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1. Narcos (2015–2017)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann

Votes: 472,331

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: 209,218 | Gross: $51.34M

3. The Infiltrator (2016)

R | 127 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger, Amy Ryan

Votes: 79,048 | Gross: $15.43M

4. Slacker (1990)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey

Votes: 23,552 | Gross: $1.23M

5. Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (2012)

TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The exploits of the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar.

Stars: Cecilia Navia, Vicky Hernández, Christian Tappan, Andrés Parra

Votes: 5,942

6. Loving Pablo (2017)

R | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Julieth Restrepo

Votes: 22,471 | Gross: $0.02M

7. Cocaine Godmother (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real life of Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco, who reportedly masterminded more than 200 murders. This film presents her life story from the time she was a young girl to the end of her life.

Director: Guillermo Navarro | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jenny Pellicer, Alejandro Edda, Warren Christie

Votes: 2,691

8. The Two Escobars (2010)

104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.

Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez

Votes: 2,216

9. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)

68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.

Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo

Votes: 272

10. Pecados de mi padre (2009)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

Nicolas Entel's searing documentary tells the story of Pablo Escobar -- Colombian drug kingpin, murderer and family man -- through the eyes of his son, Sebastian, as well as the sons of two of Escobar's most prominent victims.

Director: Nicolas Entel | Stars: Jorge Enrique Abello, Pablo Escobar, Sebastian Marroquín, María Isabel Santos

Votes: 1,765

11. The Myth of Change (2019)

Documentary

The real story of William Rodriguez Abadia, the eldest son of Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, the co founder of Colombia's Cali Cartel, considered at one point as one of the biggest, and most ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Holguin | Stars: William Rodriguez Abadia, Miguel Andres Rodriguez Moreno

12. Plata o Plomo (2010)

105 min | Drama

A young Colombian boy flees his country to avoid conflict. A longtime cousin in the U.S. introduces him to the world of illicit business, not knowing that the wing he's under is part of the dark organization that seeks vengeance.

Director: John Human | Stars: Johnny Acero, Marlon Vasgavi, Margarita Palacio, Oscar Escobar

Votes: 36

13. The Infiltrator: How to Infiltrate (2016 Video)

6 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Emir Abreau, Vic Cooper, Kathy Ertz, Robert Mazur

Votes: 31

14. The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020)
Episode: L'heure des barons (2020)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Combining diplomacy and drug enforcement at the ground level, Nixon's War on Drugs forced drug cartels to radically adapt new business methods, and thus, from the ashes of the Old World, ... See full summary »

Directors: Vincent Metzinger, Christophe Bouquet, Julie Lerat | Stars: Giuseppe Ayala, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Robert C. Bonner, Paolo Borsellino

Votes: 25

15. Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)
Episode: Escobar's Successor

Documentary, Crime, History

From the ruins of Escobar's Colombian cocaine empire, a new drug lord emerges and goes on to become one of the most feared and dangerous traffickers ever.

Stars: Derek Maltz, John Barry, Jeremy McDermott, Peter Vincent

16. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: How Cocaine Came to America (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

Interviews reveal how criminals pioneered the cocaine business in the 70's and early 80's.

Stars: George Jung, Michael Corleone Blanco, Bob Palumbo, Mónica Lehder

Votes: 37

17. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Escobar's Empire (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

Pablo Escobar goes from cocaine tycoon in the late 70's to narcoterrorism by 1985.

Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Edgar Jiménez, Jeremy McDermott

Votes: 28

18. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Escobar Goes to War (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Pablo Escobar goes to war against the authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel.

Stars: Luis Ospina, Ken Cook, Bob Sears, William Rodriguez Abadia

Votes: 30

19. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Last Don (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In the mid-1990s, left-wing guerrillas and far-right paramilitaries plunge Colombia into a civil war financed by the profits from cocaine trafficking.

Stars: Carlos Ramón Zapata, Chris Feistl, Jeremy McDermott, Salud Hernandez Mora

Votes: 19

20. 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: 3,449

21. The Final Score (2022)
Episode: This Isn't a Game, This is War (2022)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, Sport

A dentist is drawn into coaching Colombian soccer team Atletico Nacional and assembles a team of local players amid the Colombian drug cartel wars in the 1980s.

Directors: Carlos Moreno, David Pombo, Claudia Zie | Stars: Gianina Arana, Brayan Arboleda, Laura Archbold, Geovanni Marin Cardona

Votes: 20

22. CNN Presents (1993– )
Episode: Kingdom of Cocaine (1994)

Documentary

CNN Presents examines the production, sale, and use of cocaine in the world looking at users in American and traffickers and drug lords in Columbia, Italy, and Russia.

Stars: Judy Woodruff, Peter Arnett, Pablo Escobar, María Jimena Duzán

23. Mafias & Banks (2023)
Episode: Follow the Money (2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary

Robert Mazur spent years working undercover as a money launderer for the international underworld. He learned that when you follow the drugs, you get drug dealers and drug users, but when you follow the money, the path can lead anywhere.

Director: Christophe Bouquet | Stars: Jack Adelstein, Giuseppe Ayala, Jack Blum, Christophe Bouquet

Votes: 6

24. Mafias & Banks (2023)
Episode: International Crime (2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary

The international criminal network thrives in large part due to the lack of a global force capable of countering its gravity of influence, particularly when cooperation between criminal organizations further darkens their cloak of secrecy.

Director: Christophe Bouquet | Stars: David Asher, Christophe Bouquet, Luigi Buonaventura, John Christensen

Votes: 7

25. Facing (2016– )
Episode: Facing Escobar (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary

A look at Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria's cocaine empire, featuring those who enabled him, and those who opposed him and lived to tell their tale.

Directors: Adrian Buitenhuis, Derik Murray | Stars: Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Morris Busby, Pablo Escobar, Roberto Escobar

Votes: 33

26. Drug Lords (2018)
Episode: Pablo Escobar (2018)

TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar leads a horrific war against his own country until a team of politicians and police end his reign of terror.

Stars: Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Javier Pena, Steve Murphy, Hugo Martínez Poveda

Votes: 197

27. Drug Lords (2018)
Episode: The Cali Cartel (2018)

TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela use violence and guile to turn the Cali Cartel into a $7 billion-per-year criminal operation.

Stars: Aura Rocío Restrepo, Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón, William Rempel, David Mitchell

Votes: 151

28. Dark Tourist (2018)
Episode: Latin America (2018)

TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Adventure

David meets Pablo Escobar's enforcer in Colombia. Later, he witnesses an exorcism in Mexico and participates in a faux illegal border crossing.

Directors: Colin Rothbart, Ian Hart | Stars: David Farrier, Pablo Escobar, Claudia Escárraga, Minel Louis

Votes: 427