Movies and television programs that capture the atmosphere of the city.
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Dallas (1978-91)
This popular primetime soap opera, which began as a five-part CBS-TV miniseries filmed on location in Dallas, chronicled the triumphs and travails of the Ewings, a dysfunctional Texas oil and cattle-ranching family headquartered at Southfork Ranch near Plano.
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Nick Nolte and Mac Davis star in a film version of Peter Gent’s racy book about pro football in Dallas in the 1970s.
JFK (1991)
Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones, this was a far-reaching look at the conspiracy theories pertaining to the Kennedy Assassination.
Love Field (1992)
Set in Dallas in 1963, the film starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a housewife devoted to Jackie Kennedy is a sad look at the everyday person deeply affected by the assassination.
Debbie Does Dallas (1978)
One of the most popular porn films of all time, with a story about a girl needing to raise money to audition for the Texas Cowgirl cheerleading squad and going to extreme lengths to do so.
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Wes Anderson’s first film, written with pal Owen Wilson, who also starred in the movie with his brother, Luke. Filmed in the wealthy North Dallas neighborhood where the Wilsons grew up, the story follows slackers trying to make money.
Dallas (1950)
Gary Cooper and Raymond Massey star in a Western set near Dallas.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
This breakout film for co-stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway tells the tale of real-life bank robbers who began their crime spree in Dallas during the Depression.
Dr. T and the Women (2000)
The late Robert Altman directed Richard Gere, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, and Kate Hudson in this goofy film about a gynecologist surrounded by spoiled Dallas women with too much money and too little common sense.
State Fair (1962)
Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, and Ann-Margret starred in a remake of the classic; this version was filmed in Dallas.
Talk Radio (1988)
A riveting and frightening account of a Jewish radio shock jock in Dallas whose inflammatory remarks attract a vindictive killer.
