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

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: 2,146,678

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: 471,822

3. 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: 453,556 | Gross: $130.16M

4. Homefront (I) (2013)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth

Votes: 130,682 | Gross: $20.16M

5. Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

The rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico.

Stars: Scoot McNairy, José María Yazpik, Alejandro Edda, Alfonso Dosal

Votes: 93,157

6. Bad Boys II (2003)

R | 147 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 267,882 | Gross: $138.61M

7. 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: 49,453 | Gross: $26.18M

8. Operation Odessa (2018)

TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime

In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.

Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Ludwig Fainberg, Juan Almeida, Nelson Yester, Kristy Galeota

Votes: 6,932

9. Thumper (2017)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Teens in a low income neighborhood are lured into working for a violent and dangerous drug dealer. When a new girl harboring a dark secret arrives in town, their relationship jeopardizes everything.

Director: Jordan Ross | Stars: Eliza Taylor, Pablo Schreiber, Daniel Webber, Ben Feldman

Votes: 3,026

10. The Two Escobars (2010)

104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.

Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez

Votes: 2,210

11. 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

12. Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

The true story of the rise of a shadowy new generation of cocaine kingpins and of law enforcement's desperate efforts to bring them down.

Stars: Jeremy McDermott, Peter Vincent, Ruben Oliva, Jean-Pierre Yerma

Votes: 10

13. 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

14. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)

68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.

Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo

Votes: 265

15. The War on Drugs (2007)

99 min | Documentary

More than three decades have passed since Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs. Today, drug trafficking exceeds 7% of global trade. The film shows how the war is being waged by examining... See full summary »

Director: Sebastian J.F. | Stars: Sharanda Jones, Richard Paey, Jorge Enrique Botero, Kevin C. Whaley

Votes: 43

16. Mugshots: John Gotti - End of the Sicilians (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Shot in Sicily and Brooklyn, this is the story of John Gotti's crew. Before you see John Travolta bring Gotti to the big screen in the upcoming Hollywood release - 'Gotti: In the Shadow of ... See full summary »

Stars: Giovanni Falcone, George Anastasia, Angelo Bruno, Joe Valachi

17. Network First (1994– )
Episode: The War Against the Mafia Part 3: The King of Little Italy (1994)

Documentary

The programme looks at the rise and fall of gangster, John Gotti, who took charge after arranging the murder of Paul Castellano. Bribing his way to freedom, justice finally caught up with him and he is now doing a life sentence.

Stars: Jack Klaff, John Gotti, Bruce Cutler, Bruce Mouw

18. The Final Report (2006– )
Episode: Getting Gotti (2006)

45 min | Documentary

When John Gotti emerged as head of the Gambino crime family, the media took notice of this charismatic new boss who was tried several times but never convicted. NGC revisits Gotti's rise to... See full summary »

Stars: Jimmy Turnbull, George Gabriel, John Gleeson, Jerry Capeci

Votes: 7

19. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: How Cocaine Came to America (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

Interviews reveal how criminals pioneered the cocaine business in the 70's and early 80's.

Stars: George Jung, Michael Corleone Blanco, Bob Palumbo, Mónica Lehder

Votes: 37

20. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The First Cartel (2020)

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

A look into the birth of Mexico's first-ever drug cartel.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Francisco Tejeda Jaramillo, Carlton Turner, John B. Brown III, Ioan Grillo

Votes: 33

21. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Battle for the Border (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

El Chapo Guzman rises to cartel leader through cocaine-smuggling tunnels and war.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Terry Kirkpatrick, Jack Riley, Jesús Esquivel, Juan Carlos Reyna

Votes: 32

22. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Escobar Goes to War (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Pablo Escobar goes to war against the authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel.

Stars: Luis Ospina, Ken Cook, Bob Sears, William Rodriguez Abadia

Votes: 30

23. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Narco Cult (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Meth kingpin Nazario Moreno turns a drug cartel into Mexico's first narco cult.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Carl Pike, Ioan Grillo, Philippa Levine, Servando Gómez Martínez

Votes: 23

24. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chapo Public Enemy No 1 (2021)

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

The search for the world's most-wanted drug trafficker - El Chapo - as told by two women in Chicago whose drug-dealing husbands turned against the man who supplied nearly half of America's ... See full summary »

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Mike Ferrara, Olivia Flores, Mia Flores, Jack Riley

Votes: 24

25. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: After Pablo (2021)

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

Upon Escobar's death, the Rodriguez brothers take over as the new cocaine kings, specializing in corruption and buying Colombia's presidents.

Stars: Joe Toft, Jim Shedd, William Rodriguez Abadia, Francisco Santos Calderón

Votes: 22

26. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Last Don (2021)

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

In the mid-1990s, left-wing guerrillas and far-right paramilitaries plunge Colombia into a civil war financed by the profits from cocaine trafficking.

Stars: Carlos Ramón Zapata, Chris Feistl, Jeremy McDermott, Salud Hernandez Mora

Votes: 19

27. 30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode: The Two Escobars (2010)

TV-G | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The rise of Colombian soccer is attributed to the influx of drug money into the sport by Pablo Escobar and the other drug cartels. However, the team's swift decline after Escobar's death results in the murder of star player Andres Escobar.

Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez

Votes: 3,450

28. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Cocaine Godfather (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The Rizzutos were one of the longest ruling dynasties in Mafia history.

Stars: Raymond Boulanger, Chris Feistl, Pietro Poletti, Réal Simard

Votes: 10

29. Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami (2021)
Episode: 75 Tons (2021)

TV-MA | Documentary, Crime, History

As the authorities close in, the "Cowboys" are left with three options: flee, flip or face the music. But Willy and Sal won't go down so easily.

Director: Billy Corben | Stars: Sal Magluta, Willy Falcon, Clint Eastwood, Pedro Rosello

Votes: 136

30. Curious Life and Death of .. (2020– )
Episode: Pablo Escobar (2020)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Mystery

Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris conducts a virtual autopsy to examine the case of the world's most infamous drug lord and whether he was he killed by the police, a US drug squad, or his own hand.

Director: Toby Roebuck | Stars: Lindsey Fitzharris, Pablo Escobar, Carlos Palau, Rodrigo Martinez

31. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Bullets over Boston: The Irish Mob (2008)

46 min | Documentary

The investigation of south Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who's been on the run since 1995, is chronicled. He's the FBI's second most-wanted man, behind only Osama bin Laden.

Director: Chris Lent | Stars: Kevin Weeks, Howie Carr, Pat Nee, Howie Winter

32. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
Episode: The Real Goodfella (2011)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Drama

Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in the New York mob.

Director: Mark Lewis | Stars: Henry Hill, Cale Epps, Carissa Dalton, Joe Jones

Votes: 56

33. Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode: Boston's Irish Mob (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter examines the complete story of the South Boston Irish Mob. From the 1800s to the early 1970s, Irish street gangs waged war for control of Boston's ... See full summary »

Director: Marielle Woods | Stars: Kevin Weeks, Kurt Sutter, Pat Nee, Rick Marinick

Votes: 18

34. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chasing the Dragon: How Sgt. Smack Hooked Up Harlem (2022)

Documentary, Crime, History

Against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, an army veteran and a country boy flood Harlem with a super strength heroin known as China White.

Director: Joost van der Valk | Stars: Lew Rice, Francine Lucas-Sinclair, Dickie Lucas, Ron Chepesiuk

35. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chasing the Dragon: Prince of Death (2022)

Documentary, Crime, History

For decades, the seemingly untouchable Khun Sa floods New York with heroin from his Golden Triangle hideaway. But then a group of agents hatch a plan.

Director: Joost van der Valk | Stars: Michael Levine, Rich LaMagna, Patrick Winn, Khuensai Jaiyen

36. Gangsters: America's Most Evil (2012– )
Episode: The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most ... See full summary »

Stars: Mickey Powers, Mike Lynn, Steve Cook, Tim Donovan

Votes: 22

37. 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

38. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chasing the Dragon: Narco Jihad (2022)

Documentary, Crime, History

DEA agent Jeff Higgins sets out to avenge 9/11 by taking on an Afghan heroin kingpin and proving the close link between narcotics and terrorism.

Director: Joost van der Valk

39. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: The Drug Wars (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary

This episode uncovers the conspiracies behind America's 40-year drug campaign. Why does the U.S. Government classify marijuana and heroin as equally dangerous drugs, and will the move by ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Adams, Darrell Issa, Jason Howerton, Michael Levine

Votes: 47

40. Undercover: Caught on Tape (2023– )
Episode: High Stakes (2024)

Documentary, Crime

Undercover ATF and DEA Agents are reminded to never judge a book by its cover and to always be on their toes. Even small-time suspects have the potential to unleash terror - and no place seems safe or off-limits.

Stars: Vincent Cefalu, Terry Clark, Jay Dobyns, Mario Elias

Votes: 7

41. Codes and Conspiracies (2014–2016)
Episode: Outlaw Bikers (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Outlaw Bikers. We are about to go inside their tightly guarded clubs to reveal the real story that hasn't been told - until now. Are they international crime syndicates, or social clubs for outcasts and nonconformists? Discover the truth.

Stars: Kerrie Droban, William Dulaney, George Christie, Bill Hayes

Votes: 17

42. No Man Left Behind (2016)
Episode: Colombia Vice (2016)

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

It�۪s 1982 and the war on drugs is in its bloodiest year. Two DEA agents are sent on an aerial reconnaissance mission to Colombia, where violent cartels run the drug trade into... See full summary »

Director: Neil Rawles | Stars: Alberto Nicolo', Jeremy Boado, Tony Caprari, Charlie Martinez

Votes: 18

43. Facing (2016– )
Episode: Facing Escobar (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary

A look at Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria's cocaine empire, featuring those who enabled him, and those who opposed him and lived to tell their tale.

Directors: Adrian Buitenhuis, Derik Murray | Stars: Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Morris Busby, Pablo Escobar, Roberto Escobar

Votes: 33

44. Drug Lords (2018)
Episode: Pablo Escobar (2018)

TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar leads a horrific war against his own country until a team of politicians and police end his reign of terror.

Stars: Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Javier Pena, Steve Murphy, Hugo Martínez Poveda

Votes: 197

45. Drug Lords (2018)
Episode: The Cali Cartel (2018)

TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela use violence and guile to turn the Cali Cartel into a $7 billion-per-year criminal operation.

Stars: Aura Rocío Restrepo, Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón, William Rempel, David Mitchell

Votes: 151