Movies like Bordertown
Bordertown (2007) is a crime movie directed by Gregory Nava. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
★ 7.4 · 7,859 votes · Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
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2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
★ 8.4 · 6,269 votes · Drama, Crime
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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3. Memories of Murder (2003)
★ 8.1 · 4,873 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
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4. The Parallax View (1974)
★ 6.8 · 395 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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5. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3 · 3,121 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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6. True Crime (1999)
★ 6.5 · 891 votes · Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
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7. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
★ 6.9 · 584 votes · Drama, Thriller
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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8. The Killer (2024)
★ 6.3 · 633 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
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9. Kill the Messenger (2014)
★ 6.6 · 954 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
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10. The Life of David Gale (2003)
★ 7.4 · 2,279 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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11. Touch of Evil (1958)
★ 7.7 · 1,664 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
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12. Citizen Vigilante (2026)
★ 6.5 · 432 votes · Thriller, Action, Crime
A man takes justice into his own hands, hunting down criminals. His vigilante crusade makes him a social media star but puts him at odds with the local police chief.
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