Paris, Texas

Jul 16, 1984

2h 25m

★ 8.1

A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

Overview

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Road Movies

Argos films

WDR

Channel Four Films

Pro-ject Filmproduktion

Paris, Texas Trailers

Cast

Travis

Harry Dean Stanton

Jane

Nastassja Kinski

Walt

Dean Stockwell

Hunter

Hunter Carson

Anne

Aurore Clément

Doctor Ulmer

Bernhard Wicki

Gas Station Attendant

Sam Berry

Car Rental Clerk

Claresie Mobley

Woman on TV

Viva

Carmelita

Socorro Valdez

Hunter's Friend

Edward Fayton

Hunter (Age 3)

Justin Hogg

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

6.1

Gerry

Sep 20, 2002

Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further trouble.

6.3

Love in Thoughts

Feb 12, 2004

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.

5.4

Ask the Dust

Feb 2, 2006

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

6.5

Golden Door

Sep 22, 2006

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

7.1

Two Brothers

Apr 7, 2004

Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.

7.5

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Dec 29, 1972

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.

7.6

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Aug 24, 2007

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

7.2

Secret Sunshine

May 23, 2007

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

7.5

Training Day

Oct 5, 2001

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

5.5

Light of Day

Feb 6, 1987

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

6.9

Breakdown

May 2, 1997

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

3.2

An Ice Cream With Two scoops ...

Mar 17, 1982

A film about a pair of sisters, whose parents are divorcing after their father leaves their mother for a younger woman, and who plot together to try to repair their fractured family.

5.9

The Glass House

Sep 14, 2001

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.

6.5

A Christmas Mystery

Nov 24, 2022

When her best friend's father is falsely accused of stealing the town's prized jingle bells, a young amateur sleuth and her friends must find the real thief before Christmas.

7.5

mid90s

Oct 19, 2018

In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.

6.9

Look Both Ways

Aug 16, 2022

On the night of her college graduation, Natalie's life splits into parallel realities after she takes a pregnancy test. What will life and love bring?

7.3

City of the Rising Sun

Jan 9, 1999

Do-chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-ki, a small-time crook. They somehow make friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite.

0.0

Ultimatum

Oct 4, 2024

Andre’s a husband and a father who's working abroad is in a video call with his wife and son planning about a holiday trip, but his boss has another plan.

0.0

Dogleg

Sep 18, 2024

When released from jail, Eli, a father and a race car driver, struggles between his dreams of racing and his responsibility he feels for his family.