welcome back guys, we have been deciding to make a list of top TV shows about
drugs, smuggling and gangs and now our wait is over. Today we're gonna present
top 7 best TV shows ever made about drugs and smuggling. There's a good news
for the audience of Netflix that all of these shows are available on Netflix.
Let's check it out. At number seven Queen of the South. Queen of the South is an
American crime drama television series. The series premiered on June 23, 2016 on USA
Network, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo
Pérez Reverte. The story revolves around the girl
Teresa flees to the United States after her drug-peddling boyfriend is murdered by a
cartel boss. There, she sets out to become a drug lord and vows to avenge her
lover's death. On August 29, 2019 the series was renewed for a fifth season.
Production on the fifth season was shut down on March 14, 2020
due to the Coronavirus pandemic. At number six Top Boy. Top Boy is a British
television crime drama series.The first and second series was broadcast on channel 4
but due to the weak storyline of season 3 the series was dropped by channel 4 in
2014. In November 2017 it was announced that following interest from Canadian rapper
Drake, Netflix would revive the series, ordering a new season of 10 episodes
with both Ashley Walters and Kayne Robinson reprising their roles. The
revival season premiered on Netflix on 13 September, 2019 as "Season 1" while the
original series was billed as Top Boy Summerhouse. It was confirmed on 31st
December, 2019 that season 4 has been renewed and will air later in 2020.
This drama takes viewers into the housing estates of East London. There is tension
between the drug gangs that operate almost openly and those who strive to
live honest lives against the odds in the crime-riddled area. That tension is
explored through the interlocking stories of 20 something drug dealer
Dushane, who is determined to become the area's top boy and good-natured but one
durable teenager Ra'Nell, who is forced to grow up quickly following his
mother's breakdown enforced absence. The program combines elements of a tense
gangster thriller with subtle social realism, some tenderness, innocence
and humor. Top boy received positive feedback from critics. The first series
permeated with 1.1 million viewers, and managed to maintain its audience share
over the course of it's four night run. At number 5 Narcos: Mexico,
Narcos: Mexico is an American crime drama web series premiered on Netflix on
November 16, 2018. It was originally intended to be the fourth season of the
Netflix series Narcos but it was ultimately developed as a companion
series. Narcos: Mexico explores the origin of the modern war on drugs, beginning at
the time when Mexican traffickers were a loose and disorganized confederation of
small time independent cannabis growers and dealers. The series dramatizes the
rise of the Guadalajara cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo unifies the
traffickers in order to build an empire. Drug Enforcement Administration agent
Kiki Camarena moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara
to take on a new post, and he quickly learns that his assignment will be more
challenging than he ever could have imagined. The first season of Narcos:
Mexico has a score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes with the critic's
consensus sating "dangerous, thrilling and highly addictive.
Narcos: Mexico's first season expertly expands the franchise by exploring new
territory in the drug war's grim history and showcasing electric performances from
Diego Luna and Michael Peña. At no. four Ozark. Ozark is an American
crime drama web television series for Netflix, released on July 21, 2017. The
story follows financial advisor Martin suddenly relocates his family from the
Chicago to the summer resort community of Osage Beach, Missouri.
After a money laundering scheme Mexican drug cartel goes wrong, Marty
proposes to make amends by offering to set up a bigger laundering operation in the
lake of Ozarks regional central Missouri. when the Martin arrives in Missouri, they
become entangled with local criminals, including the Langmore and Snell families,
and later the Kansas City Mafia. Ozark has received positive reviews from critics,
with particular praised for its tone, directing and acting. The series has
received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Award
nominations for Best Actor in the television series drama. At number three
NARCOS. NARCOS is an american crime drama television series aired, on August 28,
2015, aS a Netflix exclusive. Netflix presents the rise of the cocaine trade
in Colombia and the real-life stories of drug lords of the late 80s in this
original series. Also detailed are the actions taken by law enforcement as they
battle in the war on drugs, targeting notorious and powerful figures that include
drug lord Pablo Escobar. As efforts are made to control cocaine, one of the
world's most valuable commodities, the many entities involved; legal, political,
police, military and civilians finds themselves in the conflict. The directors
announced that season 4 would instead reset as season 1 of a new Netflix
original series, titled Narcos: Mexico. The new series released on November 16, 2018.
At no. 2, Peaky Blinders. Peaky Blinders a British period crime drama
television series, premiered on 12 September 2013, telecast on BBC Two until
the fourth season and then shifted to BBC One for the fifth season. Peaky Blinder
is a gangster family epic set in Birmingham, England in 1919, several
months after the end of the First World War in November 1918. The Story centers on the
Peaky Blinders gang and their ambitious and highly cunning boss Tommy Shelby. The
gang comes to the attention of Major Chester Campbell, a Detective Chief Inspector
in the Royal Irish Constabulary sent over by Winston Churchill from Belfast,
where he had been sent to clean up the city of Irish Republican Army
Communists, gangs and common criminals. Peaky
Blinders has received praise for its writing, acting, visuals and stylish
cinematography. The show has been particularly celebrated for its stylish
cinematography and charismatic performances, as well as for casting
an eye over a part of England & English history rarely explored on television.
At number one Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is American neo-western crime drama
television series, aired on AMC from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013,
consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. Breaking Bad follows Walter
White, a meek high school science teacher who transforms into a ruthless
player in the local methamphetamine drug trade, driven by a desire to provide for
his family after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Initially making only small batches of meth with his former student Jesse
Pinkman in a rolling meth lab, Walter and Jesse eventually expand to make large
batches of a special blue meth that is incredibly pure and creates high demand.
Because of his drug related activities, Walter eventually finds himself at odds
with his family, the Drug Enforcement Administration through his
brother-in-law Hank Schrader, local gangs, the Mexican drug cartels and their
regiona distributors, putting his life at risk.
Breaking Bad received widespread critical acclaim and has been praised by
many critics as one of the greatest television shows of all time. The
American Film Institute listed Breaking Bad as one of the top ten television
series of 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 A 2015 survey by The Hollywood Reporter
of 2,800 actors, producers, directors and other industry people named Breaking Bad
as their second favorite show. The series received numerous awards and nominations,
including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and 58 nominations, including winning for
Outstanding Drama Series in 2013 and 2014. It also won two Peabody Awards, one
in 2008 and one in 2013. So these are our top 7 best TV shows about
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