Best Drugs movies of 1980s

Actors : Jere Burns, Thomas F. Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Michael Schoeffling,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

When Harry Burck (Harmon), an American engineer on loan to Colombia, is taken hostage and held for ransom, his brother Corey (Schoeffling) and friend Jack (Busey) are among a group of men, ...

Actors : Yuet Sang Chin, Doo Hee Jang, Ho Kon Kim, Eddy Ko,
Directors : John Woo,

The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves ...

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Jeff Kober, Jenny Wright, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Richard Tuggle,

Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in ...

Actors : Maurice Ronet, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry,
Directors : Bob Swaim,

Nicole is a Parisian streetwalker and Dede is her racketeer boyfriend, on the outs with his mob bosses because of a dispute over Nicole. When a police informant ("balance") is murdered, the...

Actors : Jeff Fahey, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Dennehy, Bill Paxton,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ...

Actors : John Aprea, Bruce Penhall, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

On their way to make an air delivery, two drug enforcement agents will need to do an emergency landing on a remote island, rumoured to have a gold treasure.

Actors : Cesare Ferretti, Roberto Stani, Michela Mioni, Enzo Di Benedetto,
Directors : Claudio Caligari,

The alienating and repetitive life of a group of heroin junkies in the 1980s Rome.

Actors : Charles McCrann, Beverly Shapiro, Dennis Helfend, Kevin Hanlon,
Directors : Charles McCrann,

After drug crops are sprayed with a chemical by a passing airplane, the growers of the crop are poisoned by the chemical and turn into zombie-like mutants.

Actors : Eskender Umarov, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Irina Sokolova, Aleksei Ananishnov,
Directors : Aleksandr Sokurov,

Days of Eclipse is filmed in a psychedelic manner close to stream of consciousness using unusual cinematographic techniques. The action is set in Middle Asia.

Actors : Vilma Díaz, Ramiro Meneses, Carlos Mario Restrepo, Jackson Idrian Gallego,
Directors : Víctor Gaviria,

Rodrigo and his friends are bored teenagers living in Medellin. Rodrigo wants to start a punk band. The youths mainly loaf around the hillside shanty towns and, for kicks, steal a bike or car, or shoot someone.

Actors : Xavier Deluc, Patrick Catalifo, Michel Serrault, Alain Delon,
Directors : José Pinheiro,

This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their ...

Actors : Mary McDonnell, Lee Richardson, Piper Laurie, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Amin Q. Chaudhri,

Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness

Actors : Robin Mackay, Joe Browne, Nian Watts, Harry Myles,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Narcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. In a futuristic experiment, agent Wilde is returned to life as an Android Robot. He is sent on a very...

Actors : Kevin Kindlin, Sueanne Seamens, Terrie Godfrey, Mark V. Jevicky,
Directors : S. William Hinzman,

A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected.

Actors : Jared Martin, Adam Coleman Howard, Daphne Ashbrook, James Remar,
Directors : Clay Borris,

Joe Dylanne is a plainclothes NYC cop with a badge... and a robust personality. He always resorts to unconventional methods in order to capture the city's slickest criminals. When Dylanne ...

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Philippe Noiret, James Belushi, Joss Ackland,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In...

Actors : Alan Tang, Pat Ha, Lap Ban Chan, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung,

A tale between two brothers: One has left the triads and gone legit, the other has decided to stay and keep the triad from going to the ways of drugs and gun running.

Actors : Dino Paskas, Dana Lis Mason, Dennis Cole, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : John Saxon,

A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.

Actors : Irene Cara, Nicholas Campbell, George Murdock, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Stephen Gyllenhaal,

During a shooting in court young prostitute Scarlet manages to flee. In a state of confusion, the black Tracy, who was arrested for a minor delict, follows her. When she decides to leave ...

Actors : Shô Kosugi, Robin Evans, Gerry Gibson, Lewis Van Bergen,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

Tanaka, a DEA agent, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Tanaka follows the culprit, a sadistic drug lord, down to Argentina.