Movies like Border Run
If Border Run's mix of kidnapping, illegal immigration and human trafficking stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Border Run's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A Working Man
2025 · Directed by David Ayer · 116 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, missing person · Also crime and thriller
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to…
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Trade
2007 · Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner · 120 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: human trafficking, usa–mexico border
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · Directed by Tommy Lee Jones · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: illegal immigration, usa–mexico border
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home…
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Traffic
2000 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 147 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: usa–mexico border · Also thriller and crime
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…
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Directed by Stefano Sollima · 122 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: usa–mexico border · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
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Breakdown
1997 · Directed by Jonathan Mostow · 93 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also crime and thriller
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a…
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Get Out
2017 · Directed by Jordan Peele · 104 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, missing person · From the same decade (2010s)
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial…
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Kalifornia
1993 · Directed by Dominic Sena · 118 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also thriller and crime
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
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Close Range
2015 · Directed by Isaac Florentine · 80 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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The Way of the Gun
2000 · Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · 119 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also crime and thriller
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
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Hostage
2005 · Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri · 113 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also thriller and crime
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
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The Long Goodbye
1973 · Directed by Robert Altman · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: usa–mexico border
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.