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1. Vengeance (II) (2022)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.

Director: B.J. Novak | Stars: B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Lio Tipton, Ashton Kutcher

Votes: 37,276

2. Kill the Messenger (2014)

R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo

Votes: 48,821 | Gross: $2.45M

3. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)

R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling

Votes: 899

4. America's War on Drugs (2017)

TV-14 | 339 min | Documentary, History

"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.

Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro

Votes: 225

5. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime

With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.

Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn

Votes: 1,645

6. Shadows of Liberty (2012)

93 min | Documentary

Examines the new media monopoly by corporations in America versus the public battle for truth and democracy.

Director: Jean-Philippe Tremblay | Stars: Kerry Shale, Amy Goodman, Janine Jackson, Deepa Kumar

Votes: 434

7. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)

Documentary, Action, Crime

Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 27

8. Gary Webb: In His Own Words (2002)

8 min | Documentary, Short

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Directors: Anthony Lappé, Stephen Marshall | Star: Gary Webb

9. Crack in America (2015 Video)

3 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Stars: Michael Cuesta, Naomi Despres, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Michael Kenneth Williams

10. American Gangster (2006–2009)
Episode: 'Freeway' Ricky Ross (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

Illiterate, but an athlete, "Freeway" Ricky Ross went from being a sports king to the crack king in the 70s and 80s when drugs were turning L.A. into the 'Hood' from hell.

Stars: Alex Alonso, Chico Brown, Jose R. Montalvan Jr., Bernard Parks

Votes: 11