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by edgarruz | created - 17 Jul 2012 | updated - 26 Jan 2013 | Publicthrowing it back to the instant classic, crime and drug influenced movies!
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1. El cártel (2009)
87 min | Drama, Thriller
Mexico's most notorious drug lord schools a naïve journalist as to the principles behind The Cartel's success.
Director: Brian J. Bagley | Stars: José Luis Franco, Frederick Stuart, Mauricio Islas, Tania Arredondo
Votes: 516
3. El diamante de Caro Quintero (2001 Video)
90 min | Action
Director: Lourdes Álvarez | Stars: Agustín Bernal, Flavio Peniche, Roberto Munguía, Luz María Guizar
4. El padrino (2004)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son Kilo yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo ... See full summary »
Director: Damian Chapa | Stars: Damian Chapa, Sal Lopez, Emilio Rivera, Jennifer Tilly
Votes: 771
5. Lamberto Quintero (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Don Lamberto Quintero (Antonio Aguilar) es un importante personaje de la zona, al que todo el pueblo recurre en busca de ayuda y dinero. Pero su poder y su riqueza son envidia de otro gran ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Hernández | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Angélica Aragón, Marcela Rubiales, Merle Uribe
Votes: 25
6. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 3,606
7. Viva Zapata! (1952)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 12,378
8. Emiliano Zapata (1984)
61 min | Documentary
Bear witness to one of the most important stories of the Mexican Revolution. A man who fought for the rights of the peasants and gave birth to a movement that has survived, under different forms, up to this day.
Director: Jaime Kuri Aiza | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Emiliano Zapata
9. Francisco Villa (1984)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Jaime Kuri Aiza | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Pancho Villa
10. Sicario: Ejecución de Mando (2009 Video)
99 min | Action
Director: Iván Cuevas | Stars: Tomás Goros, Luis Fernando Peña, Sonia Quintero, José Luis Carreño
Votes: 8
11. Chicano Blood (2008 Video)
Unrated | 89 min | Action, Adventure
A former gang member is pulled back into his former violent world after a Russian gang vying for control of the local drug trade kills his wife. Taking a solemn pledge to seek vengeance for... See full summary »
Director: Damian Chapa | Stars: Damian Chapa, Sian Vilaire, Joanna Pacula, Luis Arrieta
Votes: 89
12. Bound by Honor (1993)
R | 180 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo
Votes: 33,893 | Gross: $4.50M
13. El Mariachi (1992)
R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt
Votes: 71,105 | Gross: $2.04M
14. Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004)
Biography, Drama, Fantasy
A look at the life of Mexican Revolution Hero Emiliano Zapata.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alejandro Fernández, Lucero, Patricia Velasquez, Jesús Ochoa
Votes: 1,080
15. Che: Part One (2008)
Not Rated | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Pablo Guevara
Votes: 47,883 | Gross: $1.80M
16. Hell (2010)
NC-17 | 149 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Director: Luis Estrada | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosio, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo
Votes: 12,016
17. Private Pérez (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
A Mexican crime lord is forced by his mother to plan a suicidal rescue mission to find his lost brother in the most unexpected place on Earth...
Director: Beto Gómez | Stars: Miguel Rodarte, Jesús Ochoa, Joaquín Cosio, Gerardo Taracena
Votes: 1,992 | Gross: $1.39M
18. Al otro lado (2005)
70 min | Documentary
Told using Mexico's 200 year-old tradition of corrido music, To The Other Side recounts the story of an aspiring corrido composer facing two life-changing choices: to traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States.
Director: Natalia Almada
Votes: 66
19. O Cangaceiro Sanguinário (1969)
85 min | Action, Western
After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her.
Director: Oswaldo de Oliveira | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Guy Loup, Carlos Miranda, Jofre Soares
Votes: 19
20. Sanguinarios del M1 (2010 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
El M-1, contratado para cuidar la plaza del líder del cartel cuenta con el apoyo de un grupo de pistoleros conocidos como los Sanguinarios de la M-1 para acabar con un sujeto se atreve a desafiar al cartel.
Director: Oscar Gonzalez Iñiguez | Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Alan Ciangherotti, Vanessa Terkes, Dulce Alvarado
21. Pandilla sanguinaria (1987)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Alfonso Sánchez | Stars: Ana Luz Aldana, Alfonso Munguía, Miguel Ángel Lira
22. Confesiones de un Sicario (2010)
49 min | Documentary
In this film we are talking about the problem of drug-trafficking in Mexico. Interviews with members of the criminal clans, of priests and ordinary people who do not know by hearsay problem of drug trafficking.
Director: Matías Gueilburt
23. La banda del Antrax (2002)
90 min | Action, Drama
Amezcua is a corrupt police officer who recruits petty criminals for kidnappings in Mexico City. 'La Banda del Antrax,' his latest production, is in the midst of kidnapping a young female ... See full summary »
Director: Christian González | Stars: Fidel Abrego, Hugo del Valle, Alicia Encinas, Eleazar Garcia Jr.
24. Scarface (1983)
18+ | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 912,538 | Gross: $45.60M
25. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,252,080 | Gross: $46.84M
26. Smokin' Aces (2006)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Joseph Ruskin
Votes: 151,788 | Gross: $35.66M
27. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
R | 145 min | Drama, History, War
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.
Director: Dean Wright | Stars: Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Santiago Cabrera
Votes: 5,310 | Gross: $5.67M
28. El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Crime
The story of a hitman for the drug cartels in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 1,016
29.
30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
The Two Escobars
(2010)
TV-G | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The rise of Colombian soccer is attributed to the influx of drug money into the sport by Pablo Escobar and the other drug cartels. However, the team's swift decline after Escobar's death results in the murder of star player Andres Escobar.
Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez
Votes: 3,438
30. The Devil's Angel
Action, Biography, Crime | Announced
Alongside a DEA agent and his CIA handler, Pablo Escobar's never-before-revealed origin story of the battle to unveil the concealed operations to fund anti-communist Contras and cocaine flood into America.
Star: John Leguizamo
31. Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Hords of insane assassins (2 cute) gather in or near a bar waiting to kill an insignificant FBI pencil pusher at 3AM and collect $3M. He's kept in a safe house/bunker nearby surrounded by FBI agents. Action awaits.
Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Tom Berenger, Clayne Crawford, Tommy Flanagan, Maury Sterling
Votes: 14,280
32. The Snitch Cartel (2011)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The life of Andres Lopez Lopez during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle".
Directors: Carlos Moreno, Juancho Cardona | Stars: Manolo Cardona, Juana Acosta, Diego Cadavid, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 1,341
33. Savages (I) (2012)
R | 131 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro
Votes: 134,303 | Gross: $47.38M
34. A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Votes: 214,748 | Gross: $67.35M
35. Pain & Gain (2013)
R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 228,896 | Gross: $49.88M
36. The Iceman (2012)
R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.
Director: Ariel Vromen | Stars: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco, Winona Ryder
Votes: 79,110 | Gross: $1.94M
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