Aan de Amerikaans-Mexicaanse grens raakt grenswachter Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) betrokken bij de dood van Melquiades Estrada. Het slachtoffer wordt vlug begraven en in het stadje beschouwt men het incident als afgesloten. Het gaat immers maar om een illegale arbeider. Maar wanneer ranch medewerker Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones), een goede vriend van Estrada, erachter komt wat er met hem is gebeurd gaat hij achter Mike aan. Hij dwingt Mike het lichaam op te graven en samen met het lijk trekken ze naar het Mexicaanse geboortedorp van Estrada om hem daar opnieuw te begraven. De tocht verloopt niet zonder moeilijkheden.
Nee, helaas is The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Guillermo Arriaga | Screenplay |
| Production | Pierre-Ange Le Pogam | Producer |
| Production | Michael Fitzgerald | Producer |
| Directing | Tommy Lee Jones | Director |
| Production | Tommy Lee Jones | Producer |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
| Production | Eric A. Williams | Line Producer |
| Production | Luc Besson | Producer |
| Editing | Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| Art | Merideth Boswell | Production Design |
| Sound | Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Chris Menges | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Dawn Jones | Still Photographer |
| Art | Jeff Knipp | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Laurel Lyn Schulman | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Lawrence Carroll | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley |
| Lighting | Robby Baumgartner | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Terron Pratt | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Abbey | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Karola Storr | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Karine Binaux | Visual Effects Producer |
| Production | Melissa Mercer | Casting Associate |
| Lighting | Sérgio Suaste Guzmán | Gaffer |
| Sound | Annette Fradera | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Duane Manwiller | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Jam Abelanet | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Samuel Potin | Music Editor |
| Sound | Francis Perreard | Dolby Consultant |
| Art | Phil Shirey | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jourdan Henderson | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Mary Saisselin | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Ana Rebuelta | Script Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Charlotte Raffi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Dominique Hennequin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeri Baker | Hair Department Head |
| Directing | Pam Fuller | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Blake | Makeup Department Head |
| Lighting | Robert Hicks | Rigging Grip |
| Art | Tom Ward | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Jeffery D. Woodrel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathy Kiatta | Costume Design |
| Production | Jo Edna Boldin | Casting |
| Sound | Jérôme Lateur | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rocío Ceja Amezcua | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Byron Scott Thomas | Property Master |
| Sound | David V. Butler | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Loïc Gourbe | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Thanks |
