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1. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 2,143,372
2. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,259,698 | Gross: $46.84M
3. Léon: The Professional (1994)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello
Votes: 1,247,998 | Gross: $19.50M
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: 453,219 | Gross: $130.16M
5. Training Day (2001)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger
Votes: 473,788 | Gross: $76.63M
6. Licence to Kill (1989)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto
Votes: 112,220 | Gross: $34.67M
7. Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– )
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two police inspectors and their team from a Bonn-Koeln precinct fight all sorts of criminals they encounter daily on major highways in Germany.
Stars: Erdogan Atalay, Gottfried Vollmer, Niels Kurvin, Dietmar Huhn
Votes: 5,844
8. The Limey (1999)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 34,913 | Gross: $3.19M
9. 25th Hour (2002)
R | 135 min | Drama
Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 184,765 | Gross: $13.06M
10. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Director: Lee Jeong-beom | Stars: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Tae-hoon, Kim Hee-won
Votes: 74,960 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Basic (2003)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A D.E.A. Agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger Drill Sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Tim Daly
Votes: 66,616 | Gross: $26.54M
12. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, Cheryce Livingston, Don Tempesta
Votes: 32
13. True Crime: Streets of LA (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Thriller
Loose cannon cop Nick Kang, suspended from the LAPD, becomes part of an elite police unit and defends the City of Angels from a plot involving the Chinese Triad and the Russian mob.
Stars: Russell Wong, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 1,544
14. Bichhoo (2000)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A contract killer with a tragic past trains a teenage girl to avenge the murder of her family and falls for her in the process.
Director: Guddu Dhanoa | Stars: Bobby Deol, Rani Mukerji, Ashish Vidyarthi, Farida Jalal
Votes: 3,179
15. Never Get Busted! (2024– )
208 min | Documentary, Crime | Post-production
Barry Cooper was one of Texas' top narcotics officers, that is until he turned against the police force: exposing crooked cops, helping addicts evade arrest and picking a one man fight with the War on Drugs.
Star: Barry Neal Cooper
16. Threat Matrix (2003–2004)
60 min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Special Agent John Kilmer leads an elite team on missions to eliminate terrorists and other threats as part of USA's Homeland Security force.
Stars: James Denton, Kelly Rutherford, Will Lyman, Anthony Azizi
Votes: 362
17. Kingpin (2003)
R | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel leader and his family try to keep what is "rightfully" theirs.
Stars: Yancey Arias, Brian Benben, Bobby Cannavale, Angela Alvarado
Votes: 1,198
18. Operation Julie (1985 TV Movie)
180 min | Crime
The real-life story of a famous police operation which resulted in a major drugs bust.
Director: Bob Mahoney | Stars: Colin Blakely, Kay Adshead, John Ainley, Peter Baldwin
Votes: 45
19. Angels in Fast Motion (2005)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Signe Egholm Olsen, Claus Riis Østergaard, Thure Lindhardt, Farshad Kholghi
Votes: 2,859
20. Le Marginal (1983)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor, Pierre Vernier
Votes: 3,484
21. The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ex-DEA agent Quinlan enters a labyrinth of deception and death as he tries to destroy a powerful Amsterdam-based drug cartel named 'Juliana'.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 556
22. Code Name: Wolverine (1996 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Thriller
Harry Gordini, college professor and ex-Navy Seal, becomes caught in a war between a ruthless drug cartel and the United States government when a group of international terrorists kidnaps his ten-year old son.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., Traci Lind, Danny Quinn, Richard Brooks
Votes: 396
23. X-Deal (2011)
90 min | Drama
Photographer Billy and his girlfriend Sarah have just moved into a new apartment. They are no longer in love, but they content themselves with sex, often involving role play. Billy becomes enamored with their new neighbor Dana.
Director: Lawrence Fajardo | Stars: Paloma Esmeria, Jamilla Obispo, Jon Hall, Archi Adamos
Votes: 126
24. Jaguar Force Thunderbolt (1981)
TV-MA | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A secret police unit above the law is established when an organized crime gang begins to wreak havoc internationally.
Director: Yung-Ming Pan | Stars: Chien-Ping Li, Ming-Hui Chou, Chung-Yueh Yun, Tsui-Ying Pao
Votes: 54
25. Batas ng .45 (1991)
121 min | Action, Drama
An honest policeman dishonorably removed from the service takes the law in his own hand--with a .45 gun in his hand. With nothing left but his honor and integrity, he's out to prove his innocence.
Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Timmy Cruz, Paquito Diaz, Charlie Davao
Votes: 13
26. Grass (1999)
R | 80 min | Documentary, History
The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harry J. Anslinger, George Bush, Cab Calloway
Votes: 3,632 | Gross: $0.31M
27. 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: 1,645
28. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
29. Rango de Honor (2023)
Crime, Drama
The crusade of a honest agent against a powerful drug lord.
Director: Carlos Salcedo | Stars: Jalsen Santana, Vladimir Acevedo, Irvin Alberti, Anthony Alvarez
30. FIX: The Story of an Addicted City (2002)
92 min | Documentary
Dean Wilson, a drug user and safety advocate, and Ann Livingston, a community organizer driven by her religious convictions, partner together to establish North America's first safe injection site and advocate for reforms.
Director: Nettie Wild | Stars: Ann Livingston, Phillip Owen, Dean Wilson
Votes: 102
31. Arnold's Wrecking Co. (1973)
PG | 78 min | Comedy
A student tries pot for the first time, loves it and decides to distribute it in a big business kind of way. Soon he has the police and the mafia on his tail.
Director: Steven E. de Souza | Stars: Barbara Hencheck, Sandy Zeitler, Ted Atlof, Hardee Mintzer
Votes: 50
32. Flowers of Darkness (1972)
22 min | Documentary, Short
This short films traces the history of opium and examines contemporary heroin trade and addiction in the United States.
Director: William Templeton | Stars: Paul Newman, Vernon Hann, Jack Hurst, Sherman N. Kieffer
Votes: 159
33. Green Dreams, Black Nightmare: The Modern Day Lynching of A Black Man (2020)
94 min | Documentary
This documentary is an in depth and intimate look at the consequences of the War On Drugs and the end of the era of cannabis prohibition in America.
Director: Aaron Barfield | Stars: Brionne Corbray, Terry Tackett, Pam Corbray, Bronte Corbray
34.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Busted: America's War on Marijuana
(1998)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
The marijuana industry in America, and law-enforcement efforts to wipe it out.
Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 24
35.
Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode:
Plane Death
(1985)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Between assignments, Jonathan and Mark drive to a small town to visit an old buddy of Mark's. They find the friend has disappeared and their search for clues encountering a conspiracy of silence.
Director: Victor French | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Michael Bowen, Lee Bryant
Votes: 164
36.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Major Boobage
(2008)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
South Park declares cats illegal after kids start getting high on cat urine. Cartman starts hiding neighborhood cats in his attic to protect them, and Kenny becomes an addict and starts having Heavy Metal (1981) hallucinations.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, April Stewart
Votes: 4,017
37.
Medium (2005–2011)
Episode:
Bring Me the Head of Oswaldo Castillo
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Allison dreams of a future where an unfamiliar man is comforting her after the loss of her entire family.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva
Votes: 282
38.
Gossip Girl (2021–2023)
Episode:
How to Bury a Millionaire
(2022)
TV-MA | Drama, Romance
A familiar figure blackmails Kate into ruining an important event. Obie proposes a transactional offer that would destroy his family to Gossip Girl.
Director: Satya Bhabha | Stars: Jordan Alexander, Whitney Peak, Tavi Gevinson, Eli Brown
Votes: 182
39.
Heroin: Face of Addiction (2016–2017)
Episode:
Dustin's Story: Officer Poked by Heroin Needle
(2016)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Officer Dustin Nowak responded to a call of suspected drug activity on the east side of Fremont. After he surprised a woman shooting up drugs in a vehicle, his life changed forever.
Director: Molly Corfman | Star: Dustin Nowak
40.
Heroin: Face of Addiction (2016–2017)
Episode:
Block Watch: Police Educate About Heroin
(2016)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Detective Jason Kiddey of the Fremont Police Department educates residents how to identify heroin and other drugs by passing around examples confiscated by the police department at a Block Watch meeting.
Director: Molly Corfman | Stars: Jason Kiddey, Jacob Scully