The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

West Texas scrub. A gunshot. A shallow grave. Border agent Norton makes a fatal error, burying his victim in the desert. Estrada's friend Perkins exhumes the body, abducts Norton, and heads south, seeking consecrated ground. A contemporary western with a bleak moral compass.

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Tommy Lee Jones directed The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada in 2005. See Tommy Lee Jones's full filmography, where to start with Tommy Lee Jones, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tommy Lee Jones.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was released in 2005 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 121 minutes.