In no particular order:
How to Make $ Selling Drugs
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
Breaking Bad
What, exactly, does it mean to be a “man”? It’s a question that sits at the dark, warped heart of the entire series and its anti-hero protagonist. A nerdy chemist whose brains haven’t earned him any power or respect from the world at large, the terminally ill Walt decides that he’s finally going to get that power and respect through whatever means necessary.
Money and masculinity are deeply linked by the series. Not only does money signify the value of the person who earns it, but also the control and self-sufficiency that comes along with it. This link between manliness, money, and power is a dangerous one for people who accept it.
Escobar, El Patron del Mal
Though a great number of "narcoseries" have been produced in Colombia, which in some cases have extolled the drug traffickers, in this case the cartel boss is pitilessly represented as a person who started his criminal career smuggling cigarettes and stealing cemetery stones, and who rose to occupy a seat in Congress.
Modern generations don't know who Pablo Escobar was, a person who permeated the life of Colombians for 20 years, the series does not praise the man with the thick moustache and enough money to get practically everything he ever wanted.
Such was his power that at one time he offered to pay off Colombia's foreign debt. He had collections of vintage cars, costly motorcycles, works of art, extravagant homes with golden faucets and even a private zoo.
According to Uribe, the series shows who Escobar really was, a man who spent an incredible amount just on all the rubber bands he needed to bundle up the wads of dollars that came from selling tons of cocaine in the United States and Europe, for which he created routes, bribed authorities and made illegal border crossings an everyday part of his business.
Hell (Spanish: El Infierno) is a 2010 Mexican action drama comedy western film produced by Bandidos Films, directed by Luis Estrada; it's a political satire about the drug trafficking in Mexico.Benjamín "Benny" García is deported from the United States to his home town in Mexico (a fictional place named San Miguel Arcángel). Back home is a bleak picture, he can't find an honest job and most of the town is held with the business of drug trafficking. Benny gets involved in the narco business, a "spectacular" job where he gets a lot of money, women and fun. But soon he finds out that the violent criminal life is not easy and much less fun.
The Two Escobars, by directors Jeff and Michael Zimbalist, looked back at Colombia's World Cup run and the relationship of association football and the country's criminal gangs – notably the Medellín Cartel run by Pablo Escobar. It is suggested in the program that, had Pablo Escobar (no relation to Andrés) still been alive, the Gallon Brothers would not have targeted Andrés Escobar, as it was widely known that Pablo Escobar was a fervent supporter of the Colombian national football team and was a friend of all the players on the national team. Escobar had personally funded the construction of many of the football fields that exist in the poorer regions of Medellín and had indirectly funded many of the costs associated with training the Colombian players and preparing the national team for international play. The players visited him in prison prior to beginning their 1994 World Cup qualifying run.
Miss Bala is a Mexican drama film written and directed by Gerardo Naranjo. The film premièred a2011 Cannes Film Festival. Stephanie Sigman plays Laura, a 23-year-old daughter of a Tijuana clothing merchant who enters the Miss Baja California beauty pageant, but upon meeting Lino, a drug-trafficker, gets involved in a spiraling narco-drama in which Lino uses her as a decoy for his criminal dealings. The film is based loosely on actual events. in Mexico. The film has been nominated for the 25th Goya Awards for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film. Miss Bala is loosely based on a real incident, in which 2008’s Miss Sinaloa, Laura Zúñiga, was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled with munitions outside Guadalajara, Jalisco. The film suggests her pageant victory was blatantly fixed by criminal elements.
Perro Come Perro (Dog Eat Dog) is a 2008 Colombian film by director Carlos Moreno. The film depicts the violence among the crime filled life of some criminals in the city of Cali. Several thugs including Victor Peñaranda (Moreno), are found in the house of a man known as "El Mellizo" (The Twin). Peñaranda and another thug, known as Zabala, torture "Mellizo" (the Twin) until accidentally killing him in order to recover the money stolen from "El Orejon" (Big Ears), head of the underworld of Cali. Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.
Scarface is an American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino. Tony Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban immigrant, and his friend Manolo "Manny" Ray (Steven Bauer), build a drug empire in Miami in the early 1980s. The story follows Montana's career in the cocaine distribution industry and the events that ultimately lead to his downfall. As Montana's power begins to grow, so too do his ego and paranoia. Scarface portrays how lonely it is at the top, and how nothing can be accomplished alone.
Cocaine Cowboys 2006
Cocaine Cowboys is a documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2
It is the second instalment of the Gangs of Wasseypur series centred around power struggles, politics and vengeance among three crime families.
La Clave 7 (Code 7) 2001
The 2001 movie La Clave 7 (Code 7) is the story of the effort by the Mexican Army to bring down Pedro Avilés Pérez, a drug lord in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in the late 1960s. He is considered to be the first generation of major Mexican drug smugglers of marijuana. He was also the first drug lord to use an aircraft to smuggle drugs to the United States. Directed by Jorge Reynoso. With Horacio Almada, Edna Bolkan, Felipe Castillo, Los Broncos De Reynosa.
Julian Perez, Mexico's most notorious leader of organized crime, must embark on a mission given to him by the only authority he respects... his mother. Joined by a colorful band of infamous criminals, Julian must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish & rescue his brother from the war-ridden bowels of the most treacherous land in the world, Iraq.
The Shield is an American drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons. Known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as Rampart in reference to the true life Rampart Division police scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loosely based upon. The first season gained the most Emmy nominations for a basic cable drama.
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the '60s and the beginning of the '80s, with the closure of the film depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and criminal Knockout Ned.
The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. The first season introduces two major groups of characters: the Baltimore police department and a drug dealing organization run by the Barksdale family. The season follows the police investigation of the latter over its 13 episodes.
Mr. Untouchable is an English language documentary film for HDNet Films, directed by Marc Levin and produced by Mary-Jane Robinson. The film is about the rise and fall of Nicky Barnes, a former drug kingpin in New York City.
Traffic 2002
Traffic is an American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the characters do not meet each other. 20th Century Fox, the original financiers of the film, demanded Harrison Ford play a leading role and that significant changes to the screenplay be made. Soderbergh refused and proposed the script to other major Hollywood studios, but it was rejected because of the three-hour running time and the subject matter. USA Films, however, liked the project from the start and offered the film-makers more money than Fox. Soderbergh operated the camera himself and adopted a distinctive cinematography tint for each story so that audiences could tell them apart. Traffic was critically acclaimed and earned numerous awards, including four Oscars for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was also a commercial success with a worldwide total of $207.5 million, well above its estimated $46 million budget.
Maria Full of Grace 2004
Maria Full of Grace (Spanish title: María llena eres de gracia, lit. "Maria, you are full of grace") is ajoint Colombian-American drama film written and directed by Joshua Marston, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Although the film depicts rural life in Colombia, it was actually filmed in Ecuador. The title is a triple-entendre: a reference to Mary, the Roman Catholic figure; "grace" is a slang name for heroin; and "grace" could also be the name of the baby.
Narc 2002
Narc is a crime film about corrupt police involved in the illegal drug trade.
One False Move 1992
One False Move is a thriller film co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. The film, also starring Thornton, Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams was directed by Carl Franklin. The film opens with three criminals - Ray (Billy Bob Thornton), an immoral and slightly neurotic thief, Fantasia (Cynda Williams), Ray's less violent girlfriend and Pluto (Michael Beach), an intelligent yet psychopathic killer. After Fantasia sets up several friends, Ray and Pluto commit six brutal murders over the course of one night in Los Angeles, with the intention of finding a cache of money and cocaine. The trio leaves town for Houston to sell the cocaine to a friend of Pluto's.
Jackie Brown is a crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of American novelist Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch and pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly 1974's Foxy Brown.
A Prophet (Un prophète) (2009)
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read not write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans.
Blow (2001)
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt.
George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
Deep Cover 1992
Deep Cover is a crime thriller film starring Laurence Fishburne (this being the last film in which Fishburne was credited as 'Larry') and Jeff Goldblum and directed by veteran actor Bill Duke. It is also notable for its theme song of the same name, composed by Dr. Dre and the then-newcomer Snoop Doggy Dogg.
Viva Riva!is a Congolese crime thriller film written & directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga.
The film received 12 nominations and won 6 awards at the 7th African Movie Academy Awards in 2011, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Production Design.
The Mena Operation
US Government cocaine shipments, money-laundering and gun-running, all in and around the Mena airport in western Arkansas.
Dark Alliance
Freeway Ricky Ross
American.Drug.War.The.Last.White
The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure?
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.![BullionVault]( "BullionVault")
How to Make $ Selling Drugs
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
Breaking Bad
What, exactly, does it mean to be a “man”? It’s a question that sits at the dark, warped heart of the entire series and its anti-hero protagonist. A nerdy chemist whose brains haven’t earned him any power or respect from the world at large, the terminally ill Walt decides that he’s finally going to get that power and respect through whatever means necessary.
Money and masculinity are deeply linked by the series. Not only does money signify the value of the person who earns it, but also the control and self-sufficiency that comes along with it. This link between manliness, money, and power is a dangerous one for people who accept it.
Escobar, El Patron del Mal
Though a great number of "narcoseries" have been produced in Colombia, which in some cases have extolled the drug traffickers, in this case the cartel boss is pitilessly represented as a person who started his criminal career smuggling cigarettes and stealing cemetery stones, and who rose to occupy a seat in Congress.
Modern generations don't know who Pablo Escobar was, a person who permeated the life of Colombians for 20 years, the series does not praise the man with the thick moustache and enough money to get practically everything he ever wanted.
Such was his power that at one time he offered to pay off Colombia's foreign debt. He had collections of vintage cars, costly motorcycles, works of art, extravagant homes with golden faucets and even a private zoo.
According to Uribe, the series shows who Escobar really was, a man who spent an incredible amount just on all the rubber bands he needed to bundle up the wads of dollars that came from selling tons of cocaine in the United States and Europe, for which he created routes, bribed authorities and made illegal border crossings an everyday part of his business.
Hell (Spanish: El Infierno) is a 2010 Mexican action drama comedy western film produced by Bandidos Films, directed by Luis Estrada; it's a political satire about the drug trafficking in Mexico.Benjamín "Benny" García is deported from the United States to his home town in Mexico (a fictional place named San Miguel Arcángel). Back home is a bleak picture, he can't find an honest job and most of the town is held with the business of drug trafficking. Benny gets involved in the narco business, a "spectacular" job where he gets a lot of money, women and fun. But soon he finds out that the violent criminal life is not easy and much less fun.
The Two Escobars, by directors Jeff and Michael Zimbalist, looked back at Colombia's World Cup run and the relationship of association football and the country's criminal gangs – notably the Medellín Cartel run by Pablo Escobar. It is suggested in the program that, had Pablo Escobar (no relation to Andrés) still been alive, the Gallon Brothers would not have targeted Andrés Escobar, as it was widely known that Pablo Escobar was a fervent supporter of the Colombian national football team and was a friend of all the players on the national team. Escobar had personally funded the construction of many of the football fields that exist in the poorer regions of Medellín and had indirectly funded many of the costs associated with training the Colombian players and preparing the national team for international play. The players visited him in prison prior to beginning their 1994 World Cup qualifying run.
Miss Bala is a Mexican drama film written and directed by Gerardo Naranjo. The film premièred a2011 Cannes Film Festival. Stephanie Sigman plays Laura, a 23-year-old daughter of a Tijuana clothing merchant who enters the Miss Baja California beauty pageant, but upon meeting Lino, a drug-trafficker, gets involved in a spiraling narco-drama in which Lino uses her as a decoy for his criminal dealings. The film is based loosely on actual events. in Mexico. The film has been nominated for the 25th Goya Awards for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film. Miss Bala is loosely based on a real incident, in which 2008’s Miss Sinaloa, Laura Zúñiga, was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled with munitions outside Guadalajara, Jalisco. The film suggests her pageant victory was blatantly fixed by criminal elements.
Perro Come Perro (Dog Eat Dog) is a 2008 Colombian film by director Carlos Moreno. The film depicts the violence among the crime filled life of some criminals in the city of Cali. Several thugs including Victor Peñaranda (Moreno), are found in the house of a man known as "El Mellizo" (The Twin). Peñaranda and another thug, known as Zabala, torture "Mellizo" (the Twin) until accidentally killing him in order to recover the money stolen from "El Orejon" (Big Ears), head of the underworld of Cali. Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.
Scarface is an American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino. Tony Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban immigrant, and his friend Manolo "Manny" Ray (Steven Bauer), build a drug empire in Miami in the early 1980s. The story follows Montana's career in the cocaine distribution industry and the events that ultimately lead to his downfall. As Montana's power begins to grow, so too do his ego and paranoia. Scarface portrays how lonely it is at the top, and how nothing can be accomplished alone.
Cocaine Cowboys 2006
Cocaine Cowboys is a documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2
It is the second instalment of the Gangs of Wasseypur series centred around power struggles, politics and vengeance among three crime families.
La Clave 7 (Code 7) 2001
The 2001 movie La Clave 7 (Code 7) is the story of the effort by the Mexican Army to bring down Pedro Avilés Pérez, a drug lord in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in the late 1960s. He is considered to be the first generation of major Mexican drug smugglers of marijuana. He was also the first drug lord to use an aircraft to smuggle drugs to the United States. Directed by Jorge Reynoso. With Horacio Almada, Edna Bolkan, Felipe Castillo, Los Broncos De Reynosa.
Julian Perez, Mexico's most notorious leader of organized crime, must embark on a mission given to him by the only authority he respects... his mother. Joined by a colorful band of infamous criminals, Julian must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish & rescue his brother from the war-ridden bowels of the most treacherous land in the world, Iraq.
The Shield is an American drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons. Known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as Rampart in reference to the true life Rampart Division police scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loosely based upon. The first season gained the most Emmy nominations for a basic cable drama.
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the '60s and the beginning of the '80s, with the closure of the film depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and criminal Knockout Ned.
The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. The first season introduces two major groups of characters: the Baltimore police department and a drug dealing organization run by the Barksdale family. The season follows the police investigation of the latter over its 13 episodes.
Mr. Untouchable is an English language documentary film for HDNet Films, directed by Marc Levin and produced by Mary-Jane Robinson. The film is about the rise and fall of Nicky Barnes, a former drug kingpin in New York City.
Traffic 2002
Traffic is an American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the characters do not meet each other. 20th Century Fox, the original financiers of the film, demanded Harrison Ford play a leading role and that significant changes to the screenplay be made. Soderbergh refused and proposed the script to other major Hollywood studios, but it was rejected because of the three-hour running time and the subject matter. USA Films, however, liked the project from the start and offered the film-makers more money than Fox. Soderbergh operated the camera himself and adopted a distinctive cinematography tint for each story so that audiences could tell them apart. Traffic was critically acclaimed and earned numerous awards, including four Oscars for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was also a commercial success with a worldwide total of $207.5 million, well above its estimated $46 million budget.
Maria Full of Grace 2004
Maria Full of Grace (Spanish title: María llena eres de gracia, lit. "Maria, you are full of grace") is ajoint Colombian-American drama film written and directed by Joshua Marston, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Although the film depicts rural life in Colombia, it was actually filmed in Ecuador. The title is a triple-entendre: a reference to Mary, the Roman Catholic figure; "grace" is a slang name for heroin; and "grace" could also be the name of the baby.
Narc 2002
Narc is a crime film about corrupt police involved in the illegal drug trade.
One False Move 1992
One False Move is a thriller film co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. The film, also starring Thornton, Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams was directed by Carl Franklin. The film opens with three criminals - Ray (Billy Bob Thornton), an immoral and slightly neurotic thief, Fantasia (Cynda Williams), Ray's less violent girlfriend and Pluto (Michael Beach), an intelligent yet psychopathic killer. After Fantasia sets up several friends, Ray and Pluto commit six brutal murders over the course of one night in Los Angeles, with the intention of finding a cache of money and cocaine. The trio leaves town for Houston to sell the cocaine to a friend of Pluto's.
Jackie Brown is a crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of American novelist Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch and pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly 1974's Foxy Brown.
A Prophet (Un prophète) (2009)
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read not write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans.
Blow (2001)
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt.
George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
Deep Cover 1992
Deep Cover is a crime thriller film starring Laurence Fishburne (this being the last film in which Fishburne was credited as 'Larry') and Jeff Goldblum and directed by veteran actor Bill Duke. It is also notable for its theme song of the same name, composed by Dr. Dre and the then-newcomer Snoop Doggy Dogg.
Viva Riva!is a Congolese crime thriller film written & directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga.
The film received 12 nominations and won 6 awards at the 7th African Movie Academy Awards in 2011, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Production Design.
The Mena Operation
US Government cocaine shipments, money-laundering and gun-running, all in and around the Mena airport in western Arkansas.
Dark Alliance
Freeway Ricky Ross
American.Drug.War.The.Last.White
The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure?
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
