5 Charming Texas Towns You Might Recognize From Movies

Films, in an indirect way, can be wonderful travel guides, curated by directors who spend their whole career invested in interesting visual compositions. There are countless exotic movie destinations you can visit around the world, but many iconic films were shot in towns and outposts that otherwise might fall under the radar. In Texas, towns have served as backdrops for a breadth of dust-blown Westerns, desert horrors, and intimate coming-of-age films. From the wheat fields of the north to the arid mesas of the west, film directors have been drawn to Texas's dramatic and sometimes extreme landscapes to set the mood and palette of significant cinematic moments.

Plenty of films have been shot in the big Texan cities like Austin and Houston, but for this list, we focused on smaller towns, like Bastrop — destinations that were, in a way, put on the map because of their role in renowned movies. These are towns you might not have heard of, but something about them charmed the auteurs who chose to use them as backdrops. These smaller towns of Texas have a texture — faded road signs, quiet roads, wide ranches — that can't be replicated in studios. In addition, each of these towns has filming locations that are still accessible, with exceptional scenery and interesting sites that go beyond their film ties, too.

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