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1) Blood simple
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
When Marty, the owner of a Texas backwoods bar, hires a man to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend, he opens a door into the criminal world that he'll never be able to shut. The sleazy hit man decides instead to shoot Marty, thereby collecting his unearned fee and eliminating the only person who could implicate him-- or so he thinks.
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
To the rest of the world, Garth and Hub are mysterious old men hiding millions. But to Walter, they are family - and now they're about to lead him on an adventure he'll never forget. Winner of two Awards of Excellence and a Seal of Approval.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call are now young men dealing with the ever increasing tensions of adult life-- Gus with his great love, Clara, and Call with Maggie, the young prostitute who is in love with him. McCrae and Call join a Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws: Comanche Chief Buffalo Hump, Comanche horse thief Kicking Wolf and Ahumado, the deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for slow torture. Together, they struggle...
5) Yellow rose
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
A Filipina teen from a small Texas town fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family and leaving the only home she has known.
8) True stories
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show
10) Tender mercies
Publisher
Lions Gate Films, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic drifter comes into the life of a lonely widow and her young son in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
On the eve of his marriage, the Counselor makes a risky decision to dealve into the cocaine trade along the Texas-Mexico border. His hope is that this one-time deal will set him and his fiancée on a path to financial freedom, but instead he ends up in a brutal game that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves.
Series
Criterion collection volume 336
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Eavesdrop on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshman.
13) Bernie
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede is one of the town's most beloved residents. He sings in the church choir and is always willing to lend a helping hand. He befriends an affluent widow, and she soon becomes dependent on Bernie. Later it is reported that Marjorie Nugent has been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede is charged with the murder.
15) The Comancheros
Publisher
FoxVideo
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (Wayne) arrests gambler Paul Regret (Whitman) but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a violent band of gunrunners and thieves known as the Comancheros. The last film of director Michael Curtiz (Casablanca).
Series
Criterion collection volume 96
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring. Features an all-star quartet that includes Robert Stack as a pistol-packin' alcoholic playboy; Lauren Bacall as his long-suffering wife; Rock Hudson as his earthy best friend; and Dorothy Malone as his nymphomaniac sister."--Container.
17) A perfect world
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In Texas, an escaped convict takes a young boy hostage and they form a bond, while being chased by a Texas Ranger, the FBI and local lawmen.
18) Barracuda
Publisher
Orion Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An odd woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music inheritance-one way or another.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...
20) Hope floats
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Birdee Pruitt has a life most people would envy. But when her cheating husband reveals his infidelity to her on a national TV talk show, her perfect life comes crashing down. Devastated, Birdee and her young daughter head home to the small town she left behind. As mother and daughter struggle to adjust to their new lives, Birdee slowly gains the strength to open her heart and find hope again.
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