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The Wire

US, 2002
tv-show

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national w..

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Traffic [DVD]

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Spies in the Wires

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Clockers

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The Departed

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Under the Wire

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The Bill. When opportunity knocks

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The High: drugs and you

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Through a blue lens

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Nowhere game

Australia, 1972
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The Allure of drugs

United States, 1969
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Black, white and all shades of grey

Australia, 2007
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Pay off in pain

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Hit

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The Bill. In on the game

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Dead easy

Australia, 1982
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New weapons against crime

United States, 1967
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