war on drugs movies

Predator 2 (1990)
6.282 / 10

Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next...

Training Day (2001)
7.499 / 10

Action, Crime, Drama

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Elite Squad (2007)
8.048 / 10

Drama, Action, Crime

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate...

Blow (2001)
7.367 / 10

Crime, Drama

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the...

Transporter 2 (2005)
6.319 / 10

Action, Thriller, Crime

Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the...

Tango & Cash (1989)
6.443 / 10

Action, Thriller, Comedy, Drama

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income...

White Boy Rick (2018)
6.3 / 10

Crime, Drama

The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug...

Fresh (1994)
7.151 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his employers against each other.

Brother (2000)
7.1 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his...

Traffic (2000)
7.061 / 10

Thriller, Drama, Crime

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control...

The Last Emperor (1987)
7.627 / 10

Drama, History

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by...

Deep Web (2015)
6.8 / 10

Documentary

Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht,...

City Hall (1996)
5.912 / 10

Drama, Thriller

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
6.6 / 10

Music, Drama, History

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war...

Big Night! (2021)
6.5 / 10

Comedy, Thriller, Drama

A gay beautician is determined to clear his name after learning he's included in a drug watchlist.

Druglawed (2015)
9 / 10

Documentary

DRUGLAWED is the explosive documentary exposing how New Zealand has been co-opted by the US into fighting the failed War On Drugs. Filmed in six...

Narco Cultura (2013)
7 / 10

Crime, Documentary

To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success....

How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
7.011 / 10

Documentary

Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for...

Drug Dealer (2022)
0 / 10

Romance, Crime, Action

Aswang (2019)
7.8 / 10

Documentary

Aswang follows a group of people whose lives have been caught up in these events: a journalist who tries to make a stand against lawlessness, a...