Movies like The Mule
The Mule (2018) is a crime movie directed by Clint Eastwood. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. American Made (2017)
★ 6.9 · 5,178 votes · Comedy, Crime, Drama
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
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2. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
★ 7.2 · 444 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
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3. No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 8.0 · 13,914 votes · Crime, Thriller, Western
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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4. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
★ 6.6 · 1,765 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
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5. Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9 · 2,493 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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6. Bad Boys for Life (2020)
★ 7.1 · 8,929 votes · Thriller, Action, Crime
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
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7. Hustlers (2019)
★ 6.5 · 3,156 votes · Drama, Comedy, Crime
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
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8. The Marksman (2021)
★ 6.8 · 1,790 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.
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9. Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4 · 9,971 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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10. Man on Fire (2004)
★ 7.5 · 5,954 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
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11. Veronica Guerin (2003)
★ 6.7 · 351 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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12. Close Range (2015)
★ 6.5 · 340 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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13. The Infiltrator (2016)
★ 6.7 · 1,885 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
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14. Jackie Brown (1997)
★ 7.4 · 7,168 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
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15. The Highwaymen (2019)
★ 6.8 · 2,320 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.
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16. Year of the Dragon (1985)
★ 6.8 · 512 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
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17. White Boy Rick (2018)
★ 6.4 · 1,242 votes · Crime, Drama
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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18. Traffic (2000)
★ 7.1 · 2,525 votes · Thriller, Drama, Crime
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.
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