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1. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.
Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher
Votes: 4,330
Filmed near Dallas, Texas, the film was budgeted at $175,000 and was produced by Dallas drive-in theater chain owner Gordon McLendon[2] who wanted co-features for his main attractions. McLendon shot the film back to back with The Killer Shrews. Both films were feted as the first feature films shot in and produced in Dallas, and the first movies to premiere as double features. Unlike most double features released in the South, these films received national and even foreign distribution.
2. The Killer Shrews (1959)
Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.
Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon
Votes: 5,656 | Gross: $1.00M
Shot outside of Dallas, Texas, it was produced back-to-back with The Giant Gila Monster. Now in the public domain. Principal photography took place outside of Dallas, Texas.[1] Special effects were provided by first-time director Kellogg, who served as the head of 20th Century Fox's special effects department throughout most of the 1950s. This low-budget feature was regarded as one of the more successful "regional films". Unlike other regional films, however, it received national and even foreign distribution.
3. State Fair (1962)
120 min | Musical, Romance
A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret
Votes: 1,329 | Gross: $7.63M
Shot in and around Fair Park in Dallas, and on-location in Kaufman and Becker, Texas.
4. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,649
5. Mars Needs Women (1968 TV Movie)
Unrated | 83 min | Sci-Fi
Dop leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Dop proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Dr. Marjorie Bolen.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Byron Lord, Roger Ready
Votes: 1,131
Over a two-week shooting schedule, Buchanan shot Mars Needs Women in his hometown of Dallas, pretending it to be Houston. Faced with his usual meager budget, he resorted to using available spaces, including office buildings, to serve as NASA headquarters. Typical shoddy "B" movie production values are evident throughout the film. Southland Life Insurance Building is clearly visible as the Martians drive among the humans. Other prominent Dallas landmarks, including Southern Methodist University, are also featured. Footage from a SMU Homecoming game is used, and the Homecoming Queen is one of the Martian's "recruits". Footage was also shot at Dallas Fair Park (Planetarium, Lagoon, and Science Building). Additional footage was shot at Dallas Love Field, where a man is shown reading the Houston Chronicle, and at the Gypsy Room on Harry Hines Blvd. One scene with dancer Bubbles Cash was shot at an actual Dallas striptease bar The Athens Strip, located on what is now Lower Greenville Ave. Other scenes were shot inside the empty White Rock Lake Pumphouse, once used when the lake was a city water source (the City of Dallas Water Dept eventually converted the building to offices on the southwest end of White Rock Lake). The scene at the NASA "Space Center" was filmed in Richardson, Texas, north of Dallas, in the Antenna Building, which belonged to Collins Radio, a NASA contractor; their large radio satellite dish antennas can be seen in some background shots.
6. Executive Action (1973)
PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, History
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green
Votes: 3,246
Written by Dalton Trumbo and starring Burt Landcaster. Filmed at Dealy Plaza.
7. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham
Votes: 22,412 | Gross: $0.16M
Filmed at The Majestic theatre.
8. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,250 | Gross: $53.42M
Set in Detroit, but shot all over Dallas. The OCP headquarters is actually Dallas City Hall, stretched via special effects to a 95 story height. Some interior scenes of OCP were shot in the Plaza of the Americas atrium, while the 40th floor of the Renaissance Hotel served as the OCP boardroom (with Fountain Place clearly visible just outside the windows). The historic Dallas High School building was a stand in for the Detroit Police Department, while the interior scenes at Detroit PD were filmed in what is now Sons of Hermann Hall, and the Dallas Municipal Building on Harwood was the setting for Detroit’s City Hall.
9. Talk Radio (1988)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley
Votes: 14,623 | Gross: $3.47M
Talk Radio follows a Dallas-based talk radio personality whose program is about to be syndicated nationally, but his acerbic attitude incites a portion of his listener base to violence. While most of the film takes place inside the radio station studio, Dallas’ skyline is used in several establishing shots, and KDFW’s tower was used for the station's tower. Longtime Dallas television anchor Chip Moody had a small part as the radio station’s announcer.
10. Benji (1974)
G | 86 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A stray dog saves two kidnapped children.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Peter Breck, Deborah Walley, Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat
Votes: 5,200 | Gross: $39.55M
Shot in Denton, Dallas, and McKinney, Texas. The park scenes were shot in Dallas.
11. Logan's Run (1976)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 61,059 | Gross: $25.00M
The film shot both interiors and exteriors in Dallas and Fort Worth. Producers saved $3 million by finding readily available locations in numerous Dallas buildings, including the Apparel Mart at Dallas Market Center (The Great Hall), Oz Restaurant and Nightclub (The Love Shop) and Pegasus Place (Sandman headquarters), the Fort Worth Water Gardens, and the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston. The exterior shots depicting the Sandmen’s headquarters are of the Pegasus Place building off I-35E, former home to Zales and Exxon Mobil.
12. Cotton Candy (1978 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Music
A group of high school friends form a rock band.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Charles Martin Smith, Clint Howard, Leslie King, Kevin Lee Miller
Votes: 328
Directed by Ron Howard. Filming took place in Dallas, Texas, at Lake Highlands High School and at the Town East Mall for the Battle of the Bands event.
13. Dallas (1978–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.
Stars: Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray
Votes: 16,591
14. True Stories (1986)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Musical
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Director: David Byrne | Stars: David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Jo Harvey Allen
Votes: 7,498 | Gross: $2.55M
Filmed all around Dallas and North Texas, including in NorthPark center. set in the fictional town of Virgil, Texas.
15. Problem Child (1990)
PG | 81 min | Comedy, Family
A young boy just short of a monster is adopted by a loving man and his wacky wife. The laughs keep coming as the boy pushes them to the limits.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Michael Oliver, John Ritter, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried
Votes: 33,057 | Gross: $53.47M
Shot all around Dallas and North Texas. Much of the film was shot in Dallas and the surrounding suburbs. Most notably, the scene were Junior goes to the fair was filmed in Fair Park, but months before the actual opening of the State Fair. Producers hired thousands of extras to populate Fair Park, and paid to have the rides running months ahead of schedule.
16. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
R | 145 min | Biography, Drama, War
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bryan Larkin, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava
Votes: 116,006 | Gross: $70.00M
A large part of the film was shot in and around Dallas. Keen eyes will note that the Independence Day parade was filmed on Jefferson Avenue in Oak Cliff. After the parade, Kovic travels to Syracuse and attends a rally against the Kent State shootings at a college; the college scenes were filmed on the campus of SMU. Regulars of Milo Butterfingers will recognize the iconic bar where Kovic gets in a fight with a Korean war vet.
17. Bottle Rocket (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd, Shea Fowler
Votes: 83,540 | Gross: $0.56M
Dallas natives Luke and Owen Wilson both made their feature-length film debuts in Wes Anderson’s directorial debut, Bottle Rocket. The film boosted their careers. It was shot around many notable Dallas locations like the sadly recently destroyed Highland Park Soda Fountain. The motel where Luke’s character Anthony meets a maid and falls in love is in Hillsboro, and the future thieves learn to shoot guns in a field just outside of town. Back in Dallas, Anthony and Dignan plot their next job at their accomplice Bob’s house, which is none other than the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Gillin House near Northwest Highway. Northpark Mall is the site of a bookstore that the trio rob for practice, before tackling the big job of Hinckley’s Cold Storage (now the Texas Ice House) on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum.
18. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy gynecologist's ideal life is thrown into turmoil when the women closest to him begin to affect his life in unexpecting ways.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern
Votes: 20,269 | Gross: $13.11M
Dr. T and the Women, a Robert Altman film, has a scene in which the character Kate (Farrah Fawcett) visits stores in the area of the Neiman Marcus court, then is seen around the Dillard's court fountain—which she eventually finds herself in, frolicking and splashing in the buff.[21]
19. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III
Votes: 103,313 | Gross: $11.53M
While set in Nebraska, it was filmed all over North Texas, and most prominently in Dallas. Greenville, Texas, was chosen as the stand in to depict the midwestern setting. Downtown Greenville is featured as Teena walks through town and toward the courthouse, and the Hunt County Courthouse is clearly shown as Teena walks up the steps and goes inside. Curiously, the filmmakers made no attempt to hide the name on the courthouse as the camera pans upward.
20. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
G | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An eight-year-old boy genius and his friends must rescue their parents after the adults are abducted by aliens.
Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo
Votes: 38,042 | Gross: $80.94M
Created at DNA Productions in Irving, Texas.
21. Primer (2004)
PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Votes: 114,211 | Gross: $0.42M
Operating on a shoestring budget, Carruth shot the film in and around Addison and Richardson, after extensively storyboarding his planned shots via 35mm photos. Notable scenes were shot in and around Addison Circle park, where engineers Aaron and Abe discuss their invention, and a U-Haul near Marsh Lane and Belt Line Road is filmed where the engineers store their time travel device. Later, Aaron and Abe sit on the patio of a Sonic Drive In adjacent to Addison Airport to discuss how they’ll use the time travel device. It's said that Carruth took almost two years to post-produce and edit the film, and that he was close to bonding the project at several points.
22. Silent Rage (1982)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem
Votes: 6,711 | Gross: $10.49M
Filming began on July 30, 1981 in Dallas. It took 30 days. Director Michael Miller called the film "kung fu meets Frankenstein
23. Silkwood (1983)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History
A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson
Votes: 22,211 | Gross: $35.62M
Silkwood was shot largely in New Mexico and Texas on a budget of $10 million. The film was shot on location in Albuquerque and Los Alamos in New Mexico, and Dallas, Howe, Texas City, and Tom Bean in Texas.
24. Tender Mercies (1983)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Music
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley
Votes: 12,031 | Gross: $8.44M
Shot by Palmer, Waxahachie, and Arlington. The screenplay by Horton Foote focuses on Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholic country music singer who seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas.
25. Places in the Heart (1984)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Votes: 13,596 | Gross: $34.90M
Filmed in Waxahachie and Ellis County.
26. Target (1985)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Brad Williams, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 4,917
Filmed partially in Dallas and takes place in Dallas where Walter Lloyd (Gene Hackman) runs a lumber business.
27. The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
PG | 108 min | Drama
In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford
Votes: 5,300 | Gross: $7.47M
The film is partially set in the titular community of Bountiful, a fictitious Texas town. Although part of the film is set in Houston, Texas (as was the original play), the movie was shot in Dallas, and at Mercury Studios in Dallas.
28. It Takes Two (1988)
PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
In Texas, the naive Travis Rogers quits his job to marry his beloved Stephanie "Stephi" Lawrence and work with his father-in-law. However he decides to buy a car with his US$ 5,000.00 ... See full summary »
Director: David Beaird | Stars: George Newbern, Leslie Hope, Kimberly Foster, Barry Corbin
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.34M
Travis Rogers, on the verge of marriage to Stephi, takes off for Dallas, where an encounter with a car saleswoman named Jonni Tigersmith precipitates a series of comic misadventures. Filmed in Dallas and in Irving at Mercury Studios.
29. JFK (1991)
R | 189 min | Drama, History, Thriller
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Votes: 169,976 | Gross: $70.41M
Stone wanted to recreate the Kennedy assassination in Dealey Plaza. His producers had to pay the Dallas City Council a substantial amount of money to hire police to reroute traffic and close streets for three weeks. They also filmed in the Texas School Book Depository. The production spent $4 million to restore Dealey Plaza to 1963 conditions.
30. Necessary Roughness (1991)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Sport
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak
Votes: 13,119 | Gross: $26.26M
The film was shot at various locations in Texas. Azle, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denton were the primary locations used for filming. The University of North Texas in Denton, specifically Fouts Field, which was then UNT's football stadium, was a major location for filming football and college scenes.
31. Barney & Friends (1992–2010)
TV-Y | 30 min | Family
From pretending to be a pilot on a make-believe airplane to pretending to be a pirate in search of buried treasure, Barney's friends discover that creativity lets them soar in the wings of imagination!
Stars: Bob West, Julie Johnson, Patty Wirtz, Jeff Ayers
Votes: 8,232
Filmed in Allen, Texas (1992–1993), Irving, Texas (1995–2000), and Carrollton, Texas (2002–2009).
32. Love Crimes (1992)
R | 90 min | Romance, Thriller
An Atlanta prosecutor sets her own trap for a sexual dominator who poses as a famous photographer.
Director: Lizzie Borden | Stars: Sean Young, Patrick Bergin, Arnetia Walker, James Read
Votes: 1,263 | Gross: $2.39M
Filmed partially in Irving, Texas.
33. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Cordell Walker and his partner, James Trivette, are Texas Rangers. They make it their business to battle crime in Dallas and all around the state of Texas.
Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Sheree J. Wilson, Noble Willingham
Votes: 18,859
Takes place and filmed in Dallas. The show is centered on Sergeant Cordell Walker (Norris), a Dallas–Fort Worth–based member of the Texas Rangers, a state-level bureau of investigation.
34. Any Given Sunday (1999)
R | 162 min | Drama, Sport
A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, James Woods
Votes: 125,913 | Gross: $75.53M
The film was shot in Irving, Texas and Miami, Florida. Texas Stadium is used for the home of the fictitious Dallas Knights.
35. Office Space (1999)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu
Votes: 287,704 | Gross: $10.82M
It was filmed in Dallas and Austin, Texas.
36. The Rookie (2002)
G | 127 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, JD Evermore, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez
Votes: 37,187 | Gross: $75.60M
The Rookie was filmed almost entirely in North and Central Texas. Apart from scenes filmed at The Ballpark in Arlington.
37. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,164 | Gross: $13.30M
Texas locations Smithville, Houston, Matagorda, Bastrop, Austin, Dallas, and Malick's hometown of Waco.
38. Dallas (2012–2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance
The next generation of the Ewing family, cousins John Ross Ewing and Christopher Ewing, clash over the family's oil business and vast fortune.
Stars: Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo
Votes: 10,847
Filmed all around Dallas.
39. 11.22.63 (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Jake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper
Votes: 99,378
Filmed at Dealy Plaza.
40. LBJ (2016)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Lyndon B. Johnson aligns himself with John F. Kennedy, rises to the Presidency, and deals with the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Michael Stahl-David, Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Votes: 7,699 | Gross: $2.47M
Filmed at Dealy Plaza.
41. Leap of Faith (1992)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson
Votes: 14,552 | Gross: $23.37M
Filmed partially at Mercury Studios in Irving, Texas.
42. Home from the Hill (1960)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton
Votes: 3,871
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