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  1. Narcos 2015

    Series

    A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

    The sides of Narcos

    • Pablo Escobar's rise in 1980s Colombia
    • Two DEA agents hunting him
    • The Cali cartel after him

    Good for you if

    • you want the hunt for Pablo Escobar told through the American agents who were part of it.
    • you like seeing how cocaine money flowed from Medellín to Miami.
    • you like a manhunt where every raid could go wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the bombings and killings that took real lives in Colombia.
    • you won't read subtitles for long Spanish-language scenes.

    About: power · violence · justice

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  2. Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

    The sides of Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

    • The life of Pablo Escobar from petty crime to cartel boss
    • A drug lord elected to Congress
    • Colombia under the Medellín cartel's war

    Good for you if

    • you want the story of Pablo Escobar told from Colombia, about the country that lived through him.
    • you like following how a cocaine empire was built, step by step.
    • you like watching money buy politics until the state fights back.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch bombings and murders that happened to real people.
    • a telenovela with daily-length episodes is too much for you.

    About: power · violence · memory

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  3. Ciudad de Dios 2002

    Película

    Basada en hechos reales, cuenta la historia del crecimiento del crimen organizado en los suburbios de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, desde finales de los años sesenta hasta el comienzo de los ochenta, cuando el tráfico de drogas y la violencia impusieron su ley entre la miseria de las favelas.“Buscapé” tiene 11 años y es sólo un niño más en Cidade de Deus, un suburbio de Río de Janeiro. Tímido y delicado, observa a los niños duros de su barrio, sus robos, sus peleas, sus enfrentamientos diarios con la policía. Ya sabe lo que quiere ser si consigue sobrevivir: fotógrafo. “Dadinho”, un niño de su misma edad, se traslada al barrio. Sueña con ser el criminal más peligroso de Río de Janeiro y empieza su aprendizaje haciendo recados para los delincuentes locales. Dos vidas paralelas en Cidade de Deus.

    Las caras de Ciudad de Dios

    • Un chico con una cámara en una favela de Río
    • Niños que se vuelven jefes de banda
    • Veinte años de un barrio

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una película rodada con energía cruda e inquieta.
    • te gustan las historias basadas en lugares y personas reales.
    • te gusta ver cómo una banda de narcos se apodera de una favela de Río, de los pequeños atracos de los años 60 a la guerra abierta de los 70.

    Mala para ti si

    • los niños con armas y los asesinatos brutales son demasiado para ti.
    • no lees subtítulos. Es en portugués (existe doblaje).

    Temas: la violencia · la pobreza · la huida

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  4. El Chapo 2017

    Series

    A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

    The sides of El Chapo

    • A Sinaloa farm boy who becomes a kingpin
    • Cartel deals and government deals
    • Two prison escapes and a last capture

    Good for you if

    • you want the three decades of a real cartel rise, year by year.
    • you like watching who owns the police and the politicians.
    • you can follow a man whose trade ruins lives and still want to know what he does next.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through the executions and the torture.

    About: power · impunity · the drug war

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  5. Bus 174 2002

    Documentary

    On 12 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, Ônibus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to kill all the passengers. Transmitted live on all national networks, this shocking and tragic event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the most terrifying examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

    The sides of Bus 174

    • A bus held hostage in Rio in 2000
    • Live television footage of the standoff
    • The life of the young man holding the gun

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.
    • you can sit through hours of a standoff that could break at any second.
    • you can take a true story with no comfort at the end.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real footage of a hostage taking that ends in death.
    • you can't face a street kid's life of loss, prison and police abuse.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Portuguese.

    About: poverty · police violence · invisibility

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  6. Corea del Sur, 1986. Una joven aparece brutalmente violada y asesinada. Dos meses después, se producen una serie de violaciones y asesinatos en circunstancias similares. Para buscar al asesino, se organiza un destacamento especial, encabezado por un detective de la policía local (Park Doo-man) y un detective de la policía de Seúl (Seo Tae-yoon), que ha solicitado ser asignado al caso.

    Las caras de Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie)

    • Dos detectives rurales tras un asesino en serie
    • La Corea del Sur de los años 80 bajo régimen militar
    • Crímenes basados en un caso real sin resolver de la época

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una cacería en campos bajo la lluvia donde cada pista se escapa.
    • puedes reírte de policías torpes y brutales en medio de un caso sombrío.
    • aguantas una historia donde la desesperación gana a la justicia.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas la brutalidad policial ni ver víctimas asesinadas en pantalla.
    • no quieres leer subtítulos durante dos horas.
    • necesitas un caso cerrado y un culpable con nombre.

    Temas: la obsesión · el fracaso · la violencia policial · un país en transición

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  7. The Wire 2002

    Series

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

    The sides of The Wire

    • Baltimore cops wiretapping a drug crew
    • The docks, the schools, City Hall and the newspaper
    • Dealers and detectives seen from both sides

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.
    • you like a case built patiently over a whole season.
    • you want people like Omar, Stringer Bell and McNulty to stay with you.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track with dozens of characters on both sides.
    • you need some hope. Baltimore rarely changes here.

    About: institutions · the drug war · loyalty

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  8. Cartel Land 2015

    Documentary

    In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.

    The sides of Cartel Land

    • A doctor leading an armed uprising in Michoacán
    • A vigilante patrol in the Arizona desert
    • Cartel violence filmed from inside it

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear from people living with a cartel rather than a report about them.
    • you can take a camera that stays in the room during a gunfight.
    • you like watching who really governs when the state stops.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real bodies and real gunfire.
    • you need a story that ends with the problem solved.

    About: vigilantism · corruption · violence

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  9. La jauría 2020

    Series

    Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.

    The sides of La jauría

    • A student leader who disappears in Santiago
    • Three women police officers searching for her
    • A network of abusers hidden behind an online game

    Good for you if

    • you like a race against the clock to find a missing girl.
    • you like an investigation that keeps going deeper than one culprit.
    • you want a story about how men protect each other at the top.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a story built around sexual violence.
    • you lose track when three detectives, their families and several suspects share the story.

    About: gender violence · impunity · justice

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  10. La Viuda Negra is a 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book La patrona de Pablo Escobar de José Guarnizo based on history from Griselda Blanco.

    The sides of Griselda Blanco: The Black Widow

    • The rise of Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco
    • Cocaine routes between Medellín and Miami
    • A telenovela based on a true story

    Good for you if

    • you like a cartel story told across years of a trafficker's life.
    • you can follow a woman who rules through fear.
    • you want a drama based on the real life of Griselda Blanco.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand shootings and killings on screen.

    About: ambition · drug trafficking · motherhood

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  11. American Gangster 2007

    Película

    Nueva York, 1968. Frank Lucas es el taciturno chófer de un importante mafioso negro de Harlem. Cuando su jefe muere inesperadamente, Frank aprovecha la oportunidad para construir su propio imperio. Gracias a su talento, se convierte no sólo en el principal narcotraficante de la ciudad, inundando las calles con productos de mejor calidad y precio, sino también en un hombre público muy respetado. Richie Roberts, un policía incorruptible marginado por su honradez que conoce bien las calles, se da cuenta de que una persona ajena a los clanes trepa por la escalera del poder. Tanto Roberts como Lucas comparten un estricto código ético que les aparta de los demás y los convierte en dos figuras solitarias en lados opuestos de la ley. Cuando se encuentren, el enfrentamiento entre ellos será inevitable.

    Las caras de American Gangster

    • Frank Lucas importando heroína desde Vietnam
    • Un policía honrado en un cuerpo corrupto
    • Harlem a finales de los años 60

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una historia basada libremente en los verdaderos Frank Lucas y Richie Roberts.
    • te gusta Denzel Washington como un empresario sereno e implacable.
    • te gusta el ascenso y la caída de un imperio de la droga.

    Mala para ti si

    • dos horas y media es demasiado para ti.
    • no soportas los tiroteos y las palizas repentinos a plena luz del día.

    Temas: la ambición · la corrupción · el narcotráfico

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  12. ZeroZeroZero 2020

    Series

    Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.

    The sides of ZeroZeroZero

    • A cocaine shipment from Mexico to Italy
    • An American shipping family in the middle
    • A Calabrian mafia boss and his grandson

    Good for you if

    • you like following one cargo across oceans with everything at risk.
    • you like the cocaine trade shown from buyer to seller.
    • you like a story about money and who controls it.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand brutal killings on screen.
    • you won't read subtitles for Italian and Spanish.

    About: greed · betrayal · globalisation

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  13. Gomorrah 2014

    Series

    Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.

    The sides of Gomorrah

    • The Camorra clans of Naples
    • Ciro, the boss's loyal right hand
    • Genny, the heir who wants his father's throne

    Good for you if

    • you want the drug trade of Naples seen from the inside.
    • you like alliances where any meeting can end in a shooting.
    • you like following Ciro and Genny though you shouldn't root for them.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cold, frequent killings.
    • you won't read subtitles for a series in Neapolitan.
    • five seasons of this darkness is too much for you.

    About: loyalty · betrayal · power · fathers and sons

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  14. As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.

    The sides of Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ

    • Pablo Escobar's chief hitman
    • Survival inside a Colombian prison
    • The fall of the Medellín Cartel

    Good for you if

    • you want a view of the Medellín Cartel from inside a prison.
    • you want the real story behind Escobar's most feared hitman.
    • you like a man who must outwit every rival behind bars.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cartel killings shown up close.

    About: survival · respect · loyalty

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  15. Griselda 2024

    Series

    Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization shows Griselda Blanco's journey from Medellín to becoming "the Godmother" of Miami's drug empire.

    The sides of Griselda

    • Griselda Blanco's rise in Miami's cocaine trade
    • Sofía Vergara as a drug lord and a mother
    • Miami in the 1970s and 1980s

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Sofía Vergara in a role far from comedy.
    • you like the rise of a cartel boss told from the inside.
    • you're drawn to dramas drawn from real criminal history.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cartel killings shown on screen.
    • you'd rather not watch drug addiction and loss up close.

    About: ambition · motherhood · power

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  16. The Seven Five 2015

    Documentary

    Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of '80s Brooklyn.

    The sides of The Seven Five

    • Michael Dowd, a corrupt Brooklyn cop
    • The 75th Precinct in the 1980s
    • Cocaine dealers paying police for protection

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing how a cop ran a drug business from his patrol car.
    • you want the real story behind a police scandal.
    • you're fascinated by a man who brags about what he did.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cops and dealers describing beatings and threats.
    • you can't watch a cop's slide into cocaine addiction told in his own words.

    About: corruption · loyalty · betrayal

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  17. Breaking Bad 2008

    Serie

    Un profesor de química de secundaria con cáncer de pulmón empieza a fabricar metanfetamina con un antiguo alumno para asegurar el futuro de su familia.

    Las caras de Breaking Bad

    • La lenta corrupción de un hombre corriente
    • El crimen como negocio
    • Una mala decisión que se descontrola
    • Desierto, tensión, largos silencios

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta apoyar a alguien a quien sabes que no deberías.
    • te gusta una tensión que crece durante un episodio entero antes de estallar.
    • ves una serie para ver cambiar a la gente, más que por lo que pasa.

    Mala para ti si

    • la violencia explícita te arruina una serie. Algunas escenas cuesta olvidarlas.
    • la tele es para desconectar. Esta te mantiene en tensión.
    • cinco temporadas son más de las que quieres empezar.

    Temas: el orgullo · la familia · el poder · las consecuencias

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  18. El Capo 2009

    Series

    El Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.

    The sides of El Capo

    • The most wanted drug lord in the country
    • A wife and a lover on the run with him
    • A war declared on the government

    Good for you if

    • you like a narco saga told from the boss's side.
    • you can root for a drug lord at war with the state.
    • you like a manhunt that never lets him rest.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand shootouts and cartel killings.

    About: power · loyalty · betrayal

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  19. Tokyo Vice 2022

    Series

    A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.

    The sides of Tokyo Vice

    • An American reporter at a Tokyo newspaper
    • Yakuza wars in 1990s Tokyo
    • A veteran detective played by Ken Watanabe

    Good for you if

    • you like the yakuza underworld seen from a crime reporter's desk.
    • you want neon Tokyo nights shot like a film.
    • you like a story that takes its time across two seasons.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles, and much of it is in Japanese.
    • you can't stand cruel gangland violence.

    About: corruption · ambition · being an outsider

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  20. Black Mass 2015

    Film

    The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

    The sides of Black Mass

    • Whitey Bulger ruling South Boston
    • An FBI agent who grew up with him
    • A deal that protects a killer

    Good for you if

    • you want to watch Johnny Depp disappear into a cold, menacing gangster.
    • you like the Irish mob seen from the inside.
    • you want the true story of an informant the FBI shielded for years.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand close, brutal killings on screen.
    • you want a gangster film with chases and shootouts, not slow menace.

    About: corruption · loyalty · betrayal

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