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