Movies and TV shows set in arizona
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in arizona ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with desert, arizona desert, violence, small town, gun, danger, sheriff, gunfight, deadly and vengeance plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as arizona: U Turn (1997), Raising Arizona (1987), Thelma & Louise (1991), Arizona Raiders (1965), Sons of Tucson (2010), Everything Must Go (2010), Hurt (2009), The Graves (2009), Coogan's Bluff (1968), Piranha 3D (2010).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, dark comedy, road movie, disturbing ...
Plot:
small town, femme fatale, desert, rough sex, outdoor sex, on the run, wilderness, incest, murder, drifter, betrayal, sex crime ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
arizona, persia, usa, phoenix arizona, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, satire, robbery, parenthood, screwball, baby, american football, adoption, missing child, policewoman, desert, dark humor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style:
road movie, sexy, erotic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, escapades, fugitives, sexualized violence, attempted rape, revenge, on the road, rape, feminist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, bolivia, oklahoma, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, swing, american civil war, last stand, civil war, ranger, partner, escape, lovers on the run, chases and races, desert, danger ...
Place:
arizona, sonora, yuma arizona, tucson arizona, mexico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sons of Tucson is a family comedy about three brothers who hire a charming, wayward schemer to stand in as their father when their real one goes to prison. What begins as a business relationship evolves into something more complex and compelling: a ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, sitcom, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, cons and scams, family relations, friendship, disorder, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, absent parent, mischievous children, dishonesty, loser, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
There are terrible things happening in the desert...unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
rescue, ghost, supernatural, desert, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, eye, murder, uncover truth, dark secret, american horror, child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two inseparable sister's visit to a remote mine town turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
desert, road trip, survival, supernatural, obsession, ghost, danger, stalking, escapades, mine, female fighter, female fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
n California, Maria has awful nightmares with and visions of her sister that committed suicide one year ago. Her roommate Chris invites Maria to travel with her and her friends Tanya and Rose on vacation to her uncle's house in Saguaro, ...
Style:
serious, scary, bleak, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
nightmare, ghost, clergy, danger, supernatural, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, revenge, youth, curses spells and rituals, college, woman in danger ...
Time:
70s
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coogan (Clint Eastwood) an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport he escapes and Coogan heads into the City to recapture him.
Style:
black comedy, light, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, tough cop, investigation, one against many, love interest, desert, motorcycle chase, maverick cop, chase, lovers on the run, police, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
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102K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have ...
Style:
sexy, scary, suspense, not serious, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
piranha, animal attack, killer animal, underwater, blood, dangerous animal, boat, killer fish, nudity, death, gory, spring break ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900's. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the ...
Style:
serious, rough, atmospheric, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
desert, gang, criminal's revenge, haunted by the past, old west, criminal heroes, law enforcement, tough heroes, family relations, small town, outlaw gang, manhunt ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A team of archaeologists with unplaceable accents unearth a skeleton at a dig in an Arizona quarry. The Native Americans on the dig instantly recognize it as the remains of a werewolf, so the team leaders immediately take it to their lab and stare ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, bleak, cult classic ...
Plot:
werewolf, shapeshifter, supernatural, dangerous attraction, female werewolf, archaeologist, skeleton, danger, deadly creature, rescue, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century. He escapes with 6 others to exact vengeance on Sam Burgade ...
Style:
perverse, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
gang, sexual assault, cowboy, civil war, rescue, on the run, misery, apache territory, half breed, gilded age, fugitive, outlaw gang ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 19th century, 1900s
Place:
arizona, america, yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Western
Country: Austria, Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An Austrian earl learns that he has inherited land in Arizona, in the American wild west. The count and his friend journey to America to claim the inheritance. There, they encounter danger, desperados, and the none-too-friendly daughter of the local ...
Style:
lighthearted, romantic comedy, romantic, satirical, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
inheritance, wild west, frontier town, fish out of water, european, journey, horse riding, earl, outlaw, gang, sheriff, daughter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.
Style:
funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
female sheriff, cattle ranch, widow, gambling, rivalry, society, love and romance, vigilantism, criminal heroes, starting over, single parent, family relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1961, edwardian era
Place:
arizona, new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, chase, road trip, couples, highway, conspiracy, desert, uncover truth, murder, danger, car breakdown ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new mexico, usa, massachusetts, arizona
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In ...
Style:
scary, serious, rough, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, desert, supernatural, hitman, ghost, highway, uncover truth, special agent, danger, law enforcement, gory, afterlife ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Style:
tense, realistic, harsh, suspense, talky ...
Plot:
old west, journey, cowboy, racism, apache, loneliness, outlaw, native american, apache territory, apache indian, character study, embezzlement ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.
Style:
spooky, thrilling, crime thriller, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
missing husband, diner, redneck, terror, vanished man, murder, sheriff, desert, missing person, hotel, confined, motel ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, atmospheric, crying
Plot:
native american, ranch, navajo indian, cousin cousin relationship, family relations, family farm, teenage life, farmhouse, teenager, family life, farm, grandmother ...
Time:
year 1990
Place:
arizona, san diego california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, alien encounter, alien contact, space and aliens, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, space, first contact, abduction, working class ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
On the run from the police, an Arizona man crosses into Mexico and gets deeply involved in drug trafficking, with the help of modern technology.
Style:
realistic, crime drama, stylized, serious, rough ...
Plot:
drug traffic, smuggling, organized crime, ambition, drug lord, drug, notoriety, rise to the top, drug dealing, terrorism, dea, criminal heroes ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america, arizona, mexico, sonora
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John, Julian and Paul enter the Kaibab National Forest for a three-week survival trip and peyote vision quest. The only items they take with them are a knife, a bottle of water and a garbage bag each. A week into their journey a disastrous turn of ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
wilderness, moral dilemma, isolation, friendship, danger, confined, hiking, desert, expedition, redneck, national park, meme ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, wild
Plot:
american civil war, apache, wild west, modern western, modern west, last stand, war hero, confederate soldier, battles, homecoming, rivalry, soldier ...
Time:
year 1865
Place:
arizona, usa, texas, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to ...
Style:
art house, surreal, melancholic, atmospheric, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
desert, magic realism, car salesman, nervous breakdown, self discovery, surrealism, family relations, fall in love, love and romance, eccentric family, on the road, sex scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
arizona, alaska, usa, new york, papua new guinea
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Manhattan, AZ is a short-lived Comedy off-beat television show that aired on the USA Network during the Summer of 2000. Considered to be ahead of its time.
LA cop Daniel Henderson (Brian McNamara) makes a living by working for the vice squad until ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
arizona desert, fish out of water, death of wife, tragedy, small town sheriff, loss of wife, sheriff, accident, police, police officer, teenager, teenage boy ...
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
escape, prison break, escaped prisoner, true crime, runaway, serial killer, fleeing, jail, criminal, law enforcement, biopic, manhunt ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, marshal, bar fight, righting the wronged, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, heroes, gang, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer.
Style:
sexy, feel good, humorous, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
small town, looking for love, parents and children, teenage life, family life, lifestyle, society, family in crisis, mother daughter relationship, loneliness, women, passion ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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