Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "illegal-border-crossing"

1. Io Capitano (2023)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama

A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi

Votes: 10,831

2. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance

A newly wed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller

Votes: 96,762 | Gross: $36.79M

3. Detroit: Become Human (2018 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Three androids go on a quest to discover who they really are.

Director: David Cage | Stars: Valorie Curry, Bryan Dechart, Jesse Williams, Audrey Boustani

Votes: 23,246

4. Stars at Noon (2022)

R | 135 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua falls for an enigmatic Englishman who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, however, that he may be in even greater danger than she is.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Benny Safdie, Danny Ramirez

Votes: 3,761

5. The Marksman (2021)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into the U.S.

Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Liam Neeson, Teresa Ruiz, Juan Pablo Raba

Votes: 43,440

6. The Forever Purge (2021)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin

Votes: 43,688 | Gross: $44.54M

7. Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Follows a troubled young woman returning to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her.

Director: Albert Shin | Stars: Addison Tymec, Mikayla Radan, Tim Beresford, Janet Porter

Votes: 5,117

8. Beyond Utopia (2023)

PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.

Director: Madeleine Gavin | Stars: Hyeonseo Lee, Sung-eun Kim, So-yeon Lee, Sue Mi Terry

Votes: 3,573

9. Witch Hunt (I) (2021)

R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.

Director: Elle Callahan | Stars: Gideon Adlon, Abigail Cowen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Echo Campbell

Votes: 1,899

10. Frozen River (2008)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama

A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?

Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 26,488 | Gross: $2.51M

11. Cry Freedom (1987)

PG | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe

Votes: 14,491 | Gross: $5.90M

12. Tough Guys (1986)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Crime

Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.

Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith

Votes: 7,872 | Gross: $21.46M

13. Born American (1986)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A trio of vacationing American students cross the border from Finland to the USSR during the Cold War and are soon imprisoned after a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala

Votes: 2,194 | Gross: $3.39M

14. Revolver (1973)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Italian prison warden is forced to exchange a French criminal for his kidnapped wife, but they soon find themselves on the trail of a larger conspiracy.

Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Paola Pitagora, Agostina Belli

Votes: 2,395

15. Julia (2008)

R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman tries to extort money, using a young boy as bait.

Director: Erick Zonca | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould

Votes: 6,973 | Gross: $0.00M

16. Border Incident (1949)

Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell

Votes: 2,744

17. Man on a Tightrope (1953)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 1,849

18. Paraiso Travel (2008)

R | 116 min | Drama

Love drives two young lovers from Medellin, Colombia to seek fortune in New York City, only to find a harsh reality that will put to test their true love for one another.

Director: Simon Brand | Stars: Michelle O'Quinn, Louis Arcella, Angelica Blandon, Pedro Capó

Votes: 2,266

19. The Defector (1966)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.

Director: Raoul Lévy | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu

Votes: 814

20. Undocumented (2010)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror

A documentary crew accompany a group of illegal immigrants crossing the Border, but their plans run afoul when they are captured by a gang of sadistic radicals in New Mexico.

Director: Chris Peckover | Stars: Scott Mechlowicz, Alona Tal, Yancey Arias, Kevin Weisman

Votes: 1,454

21. Tomorrow Will Be Better (2010)

118 min | Adventure, Drama

Three young boys, who live on the mean streets of Ukraine, embark on an journey to cross the border into Poland.

Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Oleg Ryba, Yevgeniy Ryba, Akhmed Sardalov, Stanislaw Sojka

Votes: 278

22. No Man's Land (1985)

110 min | Drama

Jean, a young Swiss whose watchmaking skills no longer prove useful in the real world, dawdles his time away either in his parents' farm or in Lucie's restaurant-bar.

Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Hugues Quester, Myriam Mézières, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Betty Berr

Votes: 224

23. Rol (2013)

132 min | Drama, History

"The Role" is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life -- the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age,... See full summary »

Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Dmitriy Sutyrin, Maria Järvenhelmi, Anastasiya Shevelyova

Votes: 438

24. Brisani prostor (1985)

50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Summer of 1972, a small group of fanatical Croatian nationalists, trained and equipped by extreme emigrant organizations, infiltrated the territory of former Yugoslavia with intent to ... See full summary »

Stars: Slobodan Aligrudic, Miralem Zupcevic, Bogdan Diklic, Predrag Ejdus

Votes: 69

25. The Final Journey (2017)

107 min | Drama, Romance, War

A former German Army officer, accompanied by his granddaughter, journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman he once loved.

Director: Nick Baker-Monteys | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Tambet Tuisk, Suzanne von Borsody

Votes: 428

26. What Might Have Been (2019)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Astrid (47) and Paul (50) are at the beginning of their romance. A long weekend in Budapest will be a journey into the past for both that will determine the present.

Director: Florian Koerner von Gustorf | Stars: Christiane Paul, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sebastian Hülk, Barnaby Metschurat

Votes: 200

27. Raja 1918 (2007)

114 min | Drama, History, Romance

"Raja 1918", also known as "The Border", is a Finnish war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen set in the immediate aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It is spring of 1918. A ... See full summary »

Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Martin Bahne, Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Leonid Mozgovoy

Votes: 993

28. Mitä meistä tuli (2009)

116 min | Crime, Drama

Have you ever wondered how your old schoolmates are? Perhaps the guy next to you, who is doing time in jail at the moment, still thinks you are his best and only friend. Perhaps your first ... See full synopsis »

Director: Miika Ullakko | Stars: Olli Similä, Miika Ullakko, Maria Uusikylä, Emilia Räisänen

Votes: 307

29. Mar de plástico (2011 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, Romance

Donald, a Nigerian, illegally entered Spain several years ago, but was extradited after getting involved with a gang of car robbers. Now he's back to fetch Teresa, the woman he loved and ... See full summary »

Director: Silvia Munt | Stars: Djédjé Apali, Nora Navas, Manolo Solo, Rosana Pastor

Votes: 29

30. Those Who Jump (2016)

80 min | Documentary

Mount Gurugu overlooks the Spanish enclave of Melilla on northern Africa's Mediterranean coast. The European Union and Africa are separated here by a high-security border facility ... See full summary »

Directors: Abou Bakar Sidibé, Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner

Votes: 105

31. Mama Illegal (2011)

95 min | Documentary

They gave the smugglers all their money and risk their life on their journey across borders: Three women from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria as cleaning women. On top of ... See full summary »

Director: Ed Moschitz

Votes: 66

32. City of Borders (2009)

66 min | Documentary

Interviews with the owners and diverse patrons of a Jerusalem gay bar called "Shushan."

Director: Yun Suh | Stars: Boody, Ravit Geva, Sa'Ar Netanel, Adam Russo

Votes: 81

33. Samira (2016)

17 min | Short, Drama

Janosch, an interpreter, is called to help during a police deployment at the Port of Hamburg. A young African woman has barricaded herself in a container ship and threatens to commit ... See full summary »

Director: Charlotte Rolfes | Stars: Lucas Prisor, Karmela Shako, Dejan Bucin, Anja Reschke

Votes: 31

34. Gabbla (2008)

140 min | Drama

Living almost as a recluse, the topographer Malek accepts a job in a region of western Algeria at the insistence of his friend Lakhdar. Malek arrives at the base camp previously used by a ... See full summary »

Director: Tariq Teguia | Stars: Kader Affak, Ina Rose Djakou, Ahmed Benaïssa, Fethi Ghares

Votes: 118

35. The Devil's Tail (2008)

109 min | Drama, Thriller

When Eddie disappears in the Yucatan, Pete abandons his comfortable life in Toronto to search for his lifelong best friend, a charming Texas ne'er-do-well. Arriving in Mexico with his ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Comrie | Stars: Erika Ancona, Emily Andrews, Juan de Dios Barrueta Rath, Oliver Cantú Lozano

Votes: 17

36. Hjerter på Spil (2011)

16 min | Short, Drama

Tove is an older lady who don't wan to move form her house and beloved garden. She have troubles with taking care. Toves daughter Hanne who works as public servant press the om to sell. ... See full summary »

Director: Pernille Kierulff-Hansen | Stars: Behruz Banissi, Anne Louise Hassing, Bjørn Jørgensen, Rüya Kilic

37. Hopeaa rajan takaa (1963)

76 min | Adventure, War

Summer 1941, soon after the Finnish Winter War. Wist and Anttala are young war veterans whose homes ended up on the wrong side of the new border after the Soviet Union claimed ownership of ... See full summary »

Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Spede Pasanen, Veikko Kerttula, Anja Ahlström

Votes: 305

38. The Mexicans (1983 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

John Pilger reports on political repression in Mexico.

Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Larry Hall

39. World's Busiest Border Crossing (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 60 min | Documentary

The San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the United States is the world's busiest border crossing and handles 125,000 people per day. This show highlights some of the difficulties operating such a busy crossing.

Director: Eoin O'Shea | Stars: Eric Meyers, Frank Jaramillo

Votes: 10

40. Promised Land (2022)
Episode: A Place Called Heritage (2022)

TV-14 | Drama

Alliances and loyalties are tested as Joe Sandoval assesses the future of his family-run Sonoma Valley wine business.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: John Ortiz, Cecilia Suárez, Augusto Aguilera, Christina Ochoa

Votes: 112

41. Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)
Episode: Mexico/Western USA/Canada/Alaska (1997)

49 min | Adventure, Documentary

Michael starts in Mexico City, looks at the Mexico/US border from both sides and then visits LA and San Francisco before heading into Canada and hitting a final disappointment.

Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin

Votes: 76

42. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode: No Más (2010)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Skyler goes through with her plans to divorce Walt. Jesse finishes rehab.

Director: Bryan Cranston | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris

Votes: 24,677

43. Morning Wire (2021– )
Ireland Free Speech & Alleged Adoption Discrimination | 11.29.23 (2023 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Georgia Howe, John Bickley

44. Amigas y rivales (2001)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2001)

43 min | Drama, Romance

Nayeli meets Laura. Alma tells her story. Ofelia learns she has AIDS. Roberto explains his views to the class. Pedro ends up on a ledge.

Director: José Ángel García | Stars: Michelle Vieth, Angélica Vale, Ludwika Paleta, Arath de la Torre