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Border Run (2012)

A female American reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.

Directed byGabriela Tagliavini

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  1. 01

    Trade

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 120 min · Thriller

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    A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: human trafficking and usa–mexico border
    • substantial genre overlap
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  2. 02

    Desierto

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 88 min · Drama · Thriller

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    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 group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    Bordertown

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 112 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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    American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 04

    Sicario

    Similar atmosphere

    2015 · 122 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    An 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.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    The Air I Breathe

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 95 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 06

    No Country for Old Men

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 122 min · Crime · Thriller · Western

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    Llewelyn 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 and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  7. 08

    Sin Nombre

    Strong story similarity

    2009 · 96 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    Sayra, an Indigenous Latina American teenage girl from Honduras, Central America, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Indigenous Latino American gang members from Mexico, North America who have boarded the same USA-bound train.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 09

    Frozen River

    Strong story similarity

    2008 · 97 min · Crime · Drama

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    A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: human trafficking and illegal immigration
    • a closely matched era
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  9. 10

    Close Range

    Similar atmosphere

    2015 · 80 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    A 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.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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