Austin’s Film and Television Industry
According to the Texas Film Commission, more than 1,000 projects have been made in Texas since 1910. Below are just a few of the films that were shot all across this great state!
Austin Films (and the surrounding Austin area):
The Return
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Alamo
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Life of David Gale
Miss Congeniality
The Rookie
Second Hand Lions
The New Guy
My Comfortable Stranger
Lone Star State of Mind
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Hope Floats
Dazed and Confused
Courage Under Fire
The Faculty
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
Slacker
The Newton Boys
Red Headed Stranger
Heartbreak Hotel
Lonesome Dove
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
D.O.A.
Fandango
Nadine
Raggedy Man
Songwriter
Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
On The Road Again
Roadie
The Great Waldo Pepper
The Getaway
A Perfect World
Where the Heart Is
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Waiting for Guffman
Picnic
Screen Door Jesus
The 25th Hour (Disney)
Texas: The Big Picture (IMAX)
Yorick, Fool of Denmark
American Outlaws
Texas Justice
The Underneath
Two For Texas
Blank Check
Home Fries
Michael
The Soul Collector
Love and a .45
Waking Live
True Women
Flesh and Bone
Just Sue Me
Office Space Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times
A Slipping-Down Life
A Texas Funeral
The Whole Wide World
The War at Home
Piranha
The Whole Shootin’ Match
Lovin’ Molly
Outlaw Blues
Leadbelly
Movies and Television Made in Texas with Texas Filmed Locations:
ARMAGEDDON
Dallas area, Houston area
BOTTLE ROCKET
Dallas area
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
Dallas area
DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81
Fort Davis
RUSHMORE
Houston
SONS OF THUNDER
Dallas area
SELENA
San Antonio area, Corpus Christi, PortAransas, Lajitas
FATHER HOOD
San Antonio, Houston area
ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS
Kerrville, San Antonio area
GRAND CHAMPION
Snyder, Marfa, Alpine, Midlan
CAST AWAY
Canadian
BARNEY & FRIENDS
1992 - 1999, 2002
Dallas area ( PBS)
JERICHO
Brackettville, Del Rio
JIMMY NEUTRON,BOY GENIUS
Dallas
KINGPIN
El Paso (NBC)
PEARL HARBOR
Houston, CorpusChristi
TEXAS JUSTICE
Houston
SLAP HER…SHE’S FRENCH
Dallas / Fort Worth area
TOO LEGIT: THE MC HAMMER STORY
Houston
JFK
Dallas / Fort Worth area
THE WAY SHE MOVES
Houston (VH-1)
WAKING UP IN RENO
Amarillo
AT ANY COST
Houston (VH-1)
WALKER, TEXAS RANGER
Dallas / Fort Worth area (1993 - 2000, CBS)
GOING TO CALIFORNIA
Austin area
A FACE TO KILL FOR
Houston
THE EVENING STAR
Houston, Texas City, Galveston
JAG
Corpus Christi, Paramount Pictures / NBC
LAST MAN STANDING
El Paso area
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS
Dallas area
THE OPERATOR
Dallas area
LOLITA
Houston area, El Paso, San Antonio area
THE RAGE WITHIN
Dallas area
LONE STAR
Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Laredo
POWDER
Houston area
SIMPLE MEN
Houston area
DALLAS
Dallas (1978 - 1990, CBS)
TO SERVE AND PROTECT
Dallas
BLUE SKY
El Paso, Van Horn, Salt Flat
STREETS OF LAREDO
Terlingua, Alpine, Del Rio, Brackettville
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE
RETURN
Waxahachie, Caddo Lake
MERMAIDS
Midland, San Angelo
STREAMERS
Dallas area
A PAIR OF ACES
Austin
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Houston
PROBLEM CHILD
Dallas
THE YELLOW ROSE
San Antonio, Del Rio
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Dallas area
ROBOCOP 2
Houston
TEXASVILLE
Archer City, Wichita Falls
EDDIE MACON’S RUN
Laredo
WILD AT HEART
El Paso
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Dallas
THE JESSE OWENS STORY
Dallas area
LOCAL HERO
Houston
THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN
Corpus Christi area
SILKWOOD
Dallas
LOST IN AMERICA
Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, West Texas
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Amarillo area
SYLVESTER
Marfa, Alpine, Fort Davis
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Anson
TENDER MERCIES
Waxahachie
CALL TO GLORY
Del Rio area
BACK ROADS
Brownsville
BARBAROSA
Lajitas, Brackettville, Fredericksburg
THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN
Houston area
ROBOCOP
Dallas area
PARIS, TEXAS
West Texas, Houston
PLACES IN THE HEART
Dallas area
THE LONG HOT SUMMER
Marshall, East Texas
SOUTHERN COMFORT
Caddo Lake
PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
San Antonio
THE LONG RIDERS
Palestine / Rusk
MIDDLE AGE CRAZY
Houston, Dallas
URBAN COWBOY
Houston, Pasadena
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Houston area, Harlingen, Brownsville
CENTENNIAL
Brackettville, Del Rio
COTTON CANDY
Dallas
THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN
BREAKING TRAINING
Houston, El Paso
BIG WEDNESDAY
El Paso
SEMI-TOUGH
Dallas
SHE CAME TO THE VALLEY
Mission
THE SWARM
Houston
FUTUREWORLD
Houston
LOGAN’S RUN
1975, Dallas / Fort Worth, Houston
BENJI
1973, McKinney
SUGARLAND EXPRESS
1973, San Antonio,
THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK
1972, Texarkana
THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER
972, Houston
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1971, Archer City
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
1970, Shafter
BREWSTER MCCLOUD
1970, Houston
HELLFIGHTERS
1969, Houston area
VISIT THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION FOR MORE FILMMAKING HISTORY AND INFORMATION.
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