Movies Like Border Incident (1949)

Border Incident is a 1949 crime, drama, thriller film from Anthony Mann with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Bribe and The Breaking Point.

Crime Drama Thriller

The Bribe

1949

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

6.2

MagicScore

The Breaking Point

1950

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

7.1

MagicScore

Frozen River

2008

After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.

6.6

MagicScore

In the Heights

2021

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

7.1

MagicScore

El Norte

1983

Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.

7.1

MagicScore

The Order of Things

2017

An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.

6.5

MagicScore

Mediterranea

2015

Ayiva recently left his home in Burkina Faso in search of a way to provide for his sister and his daughter. He takes advantage of his position in an illegal smuggling operation to get himself and his best friend Abas off of the continent. Ayiva adapts to life in Italy, but when tensions with the local community rise, things become increasingly dangerous. Determined to make his new situation work he attempts to weather the storm, but it has its costs.

6.6

MagicScore

The Undercover Man

1949

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.

6.1

MagicScore

A Better Life

2011

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

A Lady Without Passport

1950

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

5.2

MagicScore

#11

Double Indemnity

1944

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

8.1

MagicScore

#12

Woman on the Run

1950

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

1947

Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Moontide

1942

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

A Life at Stake

1955

An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.

5.2

MagicScore

#17

Kiss of Death

1995

Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

The Company You Keep

2012

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

Drop Zone

1994

A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Live Free or Die Hard

2007

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Border Incident?

The top films similar to Border Incident by MovieMagicScore are The Bribe (6.2), The Breaking Point (7.1), Frozen River (6.6). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Border Incident worth watching?

Border Incident holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 42 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Border Incident?

Border Incident (1949) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by Anthony Mann, starring Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva.

Where can I find more recommendations like Border Incident?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Border Incident

This ranked list pairs Border Incident (1949), a crime and drama and thriller film from Anthony Mann, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ricardo Montalban take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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