The Serpent and the Rainbow(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.



Miami Connection(1987)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.



Outland(1981)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 17

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.



Salvador(1986)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 17

An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.



Less Than Zero(1987)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.



Above the Law(1988)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.



Young Sherlock Holmes(1985)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 14

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.



Lean on Me(1989)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 13

The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school that he is determined to improve.



Year of the Dragon(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.



Marked for Death(1990)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A retired DEA agent is out to hunt down and take out a Jamaican drug posse that has targeted he and his family for murder.



The Falcon and the Snowman(1985)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 14

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.



Prince of the City(1981)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.



Fire Birds(1990)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.



Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo(1981)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-story...



Liquid Sky(1982)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual ...



Q & A(1990)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him in this gritty ...



The Principal(1987)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.



Lone Wolf McQuade(1983)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 5

The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably ...



Moonwalker(1988)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Anthology movie by, and starring, Michael Jackson in his prime, combining a number of music videos from his bestselling "Bad" album with a fantasy tale of Michael's confrontation with a ruthless drug dealer known as Mr. Big (Joe Pesci).



Death Wish 4: The Crackdown(1987)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 7

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.




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