Narco Cultura

Narco Cultura

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Directed by Shaul Schwarz

Produced by Parts & Labor, Cinedigm

2013103 min7.0 / 10

A stark documentary investigation into how drug trafficking has become a cultural phenomenon and distorted version of the American dream across the U.S.-Mexico border.

To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Questions people ask

  • Does Narco Cultura end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Narco Cultura violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Narco Cultura scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Narco Cultura easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Narco Cultura sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

56/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity44

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise55

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Narco Cultura, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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