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Sicario(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 2min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 3,843 votes)

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Rambo(2008)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 32min | Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,707 votes)

When governments fail to act on behalf of captive missionaries, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo sets aside his peaceful existence along the Salween River in a war-torn region of Thailand to take action. Although he's still haunted by violent memories of his time as a U.S. soldier during the Vietnam War, Rambo can hardly turn his back on the aid workers who so desperately need his help.

Tears of the Sun(2003)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 1min | War, Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 972 votes)

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

Touch of Evil(1958)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 603 votes)

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

The Last Stand(2013)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 47min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 1,310 votes)

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.

Joint Security Area(2000)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | War, Drama, Thriller, Action
3.9/5 (with 276 votes)

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

The Border(1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 48min | Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 50 votes)

A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.

To Kill the Beast(2022)

1h 29min | Mystery, Fantasy, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 62 votes)

Emilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of different animals seems to be roaming around.

Directed by Agustina San Martín - With Ana Brun

The Sucker(1965)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Crime
3.7/5 (with 276 votes)

In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

Heavy Trip(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Music
3.4/5 (with 74 votes)

Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.

Directed by Jukka Vidgrén, Juuso Laatio - With Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Heikkinen, Max Ovaska, Minka Kuustonen, Chike Ohanwe, ...

Trade(2007)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h | Thriller
3.4/5 (with 112 votes)

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. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

The Coast Guard(2002)

1h 36min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 34 votes)

A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk - With Jang Dong-geon, Park Ji-a
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The Tunnel(2001)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 30min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 42 votes)

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

Das Wunder von Berlin(2008)

1h 45min | Drama, TV Movie
2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies with socialism and believes he has to defend his country against the capitalist enemy. While Jürgen is astonished, his wife Hanna and Marco's girlfriend Anja, supporting the civil rights movement, don't like his new attitude...

200 Meters(2020)

1h 36min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living situation is starting to affect their otherwise happy marriage, but the couple does what they can to make it work. Every night, Mustafa flashes a light from his balcony to wish his children on the other side a goodnight, and they signal him back. One day Mustafa gets a call that every parent dreads: his son has been in an accident. He rushes to the checkpoint where he must agonisingly wait in line only to find out there is a problem with his fingerprints and is denied entry. Desperate, Mustafa resorts to hiring a smuggler to bring him across. His once 200-meter journey becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey joined by other travellers determined to cross.

Directed by Ameen Nayfeh - With Ali Suliman, Lana Zreik, Gassan Abbas

I Carry You with Me(2020)

1h 51min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 31 votes)

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.

Directed by Heidi Ewing - With Armando Espitia, Christian Vázquez, Michelle Rodriguez, Ángeles Cruz, Arcelia Ramírez, Michelle Gonzalez, ...

The Fourth War(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Drama, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 14 votes)

Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.

Sauna(2008)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 23min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 47 votes)

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

30 Segundos para Morir(1981)

1h 31min | Action, Crime, Drama
2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Three brothers smuggle arms and drugs from Mexico into the US.

Das weiße Abenteuer(1952)

1h 30min | Comedy, Crime
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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The War Boys(2009)

1h 33min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 28 votes)

David, George, and Greg, best friends since high school, are “The War Boys”. They used to perch on the US-Mexican border, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who were trying to run into the United States. Sometimes, without a thought for the immigrants, the boys chased them across the wasteland and back across the border – just for fun. It was just one of those games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school’s over now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of college and the War Boys have been reunited.

Hold Back the Dawn(1941)

1h 56min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

I Am Here(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Drama, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 24 votes)

Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true.

Culture Shock(2019)

1h 31min | Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.

Undocumented(2010)

1h 36min | Horror, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

A documentary film crew runs afoul of sadistic radicals when they follow illegal immigrants sneaking over the U.S. border.

The Present(2020)

24min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 16 votes)

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Directed by Farah Nabulsi

Begum Jaan(2017)

2h 8min | Action, Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 11 votes)

On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakistan into equitable halves. What the administration doesn’t account for is the line running through the middle of Begum Jaan’s brothel situated plonk on the border; with one half falling in India and the other in Pakistan.

Directed by Srijit Mukherji - With Vidya Balan, Ila Arun, Gauahar Khan, Pallavi Sharda, Ridheema Tiwari, Asha Saini, ...

Saskatchewan(1954)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 27min | Western
2.9/5 (with 9 votes)

Story of blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.

Borders(2016)

10min | Documentary

24 October 2015, a nice day in autumn in a nice landscape. A crowd of refugees and migrants accompanied by soldiers and police officers make their way from the Schengen border between Slovenia and Croatia towards the refugee camp in Brežice. Suddenly, the landscape starts to appear less nice than it was.

Directed by Damjan Kozole

A 3 Minute Hug(2018)

28min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

As daylight breaks between the border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, undocumented migrants and their relatives, divided by a wall, prepare to participate in an activist event. For three minutes, they’ll embrace in no man’s land for the briefest and sweetest of reunions.

Directed by Everardo González
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