The Lone Ranger
In this Western franchise, the masked hero (an ex-Texas Ranger) teams up with Tonto, a Native American spirit warrior, to take care of the bad guys and fight injustice.
Friday Night Lights
The beloved football flick is based on a real high school football team in the small Texas town of Odessa.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The popular horror film franchise's title gives you all you need to know.
Miss Congeniality
FBI agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) goes undercover in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, filmed at the University of Texas at Austin.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
After his favorite bike is stolen, Pee-wee is advised by a psychic to visit the Alamo in San Antonio in hopes of finding his prized possession.
Apollo 13
The iconic phrase, "Houston, we have a problem" has a starring role in this film, which largely takes place in Houston (of course) at NASA's space center.
Kill Bill
In the first installment of the franchise, Uma Thurman's character flees to Texas to escape her life as a killer.
No Country For Old Men
In this Academy-Award winning thriller starring Javier Bardem, a Texas drug-deal goes violently wrong.
Machete
The action flick was filmed in Austin and is about a man (Danny Trejo) seeking revenge about being blamed for the assassination of a Texas senator.
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, the musical tells the story of residents fighting to keep a brothel open for business.
Dazed and Confused
This comedy, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck and Milla Jovovich, follows a group of teenagers during the ‘70s and their last day of high school in Austin.
Real Steel
Despite being filmed entirely in Michigan, the action film was set in a futuristic version of Texas where robot boxing is a top sport.
W.
Based on the life of George W. Bush, the film looks back at the politician's career, from Texas all the way to the White House.
From Dusk Till Dawn
Brothers Seth (George Clooney) and Richie (Quentin Tarantino) are wanted by the FBI and Texas police for a bank robbery that has plenty of twists and turns. Things don't get truly weird, though, until they get to Mexico (cue, Salma Hayek!).
Happy Texas
Wayne and Harry (Steve Zahn and Jeremy Northam) escape prison and head to Happy, Texas. As they hide from law enforcement, the two manage to pose as gay organizers of a beauty pageant.
House of 1000 Corpses
Two teenage couples travel to Texas in search of urban legends, but end up as prisoners of a serial killer family.
Bernie
The dark comedy starring funnymen Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey is about a small-town Texas mortician who befriends, then kills an elderly woman.
Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood's film, based on the Battle of Iwo Jima, has a scene where a marine hitchhikes over 1,300 miles to Texas to see a fellow soldier's family.
Crazy Heart
Based on a novel about a troubled former country music star, the film's soundtrack was produced by famed Texan musician T-Bone Burnett and was also partially filmed in Houston.
The Good Girl
Justine Last's (Jennifer Aniston) life as a cashier in Texas seems boring until she strikes up a conversation with the stock boy.
Varsity Blues
The 1999 sports film follows a high school football team and their overbearing coach through a challenging season.
I Love You Phillip Morris
Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor team up for this indie based on a true story is about a Texas police officer who becomes a white-collar criminal after being sent to prison and falling in love with his cellmate.
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
The duo get trapped in Guantanamo Bay while trying to make their way to Texas for the wedding of Kumar's ex-girlfriend.
Rushmore
Director Wes Anderson chose his hometown of Houston to film the funny flick about an eccentric teen (Jason Schwartzman).