THEME EXPLORATION

international smuggling

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Border Incident
Border Incident
1949 · Anthony Mann
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
1971 · Guy Hamilton
Customs Frontline
Customs Frontline
2024 · Herman Yau
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 · Terence Young
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
Fast Five
Fast Five
2011 · Justin Lin
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Furious 7
Furious 7
2015 · James Wan
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer
The Sex Thief
The Sex Thief
1998 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
William Friedkin United States

His masterpiece 'The French Connection' and 'To Live and Die in L.A.' are seminal works depicting the cat-and-mouse dynamics of smuggling operations and law enforcement.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His gritty border trilogy including 'Sicario' provides an unflinching examination of drug smuggling, corruption, and the violence spanning international borders.