Border crossing movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant border crossing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, touching, serious, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with border crossing, friendship, border, immigrant, female nudity, youth, cigarette smoking, society, dog and telephone call plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in Germany, Mexico, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as border crossing: Desierto (2015), Sin Nombre (2009), 14 Kilometers (2007), Escape From Raqqa (2019), The Turncoat (2020), The Golden Dream (2013), Sugar Sand (2017), Las Acacias (2011), Trade (2007), Open the Wall (2014).

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 6.1
 11K
Desierto (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A 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 Belgian Malinois dog chase the ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, rough, touching, bloody ...
Plot: survival, truck, desert, mexican border, running for your life, human prey, mass murder, characters killed one by one, mercilessness, psychopath, border crossing, u.s. mexico border ...
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 7.5
 34K
Sin Nombre (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style: road movie, serious, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gang, immigrant, juvenile delinquency, rape, street gang, social problems, family reunited, train, gang member, u.s. mexico border, hopes, illegal immigrant ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, central america, guatemala
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 6.8
 372
14 Kilometers (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, educational ...
Plot: desert, immigrant, survival, border crossing, stranded in the desert, illegal immigrant, unlikely friendships, illegal alien, smuggling, social problems, struggle for survival, nature ...
Place: africa
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Escape From Raqqa (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Paris, spring 2015. Faustine travels to Syria with her little son to join ISIS; but, once in Raqqa, she soon realizes the hell she is gotten herself into. Her husband Sylvain quickly understands that the French government is powerless to help him, ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: escape, border crossing, life risking, attempted escape, rescue mission, activist, risk, mother child separation, islam, military, airport, isis ...
Time: year 2015
Place: syria, paris france, turkey
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 6.8
 2K
The Turncoat (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 173 min.
TV show
Story: Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure
Plot: world war two, partisan, german soldier, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, border crossing, brother brother relationship, loyalty, abuse, jail ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place: berlin germany, east berlin, germany, hamburg germany
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The Golden Dream (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Guatemala
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
Style: road movie, serious, touching, rough, sincere ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: immigrant, u.s. mexico border, on the road, coming of age, friendship, follow your dream, hopes, leaving home, border crossing, border, danger, slaughterhouse ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, central america, guatemala, usa, latin america
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 6.8
 187
Sugar Sand (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense
Plot: little boy, friendship, single mother, border crossing, emigrant, emigration, border, mother son relationship, iron curtain, immigrant, boy, immigration ...
Time: 70s
Place: german democratic republic, east germany, germany, west germany
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 6.9
 2K
Las Acacias (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Rubén is a middle-aged Argentinian truck driver transporting timber between Paraguay and Buenos Aires. One day, at a truck stop, he picks up a young Paraguayan woman, Jacinta, whom his employer had told to take to Buenos Aires. To Rubén's ...
Style: road movie, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: delivery, on the road, hitchhiker, unlikely couple, introspection, human nature, hopes, truck, mother daughter relationship, baby, brother sister relationship, border crossing ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: argentina, paraguay, latin america, buenos aires argentina, south america
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 7.3
 18K
Trade (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: human trafficking, kidnapping, slavery, missing child, sexual abuse, sex slavery, child molestation, sexual assault, rape victim, forced prostitution, child rape, rescue ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, mexico city, el paso texas, poland, texas ...
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 7.1
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Open the Wall (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
Style: humorous, tense, captivating, light
Plot: berlin wall, propaganda, border crossing, society, rivalry, friendship, iron curtain, cold war, totalitarian state, stasi, german history, working class ...
Time: year 1989
Place: germany, german democratic republic, east germany
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 5.9
 273
Caged Birds (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed.
Style: romantic, tense, emotional, touching, talky ...
Plot: against the odds, impersonation, con artists, escape attempt, freedom, unlikely friendships, police brutality, fight, fighting the system, existentialism, life philosophy, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe
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 5.8
 161
Adam & Evelyn (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Summer 1989, East Germany. Adam works as a tailor, Evelyn as a waitress. They are planning a vacation together when Evelyn finds out that Adam is cheating on her and decides to leave for the holiday on her own.
Style: touching, melancholic, romantic, psychological, talky ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, waitress, border crossing, photographer, couple relations, love and romance, youth, relationships, love, couples, iron curtain ...
Time: year 1989
Place: east germany, germany
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 7.2
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Halam Geldi (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "Halam Geldi"(My Aunt has Arrived) does not just tell a story in the Greek village of Northern Cyprus, where the sounds of the Ezan is accompanied by the church bells, it also underlines a tradition in Anatolia; the drama of child brides. ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, touching, crying
Plot: child bride, military, family relations, friendship, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, school, corruption, loss of child, domineering father, young girl, border crossing ...
Place: cyprus
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 7.0
 172
Lady Zee (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A tragic comedy about an orphan girl who knows nothing better than the animal way but at the end comes to realize her only chance - to be human.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: orphan, border crossing, prostitution, brothel, prostitute, social problems, mistrust, in love, life is a bitch, male female relationship, social relations, relationships ...
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 6.7
 2K
The Idol (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Qatar, Netherlands, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
Style: captivating, humorous, inspirational, sincere, social
Plot: competition, singer, audition, musician, brother sister relationship, aspiring musician, aspiring singer, border crossing, funeral, world war, teenager, boy ...
Time: year 2005, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: palestine, cairo egypt, middle east
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Fanny's Journey (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the other kids make it over the ...
Style: psychological, rough, touching, suspense, thought provoking
Audience: kids
Plot: holocaust, world war two, little girl, children, border crossing, german soldier, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, world war, youth, nazi, friends ...
Time: year 1943
Place: france
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Welcome to Norway (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A couple decide to open a home for refuges in the remote cold mountains of Norway.
Plot: racism, interracial friendship, culture, refugee, racial slur, border crossing, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, hate crime, money problems, hotel, woman on top ...
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Guardian of the Frontier (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Slovenia, Germany, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A canoe trip down the river Kolpa becomes a journey of discovery for three female students.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, queer horror ...
Plot: woman in danger, obsessive quest, best friend, friendship, teenage life, culture clash, danger, betrayal, escapades, youth, vigilantism, woods ...
Place: balkan, former yugoslavia, europe, slovenia
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 2K
Up and Down (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are ...
Style: realistic, psychological, semi serious, clever, humorous ...
Plot: racism, immigrant, family relations, adoption, parents and children, terminal illness, youth, dealing with death, couple relations, love and romance, society, black market ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: balkan, eastern europe, czech republic, burma, prague ...
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 6.8
 652
Spare Parts (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. Together they become a well-trained duo who almost every ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: refugee, friendship, immigrant, widower, van, life is a bitch, working class, criminal, death of wife, border crossing, smuggling, chess ...
Time: 21st century
Place: balkan, italy, former yugoslavia, croatia, slovenia ...
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The Consul of Bordeaux (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot: politics, human spirit, rescue, wartime life, hopes, danger, against humanity, tragic hero, life is a bitch, disobey, refugee, visa ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: portugal, france, europe
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 7.5
 62K
Cold War (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style: black and white, romantic, sad, thought provoking, art film ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: cold war, musician, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, love story, suicide, tragic love, jazz, folklore, defector ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 60s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: poland, paris france, east berlin, former yugoslavia, eastern europe ...
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North Korean Guys (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two friends accidentally drift from North Korea into South Korea after falling asleep during a fishing trip. Broke and unable to get home, they enter a singing contest whose grand prize is a trip to North Korea!
Style: semi serious, captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical
Plot: inter-korean relations, contest, singing competition, satire, singer, border crossing, soldier, problem, escapades, singing
Place: korea, north korea
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 6.8
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Honey Girls (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 260 min.
TV show
Story: The summer of 1986 begins on a promising note for Erfurt sisters Catrin and Maja Streesemann – they’ve finally received a travel permit for their first holiday at Lake Balaton. The only thing is, they have no idea that they’re being watched by ...
Style: clever, suspenseful, road movie, suspense, realistic
Plot: sister sister relationship, young woman, family bonds, love triangle, culture clash, parenthood, road trip, sexual content, pretense, nothing goes right, border crossing, deception ...
Time: 80s
Place: german democratic republic, hungary, germany, east germany
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Smuggling Hendrix (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Cyprus, Germany, Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Caught between the mob and border patrol, washed-up musician Yiannis must put his plans to leave Cyprus on hold when his beloved dog escapes across the wall to the island's Turkish side.
Style: captivating, semi serious, satirical, psychological, disturbing
Plot: dog, border, trespassing, human dog relationship, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, animal human communication, musician's life, pets, satire, musician, friendship ...
Place: cyprus, turkey
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 6.5
 2K
The War Boys (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three young vigilantes huddle on la linea ready to chase illegals back across the border into Mexico... but they soon learn that there are borderlines deep within each one of them that each of them has to cross.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: gay, first gay sexual experience, gay sex, border, illegal immigration, border crossing, black market, partner, crime gone awry, homosexual, gay relationship, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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The Silent Revolution (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: It's 1956. During a visit to a cinema in West Berlin, East German high school pupils Theo and Kurt see disturbing newsreel footage of the uprising in Budapest. Back in Stalinstadt, one of the GDR’s flagship workers’ settlements, they have ...
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, social ...
Plot: cold war, solidarity, teenager, high school, friendship, learning the truth, border crossing, communism, betrayal, father son relationship, twists and turns, nazi ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1956, year 1953
Place: east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, hungary, german democratic republic ...
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 7.4
 23K
Salvador (1986)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Style: suspense, political, tense, factual, harsh ...
Plot: civil war, photojournalist, journalism, revolution, dictator, politics, war correspondent, war, reporter, cold war, dictatorship, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986, 70s
Place: latin america, central america, san francisco
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style: psychological, heartbreaking, compassionate, depressing, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, life is a bitch, drug, casual sex, treatment, gay slur, hiv positive ...
Time: year 2013, 80s, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: texas, usa, america, midwest, nebraska ...
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 7.1
 26K
Frozen River (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, native american, working class, survival, christmas, snow, courage, parenthood, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, canada, new york state, usa, quebec
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