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1. Snowfall (2017–2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.
Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John
Votes: 30,139
2. Sicario (2015)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 477,129 | Gross: $46.89M
3. The Punisher (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his revenge on those who murdered his family, aimless Marine veteran Frank Castle finds a new meaning in life as a vigilante known as "The Punisher".
Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes, Jason R. Moore
Votes: 265,219
4. Lethal Weapon (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 276,483 | Gross: $65.21M
5. Above the Law (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean
Votes: 34,627 | Gross: $18.87M
6. Kill the Messenger (2014)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo
Votes: 48,765 | Gross: $2.45M
7. Air America (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War
A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins
Votes: 30,554 | Gross: $31.05M
8. Bob Roberts (1992)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Votes: 15,638 | Gross: $4.48M
9. The Last Narc (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime
Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.
Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Ramón Lira, Jorge Godoy
Votes: 2,872
10. The Last of the Finest (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton
Votes: 1,650 | Gross: $1.53M
11. Company Business (1991)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 3,297 | Gross: $1.50M
12. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano
Votes: 3,875
13. Tough and Deadly (1995 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Elmo Freech is a private investigator who is contacted by CIA agent John Portland, who suffers from amnesia, to reveal a dubious case of drug smuggling involving big fish from Washington, D.C. and the CIA.
Director: Steve Cohen | Stars: Billy Blanks, Roddy Piper, Richard Norton, Charles Kahlenberg
Votes: 607
14. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling
Votes: 899
15. America's War on Drugs (2017)
TV-14 | 480 min | Documentary, History
"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro
Votes: 223
16. American Rampage (1989)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
A female Los Angeles cop relentlessly tries to bring down a powerful drug cartel kingpin, and losing police partner after partner in the process amid the frequent shootouts and her social life, or lack of.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Kary Jane, Thomas Elliott, Troy Donahue, Sam Hill
Votes: 221
17. Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)
72 min | Documentary, History
Directors: David Kasper, Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Brooks, Barbara Honegger, David MacMichael
Votes: 233
18. The Panama Deception (1992)
91 min | Documentary, History, War
A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.
Director: Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Carlos Cantú, Diviana Ingravallo, Abraham Alvarez
Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $0.31M
19. To Die Standing (1991)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Willis, a hardened DEA agent from the streets of New York, is given his toughest assignment -- to team up with a Colombian cop, Delgado, and find the connection of a drug shipments and the U. S. government.
Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Cliff De Young, Robert Beltran, Jamie Rose, Gerald Anthony
Votes: 68
20. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime
With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.
Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn
Votes: 1,644
21. Crack Capitalism (2015)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Alexander-Hughes | Stars: Michael Dukakis, Nelson George, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
22. Crack in America (2015 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Michael Cuesta, Naomi Despres, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Michael Kenneth Williams
23. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)
Documentary, Action, Crime
Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 27
24. Gary Webb: In His Own Words (2002)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Anthony Lappé, Stephen Marshall | Star: Gary Webb
25. Guerrilla News Network: Crack the CIA (2002)
9 min | Short
A design-driven short about the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking during Iran Contra.
Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Taalam Acey
Votes: 19
26.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Back in the World
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett flashes to his role during the Saigon evacuation as he and a war correspondent uncover heroin smuggled in body bags. Ten years later in Miami the H resurfaces and so does the reporter looking for the CIA connection.
Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 483
27.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Golden Triangle: Part 1
(1985)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs work undercover in a hotel. They uncover criminals that are an old enemies of Lt. Castillo and have also kidnapped Castillo's long-lost wife.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 679
28.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Golden Triangle: Part 2
(1985)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lt. Castillo must bring down his old enemy, who has passed his organization to his grandsons. They have kidnapped Castillo's long-lost wife to ensure their escape from prosecution.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 661
29.
The Boys (2019– )
Episode:
Barbary Coast
(2022)
TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Tonight at 9/8C on Vought Plus, it's the season finale of #AmericanHero. Three contestants remain, but only TWO will join #TheSeven. Will Starlight choose her old flame Supersonic? Or will someone else be moving into the Seven Tower?
Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 12,813
30.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
Chasing the Dragon: Prince of Death
(2022)
Documentary, Crime, History
For decades, the seemingly untouchable Khun Sa floods New York with heroin from his Golden Triangle hideaway. But then a group of agents hatch a plan.
Director: Joost van der Valk | Stars: Michael Levine, Rich LaMagna, Patrick Winn, Khuensai Jaiyen
31.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
The Drug Wars
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary
This episode uncovers the conspiracies behind America's 40-year drug campaign. Why does the U.S. Government classify marijuana and heroin as equally dangerous drugs, and will the move by ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonathan Adams, Darrell Issa, Jason Howerton, Michael Levine
Votes: 47
32.
The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Michael Ruppert
(2012 Podcast Episode)
TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Joe sits down with Michael Ruppert.
Stars: Brian Redban, Joe Rogan, Michael Ruppert
33.
The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Mike Baker
(2016 Podcast Episode)
TV-MA | 186 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Mike Baker is a former CIA covert operations officer. Currently he is the president of Diligence LLC, a global intelligence and security firm.
Stars: Joe Rogan, Mike Baker
34.
The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
W. Kamau Bell
(2014 Podcast Episode)
TV-MA | 170 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
W. Kamau Bell is a stand-up comic and former host of the television series "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell".
Stars: Joe Rogan, W. Kamau Bell
35.
The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
John Joseph
(2018 Podcast Episode)
TV-MA | 202 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
John Joseph is a musician, author and triathlete from New York City, most famous for his work as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags in the 1980s.
Stars: Joe Rogan, John Joseph