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Smuggling movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant smuggling movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious and captivating films and TV shows about / with smuggling, organized crime, corruption, gangster, drug, betrayal, violence, criminal, mafia and vengeance plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as smuggling: Contraband (2012), War Dogs (2016), Lord of War (2005), Gang Wars. Princes (2020), American Gangster (2007), Lawless (2012), Blood Diamond (2006), The Kid (2014), Boardwalk Empire (2010), La Reina del Sur (2011).
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List of smuggling movies
129K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
sexy, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, robbery, drug lord, caper, gunfight, conspiracy, criminal heroes, brutality, dishonesty, danger, mafia, ship captain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south america, usa, new orleans, boston
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293K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, marketing, military, arms smuggling, drug, con artists, fraud ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2005 ...
Place:
afghanistan, las vegas, iraq, baghdad iraq, jordan ...
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357K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most ...
Style:
clever, realistic, thought provoking, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience:
manly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
business, corruption, arms dealer, arms dealing, smuggling, success, millionaire, greed, gunrunner, notoriety, cynic, cold war ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 20th century, year 2001 ...
Place:
bolivia, africa, liberia, sierra leone, new york ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Lithuania
TV show
Story:
Based on real-life events that took place in Lithuania at the end of the 20th century. At a time when criminal groups prevailed and corruption was rampant in the authorities, the biggest source of income for Lithuanian gangs was smuggling ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, dark, brutal ...
Plot:
smuggling, gang, gang war, criminal underworld, organized crime, street gang, everyday life, criminal gang, criminal, bandit, crime boss, gang member ...
Time:
90s
Place:
lithuania
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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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262K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, suspense, sexy, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, gang, gangster, bootlegging, violence, vigilante, greed, corruption, prohibition era, prohibition, robbery ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1931 ...
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, america, north america ...
Is relevant?
622K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, treasure hunt, gem, mercenary, smuggling, greed, revolution, mining, rebel, journalism, life changing, rescue ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place:
africa, sierra leone, zimbabwe, south africa, angola ...
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, period piece, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, mob boss, businessman, prohibition, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, federal agent, female nudity, corruption, crime boss ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, cuba, atlantic city, chicago ...
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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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
clever, suspenseful, period piece, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, prohibition era, mentor, shootout, smuggling, prohibition, police, tax evasion, gunfight ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
chicago, america, usa
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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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?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Style:
hilarious, road movie, humorous, laugh out loud, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot:
road trip, on the road, nothing goes right, parenthood, journey, smuggling, camping, marijuana, adolescence, homeless teenager, drug dealing, pretense ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, colorado, arizona, north america ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
299K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Style:
exciting, witty, captivating, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space adventure, danger, escapades, survival, captain, space and aliens, friendship, smuggling ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
96K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer ...
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, inspirational, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
drug lord, drug dealing, smuggling, father son relationship, prison, working undercover, protective parent, organized crime, secret service, family relations, arrest, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
south america, missouri, usa, mexico, california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Style:
road movie, surreal, art house, atmospheric, visual ...
Plot:
on the road, surrealism, lovers on the run, road trip, smuggling, on the run, vietnam war, couples, infidelity, lovers, couple relations, tragic love ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 1965, 60s
Place:
france, mediterranean sea, paris france, europe, africa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.
Style:
clever, humorous, exciting, harsh, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, partners in crime, cons and scams, escapades, friends, disorder, smuggling, twists and turns, murder, gambling, crime gone awry, cop ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
lithuania, middle east, britain, europe, berlin germany ...
Is relevant?
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?
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
During the 1970s, in Kunchon, there were women divers who were able to dive without equipment, including two best friends Choon-ja and Jin-sook, Jin-sook's brother and Hammer. They always collected seafood under water for living. But, as fewer ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
smuggling, friendship, survival, sea, fishing village, organized crime, problem, friends, diver, diving, poverty, family drama ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A working-class social climber finagles his way into the world of New York City auction houses by using the smuggling skills he learned as a soldier in Iraq.
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
art collector, smuggling, greed, betrayal, smuggler, forgery, criminal, money, organized crime, art, partners in crime, ex soldier ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A former smuggler attempts to start his life anew and repair his relationship with his estranged brother after his release from prison.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
smuggling, brothers, brother, brotherhood, redemption, problem, bandit, smuggler, criminal gang, criminal, brother brother relationship, new life ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style:
action thriller, sexy, stylized, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
car chase, chase, tough guy, one man army, lone hero, tough heroes, escapades, car, transportation, martial arts, fight scenes, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france, nice france, saint tropez, cannes, europe ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Babylon A.D Vin Diesel stars as a veteran-turned-mercenary who is hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City. The "package" is a mysterious ...
Style:
futuristic, action packed, stylized, apocalyptic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopia, mercenary, post apocalyptic, protection, dystopian future, one man army, protector, distopia, master warrior, heroes, survival ...
Time:
future, year 2008, 20th century
Place:
russia, new york, china, usa, mongolia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
What secret lay behind the dreaded Marsh Phantoms, the ghostly riders whose silent approach in the darkness of the bleak, unwelcoming Romney Marshes causes men to die of fright? Are they a genuine manifestation or a cover for illegal smuggling ...
Style:
classic horror, psychotronic, gothic horror, offbeat, grindhouse ...
Plot:
smuggling, ghost, scarecrow, swamp, supernatural, monster, secret identity, attempted rape, occult, folk horror, 666, pirate ...
Time:
18th century, future
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A notorious smuggler Waltair Veerayya is hired by a CI Seethapathi, reaches Malaysia with the ostensible mission of kidnapping a drug mafia leader named Solomon, who escaped India after wreaking havoc on the RAW agents and local policemen. Veerayya ...
Style:
masala, captivating, tense, crime drama
Plot:
smuggling, smuggler, battles, friends, problem, bandit, fisherman, escapades, friendship, fight, criminal, fighting crime ...
Place:
india, malaysia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Croatia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Petra, a young, just graduated economist returns to her native village Lokvica to take part in illegal business of smothering tobacco and other goods over the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, led by her grandmother Zorka.
Style:
captivating, humorous, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
border, smuggling, getting home, satire, social satire, family relations, outlaw gang, silly humor, smuggler, breaking the law, small village, farce ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, eastern europe, bosnia herzegovina, croatia
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