Should you watch Cocaine Cowboys?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Cocaine Cowboys
Documentary · 2006
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.
The sides of Cocaine Cowboys
- Miami in the cocaine boom of the 1980s
- Smugglers and a hitman telling their own story
- Griselda Blanco and the drug wars
Cocaine Cowboys is good for you if…
- you like smugglers explaining how the cocaine reached Miami.
- you want the true story told by the people who lived it.
- you like seeing how drug money built a city's banks and towers.
Cocaine Cowboys is bad for you if…
- you can't stand crime scene photos and talk of killings.
- you can't listen to smugglers and a hitman telling their stories with pride.
About: greed · drugs · money
Closest to Cocaine Cowboys
More like this
The Seven Five 2015Good for you if you like hearing how a cop ran a drug business from his patrol car.
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia 2020Good for you if you like the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation.
Narcos 2015Good for you if you want the hunt for Pablo Escobar told through the American agents who were part of it.
Griselda 2024Good for you if you want to see Sofía Vergara in a role far from comedy.
Griselda Blanco: The Black Widow 2014Good for you if you like a cartel story told across years of a trafficker's life.
American Made 2017Good for you if you like the true story of Barry Seal, who flew for the CIA and the cartel at once.