American films about the border

List of the best American films about the border, selected by visitors to our site: The Marksman, Hard Target 2, Bordertown, 600 Miles, Beneath Us, Neruda, The One I Love, Falling for Vermont, Bo Burnham: What., Soft & Quiet.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA

Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:40

Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryMexico, USA

Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller
CountryUSA

The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple. What they expect to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
CountryChile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
Duration02:00

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

    On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Bestselling author Angela Young needs to get away from the media circus surrounding her book, but her boyfriend/manager Brad is too busy making deals to listen. Determined to take a break, Angela pulls a disappearing act and drives off to see the fall foliage.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrecomedy, documentary, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his own.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Playing out in real time, an elementary school teacher organizes a mixer of like-minded women, when she encounters a woman from her past, leading to a volatile chain of events.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany
    Duration02:07

    One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:08

    Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug and obsessed with his past.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

    Dori and Norman, two stunning and sophisticated serial daters, are destined to endure a terrifying journey through perfect couple-hood: Valentine's, Easter, Halloween, Christmas and New Year. Except with psychopath Dori, it all needs to take place over one weekend deep in the isolated countryside far from help. "Love Sick Love" is a complex and suspenseful journey into the darker side of love.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high-school teacher.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:24

    A photographer struggling with memory loss discovers her pictures may indicate something sinister is hitting close to home.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Josh McManus, a traveling salesman with a cloudy past, finds himself in a dusty West Texas town at the wrong time. After a crippling series of earthquakes throws the entire world into chaos, a traveling salesman will have to fight his way through a vicious outlaw biker gang known as the Barbarians to get home to his family.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Stu Undercoffler (Eric Roberts) is a corrupt CEO whose drive for power has led him to make some highly unethical choices. Once Stu's self-serving decisions have begun to spread darkness through the world, there's no stopping it. After losing his wife, Stu begins to have a crisis of conscience but starts to believe he is being stalked and has been hallucinating. Is he losing his mind or have his former victims come back to wreck havoc on him?

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:18

    A hopeless romantic who thinks he's found true love with an older woman, only to learn that she's married and that his fling is merely an instrument of revenge against her neglectful husband.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:01

    Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    ELECTRICK CHILD tells the story of Rachel, a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, and finds glorious rock & roll thereupon. Weeks later, Rachel realizes a miracle has occurred - and the cassette tape must have something to do with it. She leaves her family and runs away to the closest city: Las Vegas. There she searches for the singer of the band on the cassette tape. She has a wild adventure and ultimately discovers who she really is: an ELECTRICK CHILD.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:36

    Christine is an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter, in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion, unrequited love for a coworker and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with Christine’s serious brand of issue-based journalism. To accomplish her goals, she must overcome her self-doubt and give the people what they want.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    This Christmas, a super frozen object is going to slam into the Earth. In the middle of a small town, and very quickly, dreams of a "White Christmas" will turn into a FROZEN NIGHTMARE.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Soon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:45

    Fiction inspired from the story of the rise and the fall of french politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    Recovering from the trauma of being kidnapped last Halloween by the Blue Skeleton - a group who take "extreme haunt" to another level - five friends decide they must face their fears in order to move on. Heading back out on the road to visit more haunted house attractions, signs of the Blue Skeleton start appearing again and a new terror begins.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, Russia
    Duration02:01

    Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences that will either tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA, Mexico

    During a layover in Albuquerque, work colleagues Les and Natalie discover more about each other than they ever thought possible. Anxious and irritable, Les is drawn back into the city by past experiences he can’t forget (even if he doesn't really remember the particulars of his previous drunken adventure). Natalie, refusing to leave his side, follows along as her own secrets are slowly revealed, leaving her feeling both vulnerable and unbound.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genremusic, reality TV, talk show
    CountryUSA

    A primetime special welcoming back the superstar performer with an extraordinary concert performance that includes the earliest opportunity to hear her first new material in six years.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    An everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredocumentary, detective, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:23

    Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryIceland, Luxembourg, USA
    Duration02:28

    In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    From the makers of The Invisible War comes a startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together verite footage and first person testimonies, the film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue - despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath - both their education and justice.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, Brazil

    A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredocumentary, crime
    CountryUSA

    Teen Michelle Carter’s actions shocked a nation — but what really happened behind closed doors?

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together and, despite their better judgment, begin to find themselves falling for each other.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Five young Amish girls accused of being Satan's children must fight for their lives when their devout community elders insist they be "cleansed" before turning 18.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:21

    A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen script and two pitchers of sangria, Halley enlists the help of her brother Ryan and his boyfriend to make her own movie, starring herself (of course) as herself, and any A-list celebrity she can land along the way.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, documentary
    CountryUSA

    Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about. They have no idea that so much more than steak is at stake and that the planet's fate may fall on their plates. Lured by tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover hidden sides of animal agriculture that make them wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks before. But can their convictions carry them through when times get tough? What about on family vacations fraught with skeptical step-dads, carnivorous cousins, and breakfast buffets? Part sociological experiment and part adventure comedy, Vegucated showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who are trying their darnedest to change in a culture that seems dead set against it.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

      After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.




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