Movies Like Borrego
If you liked Borrego (2022), a crime and thriller movie directed by Jesse Harris, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and thrillerWhile awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no…
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Triple Frontier (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeStruggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeLean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…
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Desierto (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal…
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 8/10Also crime and thrillerLlewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey…
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The Last Stand (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thrillerRay 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…
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The Mule (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeEarl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a…
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White Sands (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thrillerA small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
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Thieves Highway (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and thrillerAfter discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
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The Forever Purge (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerAll 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 as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their…
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The Hitcher (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thrillerWhile driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath…
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One False Move (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerFollowing a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from…
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Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and thrillerAn 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.
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Close Range (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thrillerA 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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Braven (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
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Rust Creek (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeWhen an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.
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Homefront (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerPhil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan “Gator” Bodine, a local crime boss.
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Traffic (2000)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and crimeAn 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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The Marksman (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerJim 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…
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U Turn (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crimeWhen a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to…