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1. Snowfall (2017–2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.
Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John
Votes: 29,845
2. American Made (2017)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 208,027 | Gross: $51.34M
3. Above the Law (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean
Votes: 34,597 | Gross: $18.87M
4. Kill the Messenger (2014)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo
Votes: 48,744 | Gross: $2.45M
5. Deep Cover (1992)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa
Votes: 14,032 | Gross: $16.64M
6. The Mighty Quinn (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
Director: Carl Schenkel | Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, James Fox, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 6,539 | Gross: $4.56M
7. White Sands (1992)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 8,878 | Gross: $9.01M
8. Bob Roberts (1992)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Votes: 15,631 | Gross: $4.48M
9. The Last Narc (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime
Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.
Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Jorge Godoy, Ramón Lira
Votes: 2,867
10. Fay Grim (2006)
R | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromises the security of the U.S., causing Fay to first head to Paris to fetch them ...
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aiken, D.J. Mendel
Votes: 4,905 | Gross: $0.13M
11. The Last of the Finest (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton
Votes: 1,647 | Gross: $1.53M
12. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano
Votes: 3,870
13. The One Percent (2006)
76 min | Documentary
In this hard-hitting but humorous documentary, director Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny ... See full summary »
Director: Jamie Johnson | Stars: Nicole Buffet, Chuck Collins, Steve Forbes, Cody Franchetti
Votes: 1,116
14. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling
Votes: 898
15. Harvest of Empire (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Getzels, Eduardo Lopez | Stars: Junot Diaz, Luis Enrique, Juan Gonzalez, Maria Hinojosa
Votes: 165 | Gross: $0.06M
16. 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: 222
17. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime
With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.
Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn
Votes: 1,643
18. Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)
72 min | Documentary, History
Directors: David Kasper, Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Brooks, Barbara Honegger, David MacMichael
Votes: 233
19. Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989 TV Movie)
187 min | Drama, Thriller
Oliver North survives a serious car accident. The young midshipman struggles to re-enter the Naval Academy, enters the Marine Corps, serves in Vietnam, and moves to Washington to work for the Nati.
Director: Mike Robe | Stars: David Keith, Barnard Hughes, Annette O'Toole, Peter Boyle
Votes: 1,598
20. Reagan (2011)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
Reagan examines the enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president Ronald Reagan.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Bud Abbott, Walter Abel, Spiro Agnew, Martin Anderson
Votes: 864
21. Iran and the West (2009– )
Documentary
Stars: Tony Gardner, Richard Haass, Warren Christopher, Mohammad Khatami
Votes: 196
22. The Reagan Show (2017)
TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary
Made up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.
Directors: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush
Votes: 481
23. To Die Standing (1991)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Willis, a hardened DEA agent from the streets of New York, is given his toughest assignment -- to team up with a Colombian cop, Delgado, and find the connection of a drug shipments and the U. S. government.
Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Cliff De Young, Robert Beltran, Jamie Rose, Gerald Anthony
Votes: 68
24. The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
This special report by Bill Moyers illustrates and evidences about the contradictions revolving U.S. government when it comes to actually follow and obey the Constitution and its rulings. ... See full summary »
Stars: Scott Armstrong, Richard Bissell, Jackson Browne, Carl Channel
Votes: 39
25. No Rest for the Brave
Biography, Drama, Thriller | Announced
A Navy Petty Officer denounces an illegal scheme to sell weapons to Iran using the USS Kitty Hawk and ends up involved in the Iran-Contra affair. Based on the memoirs Running Scared, written by Navy Petty Officer Robert W. Jackson.
26. American Yankee
Announced
When the last pitch of your life becomes the first step of a nation's freedom.
Director: David M. O'Neill
27. Iran-Contra Investigation (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary, History, War
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECRET ... See full summary »
Stars: George Bush, Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Brendan Sullivan
28. Behind the Freedom Curtain (2013)
114 min | Documentary
A history of American propaganda, form WW2, to the Cold War, to the War on Drugs, to the War on Terror.
Director: Nathan Wold | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Bono, Fidel Castro
29. Iran America: The Love/Hate Relationship (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, History, War
Stars: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon
30. Guerrilla News Network: Crack the CIA (2002)
9 min | Short
A design-driven short about the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking during Iran Contra.
Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Taalam Acey
Votes: 19
31. Investigation Into the Iran-Contra Affair, 1987 (2007 Video)
64 min | Documentary, History, War
Stars: George Bush, Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Brendan Sullivan
33. Crack Capitalism (2015)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Alexander-Hughes | Stars: Michael Dukakis, Nelson George, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
34. One on One with David Frost: George Bush - A President's Story (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Stars: George Bush, David Frost
35.
The Boys (2019– )
Episode:
Barbary Coast
(2022)
TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Tonight at 9/8C on Vought Plus, it's the season finale of #AmericanHero. Three contestants remain, but only TWO will join #TheSeven. Will Starlight choose her old flame Supersonic? Or will someone else be moving into the Seven Tower?
Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 12,782
36.
In Search of the Constitution (1987)
Episode:
Strictly Speaking
(1987)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History
Attorney General Edwin Meese and federal judge Robert Bork--both outspoken strict constructionists--discuss judicial restraint and original intent.
Directors: Tony Marshall, Syd Smyth | Stars: Robert Bork, Ed Meese, Bill Moyers
37.
Part of the Problem (2018– )
The Prosecution of Donald Trump
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Smith, Robbie Bernstein
38.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
Presidential Cover Ups
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary
The office of the President of the United States was designed to operate with greater transparency than any other world-leader... but how much do we really know about what goes on behind the doors of the Oval Office?
Stars: Jonathan Adams, Allan Lichtman, Doug Wead, Katie Pavlich
Votes: 41
39.
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
40.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
It's a Newsy Day in Politics and the World. Let's Tame It.
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
41.
Twitter Spaces: Mario Nawfal (2023– )
#Breaking: 4th Epstein File Drop - Live Analysis w/ @RealAlexJones
(2024 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Mario Nawfal, Alex Jones
42.
Narcos (2015–2017)
Episode:
The Palace in Flames
(2015)
TV-MA | 44 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Despite a new extradition treaty, the U.S. puts more money into fighting communism, creating new challenges for Murphy and Peña in the hunt for Pablo.
Director: Guillermo Navarro | Stars: Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Joanna Christie
Votes: 6,550
43.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
America's Death Squads
(2016)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Allan Nairn
44.
Ryan Dawson (2009– )
Episode:
Sam Harris Is a Neocon Little Bitch
(2012)
21 min | News
Star: Ryan Dawson