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, cult classic, independent film and scary films and TV shows about / with desert, arizona desert, violence, small town, danger, shotgun, pistol, husband wife relationship, murder and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as arizona: Raising Arizona (1987), U Turn (1997), Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993), Route 666 (2001), Thelma & Louise (1991), The Fabelmans (2022), The Last Hard Men (1976), Piranha 3D (2010), Fire in the Sky (1993), Cowboys & Aliens (2011).
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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, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, screwball, baby, robbery, adoption, american football, parenthood, missing child, policewoman, crime gone awry, redemption, blackmail ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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55K
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, dark comedy, disturbing, road movie, intense ...
Plot:
small town, femme fatale, brutality, on the run, wilderness, incest, murder, drifter, betrayal, sex crime, mechanic, fraud ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
arizona, persia, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, salesman Nick abandons his girlfriend, Beth, and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else. Encouraged by her best friend, Carol, Beth reluctantly accepts the romantic ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, clever, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, friends, small town, drinking, stoner, road trip, highway, salesman, self discovery, desert, friendship, deaf man ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
arizona, usa, las vegas, tucson 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:
desert, zombie, supernatural, ghost, hitman, uncover truth, special agent, danger, law enforcement, gory, afterlife, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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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, touching, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, on the road, fugitives, rape, female bonding, gender, escapades, lovers on the run, attempted rape ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, oklahoma, bolivia, usa ...
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115K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves.
Style:
semi autobiographical, dramatic, reflective, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, childhood, bullying, family relations, relationships, mother son relationship, boy, filmmaking, mother, life, father ...
Time:
2020s, year 1964, year 1965, 20th century, year 1957 ...
Place:
arizona, northern california, new jersey, california, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son is determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Style:
road movie, emotional, realistic, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
single mother, on the road, widow, waitress, diner, road trip, self discovery, arizona desert, relationships, friendship, children, mother ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona, california, monterey california, tucson arizona ...
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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, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, apache territory, cowboy, civil war, rescue, progress, gilded age, on the run, kidnapping, prison, sexual assault, apache indian ...
Time:
year 1976, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
arizona, yuma arizona, america, tucson arizona, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, USA, Japan
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:
scary, sexy, suspense, bloody, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
piranha, animal attack, killer animal, underwater, blood, dangerous animal, gory, boat, violence, monster, killer fish, nudity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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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, alien abduction, alien encounter, alien contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, space, abduction, working class, investigation, murder ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ufo, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, alien, invasion, cowboy, space and aliens, monster, evil alien, creature, human versus alien, alien abduction ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
arizona, space western, 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, old west, haunted by the past, tough heroes, family relations, criminal heroes, law enforcement, small town, manhunt, outlaw gang, criminal ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place:
arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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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:
surreal, art house, melancholic, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, self discovery, car salesman, magic realism, nervous breakdown, fall in love, american dream, family relations, love and romance, on the road, eccentric family, love triangle ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
arizona, usa, new york, papua new guinea, alaska
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330K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
gunfight, old west, honor, runaway, sheriff, morality, gang, outlaw, heroic mission, wild west, violence, righting the wronged ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, usa, yuma arizona, sonora ...
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136K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, evolution, heroic mission, save the world, giant monster, monster, space and aliens, disaster, disorder, alien contact, evil alien ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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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, feel good, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
friendship, addiction, salesman, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over, marital problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, texas, phoenix arizona
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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:
bleak, serious, realistic, wild
Plot:
american civil war, wild west, modern western, modern west, confederate soldier, battles, war hero, homecoming, rivalry, soldier, introspection, politics ...
Time:
year 1865
Place:
arizona, usa, texas, mexico
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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, lycanthropy, supernatural, archaeologist, desert, skeleton, female werewolf, rescue, danger, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Western
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:
light, black comedy, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, chase, tough cop, investigation, one against many, police, gunfight, lovers on the run, runaway, cowboy, chases and races, voyeur ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, France, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his housekeeper’s daughter is kidnapped, Rambo crosses the U.S.-Mexican border to bring her home but finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most ruthless cartels.
Style:
serious, tense, action adventure, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vigilante, violence, lone hero, final battle, vengeance, blood, human trafficking, one man army, prostitution, revenge, death, rambo ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
arizona, mexico, sonora, usa
Is relevant ?
165K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, serious, factual, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, lone hero, criminal, gunslinger, sheriff, friendship, revenge, betrayal, wyatt earp ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 1800s, 1880s
Place:
arizona, america, tucson arizona, usa, mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, independent film, compassionate, emotional ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, mental illness, father daughter relationship, redemption, character study, family relations, childhood, parents and children, nursing, siblings relations, cheerleader ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
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2K
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:
orphan, ghost, rescue, supernatural, desert, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, murder, dark secret, uncover truth, american horror, child abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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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:
road trip, desert, survival, supernatural, danger, obsession, ghost, escapades, stalking, 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:
afterlife, ghost, nightmare, danger, supernatural ability, supernatural, clergy, haunted by the past, revenge, youth, college, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
70s
Place:
arizona, usa
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5K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father means 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called Goat Man. So when Ellis decides to leave the alternative ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, funny ...
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, teenage life, fall in love, youth, parents and children, eccentric family, roommate, father son relationship, boy girl relationship, divorced parents, preparatory school ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, tucson arizona
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Genre: 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:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, swing, american civil war, civil war, ranger, partner, escape, heroes, lone wolves, danger, chases and races, rivalry ...
Place:
arizona, sonora, yuma arizona, tucson arizona, mexico
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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, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
widow, gambling, cattle ranch, female sheriff, starting over, rivalry, love and romance, single parent, criminal heroes, society, vigilantism, farm ...
Time:
1910s, year 1961, edwardian era
Place:
arizona, new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, cult classic, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ghost, righting the wronged, danger, killer car, reincarnation, chases and races, car, chase, car chase, gang, nudity, female nudity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
arizona, usa
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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:
crime thriller, thrilling, spooky, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
diner, missing husband, redneck, vanished man, terror, murder, desert, sheriff, missing person, hotel, confined, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, usa
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