Films Made in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and The Surrounding Areas

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

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