List of media portraying drug smuggling
The illegal drug trade has been represented in the media in different ways with different motivations and results. Some representations attempt to educate the public on the negative consequences while others serve to glamorize the activity.
Drug smuggling was the topic of or played a major role in:
Documentary film
Films
- Behind the Mask (1932)
- The Camels Are Coming (1934)
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
- Reefer Madness (1936)
- To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
- Borderline (1950)
- The Rose Tattoo (1955)
- The Lineup (1958)
- Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
- Easy Rider (1969)
- The French Connection (1971)
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- Midnight Express (1978)
- Scarface (1983)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- Bangkok Hilton (1989)
- Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
- Licence to Kill (1989)
- Air America (1990)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- King of New York (1990)
- New Jack City (1991)
- Rush (1991)
- Deep Cover (1992)
- True Romance (1993)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Clockers (1995)
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- Bullet (1996)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Brokedown Palace (1999)
- Traffic (2000)
- Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- Saving Grace (2000)
- Blow (2001)
- The 51st State (2001)
- Pure (2002)
- Collateral Damage (2002)
- Empire (2002)
- Spun (2002)
- City of God (2002)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- A Man Apart (2003)
- Maria Full of Grace (2004)
- Layer Cake (2004)
- Starsky and Hutch (2004)
- Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2005)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
- The Departed (2006)
- How High (2001)
- Protégé (2007)
- Alpha Dog (2007)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Tropa de Elite (2007)
- We Own the Night (2007)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Notorious (2009)
TV series
- The Wire (2002–2008)
- Oz
- Burn Notice
- Breaking Bad
- Traffic
- Banged Up Abroad
- El Cartel
- Miami Vice
- Kingpin
- Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (miniseries)
- Sons of Anarchy
- The Shield
- Twin Peaks
- The Untouchables
- Underbelly (miniseries)
- CSI: Miami
- Dark Blue
- Weeds
- NCIS
Novels
- El Cartel de los Sapos
- Go Ask Alice (1971)
- Trainspotting (1993)
- Crank (2004)
- Glass (2007)
- The Power of the Dog (2005)
- Devil May Care (2008)
- The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (1972)
- Without Remorse
- Tweak
- Junk
- Junky (1953)
- Mr Nice (1996; basis of 2010 film Mr. Nice)
Further reading
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