| Taxi Driver (1976) | 8.2 | |
| The French Connection (1971) | 7.7 | |
| Bad Lieutenant (1992) | 7.0 | |
| Go (1999) | 7.2 | |
| Ganglands (2021) | 7.2 |
Drug dealer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drug dealer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with drug dealer, drug, violence, gangster, criminal, gang, drug dealing, female nudity, gun and corruption plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Colombia, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drug dealer: White Girl (2016), Snowfall (2017), Narcos (2015), Hot Summer Nights (2017), The Snitch Cartel: Origins (2021), Animal Kingdom (2010), Blue Velvet (1986), Breaking Bad (2008), Twelve (2010), Weeds (2005).
Best films
New films
| Gunner (2024) | 3.1 | |
| MadS (2024) | 6.4 | |
| This City Is Ours (2025) | 7.8 | |
| Walking on Thin Ice (2025) | 7.5 | |
| Friendship (2024) | 6.6 |
List of drug dealer movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
Style:
sexy, tense, erotic, controversial, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
violence, drug addict, sexual promiscuity, drug dealer, blonde, sex scene, female protagonist, sex in car, partying, relationships, sex in office, blonde girl ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
Style:
sexy, dark drama, inspirational, depressing, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealer, african american, drug crime, dea, ghetto, drug, illegal drugs, u.s. government, urban, latinx lead, gangster, black ...
Time:
80s, 2020s, year 1983
Place:
usa, los angeles, central america, california, south central los angeles ...
Is relevant?
521K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, drug lord, rise to the top, master criminal, sex, cia agent, illegal drugs, dea, drug ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america, mexico, panama ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Style:
sexy, captivating, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
summer, friendship, coming of age, drug dealer, teenage protagonist, brother sister relationship, teenager, criminal, violence, cape cod massachusetts, drug dealing, party ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
massachusetts, new york, boston, wyoming, nevada ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 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, suspense
Plot:
drug cartel, drug lord, drug dealer, war on drugs, cartel, smuggling, brother brother relationship, drug, crime boss, partners in crime, criminal, drug traffic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, visually appealing, neo noir ...
Plot:
violence, organized crime, gangster, mafia, bad mother, investigation, justice, complex characters, vengeance, character study, drug dealer, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, peru, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
on the run, drug dealer, criminal, drug, police, revenge, flashback sequence, organized crime, drug traffic, crime scene, gangster, snow ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, north america
Is relevant?
242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
2.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 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:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sexual content, murder, juvenile delinquency, youth, life is a bitch, drug dealing, drug abuse, teenage life, violence spree, strained relationship, party, generation y ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, sensual, witty, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
single mother, marijuana, dysfunctional family, drug dealing, drug dealer, dark humor, family life, single parent, eccentric family, smuggling, sexual activity, widow ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
111K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, teen, hood ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, gang, true crime, sex scene, youth, woman urinating, confrontation, male nudity, culture clash, crime gone awry, revenge, menage a trois ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2003, year 2005
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, albuquerque new mexico, palm springs california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
drug dealer, drug crime, drug traffic, drug lord, political corruption, police corruption, drug, political intrigue, danger, murder, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
south korea, busan, osaka japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Jenna to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, stylized, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
violence, vengeance, punishment, drug dealer, surrealism, revenge, violent, drugged, muay thai, torture, prostitute, murder ...
Time:
year 2013, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, bangkok thailand, thailand
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a fictional modern-day Sao Paulo, where marijuana has been legalized, this series follows 29-year-old Biriba, a drug dealer who decides to give up his criminal life and enter the legal drug sales industry. Unfortunately for Biriba, going ...
Style:
hood, crime drama, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot:
cannabis, criminal underworld, drug dealer, male nudity, sex, crime boss, favela, mobster, corrupt cop, mafia, weed, fatherhood ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil, latin america, uruguay, south america
Is relevant?
51K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Style:
brutal, cult classic, atmospheric, intense, talky ...
Plot:
heroin, drug dealing, gangster, drug, organized crime, crime gone awry, mafia, violent, desperation, debt, drug deal, drug addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996, 70s
Place:
denmark, bolivia, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe ...
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, surreal, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drug, drug addiction, masturbation, drug trip, methamphetamine, bondage, drug use, drugged, manic ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm while selling their excess painkillers to local addicts. But when an old friend returns with plans that upend the fragile balance and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
drug dealer, friendship, small town, family relations, addiction, character study, drug dealing, drug trade, city life, penance, illegal drugs, drug use ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
west virginia, appalachia
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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 ...
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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
Is relevant?
191K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The filmed adaptation from David Benioff's novel of the same name. Set in New York, a convicted drug dealer named Monty has one day left of freedom before he is sent to prison. Anger, blame, frustration, betrayal, guilt and loneliness are ...
Style:
bleak, cerebral, clever, psychedelic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, drug lord, organized crime, drug dealer, drug, melancholy, 9/11, freedom, redemption, paranoia, hopes, profanity ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this single shot thriller, we're in the driver's seat with small-time dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
drug dealer, dealer, criminal, illegal drugs, one last job, going straight, gang, drug deal, race against time, bandit, deal, desperation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Despite trying to leave behind his life of crime, Danny reluctantly teams with naïve rich kid Liam and wildcard drug dealer Kit Viper. A botched robbery leaves them in possession of a mysterious supernatural artifact with immense potential.
Style:
suspenseful, mystical, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
drug dealer, supernatural, artifact, mysticism, criminal, drug lord, supernatural power, escapades, organized crime, magical object, drug dealing, drug ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police ...
Style:
detective, suspense, talky, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
father son relationship, redemption, murder, police, guilt, drug dealer, drug addict, grandfather grandson relationship, homicide detective, regret, dark past, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, surprise ending, crime drama, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police, hospital, police station, prostitute, corrupt cop, hostage, police brutality, cop killer, guilt, police captain, puerto rican ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, san francisco ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.
Style:
funny, humorous, saga, sex comedy, ironic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
party, sorority, weed, marijuana, teenager, neighbor, sex scene, fraternity, group of friends, sorority girl, drug, gay ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
sydney australia
Is relevant?
642K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, intellectual, philosophical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, creativity, drug abuse, superhuman powers, ambition, rise to the top, rags to riches, brain capacity, experimental drug, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of 'Fatal Beauty' begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike ...
Style:
detective, crying, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police investigation, violence, undercover, tough girl, undercover cop, female police officer, female protagonist, drug dealer, one woman army, good versus evil, murder, reluctant partners ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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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