Bordertown
Feb 22, 2007 | IMDB 6.3
112 min Watch NowCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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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The Nameless
Bully
Fatal Attraction
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Big Easy
The Knock Out Cop
City Hall
Eye of the Needle
The Accused
Exit Wounds
The Noah's Ark Principle
The Unknown Woman
Kalifornia
The Flower of Evil
In the Cut
One Step Forward
State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith
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IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1997
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1997
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.The Nameless
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 1999
The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereaboutsBully
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 2001
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1987
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 1975
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IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1981
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IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 1986
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IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1973
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IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1996
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IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1981
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IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 2001
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IMDB 4.9 | Feb , 1984
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2006
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IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1993
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IMDB 6 | Feb , 2003
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IMDB 5.1 | Oct , 2003
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2011
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