THEME EXPLORATION

drugs and trafficking

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Traffic
Traffic
2000 · Steven Soderbergh
Female Yakuza Tale
Female Yakuza Tale
1973 · Teruo Ishii
Taken Heart
Taken Heart
2017 · Steven R. Monroe
The Million Dollar Hotel
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 · Wim Wenders
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films Sicario and Prisoners intensely explore drug trafficking, cartel violence, and moral corruption along the US-Mexico border.

 Steven Soderbergh United States

Traffic (2000) remains a defining multi-narrative examination of drug trafficking across borders and its systemic consequences.