No one gets away clean
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.
Traffic (2000) is a thriller, drama and crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh, released on December 27, 2000 with a runtime of 2h 27m. It stars Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Erika Christensen. Viewers rate it 7.1 out of 10 across 2,493 ratings.
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Michael Douglas
as Robert Wakefield
Benicio del Toro
as Javier Rodriguez
Catherine Zeta-Jones
as Helena Ayala
Erika Christensen
as Caroline Wakefield
Don Cheadle
as Montel Gordon
Jacob Vargas
as Manolo Sanchez
Miguel Ferrer
as Eduardo Ruiz
Luis Guzmán
as Ray Castro
Topher Grace
as Seth Abrahms
Tomas Milian
as Gen. Arturo Salazar
Clifton Collins Jr.
as Francisco Flores
Amy Irving
as Barbara Wakefield
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Stephen Gaghan and Simon Moore, produced by Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.
Average viewer score of 7.1/10 from 2,493 ratings.
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**
Reviewed on April 12, 2021
**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…
Reviewed on July 4, 2021
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…
Reviewed on August 16, 2025
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Traffic (2000) is currently available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. No subscription streaming option is listed right now, so availability may change.
The main cast of Traffic (2000) includes Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erika Christensen and Don Cheadle. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Traffic was released on December 27, 2000 and runs for 2h 27m.
Traffic (2000) holds an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 from 2,493 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy thriller, drama and crime films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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