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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: 2,141,765
2. Bullet Train (2022)
R | 127 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry
Votes: 431,349 | Gross: $103.37M
3. 24 (2001–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 197,175
4. 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: 167,312 | Gross: $50.07M
5. Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Set in a post-Jax Teller world, "Mayans MC" sees EZ Reyes, a former golden boy now fresh out of prison, as a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the California-Mexico border who must carve out his new outlaw identity.
Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 24,574
6. 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: 93,002
7. End of Watch (2012)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera
Votes: 269,437 | Gross: $41.00M
8. Bad Boys for Life (2020)
R | 124 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett must face off against a mother-and-son pair of drug lords who wreak vengeful havoc on their city.
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig
Votes: 175,464 | Gross: $206.31M
9. Desperado (1995)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin
Votes: 197,862 | Gross: $25.63M
10. Traffic (2000)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 219,925 | Gross: $124.12M
11. The Mule (2018)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León, Gustavo Muñoz
Votes: 152,788 | Gross: $103.80M
12. 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: 109,696 | Gross: $44.82M
13. The Counselor (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem
Votes: 105,959 | Gross: $16.97M
14. ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Giuseppe De Domenico, Harold Torres
Votes: 29,412
15. Touch of Evil (1958)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 109,882 | Gross: $2.24M
16. 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: 43,305
17. Miss Bala (2019)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, Thomas Dekker, Vivian Chan, Barbarella Pardo
Votes: 12,763 | Gross: $15.01M
18. Act of Valor (2012)
R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh | Stars: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Rorke Denver
Votes: 71,824 | Gross: $70.01M
19. El Dragón: Return of a Warrior (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the murder of his parents when he was a little kid, Mexican Miguel Garza is sent away to Japan. 20 years later, he has to go back to his home country as the new heir of his family's cartel.
Stars: Sebastián Rulli, Renata Notni, Manuel Balbi, Cassandra Sanchez Navarro
Votes: 2,158
20. Tequila Sunrise (1988)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.
Director: Robert Towne | Stars: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia
Votes: 33,968 | Gross: $41.29M
21. 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: 4,821
22. Deep Cover (1992)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa
Votes: 14,088 | Gross: $16.64M
23. Blood Father (2016)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks
Votes: 67,699
24. 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: 49,431 | Gross: $26.18M
25. SuperFly (2018)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.
Director: Director X | Stars: Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Kenneth Williams
Votes: 7,634 | Gross: $20.55M
26. End of the Road (II) (2022)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this high-octane action thriller, a cross-country road trip becomes a highway to hell for Brenda and her family. Alone in the New Mexico desert, they have to fight for their lives when they become the targets of a mysterious killer.
Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Queen Latifah, Ludacris, Mychala Lee, Shaun Dixon
Votes: 8,811
27. The Forger (2014)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A thief works with his father and son to forge a painting by Monet and steal the original. Together, they plan the heist of their lives.
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan, Abigail Spencer
Votes: 13,311
28. Bobby Z (2007)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde, Jason Flemyng
Votes: 15,268
29. 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: 10,873
30. Term Life (2016)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A guy wanted around town by various hitmen hopes to stay alive long enough for his life insurance policy to kick in and pay out for his estranged daughter.
Director: Peter Billingsley | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Hailee Steinfeld, Bill Paxton, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 8,652 | Gross: $0.01M
31. The Last Narc (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime
Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.
Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Jorge Godoy, Ramón Lira
Votes: 2,882
32. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Bolivia 2019, the Santa Blanca Cartel has gained too much power. "The Ghosts" are sent in to get rid of them.
Directors: Laurent Bernier, Eric Couzian | Stars: Andrea Deck, Joseph May, Derek Hagen, Eleanor Matsuura
Votes: 2,253
33. Close Range (2015)
TV-MA | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a fight with a dirty sheriff and the cartel he works for to protect his niece and sister.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, Madison Lawlor
Votes: 5,646
34. 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: 3,895
35. Contract to Kill (2016)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
Islamic extremists will make an alliance with a Mexican cartel to smuggle WMD and terrorists into USA. Harmon's asked to prevent this. He starts in Istanbul with his team.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Russell Wong, Jemma Dallender, Mircea Drambareanu
Votes: 2,240
36. The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)
TV-MA | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.
Director: Carlos Perez Osorio | Stars: Juan Manuel Fraire Escobedo, Alejandro Fraire, Blanca Escobedo, Patricia González
Votes: 1,977
37. Double Tap (1997)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Stephen Rea, Heather Locklear, Peter Greene, Mykelti Williamson
Votes: 658
38. Nightforce (1987 Video)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama
Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission.
Director: Lawrence David Foldes | Stars: Linda Blair, James Van Patten, Richard Lynch, Chad McQueen
Votes: 374
39. VANish (2015)
79 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A kidnapped young woman is forced on a road trip full of murder and mayhem that takes place entirely in her captor's getaway van.
Director: Bryan Bockbrader | Stars: Maiara Walsh, Tony Todd, Danny Trejo, Austin Abke
Votes: 1,819
40. The Killing Zone (1991)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action
Convict is recruited from a chain gang to help capture a Mexican drug lord.
Director: Addison Randall | Stars: Deron McBee, Armando Silvestre, James Dalesandro, Agustín Bernal
Votes: 215
41.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Beto, Biden, Cuban, Healthcare, Comey, Brennan, the Border
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
42.
The Weekly (2019– )
Episode:
El Chapo's Son: The Siege of Culiacán
(2019)
TV-MA | News
The Weekly investigates the case of Mexican forces attempting to arrest the son of the notorious drug lord El Chapo. The government's actions ignited a war in the city of Culiacán and we get eye-witness testimony over what transpired.
Director: Andréa Schmidt | Stars: Ovidio Guzmán López, Ernesto Martínez, Azam Ahmed, Paulina Villegas
Votes: 18
43.
Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode:
Rock and Hard Place
(2022)
TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama
Still on the run, Nacho is forced to choose where his loyalties lie. Saul must decide whether he wants to remain a "friend of the cartel" after his reputation is called into question. Gus and Mike ready the team for a meet.
Director: Gordon Smith | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 33,404
44.
Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)
Episode:
A Narco Speaks
Documentary, Crime, History
Meet Otto Herrera, the Guatemalan businessman who rose to become the invisible link between Colombia's cocaine drug lords and Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.
Stars: Otto Herrera, Steve Fraga, Ruben Oliva, Joaquín Guzmán Loera
45.
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
46.
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
47.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
Rise of the Narco Army
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
The story of how one drug lord created Mexico's first narco army, unleashing a cartel feared by all.
Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Daniel Fuentes, Ioan Grillo, Arturo Fontes, Michael Chavarria
Votes: 25
48.
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
49.
Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
Episode:
Triage
(2023)
16+ | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jack, given the task of cleaning up the CIA, makes difficult decisions that have immediate consequences. A cartel operator moves in the shadows to organize an important meeting.
Director: Lukas Ettlin | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Okieriete Onaodowan
Votes: 1,983
50.
Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
Episode:
Sacrifices
(2023)
16+ | 50 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jack's team heads to Mexico to get answers. Wright attempts to smooth things over in Nigeria, hoping to find some resolution of her own.
Director: Shana Stein | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Okieriete Onaodowan
Votes: 1,577