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1. 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: 2,221

2. Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders (2015)

Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary, Crime, Music

The inside story behind the Biggie and Tupac murder investigations is laid bare using police case files, taped confessions never before shown on film, and interviews with lead detective Greg Kading and other witnesses.

Director: Mike Dorsey | Stars: Imari Williams, Greg Kading, Frank Alexander, Xavien T. Bailey

Votes: 934

3. Hells Angels Forever (1983)

R | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Music

What starts off as a squadron of American daredevil bombers in World War II, branded by society as renegades, turns into a revealing ride into the world of honor, violence, and undying passion for motorcycles on the road.

Directors: Richard Chase, Leon Gast, Kevin Keating, Don Kelly | Stars: Sandy Alexander, Ray Archuleta, Sonny Barger, Scott Barnes

Votes: 233

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Delorean: Back from the Future (2021 TV Special)

99 min | Documentary

John Z DeLorean's extraordinary Life and how he build a car of the future in Northern Ireland in 1980s.

Director: Mike Connolly | Stars: John DeLorean, Jeremy Paxman, Chris Hegedus, Gail Sheehy

Votes: 53

8. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Double Cap (2003)

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

The murder of a woman at a posh hotel has ties to the drug cartel, a bank robbery, and the witness protection program.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 478

9. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Baseballs of Death (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs are investigating the murders of prostitutes which appears to be the work of a sadist. They discover that the killer is a Chilean police official. They try to arrest him ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 338

10. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Better Living Through Chemistry (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs' attempts to stop synthetic cocaine of the highest purity from hitting the streets are threatened by his ex-NYPD-partner, whose career was destroyed by Tubbs' testimony regarding a confused shooting.

Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 399

11. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Borrasca (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs and Switek go undercover and pose as drug dealing middlemen to take down Borrasca, a very dangerous counter revolutionary who uses drug money to fight the war against communism in his country.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 302

12. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Calderone's Return: Part 1 - The Hit List (1984)

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

The team moves to protect Crockett and his family from an assassin, hired by Calderone to re-empty the void he left behind.

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 926

13. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise (1984)

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

While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 884

14. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Down for the Count: Part II (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shaken and angered by Zito's death, Switek and the squad pull out all the stops to take Guzman down.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 422

15. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: El Viejo (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs have their hands full with an impatient old-timer (Willie Nelson) anxious to make a deal with a deadly Bolivian cocaine importer.

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

Votes: 507

16. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Glades (1984)

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

Crockett & Tubbs have to recover a witness in a major drug dealer's trial, who has ran off to the Everglades and must testify in 48 hours.

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 698

17. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Hostile Takeover (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett, as Burnett, murders and manipulates his way to the top of the crime organization he works for.

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

Votes: 393

18. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Killshot (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A major drug dealer that's being investigated and his ruthless partner, a brothel madam, frame a professional jai alai player for murder of a prostitute to blackmail the athlete's customs agent brother into selling Crockett and Tubbs out.

Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 433

19. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Miami Squeeze (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett recruits the young cop from the Line of Fire episode to assist in an investigation of a dandy British drug lord and his operation in Miami, which includes the son of an anti-drug legislator. Also, Sonny visits a shrink.

Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 290

20. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: One Way Ticket (1986)

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

A district attorney is killed at a wedding for getting too close to a French-Canadian drug lord that's operating in Miami. Since the victim was a close friend of the criminal's lawyer, Sonny tries to make the lawyer do something about it.

Director: Craig Bolotin | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 456

21. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Walk-Alone (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs goes undercover in a penitentiary to try and smoke out a group of corrupt prison guards.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 498

22. Weeds (2005–2012)
Episode: The Godmother (2005)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Nancy gathers a team to go into business with Conrad circumventing Heylia, who has become a grandmother. Silas gets high and is brought home by the police. Nancy finally sleeps with Peter and finds possible evidence he's with the DEA.

Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Tonye Patano, Romany Malco

Votes: 958

23. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Consequences (2006)

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

The investigation of the death of a professional paintball player is complicated by the discovery of drugs supposedly confiscated in a drug bust conducted by detective Flack years earlier.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 312

24. 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

25. 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

26. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Brian O'Dea/Pat Nee (2008)

46 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Pat Nee started out together with James 'Whitey' Bulger in the Winter Hill gang in South Boston but as Whitey started to introduce drugs to the community Nee tried to stop it and eventually... See full summary »

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: Brian O'Dea, John Wareham, Pat Nee, T.J. English

27. 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

28. 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

29. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: Boxing and the Mob (2021)

59 min | Documentary, News

Daniel Kinahan has been named in court as the head of one of Europe's biggest drug cartels. So how has he been allowed to be involved in setting up the World Heavyweight Championship fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua?

Directors: Stephen Dempster, Maurice May | Stars: Darragh MacIntyre, Bob Arum, Stephen Breen, Matt Christie

Votes: 18

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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: 3,451

34. 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

35. 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

36. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Tales from the Undercard (2010)

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

The team uncovers an underground fighting league after they discover the body of a retired boxer buried under concrete at a construction site.

Director: Skipp Sudduth | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 246

37. 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

38. 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

39. NCIS: Hawai'i (2021–2024)
Episode: Changing Tides (2022)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Mystery

A Marine Corporal dies in a tide pool after being exposed to fentanyl, the NCIS team must quickly find the source of the drugs. Alex talks to his parents about taking a gap year and Ernie reveals personal news to Lucy.

Director: Lionel Coleman | Stars: Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami

Votes: 308

40. CNN Presents (1993– )
Episode: Kingdom of Cocaine (1994)

Documentary

CNN Presents examines the production, sale, and use of cocaine in the world looking at users in American and traffickers and drug lords in Columbia, Italy, and Russia.

Stars: Judy Woodruff, Peter Arnett, Pablo Escobar, María Jimena Duzán

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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: 198

50. 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