
TV show
Story: The early 90s, Colombia. The government tries to combat drug trafficking with extradition laws. Maruja Pachón and Beatriz Villamizar - the wife and sister of congressman Alberto Villamizar - are kidnapped by the Extraditables. The police begin a ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: organized crime, drug cartel, kidnapped wife, police investigation, crime investigation, drug traffic, criminal, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, runaway, drug lord, sleuth ...
Place: colombia
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El Rey (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Colombia, France, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cali, Colombia, 1970s. The fictional story of Pedro Rey, the first drug trafficker and drug lord.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense, crime drama
Plot: drug, drug traffic, drug lord, drug cartel, organized crime, drug dealer, criminal, betrayal, criminal underworld, criminal gang, male female relationship, ambition ...
Place: colombia
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 4.0
 218
Narco Soldiers (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Narco Soldiers is a timely, action-packed crime thriller that explores the resurgence of the Caribbean drug routes and one couple's violent, Bonnie and Clyde-style rise to power.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: drug, criminal underworld, drug cartel, drug trade, organized crime, drug smuggling, couples, love affair, drug lord, drug traffic, criminal, heroin addict ...
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 6.1
 123K
Miami Vice (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Paraguay, Uruguay
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.
Style: intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, buddy cop, justice, vengeance, police detective, shootout, partner, mole, drug, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, south america, usa, havana cuba ...
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 8.0
 110K
Elite Squad (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA, 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, bleak, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police brutality, drug traffic, slum, drug lord, favela, squad, law enforcement, torture, poverty, police, organized crime ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1997 ...
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, south america
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 6.3
 145K
The Last Stand (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: sheriff, car chase, hostage, small town, drug lord, gangster, prisoner, fighting crime, law enforcement, danger, drug dealing, heroes ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, arizona, las vegas
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 7.6
 267K
End of Watch (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style: tense, emotional, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: latinos, gang member, cop, police, shooting, street gang, friendship, urban ghetto, police investigation, organized crime, police officer, found footage ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
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Powder and Gold (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Dominican Republic
Story: The real-life story of a drug cartel leader set to Macbeth.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: drug, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug lord, drug dealing, criminal, drug crime, smuggler, drug traffic, drug money, drug smuggler, smuggling ...
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Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A corrupted customs officer, Choi Ik-hyeon, faces losing his job. Then, his life turns around as he meets ganster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connection with the Yakuza. They quickly form a partnetship; Hyeong-bae helps Ik-hyeon set up a business with ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: organized crime, gangster, rise and fall, police, mafia, rise to the top, ambition, gang war, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, disorder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: south korea, busan, asia, korea
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Rosary Scissors (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story: Rosario is a teenage schoolgirl who lives in a tough Latin neighborhood filled with challenges. Having poverty all around, she faces difficult situations from family, school, rich friends vs. poor friends, and the element of drug cartel activity ...
Style: realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot: love triangle, rivalry, fall in love, tragic love, life is a bitch, vengeance, drug cartel, couples, drug smuggling, society, criminal heroes, hitman ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: colombia, latin america
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 3.1
 821
Misfire (2014)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: WKBA kickboxing champion and hard-action star Gary Daniels (The Expendables) takes to the screen in a border-crossing, barrier smashing all-action explosion that pits his will to live against the merciless murder machine of a Mexican drug cartel. ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: danger, police, rivalry, journalism, abduction, rescue, organized crime, drug cartel, captivity, chases and races, couple relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 3.1
 615
Blood Money (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Zheng Zhou is the most feared warrior from the Shaolin Dynasty in China. His fighting and weapons skills are legendary. But when his parents are killed and sister kidnapped, he turns to a life of drugs and crime that will almost kill him. With the ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, danger, rivalry, violence, smuggling, drug cartel, triad, martial arts, master warrior, one man army, heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, china
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 5.5
 2K
600 Miles (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.
Style: tense, serious, road movie, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: border, on the run, escapades, on the road, government agency, arms dealing, criminal, gang, desert, reluctant partners, captive, outlaw ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, arizona, latin america
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