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1. 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: 453,617 | Gross: $130.16M

2. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn

Votes: 520,390 | Gross: $27.30M

3. Maniac (2018)

TV-MA | 39 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial for a drug that they're assured will, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, permanently solve all of their problems. Things do not go as planned.

Stars: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux

Votes: 87,036

4. Double Blind (2023)

90 min | Horror, Thriller

After an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.

Director: Ian Hunt-Duffy | Stars: Millie Brady, Pollyanna McIntosh, Akshay Kumar, Diarmuid Noyes

Votes: 3,020

5. Zombie Tidal Wave (2019)

TV-14 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A fisherman contends with an ocean-borne outbreak that threatens his seaside island community.

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Ian Ziering, Chikashi Higaki-Linzbichler, Shelton Jolivette, Cheree Cassidy

Votes: 1,419

6. Tell Me How I Die (2016)

Not Rated | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A9913 is a new drug improving memory - like being there again. Anna joins 17 others testing it for $2000. Some experience the near future including deaths.

Director: D.J. Viola | Stars: Nathan Kress, Virginia Gardner, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Ryan Higa

Votes: 5,312

7. 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: 2,267

8. Kings of Coke (2022)

83 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A ragtag gang of Irish bank robbers from Montreal rose to become one of North America's most feared criminal organizations.

Director: Julian Sher | Stars: Dan Burke, David McGee, Kathy Dobson, D'Arcy O'Connor

Votes: 164

9. Altered Perception (2017)

Not Rated | 79 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A drug that alters perceptions during trauma and stress, is being advertised as a cure for socio-political tensions. Several couples volunteer for human trials but end up with more than they bargained for.

Director: Kate Rees Davies | Stars: Jon Huertas, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Mark Burnham, Jade Tailor

Votes: 227

10. Life According to Sam (2013)

TV-G | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A moving look at a couple's inspiring efforts to save their only son Sam from the rare and fatal premature-aging disease of progeria.

Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Sam Berns, Leslie Gordon, Scott Berns, Francis Collins

Votes: 953

11. The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital (2017 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary, Drama

Docu-drama telling the story of one of the most infamous incidents in recent British medical history. On 13th March 2006, 8 healthy young men took part in a clinical trial for a leukaemia drug that went very wrong.

Director: Barbie MacLaurin | Stars: Philip Buck, Nadim Khan, Arun Daniel, Leo Hunter

Votes: 52

12. Inhumane (II) (2018)

79 min | Thriller

At a secret government facility, behavioral scientist Rachel Moreno runs an experimental drug trial on a group of prison inmates to find out what caused their violent behavior.

Director: Ryan Smithee | Stars: Michelle Money, Jason James Richter, Matt Martin, Justin Armstrong

Votes: 292

13. The Psychedelic Drug Trial (2021 TV Special)

59 min | Documentary

With exclusive access to a ground-breaking trial, this film asks if psychedelic drugs combined with psychological support can help tackle one of the biggest medical challenges we face - depression.

Director: Sam Eastall | Stars: Robin Carhart-Harris, David Nutt, Ros Watts

Votes: 29

14. Le nouveau protocole (2008)

92 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry.

Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Marie-Josée Croze, Dominique Reymond, Stéphane Hillel

Votes: 1,022

15. Delorean: Back from the Future (2021 TV Special)

99 min | Documentary

John Z DeLorean's extraordinary Life and how he build a car of the future in Northern Ireland in 1980s.

Director: Mike Connolly | Stars: John DeLorean, Jeremy Paxman, Chris Hegedus, Gail Sheehy

Votes: 53

16. Karalahti (2021)

117 min | Documentary, Biography

Documentary about the Finnish ice hockey player Jere Karalahti.

Director: Juuso Syrjä | Stars: Jere Karalahti, Jari Aarnio, Semir Ben-Amor, Esko Blom

Votes: 211

17. Boston Legal (2004–2008)
Episode: A Greater Good (2004)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Alan and Denny defend a drug company who is sued by a woman for taking her off an experimental pill which could have healed her sickness. Tara gets new information which would probably help... See full summary »

Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: James Spader, Monica Potter, Rhona Mitra, Lake Bell

Votes: 441

18. The Closer (2005–2012)
Episode: Flashpoint (2005)

Not Rated | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brenda's investigation into the murder of a psychiatrist and the drug trial he was conducting is disrupted when Pope leaks confidential information that Flynn uses against her.

Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett

Votes: 488

19. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
Episode: Alienated (1998)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jesse is apparently abducted by aliens.

Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter, Barry Van Dyke

Votes: 119

20. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Bound for Glory (1990)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Kelsey stands before Judge Grace Van Owen in a wrongful death suit in representing the parents of a deceased black youth, killed by a skinhead, who are suing the skinhead's parents. ... See full summary »

Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 37

21. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Fruit of the Poison Tree (1989)

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

Crockett and Tubbs' efforts to bust a major drug dealer are repeatedly thwarted in court by a shady big-shot southern gentleman attorney and his loyal protege Lisa, whose father was a prosecutor murdered for crusading against drugs.

Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 293

22. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Glades (1984)

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

Crockett & Tubbs have to recover a witness in a major drug dealer's trial, who has ran off to the Everglades and must testify in 48 hours.

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 698

23. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Line of Fire (1988)

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

A drug kingpin on trial for murder puts a million dollar contract out on a punk rocker who is the star witness for the prosecution. The FBI want Crockett and Tubbs to safe house the witness, but keeping him alive is going to be a challenge.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 324

24. Tru Calling (2003–2005)
Episode: Haunted (2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Tru attempts to save a medical student who dies after participating in a dangerous medical experiment with two other students. The experiment, which temporarily stops the heart, causes the students to unearth repressed memories.

Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Eliza Dushku, Shawn Reaves, Zach Galifianakis, A.J. Cook

Votes: 265

25. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Christmas Carol (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While visiting family for Christmas, Scully receives a mysterious phone call that leads to a woman's apparent suicide and a young girl who may be her sister Melissa's daughter.

Director: Peter Markle | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Sheila Larken, Melinda McGraw

Votes: 3,677

26. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: Act Your Age (2006)

TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Debbie becomes friends with a popular girl her own age, but realizes what she's been missing out on and goes on strike. Meanwhile, Frank becomes a medical guinea pig.

Director: Paul Walker | Stars: David Threlfall, Maggie O'Neill, Dean Lennox Kelly, Maxine Peake

Votes: 125

27. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #5.4 (2020)

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

A naked student runs through town yelling "The aliens are coming". Keating is going to arrest him, but Will convinces him it's a bit of high spirits. He is found dead in a field the next day.

Director: Christiana Ebohon-Green | Stars: Robson Green, Tom Brittney, Al Weaver, Tessa Peake-Jones

Votes: 294

28. Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode: Putting Swim Fins on a Cat (2007)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Charlie hasn't had a paying gig for months, so Alan becomes part of a drug study to make extra money. Meanwhile, Charlie tries to bond with Linda's four-year-old son.

Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Marin Hinkle

Votes: 1,258

29. New Amsterdam (2018–2023)
Episode: Double Blind (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

When tasked with turning the Opioid epidemic around, Max shuts down the ED and proposes a massive change. Meanwhile, Sharpe goes great lengths to prove a point.

Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Freema Agyeman, Jocko Sims

Votes: 738

30. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Announcing My Candidacy for President of the United States (2020 Podcast Episode)

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31. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: Coronavirus: When Will We Be Safe? (2020)

29 min | Documentary, News

Justin Rowlatt reports from the scientific frontline, finding out how science can help us defeat the virus. With access to key drug and vaccine trials, he reveals a race against time to help save lives.

Directors: Chris Alcock, Samuel Palmer, Josh Reynolds, Joseph McAuley | Star: Justin Rowlatt

32. Hospital (2017– )
Episode: Coronavirus Special - Part-2 (2020)

59 min | Documentary

The pandemic is approaching its peak and most of the Royal Free London's beds are now filled with coronavirus patients. But with ten per cent of the workforce off sick or self-isolating, it is challenging to provide safe staffing levels.

Directors: Hannah Blackwell, Daniel Dewsbury, Patrick Flanagan, Rory Jackson, Lewis Price, Charlie Slade | Star: Miranda Raison

33. Pose (2018–2021)
Episode: Series Finale (Part I) (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama

When Blanca discovers an HIV clinical trial is denying access to people of color, she joins ACT UP in an effort to get Pray Tell and other patients the medication.

Director: Steven Canals | Stars: Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Billy Porter, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore

Votes: 554

34. Chicago Med (2015– )
Episode: Some Things Are Worth the Risk (2021)

TV-14 | Drama

Archer and Choi go in to the field but the scene brings war flashbacks. Carol's condition worsen and Manning tries to get her enrolled in Halstead's drug trial.

Director: Carl Weathers | Stars: Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Brian Tee

Votes: 243

35. Chicago Med (2015– )
Episode: What a Tangled Web We Weave (2021)

TV-14 | Drama

An auto accident sends Goodwin into a spiral as she tries to help a young boy and his mother. Natalie's secretive behavior begins to draw the attention of Dr. Marcel and Dr. Halstead.

Director: Bethany Rooney | Stars: Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Brian Tee

Votes: 246

36. Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty (2021)
Episode: Firm in a Firm (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Revealing the dirty secrets behind London's policing with a story of corruption that goes to the very top of the Met and leads to the formation of the first internal anti-corruption unit.

Director: Todd Austin | Stars: Martin Short, Paul Lashmar, Jackie Malton, Stephen Simmons

Votes: 9

37. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Mafia Meth King (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The rise and fall of Philadelphia mobster 'Long John' Martorano, who builds a meth empire worth 500 million dollars, told for the first time by those closest to him.

Director: Wilfred Spears | Stars: Jimmy DeGregorio, George Martorano, George Anastasia, Louis Pichini

Votes: 9

38. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: How E Busted the Bull (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Sammy The Bull attempts to go straight, but gets sucked into a major ecstasy-dealing ring.

Directors: Wilfred Spears, Max Stern | Stars: Shaun Attwood, Karen Gravano, George Gabriel, Rich Lebel

Votes: 9

39. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: The Mind Has Mountains (2011)

TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.

Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Jack Roth, Nichola Burley, Florence Brudenell-Bruce

Votes: 635

40. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Wiggly Finger Catalyst (2011)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Penny sets up Raj with a deaf friend, not knowing that she's actually a gold digger, and Sheldon decides to let his minor decisions rest on the roll of the dice.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 3,782

41. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: The Soul of Genius (2012)

TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A scholar obsessed with Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark" is found buried in the botanical gardens frequented by the author during his life.

Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Daisy May, Oliver Johnstone, Annabel Mullion, James Fleet

Votes: 648

42. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chasing the Dragon: The Mob and the Mujahideen (2022)

Documentary, Crime, History

An exiled Mafia boss and an Afghan drug trafficker unite to create a 7000-mile-long narcotics pipeline pumping heroin into the USA.

Directors: Joost van der Valk, Adam Warner | Stars: Zakariya Reed, Francesco 'Frank' Fiordilino, Maria Badalamenti, Ralph Blumenthal

43. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Donnie Brasco (2012)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Former FBI agent Joe Pistone, who infiltrated the Mafia for six years as Donnie Brasco, reveals how his undercover work led to more than 100 convictions - and resulted in the death of underworld figure Dominick `Sonny Black' Napolitano.

Director: Ned Parker | Stars: Joseph D. Pistone, James Kallstrom, Selwyn Raab, Jim Kossler

Votes: 12

44. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Man of Steel & Heroin (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Even while being behind the bars for a great part of his career, Carmine Galante was still able to have a lot of power in organized crime.

Director: Martin J.O. Hughes | Stars: Frank Panessa, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto, Bill Clark

45. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Secrets and Sacrifices (2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Cuba's survival depends on its Communist allies. The end of the Cold War means the end of foreign aid to the island - and pushes Cuba to the brink of famine.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Dariel Alarcón Ramirez, Juan Juan Almeida, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 80

46. Bull (2016–2022)
Episode: The Devil, The Detail (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Bull agrees to help the parents of a former employee sue a drug company when their son commits suicide during a drug trial. However, the task is complicated when the company brings in their... See full summary »

Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodríguez, Geneva Carr, Jaime Lee Kirchner

Votes: 478

47. Years and Years (2019)
Episode: Episode 4 (2019)

TV-MA | 63 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Daniel embarks on a dangerous quest to bring Viktor home, while Celeste takes a terrible revenge on Stephen. Viv sets her sights on the ultimate prize: 10 Downing Street.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Jessica Hynes, Anne Reid, T'Nia Miller, Russell Tovey

Votes: 1,636

48. The Resident (2018–2023)
Episode: Trial & Error (2018)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama

When patients from the hospital's prescription drug trial start suffering life threatening side effects, Nic fears that her sister Jessie may be in danger. As a result, she and Conrad work ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Greenlea | Stars: Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Manish Dayal, Jane Leeves

Votes: 425

49. Voxday Darkstream (2017– )
Episode: The Evolution Debate Is On (2019)

60 min | News

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Star: Vox Day