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1. Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An augmented human and Sarah Connor must stop an advanced liquid Terminator from hunting down a young girl, whose fate is critical to the human race.

Director: Tim Miller | Stars: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes

Votes: 193,865 | Gross: $62.25M

2. Traffic (2000)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas

Votes: 220,206 | Gross: $124.12M

3. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,371

4. Too Late for Tears (1949)

Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Film-Noir

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 5,722

5. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay

Votes: 10,558

6. Not Forgotten (2009)

R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

In a Tex-Mex border town, a man and his wife must face their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter.

Director: Dror Soref | Stars: Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Michael DeLorenzo, Chloë Grace Moretz

Votes: 2,874 | Gross: $0.05M

7. Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama

A mother who will stop at nothing to get her daughter back exposes the intricate seductive power of Allison and Keith and the mental and physical abuse inflicted on her daughter.

Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: Andrea Roth, Jasper Polish, Sara Fletcher, Kristin Booth

Votes: 598

8. The Big Steal (1949)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles

Votes: 5,401

9. War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colosasal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Duncan 'Dean' Parkin, Russ Bender

Votes: 2,620

10. Los verduleros 3 (1992)

90 min | Comedy

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Director: Adolfo Martínez Solares | Stars: Alfonso Zayas, Rosario Escobar, Jacaranda Alfaro, César Bono

Votes: 85

11. The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)

TV-MA | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

Follows a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.

Director: Carlos Perez Osorio | Stars: Juan Manuel Fraire Escobedo, Alejandro Fraire, Blanca Escobedo, Patricia González

Votes: 1,986

12. A Life in the Balance (1955)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In Mexico City, a poor single father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops, but the man's son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the police after being abducted.

Directors: Harry Horner, Rafael Portillo | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, José Pérez

Votes: 251

13. The Tijuana Story (1957)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In Tijuana, a brave Mexican newspaper editor tries to expose the mob and the local official corruption at his own risk.

Director: László Kardos | Stars: Rodolfo Acosta, James Darren, Robert McQueeney, Jean Willes

Votes: 239

14. Love Has Many Faces (1965)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Mystery

Rich playgirl Kit Jordan (nee Katherine Lawson Chandler) is in Acapulco vacationing with her current husband, Pete Jordan, formerly an American beach boy working the Acapulco shores for ... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, Hugh O'Brian, Ruth Roman

Votes: 509

15. Sol Madrid (1968)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Crime

Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice.

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 377

16. Los gatos de las azoteas (1988)

95 min | Comedy

There are people disappearing in an apartment building and a psychopath killer is doing it. A man is busy cheating on his wife, another man is looking for love in the same building. It's up to Los Gatos to stop the sexy madness.

Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Luis de Alba, Lina Santos, Maribel Fernández, Héctor Lechuga

Votes: 63

17. The Red Dragon (1945)

Approved | 64 min | Mystery

Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane

Votes: 745

18. The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)

Approved | 72 min | Western

Matt Sloane is sent from Texas to Arizona to tame Tombstone where a gang of outlaws deals with cattle and silver. One of them killed his wife.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: George Montgomery, Jim Davis, Beverly Tyler, Gerald Milton

Votes: 250

19. Mookie (1998)

87 min | Comedy

Far away from their native France, two men are in trouble in a Mexican town. One is gentle missionary monk Brother Benoît; the other is tough, stubborn boxer Antoine Capella. Brother Benoît... See full summary »

Director: Hervé Palud | Stars: Eric Cantona, Jacques Villeret, Emiliano Suarez, Carla Ortiz

Votes: 375

20. The Young Captives (1959)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama

Gripping melodrama about newlyweds involved with a psychopathic killer who holds them captive.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Steven Marlo, Luana Patten, Tom Selden, Joan Granville

Votes: 87

21. The Three Outlaws (1956)

Approved | 74 min | Romance, Western

Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid and Bill Carver rob a train and go to Mexico to start a legitimate business but a Pinkerton man trails them and Mexican bandits want the trio's capital.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Neville Brand, Alan Hale Jr., Bruce Bennett, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

Votes: 98

22. Beyond All Limits (1959)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama

In a Mexican fishing village, gringo Jim Gatsby hatches an illegal shrimp-catching scheme and runs afoul of local authorities as well as of jealous Mexican fisherman Pepe Gamboa who suspects his wife Magdalena of infidelity.

Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: María Félix, Jack Palance, Pedro Armendáriz, Juan Múzquiz

Votes: 111

23. How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974)

PG | 84 min | Comedy

A pair of movie stuntmen and some bit players take to the road after becoming disgusted with the self-indulgent Hollywood lifestyle.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Adam Roarke, Larry Bishop, Alexandra Hay, Rob Reiner

Votes: 51

24. The Way Out (II) (2018)

PG-13 | 25 min | Short, Drama

Based on true events The Way Out is the story of Ryan, a successful Real estate developer which leads a double life until one night on a vacation with his family in Mexico he is forced to choose the life he want to lead.

Director: Shimon Kabili | Stars: Aki Avni, Sharon Ben Tovim, Makram Khoury, Nir Zelichowski

Votes: 32

25. The Girl and the Gambler (1939)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Learning of a certain cantina dancer, notorious outlaw El Rayo bets he can bring her back voluntarily that night. Arriving, he learns that she loves the craps table operator Johnny Powell. ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Tim Holt, Steffi Duna, Donald MacBride

Votes: 48

26. Assignment: Mexico (1956 TV Movie)

29 min | Adventure

When a woman, the wife of a notorious international gangster, cooperates with the Mexican police, her husband takes steps to eliminate her as a potential witness. The police commissioner, ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Peggie Castle, Eduardo Noriega, Mary Field, Marc Cavell

Votes: 10

27. KingFisher's Roost (1921)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Romance, Western

Barr Messenger escapes to Mexico after a frame-up. He is in love with Betty Brownlee, who disappears after $10,000 is stolen from the firm she works for. It is thought she took the money. ... See full summary »

Directors: Louis Chaudet, Paul Hurst | Stars: Neal Hart, Yvette Mitchell, William Quinn, Ben Corbett

28. Wild Horse Ambush (1952)

Passed | 54 min | Western

The "Rough Ridin' Kids" stir up a real hornet's nest when they become suspicious of a man named Big John Harkins, who is seen breaking in wild horses which are allegedly slated for the ... See full summary »

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell, Richard Avonde

Votes: 34

29. The Son of Sontag (1925)

Passed | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jack Sontag, son of a western pioneer, bids goodbye to his fiancée, Beatrice Dale, as she departs for college back east. Jack resumes his pursuit after a gang of smugglers and kidnappers, ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Hurst | Stars: Jack Mower, Alma Rayford

Votes: 23

30. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Badge to Kill (1958)

26 min | Western

After a shipment of gold guarded by the Arizona Rangers is stolen, the U.S. Marshals assigned to the region accuse Ranger Ben Thorpe of complicity in the theft.

Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Clarence Beaty, Paul Picerni

31. Captain Midnight (1954–1958)
Episode: Mission to Mexico (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Sci-Fi

Mr. Hobson, an American security specialist, reports that an enemy radio transmitter in Mexico has broken down. Since his men have broken the enemy's code, they want the transmitter ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Richard Webb, Sid Melton, Olan Soule, John Truax

Votes: 11

32. Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode: Beware! No Trespassing (1952)

Western

Pat and Stoney are ordered to San Pablo, Mexico, to find out what's behind the trouble an American tungsten mine is having. When they arrive, they discover the mine has been closed, the ... See full summary »

Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Robert Lowery, Timothy Carey

Votes: 6

33. The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
Episode: Guns Below the Border (1955)

30 min | Western

U.S. Border Patrol agent Gene Autry and Captain Fernando of the Mexican Federales investigate American gunrunners providing Winchester repeaters to Mexican renegades

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Myron Healey, Keith Richards

Votes: 16

34. The Sheriff of Cochise (1956–1959)
Episode: The Great Train Robbery (1956)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Western

After being arrested for a domestic disturbance, Pollo tries to strike a deal with Sheriff Morgan to avoid jail time. He tells the lawman that he knows about a plot to rob a train near ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: John Bromfield, Stan Jones, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Donna Martell

35. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Carrier Pigeon (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When Penny discovers a wounded carrier pigeon carrying a valuable ruby attached to its leg, Sky suspects a gang of jewel smugglers is operating in the area. With the help of a Mexican ... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Morgan Farley

Votes: 10

36. U.S. Marshal (1958–1960)
Episode: The Stool Pigeon (1958)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Western

Morgan's attempt to break up a narcotics ring has tragic consequences when one of his deputies is killed during a drug bust. The marshals manage to arrest two of the crooks, one of whom is ... See full summary »

Director: Harve Foster | Stars: John Bromfield, Bruce Gordon, Than Wyenn, Arthur Kendall

Votes: 12

37. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Mexican Chase (1959)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dan Mathews solicits assistance from his Mexican counterpart to capture three thieves who are stealing cars in the U. S. and selling them in Mexico.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., William Boyett, Scott Peters

Votes: 63

38. UFO Hunters (2008–2009)
Episode: Crash and Retrieval (2008)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

The UFO magazine team investigates two sightings in Mexico that were separated by 33 years: a recent one in Xilitla and a 1974 one, dubbed the "Mexican Roswell," in Coyame.

Stars: Bill Birnes, Patrick Uskert, Jeff Tomlinson, Ted Acworth

Votes: 29

39. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The First Cartel (2020)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A look into the birth of Mexico's first-ever drug cartel.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Francisco Tejeda Jaramillo, Carlton Turner, John B. Brown III, Ioan Grillo

Votes: 33

40. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Battle for the Border (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

El Chapo Guzman rises to cartel leader through cocaine-smuggling tunnels and war.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Terry Kirkpatrick, Jack Riley, Jesús Esquivel, Juan Carlos Reyna

Votes: 32

41. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Narco Cult (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Meth kingpin Nazario Moreno turns a drug cartel into Mexico's first narco cult.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Carl Pike, Ioan Grillo, Philippa Levine, Servando Gómez Martínez

Votes: 23

42. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chapo Public Enemy No 1 (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The search for the world's most-wanted drug trafficker - El Chapo - as told by two women in Chicago whose drug-dealing husbands turned against the man who supplied nearly half of America's ... See full summary »

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Mike Ferrara, Olivia Flores, Mia Flores, Jack Riley

Votes: 24

43. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Control Factor (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation in Mexico, Lightman and Emily become involved in the case of a missing American woman. Back home, Foster investigates tainted blood in D.C.-area hospitals with Lightman's rival, Jack Rader.

Director: James Hayman | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 860

44. Big Love (2006–2011)
Episode: Blood Atonement (2010)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

With a revenge-minded Joey in tow, Bill makes an emergency trip to Mexico after Lois and Frank's latest smuggling escapade backfires. Nicki is jolted by a doctor's news, but even more ... See full summary »

Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin

Votes: 186

45. A Friend of the Family (2022)
Episode: The Mission (2022)

TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The search for Jan escalates as the Brobergs call in the FBI; Jan is tasked with a disturbing life-or-death responsibility.

Director: Rachel Goldberg | Stars: Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Hendrix Yancey

Votes: 250

46. Tex Mex Motors (2023– )
Episode: The Opel and the Bug (2023)

TV-14 | Reality-TV

The crew launches their test plan with a '69 Opel GT and a '65 VW Bug, with a Baja kit and some home made touches. The Opel has concealed body faults requiring more time than estimated. The Bug becomes something unreal.

Stars: Mike Coy, Marcos Scooter Carrera, Jaime Hjelm, Rob Pitts

Votes: 49

47. Caught (2018)
Episode: Like Old Times (2018)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Slaney and Hearn prepare to meet a new supplier. Hearn enlists Ada to uncover what Slaney's real intentions are. Tensions run high as Slaney, Patterson and KC attempt to keep their true identities under wraps.

Director: John Vatcher | Stars: Allan Hawco, Paul Gross, Eric Johnson, Tori Anderson

Votes: 36