The best Jesse Borrego’s drama movies

Jesse Borrego

Jesse Borrego

01/08/1962 (61 años)
Today we present the best Jesse Borrego’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jesse Borrego’s movies.
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Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor
7.9/10
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Colombiana

Colombiana
6.4/10
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

New York Stories

New York Stories
6.4/10
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconciliate; third, by Allen, is a witty piece of comedy about the impossibility of getting rid of the son's role.

The Maker

The Maker
5.5/10
Absent for 10 years, a teen's older brother returns and seeks his help with criminal activity.

La Mission

La Mission
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/01/2009
  • Character: Rene
Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera has always had to be tough to survive. He's a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che's path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he'll have to embrace a side of himself he's never shown.

I Like It Like That

I Like It Like That
6.7/10
Lisette and husband Chino face marital difficulties. She is fed up with the kids, while he has job troubles. His mother Rosaria hates Lisette and the neighborhood tramp has designs on Chino. Things get even worse when Chino goes to jail and Lisette gets a good job uptown. Can this marriage be saved?

Colossal Youth

Colossal Youth
5.2/10
When his dream girl returns to school a hopeless romantic teen tries to win her heart, until he hits rock bottom and realizes his true love has been there all along.

The Maldonado Miracle

The Maldonado Miracle
6.5/10
A story about a small, dying town in need of hope until one day a young boy gives them something to believe in.

Bienvenido-Welcome

Bienvenido-Welcome
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 17/08/1995
  • Character: Dario / Jijio
During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of sida".

Dalva

Dalva
4.9/10
The sweeping story of Dalva Northridge, a young woman of part-Sioux heritage from an old, landed family on the Nebraska plains, and of her lifelong yearning for the man she loved and the son she gave up.

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