Thriller, Drama, Crime
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Replacement Killers
Bad Lieutenant
The Missing
The Wrestler
Marine Boy
Love Liza
Cargo
The Young Blood Chronicles
Protozoa
The Border
Vendetta
The Father
Black Souls
El hombre de Medellín
Doomed to Die
Port of New York
Still Alice
Shrink
The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt
Lady Sings the Blues
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Replacement Killers
IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 1998
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.Bad Lieutenant
IMDB 7 | Nov , 1992
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.The Missing
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2003
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.The Wrestler
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2008
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.Marine Boy
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 2009
Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea.Love Liza
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2002
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.Cargo
IMDB 4.6 | Feb , 2006
A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.The Young Blood Chronicles
IMDB 8.3 | Jun , 2014
The members of Fall Out Boy undergo kidnappings, torture, and murder at the hands of Courtney Love, the leader of a cult with one aim: to silence the music.Protozoa
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 1993
Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell out of a cracked guitar. We quickly realize the emptiness of the dump parallels the emptiness of Dave’s life which consists of smoking weed, staring at television screens and watching school children. Dave’s friend Pete is shortly introduced, along with their friend, Ari, who despite calling her pals losers, doesn’t seem to accomplishing much herself. These three are going nowhere fast. They’re the amoebas of life… protozoa….The Border
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1982
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.Vendetta
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025
After the sudden and violent death of his father, Frankie questions how far he's willing to go for retribution and the consequences that come with it.The Father
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1971
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution.Black Souls
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2014
A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.El hombre de Medellín
IMDB 4.4 | Jan , 1994
A Mexican police task force must fight against an international drug smuggling ring.Doomed to Die
IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 1940
Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street's side, is so convinced he's wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer.Port of New York
IMDB 4.8 | Nov , 1949
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.Still Alice
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 2014
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.Shrink
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2009
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt
IMDB 4 | Feb , 1912
A mother is waiting or her son, a railroad engineer, to return home. The night becomes stormy and she discovers that a broken railroad trestle lies atop the track. She must try to get word to him before his train reaches the trestle.Lady Sings the Blues
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 1972
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.