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1. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
R | 132 min | Drama, Western
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp
Votes: 274,820 | Gross: $15.00M
2. Lone Star (1996)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang
Votes: 32,359 | Gross: $13.27M
3. Bordertown (2016–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Quirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
Stars: Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi
Votes: 12,409
4. Rage (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
A man bitten by a rabid dog in the desert must find help before it's too late.
Director: Gilberto Gazcón | Stars: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, David Reynoso, Armando Silvestre
Votes: 748
5. The Last Sunset (1961)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Western
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 3,730 | Gross: $6.54M
6. The Hollow Point (2016)
R | 97 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A new sheriff of a small town along the U.S. & Mexico border investigates a drug cartel deal that went horribly wrong.
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Lynn Collins
Votes: 6,156
7. Briarpatch (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A senator's aide unravels a complex web of lies, crimes and conspiracies when she returns to her corrupt hometown -- San Bonifacio, Texas, near the Mexican border--to investigate the death of her sister, a local cop killed by a car bomb.
Stars: Rosario Dawson, Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty
Votes: 2,690
8. The Hunting Party (2007)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the No.1 war criminal in Bosnia. However, their extremely dangerous target decides to come after them.
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, Gordana Vukres
Votes: 25,998 | Gross: $0.97M
9. Naked Alibi (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson
Votes: 1,515
10. Seis Manos (2019– )
TV-MA | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Orphans raised by a martial arts master are plunged into a mystery involving demonic powers, drug cartels, ancient rituals and blood sacrifice.
Stars: Danny Trejo, Mike Colter, Aislinn Derbez, Vic Chao
Votes: 1,936
11. The Walking Hills (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Thriller, Western
A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,117
12. Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western
A robber who is falsely accused of murdering a deputy sheriff tries to start a new life in a border town near Mexico, but his past catches up with him.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Lin McCarthy, Dorothy Green, Alan Baxter
Votes: 926
13. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen
Votes: 2,807
14. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
Texan Tom Buchanan is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch, but when he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he's robbed and framed for murder.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley, Tol Avery
Votes: 3,230
15. The Hangman (1959)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Western
U.S. Marshal Bovard comes to a small border town to identify and arrest a fugitive, but the whole town seems determined to prevent the Marshal from doing his job.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Robert Taylor, Tina Louise, Fess Parker, Jack Lord
Votes: 1,170
16. Un été inoubliable (1994)
82 min | Drama, Romance, War
Romania in the 1920s. Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont, Olga Tudorache, George Constantin
Votes: 1,105 | Gross: $0.07M
17. One Foot in Hell (1960)
Approved | 90 min | Western
In this Western, Alan Ladd exacts revenge on a small town the best way he knows how -- by becoming sheriff.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy, Dolores Michaels
Votes: 658
18. El Noa Noa (1981)
97 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
"El Noa Noa" was a night club where the famous Mexican singer and song writer Alberto Aguilera Valadez, known in show business as Juan Gabriel began his career. This biography shows part his early years.
Director: Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | Stars: Juan Gabriel, Mercedes Carreño, Federico Villa, Leonor Llausás
Votes: 34
19. From the Other Side (I) (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States.
Director: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 322
20. Al-lail (1992)
116 min | Drama, History, War
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan, a key battlefield in the 1967 war between Syria and Israel. We are led to the grave of the filmmakers' father, an ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Malas | Stars: Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou, Hazar Awad
Votes: 167
21. King of the Cowboys (1943)
Passed | 73 min | Western
Saboteurs are blowing up government warehouses (during World War II). Roy and his pals work undercover to put an end to their operations.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan
Votes: 298
22. Santo Bugito (1995)
52 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
In Santo Bugito, a border town of anthropomorphic insects between Texas and Mexico, ant Carmen and her ant husband run a restaurant where their odd insect regulars relax and share their misadventures.
Stars: Marabina Jaimes, Charlie Adler, Candi Milo, Tony Plana
Votes: 93
23. Great Escape: The Untold Story (2001 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Drama, War
The Stalag Luft III was a prison camp on Germany's border with Poland. It held 10,000 Allied airmen of all nationalities during the Second World War, and was escape proof. But for Allied ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Clarke | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Connor Williams, Richard Campbell, Mark Wainwright
Votes: 89
24. Malpaso (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
In the border town of Malpaso: Braulio works with his grandfather while his twin, Candido, remains secluded due to his albinism. After their grandfather passes, Braulio will look after Candido, who dreams of the return of their father.
Director: Héctor Valdez | Stars: Pepe Sierra, Marie Michelle Bazile, Ettore D'Alessandro, Ramón Emilio Candelario
Votes: 58
25. Jericho Fever (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Mystery, Thriller
A group of terrorists bomb peace negotiations in Mexico. One of the terrorists contracts a fever disease during the attack. The terrorists flee across the border to the US and while they ... See full summary »
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Perry King, Dave Adams, Maria Amarocho
Votes: 119
26. La banda de la sotana negra (1983)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: José Loza | Stars: Álvaro Zermeño, Lyn May, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Narciso Busquets
27. Virgin Lips (1928)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In a banana republic way south of the Texas border, dumb-Dora American girl Norma (Olive Borden) lets her ruby-red lips promise more than she is willing to deliver, and she finds herself a ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Olive Borden, John Boles, Marshall Ruth, Alexander Gill
28. El camino del diablo (2005)
Drama
Set in the early 1960s in Aqua Prieta, an Arizona / Mexico border town, El Camino Del Diablo is an erotic drama that transcends gender barriers in a world of innocence lost.
Director: Victory Tischler-Blue
29. The Ultimate Rally (2018)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Racing for the ultimate bet through the most dangerous tarmac roads and off-road trails in the Americas, Europe, and Scandinavia.
Director: Hotrod Ponce | Stars: Hotrod Ponce, Brigita Ortl, Kristine Bang, May Ingrid Wilk
Votes: 51
30. Salakuljettajan laulu (1952)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A customs detective infiltrates a smuggling organization.
Director: Lasse Pöysti | Stars: Tapio Rautavaara, Assi Nortia, Marjatta Pokela, Martti Pokela
Votes: 65
31. The Texan (1920)
50 min | Comedy, Western
Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Gloria Hope, Robert Walker, Charles K. French
Votes: 24
32. This Is a Border Town (2016 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Malcolm McKinnon | Stars: Oluwanifemi Adeoye, Ali Amiri, Muhammad Changezi, Mandy Clarke
33.
Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode:
Spring the Trap
(1953)
Western
Desperado Lew Danning hid his stolen loot before dying. Pat disguises himself as the outlaw and slips into a lawless border town to gather clues from Lasker's gang of thieves. Suddenly Danning's sister shows up looking for her brother.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Phil Arnold, John Eldredge
34.
Destry (1964)
Episode:
Ride to Rio Verde
(1964)
60 min | Western
Destry career as a photographer's assistant is cut short when his friend and employer, Jim Logan, is murdered during a bank robbery. When a U.S. marshal asks for Destry's assistance is ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Baur | Stars: John Gavin, Charles McGraw, Lawrence Dobkin, John A. Alonzo
Votes: 9
35.
Johnny Ringo (1959–1960)
Episode:
Border Town
(1960)
25 min | Western
After Case Thomas is killed during a robbery, Ringo and Cully trail the alleged murderer to a wide-open town on the Arizona-New Mexico border. Their efforts to apprehend the suspect are ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Don Durant, Karen Sharpe, Mark Goddard, Terence de Marney
Votes: 21
36.
The Loner (1965–1966)
Episode:
To Hang a Dead Man
(1966)
30 min | Western
Colton helps a sheriff hunt down the bandits who burned a town down.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Howard Da Silva, Bruce Dern, Beverly Allyson
Votes: 20
37.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Spanish Curse
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Crossing the border into Mexico, Jim and Artie pursue a group of bandits posing as the ghosts of Cortez and his conquistadors.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Thayer David, Toian Matchinga
Votes: 125
38.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
James West is dispatched to a town after the U.S. receives a warning of an impending catastrophe. The Secret Service agent is unable to prevent the town's mayor from blowing up a new ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary
Votes: 138
39.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
West departs Raven's headquarters in a bid to ruin the organization's plot to kill a Mexican official. The Secret Service agent, though, doesn't realize he has been programmed to ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary
Votes: 126
40.
Wild Travels (2018– )
Episode:
Golf Ball Diver
(2020)
TV-PG | Comedy, History, Reality-TV
Travel to The Haskell Library and Opera House that straddles two countries, meet diver Jeffrey Bleim, and ponder African American art. Also, experience New Vrindaban, and never take fresh air for granted again at the Donora Smog Museum.
Director: Harvey Moshman | Stars: Jeffrey Bleim, Brian Charlton, Will Clinger, Sadaruchi Das
41.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Rite of Passage
(2010)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S..
Director: John Gallagher | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 1,929
43.
Morning Wire (2021– )
A Conversation with Senator Marsha Blackburn | Saturday Extra
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Georgia Howe, John Bickley, Marsha Blackburn
44.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
De Los Muertos
(2014)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Robbins goes to Mexico to do an autopsy on a friend's daughter. Meanwhile, back in Vegas, CSI finds a man and woman shot to death and buried in concrete.
Director: Louis Shaw Milito | Stars: Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Votes: 393