Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "narcotics-cop"

1. Scarface (1983)

R | 170 min | Crime, Drama

In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Votes: 918,925 | Gross: $45.60M

2. Bad Boys (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Lisa Boyle, Michael Taliferro

Votes: 287,294 | Gross: $65.81M

3. Miami Vice (1984–1989)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.

Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown

Votes: 30,331

4. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 453,528 | Gross: $130.16M

5. Bad Boys II (2003)

R | 147 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 267,864 | Gross: $138.61M

6. The French Connection (1971)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Votes: 136,061 | Gross: $15.63M

7. Tango & Cash (1989)

R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.

Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance

Votes: 113,814 | Gross: $63.41M

8. Red Heat (1988)

R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross

Votes: 76,232 | Gross: $34.99M

9. Brooklyn's Finest (2009)

R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes

Votes: 66,492 | Gross: $27.15M

10. LOL (2012)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a new year at school begins, Lola's heart is broken by her boyfriend, though soon she's surprised by her best friend, promising musician Kyle, who reveals his feelings for her.

Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Miley Cyrus, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene, Demi Moore

Votes: 58,200 | Gross: $0.05M

11. Rush (1991)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two small-town Texas cops go undercover to catch a major drug dealer and are sucked into the drug culture, compromising their assignment.

Director: Lili Fini Zanuck | Stars: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich

Votes: 9,911 | Gross: $7.24M

12. Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old Marine friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe

Votes: 3,289

13. Until Death (2007)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Selina Giles, Mark Dymond

Votes: 10,383

14. Force (2011)

R | 137 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A vengeful gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.

Director: Nishikant Kamat | Stars: John Abraham, Genelia Deshmukh, Vidyut Jammwal, Raj Babbar

Votes: 8,429

15. I Witness (2003)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia de Rossi, Clifton Collins Jr.

Votes: 1,585

16. Scorchy (1976)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).

Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton

Votes: 355

17. The Wild Pair (1987)

R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A strait-laced FBI agent and a hulking, big-hearted narcotics cop team up to track down a drug lord associated with a militant hate group.

Director: Beau Bridges | Stars: Beau Bridges, Bubba Smith, Lloyd Bridges, Gary Lockwood

Votes: 192

18. Lies Inc. (2004)

67 min | Sci-Fi

Amber city is the last city on earth with a breathable atmosphere. In this climate of fear and paranoia, Isan Epel finds herself trapped by her employers, Schilman's inc, after working in ... See full summary »

Director: César Ducasse | Stars: Ida Marie Bakkerud, Ingrid Enger Damon, Tuva Heger-Bratterud, Jan Hårstad

Votes: 654

19. Mugshots: John Gotti - End of the Sicilians (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Shot in Sicily and Brooklyn, this is the story of John Gotti's crew. Before you see John Travolta bring Gotti to the big screen in the upcoming Hollywood release - 'Gotti: In the Shadow of ... See full summary »

Stars: Giovanni Falcone, George Anastasia, Angelo Bruno, Joe Valachi

20. Paha poliisi (2017)

75 min | Documentary

A documentary about corruption in the Finnish police force, centering around the trial of Jari Aarnio, the former chief of Helsinki police department's narcotics division.

Director: Pekka Lehto | Stars: Veiko Larsen, Jari Aarnio, Mika Vänttinen, Keijo Smolander

Votes: 172

21. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode: Something Worth Dying For: Part 1 (1975)

TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama

When Reed fails to get a conviction on a drug arrest, he decides to temporarily join the narcotics squad. He finds the work mentally hard and his wife dislikes the impact on him.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Sian Barbara Allen, Kristin Harmon

Votes: 118

22. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Hair (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A Serpico replica joins the squad temporarily. Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.

Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail

Votes: 174

23. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: You Dirty Rat (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Two kilos of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker. A homeless man spends his nights in a a series of department stores.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail

Votes: 148

24. Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode: Stan the Man (1982)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Davenport is held at knife-point by a suspect in the booking area. Larue and another office argue over who will make an undercover bust. Fearing that his apartment will be torn down, an ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

Votes: 94

25. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Bait (1998)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenager who was shot in a drug deal gone bad claims to have been coerced into working as an informant for a corrupt narcotics officer.

Director: Lewis Gould | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 285

26. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Ghost (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realize that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the same drug ... See full summary »

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,163

27. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: A Chance to Live (1978)

100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Officer Dan Shay is recruited to operate undercover for the narcotics unit at a high school.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: David Cassidy, Gloria DeHaven, Dewey Martin, Don Stark

Votes: 55

28. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: Across the Line (1974)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Joe Benton is taken off the surveillance squad after being involved in too many stakeouts that ended violently, so Sgt. Barrett drafts him for his narcotics squad investigating the "Mexican Connection."

Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: James Wainwright, Linda Cristal, Alejandro Rey, Scott Brady

Votes: 28

29. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: Losing Game (1975)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Margaret Case moves from Juvenile to Narcotics, but her undercover work puts stress on her marriage to another cop.

Director: Alex March | Stars: Stella Stevens, Cesare Danova, Burr DeBenning, Scott Brady

Votes: 33

30. Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)
Episode: Escobar's Successor

Documentary, Crime, History

From the ruins of Escobar's Colombian cocaine empire, a new drug lord emerges and goes on to become one of the most feared and dangerous traffickers ever.

Stars: Derek Maltz, John Barry, Jeremy McDermott, Peter Vincent

31. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: Higher Education (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Danny arrives at a college campus to find a murdered student, who was thought to be dealing drugs.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 447

32. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: In the Belly of the Beast (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Beckett is recruited to assist on a Narcotics investigation, but a routine mission turns deadly when an undercover operation goes awry. To survive, Beckett must engage in a battle against ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,299

33. The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode: My Name Is Ruby (2017)

TV-MA | 70 min | Drama

Vincent balks at getting in any deeper with Rudy; Candy sees the future of pornography.

Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Chris Bauer

Votes: 1,051