Movies like Cocaine Godmother (2017)
The best movies like Cocaine Godmother (2017) are Loving Pablo (2017), The Infiltrator (2016) and Blow (2001). If Cocaine Godmother hooked you with its drama and tv movie, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedGoodFellas (1990)8.5/10 from 15,026 votes
- NewestClean Hands (2026)Released 2026
Loving Pablo (2017)
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Infiltrator (2016)
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlow (2001)
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mule (2018)
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTraffic (2000)
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like this100 Kilos (2001)
The rise and fall of the Freeway Boyz, These group of young men sold millions of dollars of drugs in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, and inadvertently financed a CIA private war in Nicaragua.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Sugar (2022)
Inspired by the dramatic true story of the Cocaine Cowgirls, Sugar follows two young Canadian women who get caught up in a major drug smuggling operation aboard a luxury cruise ship sailing around the world. With nowhere to run—the walls close in on them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
A Most Violent Year (2014)
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBirds of Passage (2018)
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGoodFellas (1990)
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisOutlaw (2024)
At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, his successor. The electrifying trajectory of crime, violence, drugs and love of a female drug kingpin in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Gangster (2007)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLittle Lorraine (2026)
Little Lorraine, a North Atlantic seaside town with a population of 60, becomes embroiled in an international cocaine smuggling operation under the noses of multiple governments, distributed in coffins through a network of funeral homes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
American Made (2017)
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Counselor (2013)
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Snitch Cartel (2011)
The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bling Ring (2013)
Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisRob the Mob (2014)
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Drop (2014)
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavages (2012)
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel that kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCasino (1995)
In Las Vegas, two best friends-a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisClean Hands (2026)
Based on a true story, a veteran narcotics officer turned recovery advocate and his daughter, who struggles with addiction, confront the American drug crisis from opposing sides of the law while navigating their complicated family bond.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
City of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBlack Mass (2015)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaria Full of Grace (2004)
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBody Brokers (2021)
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRio Babilonia (1982)
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded (2014)
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago. Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States. But it isn't the whole story - Pulling from hundreds of hours of additional interviews and recently uncovered archival news footage, Cocaine Cowboys has been RELOADED: packed with footage and stories that have never been told about Griselda Blanco, the Medellín Cartel, and Miami's Cocaine Wars, with firsthand accounts by hit man Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala, cocaine trafficker Jon Roberts, smuggler Mickey Munday, and others. Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded recreates Miami's Cocaine Wars like you've never experienced it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
The Burning Plain (2008)
A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoly Rollers (2010)
Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cocaine Godmother?
The closest matches to Cocaine Godmother are Loving Pablo (2017), The Infiltrator (2016) and Blow (2001). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cocaine Godmother?
People who watched Cocaine Godmother most often go on to Loving Pablo (2017), The Infiltrator (2016) and Blow (2001).
What is the highest-rated movie like Cocaine Godmother?
GoodFellas (1990), rated 8.5/10 by 15,026 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cocaine Godmother?
Clean Hands (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Cocaine Godmother?
Yes: The Infiltrator (2016), Blow (2001) and The Mule (2018).
How are movies similar to Cocaine Godmother chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cocaine Godmother, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.