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Sicario: Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber. An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Feb 13, 2020 · Sure, the majority of movies and TV shows on this list are mostly fictional, but they are also based on and inspired by real-life cartels and the cycles of violence they’ve spawned. Not to mention, we include a guerilla-style documentary, Cartel Land, which drops you off at ground zero, the U.S.-Mexico border. Happy bingeing!
- Deanna Janes
Sep 19, 2024 · Emphasizing the various facets of drug cartels, like criminal operations, power struggles, and inevitable confrontations with law enforcement, these best cartel movies deliver an understanding of the subject matter, exploring themes of betrayal, loyalty, and ambition.
- Scarface (1983) As Michelle Pfeiffer’s Elvira Hancock turns to a geared-up, unobservant Tony Montana (Al Pacino), and retorts “Don’t get high on your own supply,” she not only conceives a common, now globally-recognized quote, but she foreshadows the precarious and inevitably fatal route Montana is soon to take.
- Traffic (2000) Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic scooped up four Academy Awards, including Best Director at the 2001 Oscars. The film follows the stories of four people’s lives across America, all of which are interlaced due to the impact the country's drug trade has had on their lives directly or indirectly.
- Sicario (2015) The masterful director Denis Villeneuve helmed 2015’s Sicario. The extremely tense film follows the story of naive FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), who is tasked with the mission to bring down a Mexican drug cartel operating across the American/Mexican border, alongside the tormented ex-prosecutor Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) and Kate’s boss, special agent Matt Graver.
- End of Watch (2012) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as the film’s protagonists, End of Watch utilizes a dash-cam-like, POV style, commonly used in factual TV cop shows, to brilliant, heavily-stylized effect.
In Chandler, Arizona, FBI Special Agents Kate Macer and Reggie Wayne lead a raid on a Sonora Cartel safe house, where they discover dozens of decaying corpses hidden in the walls. Outside, an explosive booby trap kills two police officers.
The Infiltrator: Directed by Brad Furman. With Bryan Cranston, Leanne Best, Daniel Mays, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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Jan 9, 2020 · Javier Bardem who played one of the most memorable Bond villains in Skyfall stars here as a cartel enforcer called Chigurh. Josh Brolin, better known for his role as Thanos, stars as a cowboy called Llewelyn Moss.
