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.
| Sound | Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| Production | Michael Fitzgerald | Producer |
| Directing | Tommy Lee Jones | Director |
| Camera | Chris Menges | Director of Photography |
| Production | Luc Besson | Producer |
| Production | Eric A. Williams | Line Producer |
| Writing | Guillermo Arriaga | Screenplay |
| Production | Tommy Lee Jones | Producer |
| Production | Pierre-Ange Le Pogam | Producer |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
| Art | Merideth Boswell | Production Design |
| Crew | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Thanks |
| Lighting | Robert Hicks | Rigging Grip |
| Art | Tom Ward | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Jo Edna Boldin | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Jam Abelanet | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Jeff Knipp | Art Direction |
| Art | Phil Shirey | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jourdan Henderson | Art Department Coordinator |
| Production | Melissa Mercer | Casting Associate |
| Sound | Jérôme Lateur | Music Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Charlotte Raffi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathy Kiatta | Costume Design |
| Camera | Dawn Jones | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Robby Baumgartner | Gaffer |
| Directing | Pam Fuller | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Duane Manwiller | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Lawrence Carroll | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Francis Perreard | Dolby Consultant |
| Art | Mary Saisselin | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Ana Rebuelta | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Annette Fradera | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rocío Ceja Amezcua | Costume Supervisor |
| Lighting | Sérgio Suaste Guzmán | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Abbey | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Samuel Potin | Music Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Barbanell | Foley |
| Sound | Karola Storr | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Snell | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Karine Binaux | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Dominique Hennequin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Terron Pratt | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Laurel Lyn Schulman | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeri Baker | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Blake | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Jeffery D. Woodrel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Sound | Loïc Gourbe | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Byron Scott Thomas | Property Master |
| Sound | David V. Butler | Dialogue Editor |
