THEME EXPLORATION

illegal drug trade

34 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Jonathan Demme
Perfect High
Perfect High
2015 · Vanessa Parise
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Blissfully Yours
Blissfully Yours
2002 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II
2003 · Michael Bay
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
We're the Millers
We're the Millers
2013 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
7 Dogs
7 Dogs
2026 · Adil El Arbi
The Tigers
The Tigers
2026 · Alberto Rodríguez
The Silent Run
The Silent Run
2026 · Marta Bergman
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
Black Jack
Black Jack
1950 · Julien Duvivier
Ceddo
Ceddo
1978 · Ousmane Sembène
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Jean Rouch
Dimenticare Palermo
Dimenticare Palermo
1990 · Francesco Rosi
Grass
Grass
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Mister Johnson
Mister Johnson
1991 · Bruce Beresford
The Long Night
The Long Night
2001 · Paolo Sorrentino
Dredd
Dredd
2012 · Pete Travis
Need for Speed
Need for Speed
2014 · Scott Waugh
Days of ’36
Days of ’36
1972 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Endless Desire
Endless Desire
1958 · Shohei Imamura
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Stefano Sollima
Something Hot
Something Hot
1964 · Yannis Dalianidis
Violent Cop
Violent Cop
1989 · Takeshi Kitano
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His trilogy of drug trade films (Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario) explores the moral complexity and systemic violence of narco-trafficking with unflinching intensity.

 Steven Soderbergh United States

Traffic and other works dissect the drug trade from multiple perspectives—users, dealers, law enforcement, and politicians—revealing its interconnected global nature.