Movies and TV shows set in austin texas

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in austin texas ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, weird, entertaining, suspense and clever films and TV shows about / with dialogue, mentor, brutality, storytelling, nude, runaway, vengeance, chase, life philosophy and catastrophe plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as austin texas: Slacker (1990), Song to Song (2017), The Highwaymen (2019), The Life of David Gale (2003), A Teacher (2013), Mr. Roosevelt (2017), Whip It (2009), Paul (2011), The New Guy (2002), English Teacher (2024).

List of movies set in austin texas

 7.0
 25K
Slacker (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, ...
Style: independent film, cerebral, philosophical, satirical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: anarchist, slacker, subculture, coming of age, anarchism, philosophy, loser, one day, existentialism, twenty something, teenager, hangout ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, dallas texas ...
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 5.6
 24K
Song to Song (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ā€˜n’ roll landscape of ...
Style: stylized, serious, atmospheric, art house, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: love triangle, music, love and romance, ambition, rivalry, love, concert, nightclub, restaurant, party, sexual attraction, infidelity ...
Time: year 2017, future, year 2015, 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, mexico
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 6.9
 113K
The Highwaymen (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless ...
Style: suspense, road movie, period piece, neo noir, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: texas ranger, modern western, bank robber, organized crime, great depression, killing spree, criminal gang, fighting crime, fbi, police, gangster, hunt down ...
Time: 1930s, year 1934
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, america
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The Life of David Gale (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot: death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place: texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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 4.8
 6K
A Teacher (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Part psychological thriller and part provocative character study, A TEACHER explores the unraveling of a young high school teacher, Diana (Lindsay Burdge), after she begins an affair with one of her teenage students, Eric (Will Brittain). What ...
Style: sexy, serious, psychological, tense, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, teacher student relationship, teacher student sex, older woman younger man sex, high school, forbidden love, passion, secret relationship, sexual pleasure, older woman teenage boy relationship, longing, sex in car ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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Mr. Roosevelt (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman returns home and must confront her ex-boyfriend when an unexpected tragedy occurs.
Style: satirical, sensual, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, ex couple relations, love triangle, confronting the past, female protagonist, love story, relationship problems, homecoming, satire, love affair, death of pet, waitress ...
Place: austin texas
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 6.9
 72K
Whip It (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Style: feel good, cute, teen, exciting, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, strong female lead, teenage girl, contests and competitions, roller derby, small town, tomboy, female athlete, relationships, skating, roller skater ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: austin texas, usa, texas, detroit, california
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 6.9
 279K
Paul (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...
Style: funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, parody, sexy ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: alien, road trip, benign alien, chase, first contact, ufo, alien encounter, space and aliens, space travel, buddies, friends, disorder ...
Time: year 2011, 1940s, year 2009, future, 80s ...
Place: nevada, arizona, austin texas, usa, england ...
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 5.8
 40K
The New Guy (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Style: feel good, teen, parody, hilarious, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: high school, friendship, bullying, starting over, stereotypes, stupidity, high school life, cheerleading, cheerleader, teenage love, teenager, goofy hero ...
Time: y2k, 2000s, 80s
Place: austin texas, texas, los angeles
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English Teacher (2024)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A high school teacher in Austin tries to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day.
Style: captivating, satirical, psychological, realistic, heartfelt ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, gay lead character, teacher, lgbt, high school life, high school, satire, high school teacher, gay interest, teacher student relationship, workplace situations, coworker ...
Place: austin texas
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 6.9
 84K
Frank (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Style: surreal, melancholic, tragicomedy, black comedy, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: music, music band, musician, suicide, strange person, dark humor, creativity, identity, eccentricity, mental illness, character study, solitude ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ireland, britain, usa, austin texas, ethiopia ...
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 5.4
 2K
Longhorns (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A sexually active Texas college guy begins to reevaluate his practice of mutual masturbation with straight buddies after he meets an unapologetically gay fellow student.
Style: homoerotic, captivating, semi serious, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot: gay, male masturbation, closeted homosexual, gay straight relations, gay teenager, gay interest, gay student, homoeroticism, male nudity, lgbt, gay sex, college student ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Style: spaghetti western, epic, breathtaking, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot: old west, civil war, treasure hunt, gunfight, greed, american civil war, moral ambiguity, desert, anti hero, shootout, hitman, cowboy ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, 20th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place: texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, north america ...
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 7.3
 38K
The Getaway (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
Style: neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, road movie ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, on the run, robbery, heist, betrayal, car chase, gangster, bank robbery, hotel, organized crime, gunfight, infidelity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place: texas, el paso texas, austin texas, san antonio texas, persia ...
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
Style: suspense, brutal, harsh, epic, visually stunning ...
Plot: american civil war, revenge, native american, surrender, civil war, cowboy, vengeance, manhunt, murder, on the run, loss of family, one against many ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1800s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place: texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
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 7.3
 8K
True Stories (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Style: cult classic, surreal, postmodern, parody, not serious ...
Plot: cheerleader, rock and roll, surrealism, teen angst, human relationship, tribe, silly humor, suburbs, suburban life, eccentric family, social differences, rock ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, california
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive ...
Style: bloody, grindhouse, sexy, entertaining, offbeat ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vampire, hostage, violent, brothers, gory, blood, priest, stripper, bloodsucker, pervert, desert, holy water ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: mexico, texas, austin texas, midwest, usa ...
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Love & Air Sex (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When brokenhearted Stan flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of "accidentally" running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy, he arrives to find their best friends Jeff and Kara in the middle of their own vicious breakup. Before too long, ...
Style: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: breakup, best friend, clubbing, battle of the sexes, contests and competitions, disorder, escapades, love and romance, sex, teenager, ex girlfriend, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austin texas, pasadena california, texas, usa, new york
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The Deadly Tower (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, obsession, investigation, mass murder, shooting, university ...
Time: 60s
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
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A Perfect World (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
Style: suspense, road movie, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot: friendship, prison, fugitives, life philosophy, moral ambiguity, on the run, boy, child abuse, road trip, small town, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1963, year 1993
Place: texas, austin texas, birmingham alabama, alaska, usa ...
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 6.6
 1K
Yellow Rose (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Rose, a 17-year-old Filipino-American teenager from Texas, dreams of becoming a country music icon. She has to fend for herself when her mother is arrested by ICE, and must choose between following her dreams without her mother or leaving her ...
Style: suspenseful, sentimental, light, melancholic
Plot: country music, mother daughter relationship, teen romance, aunt niece relationship, guitarist, undocumented immigrant, songwriter, bar owner, poverty, strong female character, homeless, teenager ...
Place: austin texas, texas
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 5.5
 8K
Results (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
Style: sexy, talky, romantic, stylized, intense ...
Audience: date night, family friendly
Plot: gym, personal trainer, love and romance, relationships, transformation, mentor, obsession, adaptation, culture clash, eccentricity, life philosophy, lone hero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas, austin texas, new york, new jersey ...
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Kill Tony: Once Upon a Time in Texas (2026)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Story: One minute. One mic. No mercy. Tony Hinchcliffe and a panel of famous guests put up-and-coming comedians to the test at a relentless Austin showcase.
Plot: stand up comedy, live performance, club, improv, irreverent
Time: 21st century
Place: austin texas
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Funemployment (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in the popular Austin scene with a backdrop of the sites and live sounds of the city, Funemployment explores the burn out culture many post grads experience as they navigate the startup world. Torn between making money and following their ...
Style: romantic comedy, humorous, independent film
Plot: startup, entrepreneurship, friendship, young adult, burnout, self discovery, millennial, layoff, identity crisis, ambition, ambitious woman, debt ...
Place: austin texas
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Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 74 min.
Story: You thought the boys would actually sober up? Not until after they change the world.
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, satirical, feel good ...
Plot: satire, party, drug use, vulgar language, trailer park boys, joke, escapades, comedian, social satire, stand up comedian, humour, public speaking ...
Place: austin texas
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 7.8
 40
Campus Radio (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When campus radio DJ, and indie-rock band manager, Xavier P. Thortenberry, discovers the lead singer of his band, has quit - he thinks he has troubles. But when a sexy young girl named Tommy, comes to audition as the new lead singer - his real ...
Style: emotional, romantic drama, romantic comedy
Plot: indie rock, college, audition, self discovery, loyalty, music industry, young adult, jealousy, rehearsal, love triangle, unrequited love, coming of age ...
Place: texas, austin texas
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Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Jen Kirkman's Netflix produced stand-up special as performed at the North Door in Austin, Texas.
Style: funny, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: female comedian, comedian, stand up comedy, middle aged, stand up comedian, humour, social issues, social problems, social satire, joke, female protagonist, satire ...
Place: austin texas
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 5.6
 12K
The Big Green (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot: soccer, school, youth, childhood, underdog, athlete and trainer, football, friendship, against the odds, high school life, teachers and students, small town life ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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 6.1
 12K
D.O.A. (1988)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, mystical, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: race against time, poison, divorce, murder, sex with sister, police investigation, destiny, xmas, hospital, incest, alcoholic, pun ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: austin texas, los angeles, australia
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Red White & Blue (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, controversial ...
Plot: obsession, violence, erotic scene, taboo, cruelty, revenge, sexually transmitted disease, sex talk, home invasion, mental illness, mental disorder, couples ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
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