Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Donnie Brasco
1997
7.5/10

Paid in Full
2002
6.9/10

Serpico
1973
7.5/10

New Jack City
1991
6.7/10

Year of the Dragon
1985
6.8/10

Sleepless
2017
5.9/10

The Alto Knights
2025
6.2/10

Rapid Fire
1992
6.4/10

Belly
1998
6.3/10

Once Upon a Time in America
1984
8.4/10

Miller's Crossing
1990
7.4/10

The Rip
2026
7.1/10

The Departed
2006
8.2/10

White Boy Rick
2018
6.4/10

Dark Blue
2002
6.2/10

Joe
1970
6.5/10

Havoc
2025
6.4/10

Deep Cover
1992
6.8/10

Blow
2001
7.4/10

End of Watch
2012
7.4/10
Gods of the Plague
1970
5.6/10