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Plot Summary:
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: factual, tense, captivating, suspense, emotional, independent film
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Los Traficantes (2012)
Plot Summary:
While serving a 33-year sentence, a spiritual awakening led drug lord Esteban Mendoza Cruz to form a church in Mexico's most corrupt prison. With a congregation of more than 600, Cruz sows hope both among inmates and in the community at large.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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I Was Here (2008)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of a book by Sass Henno, I Was Here. First Arrest (Mina olin siin. 1. esimene arrest, 2005), one of the most important Estonian works of literature of recent years. Seventeen-year-old Rass is growing up in an Estonian suburb. In the absence of a solid home life his family becomes a group of youngsters who are verging on being thieves. Drugs are an inseparable part of their lives, and when Rass agrees to distribute them, he gets tangled up in the narcotics trade. Small amounts suddenly become two-kilo packages that the mafia, to the misfortune of all involved, has not been paid for, and is ready to collect on by force… This story of one boy’s adolescence unwinds retrospectively over a sheet of paper on which Rass records his memories while in prison. The camera intermediates these recollections in a nervous journalistic stylisation, often even duplicating the images, which increases the pace of the story, a true-to-life basis for which can be easily imagined.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Estonia, Finland, Taiwan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Women of Mafia (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former police officer goes under cover in the mafia.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, talky
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The Drug King (2018)
Plot Summary:
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
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The Preppie Connection (2015)
Plot Summary:
A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II (2015)
Plot Summary:
On the 6th December 1995, three Essex gang members were brutally murdered in cold blood. It’s now early 1997 and whoever killed the three men have yet to be brought to justice. An associate of the men, still mourning the loss of his friends, is convinced that it’s only a matter of time before he’s next. For him, the only way out is to go back in and work his way back up the criminal ladder. The higher he gets, the more violent the jobs become, his quest for power turning into an obsession. With life and family on the line can he hold his nerve together one last time in order to get out alive?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse
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Flinch (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young Hitman who lives with his mother catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir
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Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
A corrupted customs officer, Choi Ik-hyeon, faces losing his job. Then, his life turns around as he meets ganster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connection with the Yakuza. They quickly form a partnetship; Hyeong-bae helps Ik-hyeon set up a business with the money from drug trafficking while Ik-hyeon lobbies for his partner Hyeong-bae. As the government declares war on crime, however, their partnership begins to crack.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama, captivating, suspense, noir, neo noir
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Powder and Gold (2015)
Plot Summary:
The real-life story of a drug cartel leader set to Macbeth.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Chouf (2016)
Plot Summary:
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss’s right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence….
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Dom (2021)
Plot Summary:
A father who never stopped fighting against drugs. A son who never stopped using them. Two sides of the same coin. Victor is a cop who has fought all his life to curb cocaine trafficking. His son is a drug addict who has become one of the most wanted burglars in Rio de Janeiro. Will a father’s love be enough to save his son’s life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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En la Boca del Lobo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story and the book, At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel, En la Boca del Lobo follows the series of events that ultimately lead to the dramatic downfall of Colombia’s infamous Cali drug cartel. The story centers on Ricardo Salgado, an engineer and soldier who rises ranks and became in charge of the security of the godfather of the Cali Cartel, one of the largest criminal organizations in the world and rival of the Medellin Cartel.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Crime
Country: Colombia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Loving Pablo (2017)
Plot Summary:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: factual, serious, exciting, rough, brutal, crime drama, independent film
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Narco Sub (2021)
Plot Summary:
A man will become a criminal to save his family. Director: Shawn Welling Writer: Derek H. Potts Stars: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors |.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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The Preacher (2004)
Plot Summary:
Different solution new movie ;-) The Preacher tells the story about the rise and fall off a dutch mafiaboss. The movie is based on the story of Klaas Bruinsma.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, bleak, controversial
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4 Blocks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based in Neukölln, Berlin Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arabic gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, its never that simple.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, suspense
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El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2011)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud (2011)
Plot Summary:
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts events prior to and concurrent with Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Snitch Cartel: Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
In Cali during the '60s and '70s, two brothers juggle family, romance and the joint pursuit of a burning ambition: to rule Colombia's drug industry.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Traffic (2000)
Plot Summary:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 217000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, political, realistic, dramatic, anthology, neo noir, tense, thought provoking, clever
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The Infiltrator (2016)
Plot Summary:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, realistic, dramatic, factual, clever, political, detective, novela, action adventure
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El Chapo (2017)
Plot Summary:
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, factual, inspirational, hood, crime drama
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Black Mass (2015)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: suspense, factual, brutal, intense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film, stylized
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Blow (2001)
Plot Summary:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic, atmospheric, captivating, entertaining, dramatic, realistic
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Goodfellas (1990)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, realistic, epic, brutal, cult classic, hood, suspenseful, neo noir, fast paced
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Blinded by the Lights (2018)
Plot Summary:
An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, entertaining, disturbing, anthology, hood, interesting
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American Gangster (2007)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 446000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, harsh, hood, clever, detective, suspenseful, entertaining
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Narcos: Mexico (2018)
Plot Summary:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, captivating, exciting, intense, crime drama, tense, erotic, inspirational, intellectual
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Narcos (2015)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 458000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, bleak, political, erotic, exciting, retro, intellectual, epic