In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the LAPD with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
A has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress.
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.