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1. The Connection (2014)
R | 135 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey
Votes: 12,268
2. Hit! (1973)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles
Votes: 864 | Gross: $0.08M
3. America's War on Drugs (2017)
TV-14 | 480 min | Documentary, History
"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro
Votes: 223
5.
Commissaire Moulin (1976– )
Episode:
La bavure
(1981)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Claude Grinberg | Stars: Yves Rénier, Raymond Pellegrin, Eva Harling, Grégoire Aslan
Votes: 6
6.
Good Times (1974–1979)
Episode:
J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 2
(1976)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
Thelma finds out that Diana uses heroin when she finds her purse in her room (J.J. had taken Thelma's by mistake). After finding out that the supplier is only in elementary school, it soon ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Kenwith | Stars: Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter
Votes: 98
7.
American Gangster (2006–2009)
Episode:
Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes
(2006)
TV-14 | 41 min | Documentary
Nicky Barnes became such a powerful heroin dealer in Harlem that he was untouchable by local authorities. That made him a highly lucrative target for federal authorities.
Stars: Antoine Clark, Barry Michael Cooper
Votes: 10
8.
The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020)
Episode:
L'ère des empires
(2020)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The spiritual carnage drug addiction has wreaked globally over time was seeded in 1790 as globalization began in earnest. In the next 181 years, key geopolitical countries grappled with ... See full summary »
Directors: Vincent Metzinger, Christophe Bouquet, Julie Lerat | Stars: Harry J. Anslinger, Robert C. Bonner, Al Capone, Paul Carbone
Votes: 28
9.
The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020)
Episode:
L'heure des barons
(2020)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Combining diplomacy and drug enforcement at the ground level, Nixon's War on Drugs forced drug cartels to radically adapt new business methods, and thus, from the ashes of the Old World, ... See full summary »
Directors: Vincent Metzinger, Christophe Bouquet, Julie Lerat | Stars: Giuseppe Ayala, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Robert C. Bonner, Paolo Borsellino
Votes: 25
10.
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork (2021)
Episode:
The Suspect
(2021)
TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary, Crime, History
With the investigation heating up, police focus their attention on an unlikely suspect: a local journalist who had first reported on the murder.
Director: John Dower | Stars: Sophie Toscan du Plantier, Ian Bailey, Jules Thomas, Marie Farrell
Votes: 200
11.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Mob: The Heroin Don
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
Carmine Galante was the mafia boss who industrialized heroin smuggling into the U.S. A brutal psychopath, he let nothing stand in his way.
Director: Wilfred Spears | Stars: Angela Tucceri, Bill Clark, Carmine F. Russo, Ralph Blumenthal
Votes: 13
12.
Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode:
Man of Steel & Heroin
(2012)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Even while being behind the bars for a great part of his career, Carmine Galante was still able to have a lot of power in organized crime.
Director: Martin J.O. Hughes | Stars: Frank Panessa, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto, Bill Clark
13.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
The Business of Heroin
(1964)
Documentary, News
A fascinating account of dope traffic. Jay McMullen labored two years on this hour documentary, shooting footage in six different countries.
Stars: Eric Sevareid, Jay McMullen, William Saunders, Bill Carrasso