Incredible Crime Movies That Were Based On True Events

Blow (2001)

Blow tells the story of a young and ambitious drug dealer who managed to establish the original American cocaine market in the 1970s. The film is based on the novel Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cartel and Lost it All which discusses the real-life events of a man named George Jung, as well as Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder Rivas (Diego Delgado in the film) and the Medellin Cartel. It shows Jung’s rise through the ranks in the drug industry until he became one of the major cocaine dealers in the United States during the 1970s and 80s. It also portrays his ultimate downfall.