Requiem for a Dream

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 6 Oct 2000 · English

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Braven

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 1 Feb 2018 · English

A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.

Veronica Guerin

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 11 Jul 2003 · English

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 27 Sept 2004 · English

In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new life as a dealer begins. In a world where a man wants everything, he may end up with nothing.

Night of the Sicario

Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 16 Apr 2021 · English

Taylor is forced to hide the young daughter of a Colombian woman in witness protection who will be testifying against a powerful drug cartel in Federal Court, as ruthless sicarios aim to hunt them down.

Layer Cake

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 30 Sept 2004 · English

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

Who'll Stop the Rain

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 2 Aug 1978 · English

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.

Run

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 1 Feb 1991 · English

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.

Year of the Dragon

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 16 Aug 1985 · English

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 18 Sept 2014 · English

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

Crisis

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 26 Feb 2021 · English

Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.

Empire

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 6 Dec 2002 · English

Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top, Victor soon finds out that he's been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.