Best Texas Films

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This list is inspired by the article "No Country for Bad Movies" from the June, 2011 issue of Texas Monthly. Their panel was limited by criteria such as no documentaries, nothing made-for-TV, and each film "had to really feel as if it could only have been made in Texas". Their official results comprise listings 1-10 below, in no particular order.

Everything after #10 is an at-large selection made by me based on looser guidelines, namely anything partially set in or partially filmed in Texas.

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  1. 11 -

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 17 -

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 19 -

    Terms of Endearment

    1983, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 23 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 28 -1

    Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 31 -1

    American Playhouse: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 32 -1

    North Dallas Forty

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 36 -1

    Secondhand Lions

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 41 -2

    Smokey and the Bandit

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 44 -2

    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 8, 2020; source