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Traffic

No one gets away clean

7.1(2,528)20002h 27m15

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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Status
Released
Budget
$48M
Box office
$207.5M
Language
Spanish
  • drug dealer
  • daughter
  • mother
  • drug abuse
  • drug smuggling
  • smuggling (contraband)
  • war on drugs
  • drug trafficking
  • addicted
  • police operation
  • father
  • usa–mexico border

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical5 Jan 2001
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York City6 Dec 2000
    • Theatrical (limited)R27 Dec 2000
    • TheatricalR5 Jan 2001
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1826 Jan 2001
    • Physical18DVD26 Sept 2001
    • Physical15Blu-ray8 Sept 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+23 Jan 2001
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical5 Jan 2001
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1816 Mar 2001
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+24 Jan 2002
    • PhysicalDVD, FilmX28 Feb 2008
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-159 Mar 2001
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical7 Mar 2001
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival8 Feb 2001
    • Theatrical165 Apr 2001
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1626 Jan 2001
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1630 May 2002

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Traffic was released on 27 December 2000.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    JPV852

    4/12/2021

    9/10

    Seen this a few times over the years and still remains a compelling multi-character drama with some fine performances all around. Also has some great visuals depending on the storyline. Not sure where I rank it amongst Soderbergh's other works (Ocean's 11 has the fun factory going for it) but still love it no matter how many times I've seen it. **4.5/5**

  • 5

    5rJoud

    7/4/2021

    5/10

    **Someone needs to go back to directing school** This gem of the millennium comes with a great story (which has been done countless times before and after), great actors (funny faced most of them), and very well done action. Unfortunately all is wasted on the terrible actual telling of that story and its people in action. We get weird colors, useless zoom ins, shots into nothing, a boring soundtrack, the whole …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/16/2025

    7/10

    Remember when western governments went through their phases of appointing a “czar” for everything? They clearly didn’t recall just what happened to the last one of them, and to be fair to “Wakefield” (Michael Douglas) his chances of success trying to stop the trafficking of drugs from Mexico to the USA wasn’t much likelier to succeed. In many ways the application of this task is little better than an honour amongst t…

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