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, interesting, harsh, intense and clever films and TV shows about / with dialogue, brutality, storytelling, violent, redemption, mentor, chase, suspense, vengeance and small town plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Mexico, UK and other countries.
texas
TOP 10 movies tagged as texas: A Perfect World (1993), Hell or High Water (2016), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Dazed and Confused (1993), Hope Floats (1998), The Last Picture Show (1971), The Alamo (2004), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), Last Man Standing (1996).
Best films
List of movies set in texas
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, touching, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, prison escape, suspense, prison, life philosophy, friendship, fugitives, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, police officer, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1963
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, california, birmingham alabama ...
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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:
realistic, atmospheric, intense, neo noir, harsh ...
Plot:
criminal, bank robbery, brother, texas ranger, robbery, armed robbery, heist, small town, bank robber, desperation, violence, suspense ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
texas, california, oklahoma, 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, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
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Genre: 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, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, chase, violence, family relations, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 1930s, 60s, 1890s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style:
feel good, talky, sentimental, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence vs adulthood, adolescence, party, friendship, weed, hippie, stoner, stoners, drugs ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, california, london, new jersey, austin texas ...
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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:
sentimental, touching, light, romantic, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
small town, starting over, family relations, infidelity, love story, happy ending, love, betrayal, married woman, family problems, couples, divorce ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, california, austin texas, new jersey, 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:
realistic, sentimental, sexy, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, teenager, high school, graduation, nostalgia, christmas, sexuality, high school prom, self discovery ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 70s, year 1952, year 1951
Place:
texas, usa, california, austin texas, oklahoma ...
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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, exciting, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, gunfight, siege, justice, wartime, fight scenes, revolution, american history, rivalry, heroic mission, mexican ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, california, austin texas ...
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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:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
texas ranger, partners against crime, law enforcement, vigilante, brutality, heroes, good versus evil, police investigation, martial artist, society, machismo, love interest ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Style:
humorous, stylized, satirical, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
judge, hanging, justice, vengeance, gunfight, criminal, lawyer, lawman, vigilantism, society, starting over, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 19th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, california, new jersey ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
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, suspenseful, splatter, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, torture, cannibalism, murder, cruelty, violence, sadism, kidnapping, cannibal, massacre, monster ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, small town, gang war, gangsters, violence, betrayal, gunfight, tough guy, gang, prohibition, organized crime, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america
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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:
thought provoking, emotional, realistic, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, redemption, vengeance, desert, small town, revenge, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, california, 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:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, inspirational, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, sport, sport team, college, football team, happy ending, transformation, football, against the odds, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, new jersey, austin texas, ireland ...
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Genre: 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, surreal, tense, rough ...
Plot:
psychopath, twists and turns, suspense, murder, violent, sex, greed, deal, hitman, character study, police detective, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, 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, suspenseful, light, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car chase, prison escape, chase, small town, kidnapping, on the run, car, prison, texas ranger, on the road, helicopter, police captain ...
Time:
year 1969, 70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, california, usa, mexico
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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, road movie, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, prison, heist, bank robbery, betrayal, car chase, murder, gunfight, robbery, chase, gangsters, infidelity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
texas, el paso texas, austin texas, san antonio texas, mexico ...
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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:
witty, tense, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, sheriff, police investigation, murder, twists and turns, investigation, small town, greed, police corruption, haunted by the past, law enforcement, family history ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
texas, new jersey, austin texas, usa, southern usa ...
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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, suspenseful, surprise ending, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, crime gone awry, criminal, war injury, femme fatale, murder, brutality, greed, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
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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, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
aids, transsexual, drugs, fighting the system, human spirit, life is a bitch, casual sex, treatment, gay, hiv, hiv positive, gay slur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, tokyo, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, ...
Style:
adult animation, witty, anime, sitcom, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
ordinary person, small town, family relations, family life, teenage life, youth, substitute teacher, suburban life, parents and children, americana, friendship, patriotism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western
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:
funny, humorous, absurd, scary, surreal ...
Plot:
mummy, mental illness, dark humor, nightmare, roommate, monster, cult, irreverent, president, musician, old man, showdown ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, las vegas, austin texas, usa, egypt ...
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77K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy ...
Style:
mystical, funny, biblical, semi serious, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, preacher, god, dark humor, supernatural power, twists and turns, angel, heaven and hell, sin, dark hero, superhero ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style:
harsh, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
american civil war, betrayal, vengeance, civil war, revenge, gunfight, justice, colonel, brutality, redemption, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
texas, ireland, new orleans, 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, angel, witch, werewolf, demon, psychic power, fallen angel, small town life, psychic, hell, vampire human love ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama, History, 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:
vengeance, obsession, cruelty, sex talk, revenge, violence, mental illness, erotica, couples, estrangement, twists and turns, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, mumblecore ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, working class, gay parent, gay interest, lgbt, breakup, couples, gender, family life, gay lead character, gay father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: 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:
realistic, brutal, harsh, tense, talky ...
Plot:
american civil war, revenge, civil war, native americans, native american, suspense, murder, massacre, surrender, manhunt, on the run, runaway ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 70s
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound ...
Style:
scary, intense, brutal, twist ending, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, murder, psychopath, halloween, death, massacre, torture, survival, vigilantism, suspense, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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200K
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:
brutal, stylized, humorous, parody, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, corruption, mexican, machete, vigilante, tough guy, sword fight, priest, gangsters, violent, immigrants ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
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