Overview
A gripping journey across the border reveals the depths of loyalty and the quest for justice.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- austere
- mournful
- tense
- serious film night
- western double feature
Movie Details
- Director
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Release Date
- 2005-11-17
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (679)
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Barry Pepper
- Dwight Yoakam
- January Jones
- Melissa Leo
- Julio Cesar Cedillo
- Levon Helm
- Mel Rodriguez
- Cecilia Suárez
- Ignacio Guadalupe
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada about?
- A ranch foreman drags a captive border agent and a dead friend's body across the desert to force an unjust killing into moral reckoning.
- What is The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada?
- Critics broadly regard Tommy Lee Jones's directorial debut as a potent neo-western and powerful morality tale anchored by strong performances and moral force.
- Which films are like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada?
- Films with a similar feel include No Country for Old Men, The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Sicario.
- How long is The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada?
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada?
- In United States, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada streams on fuboTV, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
