houston movies

Apollo 13 (1995)
7.447 / 10

Drama, History

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with...

80 for Brady (2023)
6.5 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A quartet of elderly best friends decide to live life to the fullest by taking a wild trip to the Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play.

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
7 / 10

Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the...

Local Hero (1983)
6.716 / 10

Comedy, Drama

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

Towelhead (2008)
6.223 / 10

Drama

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Brewster McCloud (1970)
6.368 / 10

Comedy, Fantasy

Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines...

The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
7.266 / 10

Drama

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked...

Cohen and Tate (1989)
6.4 / 10

Crime, Thriller

A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an...

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
5.9 / 10

Comedy, Family

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged...

Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
7 / 10

Western, Drama, History, War, TV Movie

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing...

My Year of Dicks (2023)
6.586 / 10

Animation, Comedy

An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early '90s.

The Houston Story (1956)
5.5 / 10

Crime, Drama

A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph (2019)
7 / 10

Documentary, History, Family

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the...

A Silver Odyssey: 25 Years of Houston Astros Baseball (1987)
0 / 10

Documentary

A look back at the history of major league baseball in Houston, starting with its humble beginnings at Colt .45 stadium, to the massive grandeur of...

Penny and Paul (2017)
0 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Penny may have found her soulmate in Paul in Las Vegas. But on their drive back to her home in Houston, Texas, they begin to realize maybe they don't...

The Who: Live in Texas '75 (2012)
0 / 10

Music, Documentary

The Who perform a live set at The Summit, Houston, Texas on 20 November 1975. Probably the best 'official' bootleg ever. All the classics including...

Clutch City (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary that looks back at the Houston Rockets back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Featuring old clips as well as new interviews...

Amarillo By Morning (1998)
6 / 10

Documentary

While filming professional bullriders for a commercial at the national rodeo in Houston, Texas, Spike Jonze befriended two suburban teenagers who...

Friday Night in the Coliseum (1972)
0 / 10

Friday Night in the Coliseum is a short film featuring wrestling performances recorded at the Sam Houston Coliseum, in Houston, Texas, along with...

Phi Slama Jama (2016)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

Winning is never a slam dunk. They were the most popular fraternity on the campus of college basketball in the early 1980's. Led by a Nigerian soccer...