Traffic (2000)

Movie Details

Original Title Traffic

Original Language EN

Budget $48,000,000

Revenue $207,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 5.2

Cast

Michael Douglas

Robert Wakefield

Popularity: 1.8

Benicio del Toro

Javier Rodriguez

Popularity: 2.3

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Helena Ayala

Popularity: 2.7

Erika Christensen

Caroline Wakefield

Popularity: 1.3

Don Cheadle

Montel Gordon

Popularity: 2.0

Jacob Vargas

Manolo Sanchez

Popularity: 0.7

Miguel Ferrer

Eduardo Ruiz

Popularity: 0.9

Luis Guzmán

Ray Castro

Popularity: 3.1

Topher Grace

Seth Abrahms

Popularity: 2.5

Tomas Milian

Gen. Arturo Salazar

Popularity: 0.6

Clifton Collins Jr.

Francisco Flores

Popularity: 0.8

Amy Irving

Barbara Wakefield

Popularity: 1.2

Key Crew

Director Steven Soderbergh

Screenplay Stephen Gaghan

Editor Stephen Mirrione

Producer Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Laura Bickford

Executive Producer Andreas Klein, Richard Solomon, Graham King

Production

USA Films

Initial Entertainment Group

Bedford Falls Productions

Laura Bickford Productions

Compulsion Inc.

Videos & Trailers

Mark kermode reviews Traffic (2000) | BFI Player

Featurette

Searching For His Missing Daughter

Clip

Benicio Del Toro's Incredible Performance

Clip

Topher Grace Thanks Traffic Co-Stars For Making Him A Better Actor - My First Gig

Featurette

Original Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

drug dealer daughter mother drug abuse drug smuggling smuggling (contraband) war on drugs drug trafficking addicted police operation father usa–mexico border addiction drug lord marriage dispute

Reviews from TMDB

JPV852 9/10

Apr 12, 2021

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 ... Read more

5rJoud 5/10

Jul 4, 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 st ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Aug 16, 2025

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 Mexi ... Read more