Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "drug-gang"

1. Power (2014–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin.

Stars: Omari Hardwick, Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora

Votes: 52,635

2. The Equalizer 2 (2018)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Orson Bean

Votes: 199,765 | Gross: $102.08M

3. Pineapple Express (2008)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride

Votes: 358,400 | Gross: $87.34M

4. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit

Votes: 189,490 | Gross: $147.25M

5. 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: 136,238 | Gross: $15.63M

6. Cold Pursuit (2019)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Neeson, Michael Eklund

Votes: 78,324 | Gross: $32.14M

7. King of New York (1990)

R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller

A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo

Votes: 42,355 | Gross: $2.55M

8. The Marksman (2021)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into the U.S.

Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Liam Neeson, Teresa Ruiz, Juan Pablo Raba

Votes: 43,445

9. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

R | 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.

Directors: Jim Sheridan, Jim Sheridan | Stars: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller

Votes: 50,322 | Gross: $30.98M

10. Paid in Full (2002)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.

Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, Chi McBride, Kevin Carroll

Votes: 14,303 | Gross: $3.04M

11. Monsters of Man (2020)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A US weapons manufacturer tests its 4 killer robots on heroin producers in the Golden Triangle in SEAsia. It goes haywire.

Director: Mark Toia | Stars: Neal McDonough, Brett Tutor, Jose Rosete, David Haverty

Votes: 8,142

12. Renegades (2022)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a retired Green Beret soldier is murdered by an international drug gang in London, four of his veteran SAS comrades set out to avenge him, dispensing their own brand of justice on the streets of London.

Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Danny Trejo, Lee Majors, Louis Mandylor, Patsy Kensit

Votes: 2,202

13. Code of Silence (1985)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese

Votes: 9,459 | Gross: $20.35M

14. The Business (2005)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Frankie likes the sun, pools and the cute, bikini clad girls and stays in Spain.

Director: Nick Love | Stars: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman

Votes: 15,367

15. Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a dystopian near future America, a young man infiltrates a powerful drug dealing rollerblading youth gang that runs his town in order to end their reign for good.

Director: Rick King | Stars: Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet, Julius Harris

Votes: 2,784

16. Drug Lords (2018)

TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Documentary series examining drug cartels and kingpins from around the world.

Stars: Quinn Dalton, Razor Rizzotti, Jordan Lawson, Winter Dunn

Votes: 1,544

17. White Boy (2017)

TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Crime

In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."

Director: Shawn Rech | Stars: Richard Wershe Jr., Scott M. Burnstein, Dana Hathaway, Joe Swickard

Votes: 2,268

18. Chouf (2016)

108 min | Crime, Drama

Chouf: it means "look" in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the ... See full summary »

Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar

Votes: 485

19. True Crime: New York City (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Mystery

Street cop Marcus Reed, a former gangster, tries to uncover who is behind the murder of his friend and mentor, Lt. Terrance Higgins.

Stars: Avery Kidd Waddell, Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken

Votes: 1,054

20. Looking After Jo Jo (1998)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Set on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.

Stars: Robert Carlyle, Michael Stewart, Craig Moncur, Kathryn Howden

Votes: 377

21. NW (2016 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama

Based on Zadie Smith's 2012 novel, two friends from a northwest London housing estate are reunited when one of them faces a messy personal crisis.

Director: Saul Dibb | Stars: Nila Aalia, Ronke Adekoluejo, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ashley Bannerman

Votes: 280

22. The Ninja Squad (1986)

86 min | Action

Set in Great Shanghai - two rival gangs, the Furious Fox and the Black Eagle are fighting to establish domination in the territory. Only one force can stop the never-ending killings... The Ninja Dragon!

Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Richard Harrison, Dave Wheeler, Eduardo Martinez, Tim Alden

Votes: 322

23. Detroit Connection Pt. 1: Leader of Y.B.I. (Milton Butch Jones) (2010)

60 min | Documentary

Young Boys Incorporated, also known as YBI, was among the first African-American drug cartels that operated on street corners and created the formula for modern day "super gang" drug dealing.

Director: Flip Willson | Stars: Sylvester 'Sil' Murray, Bay-Bay, BooZoo, Nathaniel Craft

24. Datsuimajan Keisatsu24ji Naked Battle Royal (2015)

Action, Horror

Agent Jennifer returns from New York. Inspector Kazama immediately assigns her a new mission. It is to arrest Asuka, the head of a drug gang she has been chasing for years.

Director: Mac P. Forever | Stars: Rei Ayana, Anri Hoshizaki, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Kanon Saeki

25. Home Along da Riles da Movie (1993)

130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Kevin Cosme and his family becomes the target of a crime mob headed by a corrupt governor when one of his sons, Baldo, who while playing with his new dog, was unknowingly passed an ... See full summary »

Director: Johnny Manahan | Stars: Dolphy, Vandolph, Nova Villa, Eddie Gutierrez

Votes: 49

26. The Karate Breaker (2025)

90 min | Action | Pre-production

Karate Champion known for his fighting/breaking skills, fights drug gangs to protect the youth of a small town.

Director: Gary Wasniewski | Stars: Gary Wasniewski, Mark Vallint, Ryder Nayak, Christopher Burr

27. Family Money (2019– )

Crime, Sci-Fi

In 2035, a CEO of a large scale shipping company is dragged into a futuristic drug war between him, his brother, and all of their affiliates when he decides to suddenly stop the flow of business.

Stars: Nicholas Carr, Brandon Friedrich, Alyssa Higgins, Antione Jackson

28. Money-Laundering Expert Rates 8 Money-Laundering Scams in Movies and TV (2021 Video)

17 min | Documentary, Short

Retired FBI investigator Jerri Williams looks at eight money-laundering scams from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism. She looks at "Ozark" S1E4 (2017), "The Wolf ... See full summary »

Star: Jerri Williams

29. How Crime Works (2021– )

Documentary, Short, Crime

Former criminal gang members, undercover police detectives and innocent victims describe to Insider how various organized crime activities work in real life.

Star: Ed Calderon

30. Living with Drug Wars (2013 TV Short)

15 min | Documentary, Short

Juarez, Mexico, is one of the most violent cities in the world, with more than 11,000 people murdered in just the past few years, with the violence linked mostly to the drug trade between ... See full summary »

Stars: Julian Cardona, Arcelia Dedrano

31. Fastlane (2002–2003)
Episode: Dogtown (2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An investigation into marijuana dealing leads to a former informant of Billies being used as part of an undercover operation into a gang of drug dealing surfers, but as the operation ... See full summary »

Director: David Barrett | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, John Asher

Votes: 57

32. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: A Bullet for Crockett (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While taking down a drug dealer, Crockett is shot. While he fights for his life, Tubbs tries to find the shooter. And we take a look at Crockett's life.

Director: Donald L. Gold | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 339

33. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Good Collar (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett attempts to help a high-school football star achieve his dream, while others pressure him to help bring down a teenage drug lord.

Director: Mario DiLeo | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 470

34. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Maze (1985)

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

A group of young punks kill a cop and then take hostages - including an undercover Tubbs - while negotiators try to end the situation without more bloodshed and a SWAT team closes in.

Director: Tim Zinnemann | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 611

35. Renegade (1992–1997)
Episode: Blood Hunt (1997)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A series of local murders and other strange occurrences are believed to be caused by a vampire. Although they are skeptical of it being a supernatural being, Reno and Bobby still must solve the murders and protect the local population.

Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Branscombe Richmond, Stephen J. Cannell, Virginya Keehne

Votes: 42

36. Defenders UK (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.10 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

Officers search the home of a loan shark and find a safe containing thousands of pounds. They also force a rogue builder to pay compensation to his elderly victims. Officers are on the trail of a drug gang.

Directors: Jake Borthwick-Jacobs, Mark Brennan, Andy Mosse, Lauren Norris | Star: Harry Hepple

37. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 20 December 2019: Evening Bulletin (2019)

30 min | News

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Stars: Andy Bonner, Ann O'Connor, Rob Smith, Ian Critchley

38. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Frank 'Dunie' Ryan: The West End Gang/The Stopwatch Gang (2008)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Based in Canada the Stopwatch Gang got their name form the FBI as it's leader always wore a stopwatch around his neck and all bank robberies lasted no more than 90 seconds. The West End ... See full summary »

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: D'Arcy O'Connor, Paul Cherry, Andre Potvin, Billy Morgan

39. Gangland (2007–2010)
Episode: American Gangster (2007)

TV-14 | 45 min | Biography, Crime, History

American Gangster is the story of Frank Lucas and Leroy "Nicky" Barnes - their rise from street punks to the top of New York's 1970's high-flying drug market. The two men were considered ... See full summary »

Star: Frank Lucas

Votes: 26

40. In Search of History (1996– )
Episode: Hell's Angels (1999)

50 min | Documentary, History

Behind the scenes interviews with Hell's Angels leaders and members reveal the fascinating life and danger of the Hell's Angels. Hunter S. Thompson shares his notorious experiences and ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Lengyel | Stars: George Christie, Donald Cosentino, Yves Lavigne, Sonny Barger

Votes: 10

41. Ill Gotten Gains (2016–2020)
Episode: Episode #4.2 (2020)

44 min | Documentary

Police in the north east target suspected drug gangs. We also see how money seized from criminals is being used to help fund outdoor training for youngsters in the south west.

Director: Mark Hebden | Stars: Angellica Bell, Rav Wilding

42. L'Histoire nous le dira (2017– )
Les secrets des Hells Angels (2021 Podcast Episode)

History

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Director: Laurent Turcot | Stars: Laurent Turcot, Sonny Barger, Maurice 'Mom' Boucher, The Rolling Stones

43. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: Drugs, Cops and Lockdown (2021)

29 min | Documentary, News

Cameras follow Kent police as they try to disrupt the 'county lines' that transport millions of pounds of drugs from London to towns across their county.

Director: Philip Clothier | Star: Ellie Flynn

44. Gangland (2007–2010)
Episode: Kill 'Em All (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Biography, Crime, History

The Best Friends," a ruthless gang of contract killers, have stalked the east side of Detroit since 1985. The Feds say the gang was responsible for more than 80 murders. This episode of ... See full summary »

Director: Rebecca Halpern | Stars: Ezra Brown Jr., Gregory Brown, Reginald Brown, Terrance Brown

Votes: 11

45. Redemption (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2022)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a visit from organised crime, Collette is more suspicious than ever about Stacey's supposed suicide and pieces together clues that point to a culprit.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Paula Malcomson, Abby Fitz, Evan O'Connor, Moe Dunford

Votes: 181

46. Special Ops: Crime Squad UK (2022– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2022)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

Detectives pursue a dangerous, violent, drug gang in Gloucester, an aggressive, armed mugger in sleepy Kent and a gang of men stealing Britain's priceless history in Cheshire.

Director: Salvatore Assenza | Star: Lois Chimimba

47. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode: Essex Bad Boys (2011)

Documentary, Crime, History

Investigation into the gangs and smugglers who fought for control of Essex's ports in the 70s and 80s, turning its seaside towns into their violent playground.

Director: Will Rowson | Stars: Danny Woollard, Ken Tappenden, Dick Hobbs, Billy Blundell

48. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode: Dublin Gangland (2011)

Documentary, Crime, History

Lifting the lid on Dublin's brutal history of organised gangs, including leader Larry Dunne who became Ireland's first millionaire drug kingpin.

Director: Anouk Curry | Stars: Gerry O'Carroll, Cathal Cryan, Christy Dunne, Tony Hickey

49. This World (2004– )
Episode: Hells Angels (2004)

Documentary

The program, made with access to US and Canadian gang investigators, follows the rise and rise of the Hell's Angels and their fearsome culture of violence.

Stars: Tim McKinley, Dave Nichols, Marlon Brando, Tony Thompson

50. Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode: American Bikers (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

What all began with a love for bikes and freedom of riding turned into the popularization of the American outlaw biker gangs. The dynasty lives to this day, though it has moved beyond just ... See full summary »

Director: Marielle Woods | Stars: Kurt Sutter, Rick, John, Chuck Zito

Votes: 19