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1. All Good Things (2010)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Marks, a real estate scion, is suspected of killing his wife Katie, who disappeared in 1982.

Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe

Votes: 60,415 | Gross: $0.58M

2. Red Rocket (2021)

R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama

Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.

Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss

Votes: 33,346

3. Heist (III) (2015)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Director: Scott Mann | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, Kate Bosworth

Votes: 32,707

4. The Poison Rose (2019)

R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, has a soft spot for a lady in distress.

Directors: Francesco Cinquemani, George Gallo | Stars: John Travolta, Morgan Freeman, Brendan Fraser, Famke Janssen

Votes: 11,190

5. All About Steve (2009)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Director: Phil Traill | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong

Votes: 44,467 | Gross: $33.86M

6. Galveston (2018)

Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.

Director: Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Ben Foster, Jeffrey Grover, Christopher Amitrano, Mark Hicks

Votes: 16,262

7. Borderland (2007)

R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.

Director: Zev Berman | Stars: Brian Presley, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Beto Cuevas

Votes: 10,675

8. 4 for Texas (1963)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Western

Zack Thomas is a tough guy who hooks up with Joe Jarrett to open a casino.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress

Votes: 3,663

9. Night Game (1989)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A Texas police detective ties pitcher's strikes to a serial throat slasher.

Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Lane Smith, Richard Bradford

Votes: 1,238 | Gross: $0.34M

10. Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022)

TV-MA | 50 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers.

Stars: Gabriella Adickes, Hannah Bittick, Taye Cannon, Juliana Harling

Votes: 4,720

11. The Outing (1987)

R | 87 min | Horror

A group of high schoolers decide to stay in a natural museum after closing hours, but a newly acquired and mysterious lamp hiding a deadly force will turn the fun into horror.

Director: Tom Daley | Stars: Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivanyi, Scott Bankston

Votes: 2,141 | Gross: $1.08M

12. The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Approved | 91 min | Western

A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.

Directors: H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan

Votes: 1,823

13. Alamo Bay (1985)

R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen, Donald Moffat

Votes: 1,360 | Gross: $0.38M

14. Computer Beach Party (1987)

97 min | Comedy

Greedy locals are trying to turn some beach property into a tourist attraction, and a computer expert sets out to use is knowledge of computers--along with the help of several local "beach bunnies"--to stop them.

Director: Gary Troy | Stars: Stacey Nemour, Hank Amico, André Chimène, Hunter Vail

Votes: 187

15. Together Brothers (1974)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell

Votes: 246 | Gross: $0.55M

16. Mujer Perversa (2023)

95 min | Drama

Victoria. a fearless Latina in a narco-cartel world falls for her bodyguard and stepsister, Katy, leading to a risky love triangle. Amidst the danger, she must make tough choices for her survival.

Director: Danilo G. Santos | Stars: Norma Calix, Guillermo Quintanilla, Fernando Gaviria, Antonio Aguirre

Votes: 7

17. Step Into Liquid (2003)

PG | 88 min | Documentary, Sport

Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.

Director: Dana Brown | Stars: Laird Hamilton, Layne Beachley, Dan Malloy, Robert August

Votes: 2,786 | Gross: $3.67M

18. Dangerous Passage (1944)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Joe Beck leaves Central America so that he can return to Texas and collect a large inheritance, but he picks a dangerous ship on which to travel.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks, Charles Arnt, Jack La Rue

Votes: 388

19. Isaac's Storm (2004 TV Movie)

TV-PG | History

The story of meteorologist Isaac Cline and America's greatest natural disaster, the 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas and killed over 6,000 people.

Director: Betsy Steinberg | Stars: Edward Herrmann, Patricia Bixel, Trey Brown, Gary Cartwright

Votes: 36

20. The Man from Galveston (1963)

Not Rated | 57 min | Drama, Western

In 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.

Director: William Conrad | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Preston Foster, James Coburn, Joanna Moore

Votes: 141

21. Last of the Buccaneers (1950)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, History

Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth, Mary Anderson

Votes: 166

22. Levelland (2003)

R | 107 min | Drama

Seven skateboarding friends test the limits of freedom in a stifling suburb where there isn't much to do.

Director: Clark Walker | Stars: Lathan McKay, Matt Barr, Erik Ostos, Simon Bingham

Votes: 159

23. Encounter with Disaster (1979)

PG | 53 min | Documentary

Without warning, man can at any moment be plunged into the terror of natural or man-made catastrophe. Tragedies, and how human beings react to them are the subjects of this shocking film.

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Star: Brad Crandall

Votes: 34

24. Life-Line (2022)

Unrated | 29 min | Short, Sci-Fi

An obscure scientist creates a machine that can tell the exact date of someone's death, but clashes with life insurance companies trying to discredit him.

Director: Zack Dodson | Stars: Scott Maddox, Russell Zavalla, Alex Crouse, Kevin Cawood

Votes: 5

25. Do the Dead Talk? (1920)

Drama

On her deathbed, an aged woman recluse promises to repay young siblings Dorothy and Bobbie Carleton for their friendship. During the Galveston tidal wave of 1900, the children are separated... See full summary »

Director: Jack MacCullough | Stars: Herminia France, Willard Burt, Grant Foreman, Elizabeth Yach

26. IKE: A Documentary (2009)

Documentary

Upon returning to their island, devastated by Hurricane Ike, amidst great loss and an unforeseeable future, students of Mr. Robert Weiss's film class at Galveston's Ball High School united ... See full summary »

Directors: Austin Almanza, Mamie Aoughsten, Maria Betancourt, Christian Dierlam, William Gomez, Rafael Lazo, Natalie Martin, Melnikia Smith, Jovanna Torres, Robert Weiss, Jennifer Willcut | Stars: Austin Almanza, Mamie Aoughsten, Eric Avery, Maria Betancourt

Votes: 12

27. Thumbs Up, Texas! (1941)

Approved | 18 min | Short, News

The March of Time arches into Texas and discovers oil wells, cattle ranchers, mountains, prairies, forests, lakes, beaches, universities, and no small amount of financial wheeler-dealers in... See full summary »

Director: Jack Glenn | Stars: Cal Tinney, Amon C. Carter, Karl Hoblitzelle

28. My Heart Dies with You: Hearts Race

111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller | Announced

A young wife's entire world falls apart when her doctor confronts her with the late diagnosis of a rapidly progressing terminal illness, and with little time left she fights to give her husband one last night together.

Director: Sir Michael D. Walters | Stars: Paul Gregory, Gracie Whitton, Carl Bailey, Sir Michael D. Walters

29. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 102 (1915)

Short, News

San Francisco: Monster salmon and hundreds of rock codfish are caught by Oriental fishermen. Cambridge, Mass: Strong man of Harvard, John Weatherhead, stages a mat bout. New York: ... See full summary »

Stars: John Purroy Mitchel, William Hale Thompson, John Weatherhead

30. Harry O (1973–1976)
Episode: Accounts Balanced (1974)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Anne Virdon is an old friend of Orwell's, and she hires Harry to check on her husband, fearing he is seeing another woman. The truth is something very different, as someone fires a shot at Orwell.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: David Janssen, Henry Darrow, Robert Reed, Linda Marsh

Votes: 51

31. King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode: Escape from Party Island (1999)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Hanks accompanies his mother and some of her friends on a trip to a museum on an island during Spring Break, the only problem is MTV and the college students are there, too.

Directors: Gary McCarver, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 451

32. Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode: Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine (1963)

TV-Y7 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Tod and new friend/traveling companion (Lincoln Case) are in Galveston, Texas working as laborers at a cotton processing plant. Linc is "knocked out" by a kooky girl he meets in a seamy ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Martin Milner, Glenn Corbett, Anne Helm, Alan Hale Jr.

Votes: 64

33. Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode: Disaster Tech (2004)

TV-G | Documentary, History, Western

Some of the worst disasters in Ameerican history were caused human arrogance or stupidity and frequently both. This program explains the causes of: the Scofield mine explosion, the Goliad ... See full summary »

Stars: David Carradine, Curt Collier, Michael Essrig, Paul Fanning

Votes: 8

34. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Jones (2007)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU travels to New Orleans' French Quarter where a Jack the Ripper type serial killer is on the loose.

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,987

35. Boneyard: The Secret Life of Machines (2007–2008)
Episode: Oil Rigs (2007)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

When an off shore oil platform's oil is tapped out many are disassembled for scrap. Others are refurbished and return to work at new drilling sites. But some find useful new lives as ... See full summary »

36. The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (1991– )
Trump on Hannity; Judge Hidalgo & Tacos! Elizabeth Warren to Ban Electoral College (2019 Podcast Episode)

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Director: Jesse Lee Peterson | Stars: Jesse Lee Peterson, James Hake

37. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Robert Durst Part 1: World's Worst Fugitive (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The story of the millionaire heir to a vast real estate fortune who has been linked to vast real estate fortune who has been linked to the deaths of his wife, his best friend, and his neighbor.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Mike Putnal, Susan Criss, Charles Bagli

Votes: 30

38. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Robert Durst Part 2: Nobody Tells the Whole Truth (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Six weeks after jumping bail in Galveston, Texas, Robert Durst is caught on a store security camera in Pennsylvania shoplifting a sandwich and is quickly sent back to Galveston to stand trial for the murder of his neighbor, Morris Black.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Casey Jordan, Susan Criss, Mike Putnal

Votes: 28

39. Power, Privilege & Justice (2002– )
Episode: Billionaire on the Run (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Robert Durst goes on trial for the murder and dismemberment of Morris Black, and suspicions arise about his possible involvement in the deaths of his wife, Kathleen McCormack, and his friend, Susan Berman.

Directors: David Cargill, Scott Corburn, Brian Coughlin, Scott A. Friedland, Patrick Taulère | Stars: Dominick Dunne, Len Cariou, Bobbi Bacha, Joe Becerra

Votes: 8

40. Comanche Moon (2008)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2008)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Western

Buffalo Hump wages all out war against whites while the Rangers fail to raise the ransom for Captain Scull, prisoner of Mexican bandit Ahumado.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Steve Zahn, Ryan Merriman, Ray McKinnon, Keith D. Robinson

Votes: 86

41. Chase (2010–2011)
Episode: Repo (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When the son of a State Trooper is brutally murdered, Annie Frost and the U.S. Marshal team are called in to track down fugitive Eduardo "El Lobo" Lopez. The case takes an unexpected turn ... See full summary »

Director: Karen Gaviola | Stars: Kelli Giddish, Cole Hauser, Jesse Metcalfe, Amaury Nolasco

Votes: 108

42. FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011– )
Episode: Baby Grace (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

The body of a toddler girl is found in a box in a waterway in Galveston, Texas. Who is the child, and why was she murdered and disposed of so callously? Investigators are stumped, and must ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Francis | Stars: Bray Poor, Robert Spinn, Benjamin Stone, Kayla Allen

Votes: 15

43. List25 (2012– )
Episode: 25 Things You May Not Know About Hurricanes (2022)

17 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

Here are the scary details about Huricanes.

Star: Michael Estrin

44. Crime Scene (2021– )
Episode: Nobody Sees Anything (2022)

51 min

Skeletons are found in a field - an area where women have disappeared since the 1970s - and a Texas community fears there's a serial killer at work.

Director: Jessica Dimmock | Stars: Skip Hollandsworth, Lise Olsen, Richard Rennison, Kathryn Casey

Votes: 249

45. Blood & Money (2023– )
Episode: An Unexpected Link to Robert Durst (2023)

Crime, Documentary

Law enforcement elites join forces when a murder in Beverly Hills connects back to one of the most notorious names in American history; a courtroom battle ensues between a defense backed by money and a prosecutor with a need for justice.

Stars: Ashley Ahlquist, Susan Berman, Morris Black, Stephen Cannon

Votes: 22

46. Perfect Storms: Disasters That Changed the World (2013– )
Episode: America's Deadliest Disaster (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Drama

Documentary examining the hurricane that hit the island city of Galveston, Texas, in 1900. Killing more than six thousand residents it remains the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States.

Director: Brian Rice | Stars: Kenneth Welsh, David Bronfman, Amber Fawcett, Adrian Gorrissen

Votes: 12

47. Prince Pathak (2022– )
Episode: 10 American Cities That Are DEAD Forever (2023)

10 min | Documentary

A look at ten American cities that are seriously struggling and the principle challenges behind their decline.

48. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024)
Episode: A Body in the Bay (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In 2001, a dismembered corpse is found floating in Galveston Bay, Texas.

Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Gary Jones, Joel Bennett, Cody Cazalas, Randy Burrows

Votes: 1,187

49. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024)
Episode: The State of Texas vs. Robert Durst (2015)

TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In 2003, Galveston, Texas, becomes a media circus as the press descends to cover Durst's trial.

Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Paul W. Coulter, Jeanine Pirro, Joel Bennett, Cody Cazalas

Votes: 1,037

50. Monkey in the Morning (2017– )
Episode: Monkeyversary, Sargon Sued, Harvey, Korea, and More! (2017)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Francis Leonard Powers, Scribe Light, Some Dumb American