Directed by:
Steven SoderberghCinematography:
Steven SoderberghComposer:
Cliff MartinezCast:
Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Jacob Vargas, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Tomas Milian, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Emilio Rivera, Erika Christensen (more)VOD (2)
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Traffic examines the question of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle. With an innovative color-coded cinematic treatment to distinguish his interwoven stories, Steven Soderbergh embroils viewers in the lives of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin’s wife, a key informant, and police officers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The film, which delivers a complex and nuanced take on an issue of international importance without sacrificing any energy or suspense, is a contemporary classic, and the winner of four Oscars, for best director, best screenplay, best editing, and best supporting actor for Benicio del Toro. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Michael Douglas
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Falling Down (1993)
Don Cheadle
USA
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Crash (2004)
Jacob Vargas
Mexico
Benicio Del Toro
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Snatch (2000)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Dennis Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Tomas Milian
Cuba
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Traffic (2000)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
UK
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Terminal (2004)
Side Effects (2013)
Emilio Rivera
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Collateral (2004)
Con Air (1997)
Erika Christensen
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Home Room (2002)
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
Miguel Ferrer
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Mulan (1998)
Traffic (2000)
James Lew
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Traffic (2000)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Albert Finney
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Big Fish (2003)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Ben Scott
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Luis Guzmán
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Carlito's Way (1993)
Magnolia (1999)
Traffic (2000)
James Brolin
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Traffic (2000)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Enrique Murciano
USA
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Traffic (2000)
The Lost City (2005)
Rena Sofer
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Topher Grace
USA
Best movies:
Interstellar (2014)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Traffic (2000)
Salma Hayek
Mexico
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Traffic (2000)
D. W. Moffett
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
Traffic (2000)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)