Ten Favorite Movies Set in TEXAS

Below is a list of my favorite movies set in Texas aka "the Lone Star State": 



TEN FAVORITE MOVIES SET IN TEXAS



1. "The Big Country" (1958) - William Wyler directed this big scale adaptation of Donald Hamilton's 1958 novel, "Ambush at Blanco Canyon". The movie starred Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker and Charlton Heston.





2. "Written on the Wind" (1956) - Douglas Sirk directed this adaptation of Robert Wilder's 1954 novel about a East Coast secretary who married into a wealthy Texas family. The movie starred Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Oscar nominee Robert Stack and Oscar winner Dorothy Malone.





3. "The Shadow Riders" (1982) - Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot starred in this television adaptation of Louis L'Amour's novel about brothers who search for their kidnapped siblings at the end of the Civil War. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, the movie co-starred Jeff Osterhage, Katherine Ross and Ben Johnson.





4. "Giant" (1956) - Oscar nominee George Stevens produced and directed this adaptation of Edna Ferber's 1952 about a wealthy Texas family. The movie starred Elizabeth Taylor, and Oscar nominees Rock Hudson and James Dean.





5. "2 Guns" (2013) - Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg starred in this adaptation of a comic book series about two undercover agents and their search for missing C.I.A. money. The movie was directed by Baltasar Kormákur.





6. "No Country For Old Men" (2007) - The Coen Brothers directed this Oscar winning film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel. The movie starred Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Kelly MacDonald, Woody Harrelson and Oscar winner Jarvier Bardem.





7. "Parkland" (2013) - Peter Landesman wrote and directed this film about the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The cast includes Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston and James Badge Dale.





8. "Dallas Buyers' Club" (2013) - Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey starred in this biopic about A.I.D.S. activist Ron Woodruff. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, the movie co-starred Jennifer Garner and Oscar winner Jared Leto.





9. "The Searchers" (1956) - John Ford directed this epic adaptation of Alan Le May's 1954 novel about the search for a missing girl taken by Commanches. The movie starred John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter.





10. "Extreme Prejudice" (1987) - Walter Hill directed this action packed tale about a conflict between a Texas Ranger, his former boyhood friend-turned-drug kingpin and a team of Army Intelligence agents. Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe starred.