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, suspense, talky, interesting and dramatic films and TV shows about / with storytelling, dialogue, brutality, corruption, mentor, vengeance, runaway, redemption, death and betrayal 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), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Red Rocket (2021), The Border (1982), Places in the Heart (1984), The Last Picture Show (1971), The Getaway (1972), Hope Floats (1998), Red Rock West (1993).
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List of movies set in texas
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:
realistic, suspense, neo western, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, bank robber, brother, texas ranger, bank robbery, redemption, small town, armed robbery, gunfight, bank, heist, desperation ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, future, y2k, 21st century
Place:
texas, nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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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:
sexy, humorous, satirical, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, women, dancing, prostitute, broadway, country, female nudity, culture clash, governor, society, workplace ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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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, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin 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:
cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things ...
Style:
satirical, erotic, captivating, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
small town, porn star, car crash, hometown, dating, getting home, ex husband ex wife relationship, seduction, relationship problems, male female relationship, satire, ex boyfriend ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 2020s, year 2001, year 2008
Place:
texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style:
neo noir, talky, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
border, immigrant, corruption, u.s. mexico border, murder, kidnapping, illegal immigrant, moral ambiguity, police, husband wife relationship, dark hero, hitman ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, el paso texas, california
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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, gothic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
great depression, ku klux klan, racism, farm, blindness, small town, lynching, mother, single mother, survival, friendship, blind character ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1984, 80s
Place:
texas, southern usa, austin texas, midwest, 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:
sexy, sentimental, teen, crying, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, self discovery, teenager, nostalgia, death, skinny dipping, elopement, teen angst, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1952 ...
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, midwest, north america ...
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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:
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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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:
touching, romantic, sentimental, romantic drama, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
small town, starting over, couples, love story, happy ending, cheerleading, love, betrayal, family problems, divorce, single father, bullying ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, chicago, california ...
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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, sexy, suspenseful, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, unemployment, desert, war injury, crime gone awry, danger, murder, gas station, contract killer ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
Is relevant?
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:
realistic, suspense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
texas ranger, partners against crime, heroes, vigilante, police investigation, law enforcement, violence, martial artist, hand to hand combat, ex soldier, machismo, interracial friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa, dallas texas
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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, sexy, cult classic, retro ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car chase, chase, lovers on the run, small town, prison escape, on the road, kidnapping, pursuit, prison, on the run, police captain, vigilante ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico ...
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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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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:
philosophical, cerebral, witty, tense, touching ...
Plot:
twists and turns, father son relationship, sheriff, police investigation, murder, investigation, small town, family history, greed, police corruption, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1996
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, southern 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:
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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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, dark comedy, black comedy, sexy, creepy ...
Plot:
sex, violent, hitman, murder, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, contract killer, killer, greed, police detective, deal, nudity ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas, oklahoma, seattle
Is relevant?
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:
intense, atmospheric, serious, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, friendship, vengeance, small town, revenge, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road, reluctant partners ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, midwest, austin 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, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, shootout, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style:
road movie, controversial, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, heist, bank robbery, fugitives, gang, true crime, bank robber, shootout, great depression, love and romance, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or ...
Style:
harsh, serious, exciting, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
texas ranger, american civil war, civil war, tough heroes, rivalry, rescue, danger, love triangle, vengeance, violence, betrayal, murder ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, 1870s
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, latin america, usa ...
Is relevant?
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:
slasher, bloody, teen, cult classic, scary ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, serial killer, youth, teenage life, psychopath, teenager, mystery killer, friends, murder, gory, teenage sexuality, dead teenager ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Is relevant?
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, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, reconciliation, homecoming, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, wealth, nostalgia, dysfunctional marriage, small town, dog, adultery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa, new jersey
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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, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
cannibalism, serial killer, psychopath, torture, cruelty, gory, violence, cannibal, sadism, chainsaw, murder, backwoods ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, year 1969, year 1939, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, 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:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
African exchange student, Stan Rohamba arrives in the U.S., excited to be a part of the "model democratic system". While campaigning for a powerful American senator, Stan uncovers a host of dishonest activity leading directly back to his ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
corrupted ruler, political conspiracy, state affairs, uncover truth, political corruption, head of state, campaign, media, dishonesty, price of justice, corrupt officer, government corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, africa
Is relevant?
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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, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, gunfight, military, american history, patriotism, fortress, dictator, justice, civil war, wartime, fight scenes, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, san antonio texas, austin texas ...
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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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139K
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, touching, surreal, atmospheric, lyrical ...
Plot:
amnesia, father son relationship, desert, redemption, on the road, road trip, relationships, memory, melancholy, motel, reconciliation, drifter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, houston texas, california, america ...
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. When it is learned that local baddie Bubber Reeves has escaped prison, Rogers' son is concerned because he is having an affair with Reeves' ...
Style:
retro, suspense, southern gothic, neo noir, crime drama ...
Plot:
racism, social commentary, manhunt, adultery, small town, lynch mob, drunkenness, sheriff, murder, vigilantism, escaped prisoner, on the run ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, southern usa, new jersey, california
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