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1. Wonka (2023)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond
Votes: 140,671
2. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 470,613
3. Lucy (I) (2014)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked
Votes: 534,581 | Gross: $126.66M
4. Big Sky (2020–2023)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A private detective and ex-cop solve crimes in Montana.
Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Dedee Pfeiffer, J. Anthony Pena
Votes: 25,581
5. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After the Kingsman's headquarters is destroyed and the world is held hostage, an allied spy organization in the United States is discovered. These two elite secret agencies must band together to defeat a common enemy.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Channing Tatum
Votes: 363,317 | Gross: $100.23M
6. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced, Jeffrey Donovan
Votes: 167,119 | Gross: $50.07M
7. 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: 112,117 | Gross: $34.67M
8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,377 | Gross: $10.10M
9. Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.
Director: Adrian Grunberg | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza
Votes: 109,575 | Gross: $44.82M
10. 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: 113,630 | Gross: $63.41M
11. Mr. Right (I) (2015)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Director: Paco Cabezas | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Tim Roth, James Ransone
Votes: 61,175 | Gross: $0.03M
12. RoboCop 2 (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 93,207 | Gross: $45.68M
13. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 169,772 | Gross: $56.36M
14. La Reina del Sur (2011– )
TV-MA | 378 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Teresa Mendoza returns to Mexico after 8 years to fight with Mexican drug dealers.
Stars: Kate del Castillo, Humberto Zurita, Alejandro Calva, Isabella Sierra
Votes: 3,437
15. Hot Pursuit (2015)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) tries to protect the outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley
Votes: 54,191 | Gross: $34.51M
16. Gilda (1946)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 35,286
17. Blackout (VI) (2022)
TV-MA | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, and quickly finds himself on the run in a locked down hospital with the Cartel on his tail. He scrambles to find his true identity in the most vicious way.
Director: Sam Macaroni | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Omar Chaparro, Nick Nolte
Votes: 4,806
18. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Task Force 141 faces its greatest threat yet - a newly aligned menace with deep, yet unknown, connections.
Director: Jeffrey Keith Negus | Stars: Alain Mesa, Barry Sloane, Ramon Fernandez, Claudia Doumit
Votes: 3,028
19. A Man Apart (2003)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Vin Diesel, Timothy Olyphant, Larenz Tate, Geno Silva
Votes: 49,416 | Gross: $26.18M
20. Grand Theft Auto III (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
A young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.
Stars: Frank Vincent, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Madsen, Michael Rapaport
Votes: 17,251
21. Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Larry and Richard use a voodoo-revived corpse to track down hidden money to clear their names.
Director: Robert Klane | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Troy Byer
Votes: 14,458 | Gross: $12.74M
22. High on Life (2022 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It's up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world.
Stars: Justin Roiland, J.B. Smoove, Betsy Sodaro, Tim Robinson
Votes: 1,399
23. Casa de mi Padre (2012)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Western
Scheming to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.
Director: Matt Piedmont | Stars: Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Nick Offerman
Votes: 21,620 | Gross: $5.90M
24. Green Ice (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Romance
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
Directors: Ernest Day, Anthony Simmons | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif, Domingo Ambriz
Votes: 1,025
25. Born Yesterday (1950)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John
Votes: 12,422
26. Beast of Burden (2018)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Director: Jesper Ganslandt | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Grace Gummer, Pablo Schreiber, Robert Wisdom
Votes: 3,209
27. American Sicario (2021)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American gangster Erik Vasquez is scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies.
Director: RJ Collins | Stars: Philippe A. Haddad, Maurice Compte, Maya Stojan, Danny Trejo
Votes: 10,872
28. The Player (2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former intelligence and FBI officer, who now works as a security expert in Las Vegas, is recruited by mysterious pit boss Mr. Johnson to, based on his tips, try to prevent crimes, while the rich place bets on his chances of success.
Stars: Philip Winchester, Damon Gupton, Wesley Snipes, Charity Wakefield
Votes: 7,611
29. I'm No Longer Here (2019)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Director: Fernando Frias | Stars: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Emily May Jampel, Xueming Angelina Chen, Leonardo Ávila
Votes: 9,417
30. Barbarous Mexico (2014)
Not Rated | 114 min | Horror
Eight Mexican directors unite to bring tales of the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends to vividly shocking life.
Directors: Isaac Ezban, Laurette Flores Bornn, Jorge Michel Grau, Ulises Guzman, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Aaron Soto | Stars: Guillermo Villegas, Marco Zapata, Antonio Monroi, Fermín Ramírez
Votes: 1,042
31. Seized (I) (2020)
R | 85 min | Action, Thriller
After a former special forces agent's son is kidnapped, he must wipe out three dangerous crime syndicates, if he wants to see his son alive again.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Mario Van Peebles, Mauricio Mendoza, Steven Elder
Votes: 2,997
32. Double Take (2001)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A man on the run takes another man's passport, only to find himself stuck with the identity of a street hustler.
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Orlando Jones, Eddie Griffin, Gary Grubbs, Daniel Roebuck
Votes: 8,756 | Gross: $0.02M
33. Somos. (2021)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, History
The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true events.
Stars: María Fernanda Bosque, Natalia Solián, Jero Medina, Kerry Ardra
Votes: 1,343
34. Mega Piranha (2010 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A mutant strain of giant ferocious piranha escape from the Amazon and eat their way toward Florida.
Directors: Eric Forsberg, Stuart Gillard | Stars: Paul Logan, Tiffany, Barry Williams, David Labiosa
Votes: 5,873
35. Cartel Crew (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 30 min | Reality-TV
A look into the lives of descendants of the Cartel life living in Miami as they navigate adulthood and the effects the legacy has had on their upbringing.
Stars: Stephanie Acevedo, Michael Blanco, Dayana Castellanos, Kat Flores
Votes: 202
36. 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
37. The Line (2009)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The unstable new kingpin of a Tijuana drug cartel is targeted by an assassin for elimination.
Director: James Cotten | Stars: Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Armand Assante
Votes: 3,894
38. 600 Miles (2015)
R | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons for a deadly Mexican cartel. ATF agent Hank Harris attempts to apprehend him, but gets kidnapped by Rubio, instead. Rubio takes him to his bosses, but during the 600-mile-long drive, they slowly befriend.
Director: Gabriel Ripstein | Stars: Tim Roth, Kristyan Ferrer, Mónica Del Carmen, Noé Hernández
Votes: 2,489
39. The Last Heist (2016)
TV-MA | 84 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A bank Robbery goes terribly wrong when one of the hostages turns out to be a wanted serial killer
Director: Mike Mendez | Stars: Henry Rollins, Torrance Coombs, Victoria Pratt, Michael Aaron Milligan
Votes: 2,701
40. Hollywood.Con (2021)
TV-G | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An actor steals the identity of a producer, and is hurled into Hollywood's next Mayan film. In the jungle of Mexico she is mistaken as a member of a cartel.
Director: Mika Boorem | Stars: Mika Boorem, Benjamin Boorem, Herbert Russell, Nino De Marco
Votes: 2,774
41. Tempestad (2016)
105 min | Documentary
The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Votes: 888
42. En la Boca del Lobo (2014– )
Crime
Follows the series of events that lead to the downfall of Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel.
Stars: Samuel Zuluaga, Manuel Antonio Gómez, James Lawrence, Pedro Calvo
Votes: 123
43. The Shipment (II) (2021)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man will become a criminal to save his family.
Director: Shawn Welling | Stars: Tom Vera, Robert LaSardo, Tom Sizemore, Jen Barbeito
Votes: 6,176
44. Cartel (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Thriller
Chuck Taylor is a charter pilot who unknowingly smuggles cocaine for the Cartel into the U.S. Unfortunately he is captured by the feds. Ironically, so is Tony King, boss of the Cartel. The ... See full summary »
Director: John Stewart | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Don Stroud, Crystal Carson, Suzee Slater
Votes: 199
45. Breach of Trust (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When small-time criminal Casey and local detective Madeline get caught in a cross-fire between dirty F.B.I. agents and their drug cartel friends because of a very important computer disk ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Michael Biehn, Matt Craven, Leilani Sarelle, Miguel Sandoval
Votes: 494
46. Shenmue (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
Ryo, a respected Japanese student sees his father killed in front of his own eyes. He sets out to find the man in charge of his fathers death and the mystery of who and why?
Directors: Keiji Okayasu, Yu Suzuki | Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka, Masaya Matsukaze, Corey Marshall, Robert Jefferson
Votes: 1,312
47. American Rampage (1989)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
A female Los Angeles cop relentlessly tries to bring down a powerful drug cartel kingpin, and losing police partner after partner in the process amid the frequent shootouts and her social life, or lack of.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Kary Jane, Thomas Elliott, Troy Donahue, Sam Hill
Votes: 221
48. The Saint Takes Over (1940)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Mystery
Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 800
49. Los Traficantes (2012)
82 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
While serving a 33 year sentence inside La Mesa Federal Prison, the most corrupt in all of Mexico, former drug cartel chief Esteban Mendoza finds redemption while helping others overcome drug addiction.
Director: Adam Watson | Stars: John Paul, Erika Sabel Flores, Cliserio Aguilar, Jaime Alcaraz
Votes: 83
50. The Last Runway (2018)
TV-MA | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Former Colonel Fernandez is appointed Minister of the National Anti-Drug Agency (SENAD) and purges the special forces to fight the first of many battles against drug trafficking on the border of Paraguay and Argentina.
Directors: Rodrigo Salomón, Pietro Scappini | Stars: Luis Aguirre, Fini Bocchino, Bruno Sosa Bofinger, Fabio Chamorro
Votes: 826