Movies like The Drug King
If The Drug King's mix of drug dealer, drug abuse and drug trafficking stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Drug King's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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American Gangster
2007 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 157 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking, police corruption · Also drama and crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
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Blow
2001 · Directed by Ted Demme · 124 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking, 1970s · Also crime and drama
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
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Rapid Fire
1992 · Directed by Dwight H. Little · 95 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: police corruption, drug lord · Also action and crime
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
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White Boy Rick
2018 · Directed by Yann Demange · 111 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking, 1980s · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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GoodFellas
1990 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking, 1970s · Also drama and crime
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.
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Taxi Driver
1976 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 114 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, 1970s · Also crime and drama
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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No Country for Old Men
2007 · Directed by Joel Coen · 122 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking, 1980s
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, 1980s · From the same decade (2010s)
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics.
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Kiss of the Dragon
2001 · Directed by Chris Nahon · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: police corruption · Also action and crime
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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Layer Cake
2004 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking · Also drama and crime
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...
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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 · Directed by Isaac Florentine · 95 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: drug lord · Also action and crime · From the same decade (2010s)
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence.
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Veronica Guerin
2003 · Directed by Joel Schumacher · 98 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: drug lord · Also drama and crime
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.