THEME EXPLORATION

illegal drug trafficking

39 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Jonathan Demme
The Silent Run
The Silent Run
2026 · Marta Bergman
Female Yakuza Tale
Female Yakuza Tale
1973 · Teruo Ishii
Perfect High
Perfect High
2015 · Vanessa Parise
Take Out
Take Out
2008 · Sean Baker
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
2012 · Luis Mandoki
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
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Blissfully Yours
Blissfully Yours
2002 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Furie
Furie
2019 · Lê Văn Kiệt
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
What a Wonderful Place
What a Wonderful Place
2005 · Eyal Halfon
7 Dogs
7 Dogs
2026 · Adil El Arbi
The Marked Woman
The Marked Woman
2026 · Gabe Ibáñez
The Tigers
The Tigers
2026 · Alberto Rodríguez
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
Dimenticare Palermo
Dimenticare Palermo
1990 · Francesco Rosi
Grass
Grass
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
L.627
L.627
1992 · Bertrand Tavernier
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
The Passenger
The Passenger
1975 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Dredd
Dredd
2012 · Pete Travis
Need for Speed
Need for Speed
2014 · Scott Waugh
Chiyari Fuji
Chiyari Fuji
1955 · Tomu Uchida
Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Phillip Noyce
Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · Adrian Grünberg
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Stefano Sollima
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films like 'Flowers of Shanghai' and works examining Taiwan's underground economy portray the moral ambiguity and human consequences within illicit trade systems.

 Fernando Meirelles Brazil

Films such as 'City of God' and 'Constant Gardener' provide unflinching examinations of drug trafficking's systemic roots and global pharmaceutical corruption.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His slow-cinema approach in films exploring Eastern European society reveals how drug trafficking operates within corruption and moral decay at individual and institutional levels.