Movies and TV shows set in texas
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in texas ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, cult classic, suspense, neo noir and rough films and TV shows about / with small town, cigarette smoking, bar, death, murder, profanity, blood, violence, husband wife relationship and cowboy plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as texas: Hell or High Water (2016), No Country for Old Men (2007), Hope Floats (1998), Lone Star (1996), The Last Picture Show (1971), The Alamo (2004), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Texasville (1990), A Perfect World (1993), The Sugarland Express (1974).
Best films
New films
80 for Brady (2023) | 5.8 | |
X (2022) | 6.5 | |
The Iron Claw (2023) | 7.8 | |
Blood Relatives (2022) | 5.5 | |
12 Mighty Orphans (2021) | 6.9 |
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style:
neo western, realistic, neo noir, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
criminal, bank robbery, robbery, brother, texas ranger, bank robber, cowboy, armed robbery, small town, modern western, bank, heist ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
texas, nebraska, usa, oklahoma
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, light, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
small town, starting over, happy ending, couples, infidelity, love story, love, family relations, betrayal, married woman, family problems, divorce ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, chicago
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, vengeance, desert, revenge, small town, cowboy, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, midwest, usa ...
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32K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Style:
neo western, witty, tense, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
father son relationship, sheriff, police investigation, murder, investigation, small town, greed, police corruption, haunted by the past, twists and turns, law enforcement, family history ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, southern usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style:
black and white, sentimental, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, older woman younger man relationship, self discovery, teenager, elopement, nostalgia, graduation, death, depression ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1951 ...
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, midwest, oklahoma ...
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22K
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, military, gunfight, american history, war, civil war, justice, wartime, fight scenes, native american, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, austin texas, san antonio texas ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, justice, gambling, brutality, redemption, shootout ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. ...
Style:
independent film, crying, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, small town, midlife crisis, homecoming, wealth, husband wife relationship, nostalgia, mental illness, reconciliation, dysfunctional marriage, dog ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
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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:
road movie, sincere, suspense, touching, neo noir ...
Plot:
kidnapping, life philosophy, fugitives, prison escape, prison, moral ambiguity, on the run, boy, friendship, child abuse, small town, road trip ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 1963
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, birmingham alabama, alaska
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, both starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
texas ranger, partners against crime, heroes, police investigation, vigilante, brutality, martial artist, good versus evil, hand to hand combat, society, machismo, interracial friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, compassionate, depressing, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, life is a bitch, drug, casual sex, treatment, gay slur, hiv positive ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
texas, usa, america, midwest, nebraska ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Style:
uplifting, christian film, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
great depression, farm, blindness, racism, small town, ku klux klan, survival, friendship, mother, blind character, bittersweet, redemption ...
Time:
1930s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop (Matthew McConaughey) who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer (Emile Hirsch) in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister (Juno Temple).
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, dark comedy, suspense, surreal ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, hitman, violent, sex, greed, deal, cheating wife, nudity, character study, police detective, family relations ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, dallas texas
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 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:
vengeance, obsession, cruelty, revenge, violence, mental illness, estrangement, couples, twists and turns, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
Is relevant ?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, danger, war injury, murder, greed, brutality, caper, gas station ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
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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:
heist, on the run, prison, betrayal, car chase, murder, bank robbery, robbery, caper, shootout, gunfight, infidelity ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
texas, el paso texas, austin texas, persia, san antonio texas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."
Style:
humorous, satirical, entertaining, light, sexy ...
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, dancing, women, broadway, prostitute, country, governor, culture clash, female nudity, workplace, society ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?
Style:
entertaining, inspirational, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, football team, sport team, college, football, happy ending, transformation, human spirit, rivalry, hopes, against the odds ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, 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, thought provoking, suspense, twist ending, serious ...
Plot:
death penalty, investigation, suicide, death row, fighting the system, professor, reporter, activist, murder, journalism, death, death sentence ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Beautiful Mandy Lane isn't a party girl but, when classmate Chloe invites the Texas high school student to a bash in the countryside, she reluctantly accepts. After hitching a ride with a vaguely scary older man, the teens arrive at their ...
Style:
suspense, bloody, scary, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, high school, mystery killer, psychopath, teenage life, youth, friends, murder, teenage sexuality, blood, teenager, brutality ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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204K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style:
parody, brutal, grindhouse, stylized, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, blood, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, machete, corruption, immigrant, tough heroes, tough guy, sword fight, violent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
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117K
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style:
road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
desert, father son relationship, on the road, road trip, amnesia, relationships, storytelling, parenthood, loneliness, drifter, sibling relationship, reconciliation ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, america, nebraska, midwest ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, torture, gory, murder, cruelty, cannibal, violence, sadism, chainsaw, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2006, 60s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot:
baseball, underdog, father son relationship, high school, human spirit, teacher, rags to riches, following a dream, family relations, baseball coach, against the odds, grownups ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 90s, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, orlando florida
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104K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, independent film, tense ...
Audience:
manly, date night
Plot:
murder, private detective, murder mystery, extramarital affair, adultery, crime gone awry, twists and turns, hired killer, betrayal, investigation, moral ambiguity, gunfight ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, depressing, controversial, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, dream, prostitution, fish out of water, gay, cripple, homosexual, gay slur, prostitute, cowboy, female nudity, sexuality ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, texas, florida, manhattan new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. In a remote Texas town no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different. As the town members ...
Style:
mystical, romantic, disturbing, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, werewolf, angel, witch, demon, psychic power, fallen angel, small town life, psychic, hell, vampire human love ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then ...
Style:
black comedy, funny, independent film, humorous, scary ...
Plot:
mummy, mental illness, president, undead, dark humor, nightmare, roommate, monster, irreverent, musician, old man, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, las vegas, usa, southern usa ...
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