Immigrant Border Films 101+

178 items • Updated 8/16/2020
All genres; in no particular order...

Most relate to Mexico-US border, but some Canada-US border related as well.

Not available here for this list is "The Border Film Project" [please do an internet search]; provides dynamic pictorial perspectives...

Also consider searching for "Animas Perdidas", or "Lost Souls", depicting two brothers, both U.S. military veterans, raised in the U.S. since childhood, whom are deported from the only country they knew, and subsequently abandoned by their country, and their former brothers-in-arms, only to suffer tragic consequences...

Also missing:

'La Ciudad' [1998, David Riker] [UPDATE:no longer missing]

'The 800 Mile Wall' [2009]

'Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness' [2009?]

'One Border, One Body' [?]

'Strangers No Longer' [?]

'The Invisible Chapel' [?]

'Frontier Youth' [?]
1The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada(2005)⭐ 7.3
2Lone StarLone Star(1996)⭐ 7.4
3Una vida mejorUna vida mejor(2008)⭐ 6.7
4Under the Same MoonUnder the Same Moon(2007)⭐ 7.3
5Little SaintsLittle Saints(1999)⭐ 6.6
6La Ciudad (the City)La Ciudad (the City)(1998)⭐ 7.3
7To the Other SideTo the Other Side(2004)⭐ 7.0
8Blood of My BloodBlood of My Blood(2007)⭐ 6.8
9El NorteEl Norte(1983)⭐ 7.7
10El TraspatioEl Traspatio(2009)⭐ 6.9
11
🎬
Return to Sender(2008)⭐ 8.1
12Los jornalerosLos jornaleros(2003)⭐ 6.2
13The Mexican DreamThe Mexican Dream(2003)⭐ 6.7
14Maria Del NorteMaria Del Norte(2012)⭐ 8.7
15IllegalIllegal(2010)⭐ 7.0
16CoyoteCoyote(2007)⭐ 6.7
17
🎬
Crossing Over(1995)⭐ 7.0
18SugarSugar(2008)⭐ 7.1
19
🎬
Historias y testigos: ¡Ni una muerta mas!(2004)⭐ 7.4
20Salt of the EarthSalt of the Earth(1954)⭐ 7.3
21Sin NombreSin Nombre(2009)⭐ 7.5
22America 101America 101(2005)⭐ 5.4
23NorthlessNorthless(2009)⭐ 6.8
24Bread and RosesBread and Roses(2000)⭐ 7.0
25Walking the LineWalking the Line(2005)⭐ 7.8
26Those Who RemainThose Who Remain(2008)⭐ 8.2
27Born in East L.A.Born in East L.A.(1987)⭐ 6.1
28A Day Without a MexicanA Day Without a Mexican(2004)⭐ 4.8
29One Man's HeroOne Man's Hero(1999)⭐ 6.0
30Escuadrón 201Escuadrón 201(1945)⭐ 7.1
31Wetback: The Undocumented DocumentaryWetback: The Undocumented Documentary(2005)⭐ 7.5
32HellHell(2010)⭐ 7.7
33A Stone's Throw AwayA Stone's Throw Away(2010)⭐ 6.9
34AirliftAirlift(2016)⭐ 7.9
35Pepe & Santo vs. AmericaPepe & Santo vs. America(2009)⭐ 6.2
36BordertownBordertown(2016)⭐ 5.6
37SpanglishSpanglish(2004)⭐ 6.4
38Under Strange FlagsUnder Strange Flags(1937)⭐ 5.1
39Like Water for ChocolateLike Water for Chocolate(1992)⭐ 7.1
40The GirlThe Girl(2012)⭐ 6.2
41BorderLineBorderLine(2012)⭐ 8.0
42In AmericaIn America(2002)⭐ 7.6
43The LineThe Line(2009)⭐ 5.2
44Border WarsBorder Wars(2007)⭐ 3.2
45The Confession ProjectThe Confession Project(2020)
46
🎬
El Alambrista: The Fence Jumper(2005)
47
🎬
Dying to Get in: Undocumented Immigration at the U.S. Mexican Border(2005)
48QuinceañeraQuinceañera(2006)⭐ 6.9
49The Milagro Beanfield WarThe Milagro Beanfield War(1988)⭐ 6.8
50Border PatrolBorder Patrol(1943)⭐ 6.2
Loading more...