Movies and TvShows featuring "desert-town" theme.
A writer creates a fictional play about a grieving father who goes with his tech-obsessed family to Asteroid City for a junior stargazing event. Their trip turns their world upside down.
Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job at a remote Australian pub where they encounter unruly locals and a situation that escalates quickly, leading to chaos and danger.
Perpetual Grace LTD is a neo-noir comedy-drama TV show set in a desert town near the US-Mexico border. The story revolves around James, a young grifter, who gets involved in a complex scheme orchestrated by Pastor Byron Brown. With themes of absurdism and corruption, the show explores the dark side of human nature and the consequences of past actions.
Odd Thomas, a clairvoyant young man, uses his supernatural abilities to solve crimes in his small desert town. He must navigate through police corruption, psychic visions, and even encounters with the dead, all while trying to protect his loved ones.
Peggy, a former addict, who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.
In a post-apocalyptic future where corporations have taken over the world, bounty killers, who are celebrity assassins, hunt down and execute white collar criminals to bring justice to the wasteland. Amidst the chaos, a bounty hunter and a rival bounty killer team up to take down a notorious corporate executive who is responsible for the apocalypse.
Police Chief Sanders investigates the murders of two women with the same name and uncovers a web of small-town lies as he falls for a nosy neighbor who wants to help solve the mystery.
After her sister is murdered in a car explosion, a tough female sheriff returns to her small southern town to investigate the murder. She uncovers a web of corruption, political conspiracy, and criminal activity as she seeks justice for her sister.
Timbuktu is a drama film that takes place in the desert town of Timbuktu, Mali. The film explores the lives of the local residents who struggle with oppression and religious extremism imposed on them by Islamic fundamentalists. It delves into themes of religious conflict, abuse of power, and the clash of cultural values. The story follows various characters as they navigate through the challenges of living under strict Sharia law and the religious violence that ensues. The plot also touches upon topics such as civil war, religious prejudice, and forbidden forms of expression.
A mild-mannered IRS agent travels to a remote desert region in search of missing money and stumbles into a strange small town where mystery, danger, and peculiar characters lurk around every off-kilter corner. Everyone in Push has a secret, but no one is talking … unless they're telling our man to get out of town, fast.
3 Women is a surrealistic exploration of female friendship and identity, set in a small desert town in California. The film follows the lives of three women who become entangled in a complex web of relationships and experiences, as they navigate themes of loneliness, isolation, and self-discovery. Through dreamlike sequences and psychological twists, 3 Women challenges traditional narratives and delves into the depths of the human psyche.
Kim Wheeler, an attorney appointed as a judge, investigates the death of a former judge under suspicious circumstances. The investigation leads her to her own sister, who runs a local brothel and becomes the prime suspect. Kim finds herself in a rugged and desolate area, where anything can happen, as she uncovers the truth.
'Limbo' is about a jaded detective named Travis Hurley who arrives in a small Australian outback city to investigate a twenty-year-old unsolved homicide of a local Aboriginal woman. As he forms connections with the victim's broken family, Travis uncovers a series of difficult truths that shed light on the complexities of loss and injustice faced by First Nations Australians.
Road Ends is a thrilling action movie set in a desert town in Central Valley, California. An ex-convict finds himself on the run from the FBI when he gets involved in a drug deal that goes horribly wrong. With suspicion and suspense building, he must navigate a dangerous web of hitmen, henchmen, and law enforcement to clear his name and survive. Featuring intense shootouts, thrilling chases, and a gripping investigation, Road Ends is a must-watch for fans of crime and suspense.
When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders determined to kill or capture all the convicts, even if it means killing all the hostages in the crossfire.
In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.
A robot stranger walks into a saloon in a rough and desolate Wild West desert town and orders a drink. A menacing robot gunslinger then enters the saloon and challenges the stranger to a gunfight at high noon. But all does not go well for the challenger.
On a hot summer day, Anna embarks on a little journey in the deserted desert town she lives in. She tries to find a man to give her a comforting touch, even for a brief moment .
In the 1940s, a group of people herding cattle must navigate the Australian wilderness as they travel from a provincial town to their destination. Along the way, they face various challenges and encounters that test their resolve and partnership.