Movies Like The Border

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005·2h 1m·★ 7.3·Tommy Lee Jones

Themes: mexico, texas, desertFans also likedCrime & Drama

Frozen River

2008·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Courtney Hunt

Themes: undocumented immigrant, border crossingFans also likedDrama & Crime

Sicario

2015·2h 2m·★ 7.7·Denis Villeneuve

6 shared themes: border, mexico, texas...Fans also liked

Traffic

2000·2h 27m·★ 7.5·Steven Soderbergh

Themes: drug smuggling, drug traffickingFans also likedDrama & Crime

The Mule

2018·1h 56m·★ 7.0·Clint Eastwood

Themes: mexico, texasFans also likedCrime & Drama

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

Themes: drug trafficking, kidnappingTMDB recommends

No Country for Old Men

2007·2h 2m·★ 8.2·Joel Coen

Themes: drug trafficking, texas, desert

War Dogs

2016·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Todd Phillips

Themes: corruption, drugsFans also likedCrime & Drama

Cartel Land

2015·1h 40m·★ 7.3·Matthew Heineman

Themes: mexico, drugsFans also liked

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

2008·1h 35m·★ 5.5·Isaac Florentine

Themes: drug trafficking, kidnappingFans also liked

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018·2h 2m·★ 7.1·Stefano Sollima

Themes: corruption, drugsFans also liked

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013·3h·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

Themes: corruption, drugsCrime & Drama

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Two Jakes

1990·2h 17m·★ 6.1·Jack Nicholson

Both star Jack Nicholson & Harvey KeitelCrime & Drama

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommends

Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

TMDB recommends

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

TMDB recommends

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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How Good Is The Border?

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