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1. Goodfellas (1990)

R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco

Votes: 1,256,629 | Gross: $46.84M

2. 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: 130,166 | Gross: $20.16M

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: 533,989 | Gross: $126.66M

4. We're the Millers (2013)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms

Votes: 485,872 | Gross: $150.39M

5. 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: 152,413 | Gross: $103.80M

6. Gone Baby Gone (2007)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan

Votes: 292,784 | Gross: $20.30M

7. Chungking Express (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong

Votes: 95,678 | Gross: $0.60M

8. Get Him to the Greek (2010)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Music

A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne

Votes: 185,596 | Gross: $60.97M

9. 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: 12,721 | Gross: $15.01M

10. Recoil (I) (2011)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.

Director: Terry Miles | Stars: Steve Austin, Serinda Swan, Danny Trejo, Keith Jardine

Votes: 5,893

11. Maria Full of Grace (2004)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.

Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza

Votes: 36,179 | Gross: $6.52M

12. Hell Behind the Bars (1984)

82 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A woman murders her boyfriends and steals some diamonds he has smuggled. She gets found out though, and locked in a prison with an evil, sadistic bisexual warden. She sets about planning her escape with some of her fellow inmates.

Director: Gianni Siragusa | Stars: Ajita Wilson, Rita Silva, Linda Jones, Alessandro Freyberger

Votes: 365

13. Ondine (2009)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry

Votes: 22,630 | Gross: $0.55M

14. Gringo (2018)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal.

Director: Nash Edgerton | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Thandiwe Newton

Votes: 32,137 | Gross: $4.97M

15. Transsiberian (2008)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara

Votes: 54,725 | Gross: $2.20M

16. Snag (2023)

R | 83 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

A quiet, lonely Australian must find allies and enter a violent world to confront ruthless gangsters and save the love of his life after learning she was still alive.

Director: Ben Milliken | Stars: Ben Milliken, Sofía Castro, Jonny Beauchamp, Ana Ortiz

Votes: 457

17. The Mule (2014)

103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After a trip to Thailand, a first-time drug mule finds himself in police custody, with his stomach crammed with narcotics. Now, he has to endure seven sphincter-clenching days to convince them of his innocence. Will nature take its course?

Directors: Tony Mahony, Angus Sampson | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie

Votes: 6,833

18. The Lineup (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche

Votes: 4,411

19. Ecstasy (II) (2011)

TV-MA | 99 min | Drama, Romance

Small drug smuggler from Scotland is trying to figure out his way through life until he meets beautiful girl from Canada who seeks a change after bad relationship she just got out of it.

Director: Robert Heydon | Stars: Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd, Carlo Rota

Votes: 1,913

20. Let Me Fall (2018)

136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.

Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson | Stars: Elín Hall, Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Kristín Lea

Votes: 1,036

21. Adiós (2019)

Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A con man with freedom supervised starts a bloody path of revenge when his little daughter dies in a car crash after of First Communion's celebration.

Director: Paco Cabezas | Stars: Mario Casas, Natalia de Molina, Ruth Díaz, Carlos Bardem

Votes: 2,127

22. Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A cocky Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Berkeley to Boston. His girlfriend gets busted with the second load. He and a friend go against a dirty cop and a Cuban gangster to get the load and the girl back.

Director: Paul Williams | Stars: Howard Gardner, Robert F. Lyons, Ellen Barber, John Lithgow

Votes: 235

23. Phobia 2 (2009)

125 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Horror anthology consisting of five segments by acclaimed Thai directors. Segments involve a criminal seeking refuge, a haunted hospital, haunted truck passengers, a car dealer's dark discovery, and an ill actress portraying a ghost.

Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Visute Poolvoralaks, Paween Purijitpanya, Songyos Sugmakanan, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Jirayu La-ongmanee, Ray MacDonald, Chumphorn Thepphithak, Apasiri Nitibhon

Votes: 2,823

24. Death in Buenos Aires (2014)

TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A businessman is murdered at his home. Experienced police Inspector Chávez uses a rookie officer as a bait to catch the killer, while struggling with his own deepest desires.

Director: Natalia Meta | Stars: Demián Bichir, Chino Darín, Carlos Casella, Mónica Antonópulos

Votes: 2,313

25. White Blood (2018)

96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young female drug mule becomes entangled in a serious problem after her boyfriend dies. Desperate, she will to turn to her father, whom she has never met.

Director: Barbara Sarasola-Day | Stars: Eva De Dominici, Alejandro Awada, Sergio Prina, Rakhal Herrero

Votes: 119

26. 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: 886

27. Escape from Ensenada (2017)

TV-MA | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two Southern California College Students plot their escape after being kidnapped by a human trafficking ring while on Spring Break in Mexico.

Director: Brandon Slagle | Stars: Bronwyn Carrie-Wilson, Devanny Pinn, Louis Mandylor, Jonathan Goldstein

Votes: 1,167

28. Contagious (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 103 min | Thriller

When some shrimp from Colombia, tainted with cholera, is served to some people on a plane bound for L.A., an outbreak ensues. And a doctor sets out to find the source and contain it before ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Elizabeth Peña, Ken Pogue, Brendan Fletcher

Votes: 400

29. Dangerous Worry Dolls (2008 Video)

Approved | 75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

While serving time in a brutal women's detention center. Eva wishes away her troubles to a set of tiny Worry Dolls. The dolls crawl in her ear at night and soon Eva becomes possessed.

Director: Charles Band | Stars: Jessica Morris, Deb Snyder, Anthony Dilio, Meredith McClain

Votes: 409

30. Cop Killers (1977)

R | 93 min | Action, Drama

Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.

Director: Walter R. Cichy | Stars: Jason Williams, Bill Osco, Diane Keller, Michael D. White

Votes: 316

31. Cocaine Prison (2017)

90 min | Documentary, Drama

From inside Bolivia's craziest prison a cocaine worker, a drug mule and his little sister reveal the countries relationship with cocaine.

Director: Violeta Ayala | Stars: Mario Bernal, Daisy Torres, Hernan Torres

Votes: 138

32. Spike Up (2007)

Short, Crime, Drama

Steve Barker is a veteran police officer struggling to find any self-respect or connection with his young family.

Director: Anthony Maras | Stars: Roy Billing, Jake Chamberlin, Mark Constable, Lisa Flanagan

Votes: 39

33. Extreme Drug Smuggling (2011 TV Movie)

44 min | Documentary

Drug cartels think and act like corporations, using the best scientific and extreme methods to take their illegal products to destination.

Star: Jim Pratt

Votes: 28

34. How's Your Day Going? (2023)

Short, Comedy, Thriller

Two drive-in theater workers on another seemingly mundane shift find several duffel bags filled with cash and several bricks of cocaine in an abandoned car and are confronted with a moral ... See full summary »

Director: Cam Duncan | Stars: Ethan Nelson, Jeff Steele, Sofia Rodriguez, Russick Smith

35. The Visitor (III) (2017)

5 min | Short, Crime

After getting into some trouble, John decides to go to an old friend to get some help.

Director: Jordan Roa | Stars: Daniel Mart, Justin Andrews, Fadrid Milan, Jordan Roa

36. Baretta (1975–1978)
Episode: Walk Like You Talk (1975)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Baretta's partner (Michael Parks) accepts a bribe during a setup by the police commission, and because of interference by a careless cop who yearns to be a novelist, Baretta could go down with his friend.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Robert Blake, Dana Elcar, Michael Parks, Lee de Broux

Votes: 57

37. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Loose Connection (1973)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

What's the perfect heroin-smuggling plot? Hide it in the radiator of a car owned by a tourist above suspicion--Barnaby Jones. When the shipment is replaced by sugar, Barnaby finds himself ... See full summary »

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Lloyd Bochner, Christine Belford

Votes: 117

38. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Ellie (2001)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The investigation of the death of a petty con man/drug mule leads the CSI team to Brass' daughter Ellie.

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 863

39. The Guardian (2001–2004)
Episode: Family (2002)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Burton's sister-in-law and former secret crush Liz is selling her advertising agency to benefit her son, a hostile, delinquent brat who was expelled from school and is in debt. A 10-year-old girl is forced to be a drug mule.

Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Charles Malik Whitfield

Votes: 127

40. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Passport to Murder (1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A yacht trip becomes dangerous when one of the Harts' guests is blackmailed into running drugs.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Nicholas Pryor

Votes: 182

41. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode: Final Round (1978)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

David 'Benson' is saved from a couple of muggers by a boxer nicknamed 'Rocky' and becomes his friend and corner-man. Unfortunately the young man suffers from high blood pressure and is being used to ferry drugs by an unscrupulous manager.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Martin Kove

Votes: 351

42. Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (2000–2005)
Episode: Lohikäärmeen metsästys (2002)

60 min | Crime, Drama

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Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Antti Reini, Leena Uotila, Jukka Kärkkäinen

Votes: 6

43. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Saving Face (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The murder of a medical student, apparently working as a mule, sends Logan and Barek to a medical foundation performing reconstructive surgery on South American needy patients.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Chris Noth, Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 289

44. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Milk Run (1985)

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

Crockett and Tubbs encounter two naive young men smuggling cocaine-filled statues for a murderous criminal.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 663

45. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Yankee Dollar (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Crockett sees his stewardess girlfriend die from smuggling balloons of cocaine into the country, he and Tubbs go undercover to expose the ring.

Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 479

46. Police Woman (1974–1978)
Episode: Seven Eleven (1974)

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

To find out who's running a complex heroin smuggling chain, Pepper goes undercover and works an airline stewardess.

Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 60

47. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Targets Without a Badge: Part 1 (1979)

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

Starsky and Hutch lose Huggy Bear's trust and respect when they are unable to save his close friend, a possible witness from assassination.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 215

48. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode: Raw Deal (1983)

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

Hooker and Romano team up with a Gamblers Anonymous counselor to bust a drug lord who blackmails compulsive gamblers into serving as drug mules.

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, Richard Herd

Votes: 89

49. Without a Trace (2002–2009)
Episode: Nickel and Dimed: Part 2 (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sam volunteers to go undercover to bust a ruthless drug smuggling ring, which the team believes is directly connected to the disappearances and murders of different women. Sam's difficult ... See full summary »

Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano

Votes: 179

50. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode: Mind Games (2006)

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

A psychic helps to find a burial site of numerous illegal immigrants just across the California-Mexico border. Charlie and he battle to see who will come up with the location of another female migrant before she joins the other victims in the morgue.

Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

Votes: 292