The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (
2005) | IMDb:
7.3
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Barry Pepper
,
Dwight Yoakam
,
January Jones
,
Melissa Leo
,
Julio Cedillo
The Alamo (
2004) | IMDb:
6
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Jason Patric
,
Patrick Wilson
,
Emilio Echevarría
,
Edwin Hodge
Tears of the Sun (
2003) | IMDb:
6.6
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Starring:
Bruce Willis
,
Monica Bellucci
,
Cole Hauser
,
Eamonn Walker
,
Johnny Messner
,
Nick Chinlund