THEME EXPLORATION

DEA agent

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau & Alan Mak & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
1999 · Ralph Thomas
Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific
1942 · John Huston
Darling Lili
Darling Lili
1970 · Blake Edwards
First Comes Courage
First Comes Courage
1943 · Dorothy Arzner
Dr. No
Dr. No
1962 · Terence Young
Double Agent 73
Double Agent 73
1974 · Doris Wishman
Dynamite Joe
Dynamite Joe
1968 · Antonio Margheriti
American Ultra
American Ultra
2015 · Nima Nourizadeh
Agent Cody Banks
Agent Cody Banks
2003 · Harald Zwart
Silver
Silver
1999 · Takashi Miike
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Soderbergh USA

His Traffic (2000) is a masterwork examining DEA operations and the War on Drugs from multiple perspectives across the US-Mexico border.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Sicario (2015) offers a gripping, morally complex exploration of a DEA agent caught in the murky world of cross-border drug enforcement.

 Molly Manning Walker USA

His crime thrillers, particularly Collateral and Heat, capture the psychological intensity and operational details of federal agents pursuing dangerous criminals.