Desert Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 30 films set in desert environments, spanning 1939–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2010

  127 Hours

  Utah — 2000s
  Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle
• 2007

  3:10 to Yuma

  Bisbee · Contention — 1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. James Mangold
• 1995

  Casino

  Las Vegas — 1970s · 1980s
  Desert · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2000

  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

  Beijing — 1700s
  Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee
• 2021

  Dune

  Space — Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2024

  Dune: Part Two

  Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1962

  Lawrence of Arabia

  Cairo · Jerusalem · Damascus — 1910s
  Desertdir. David Lean
• 2006

  Little Miss Sunshine

  Albuquerque · Redondo Beach · Scottsdale — 2000s
  Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton
• 2017

  Logan

  Near Future
  Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold
• 1997

  Lost Highway

  Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
• 1981

  Mad Max 2

  Near Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 2015

  Mad Max: Fury Road

  Near Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 2011

  Meek's Cutoff

  Oregon — 1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt
• 2007

  No Country for Old Men

  Texas — 1980s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Joel Coen
• 1968

  Once Upon a Time in the West

  1800s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone
• 2023

  Oppenheimer

  Los Alamos · Princeton — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
  Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
• 1984

  Paris, Texas

  Los Angeles · Houston — 1980s
  Desert · Urbandir. Wim Wenders
• 1981

  Raiders of the Lost Ark

  Cairo · Nepal — 1930s
  Desert · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 1987

  Raising Arizona

  Tempe — 1980s
  Desertdir. Joel Coen
• 2015

  Sicario

  Ciudad Juárez · Texas — 2010s
  Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1939

  Stagecoach

  1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford
• 1977

  The Gauntlet

  Las Vegas · Phoenix — 1970s
  Urban · Desertdir. Clint Eastwood
• 1966

  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
• 1956

  The Searchers

  Texas · New Mexico — 1800s
  Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford
• 1953

  The Wages of Fear

  1950s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 2005

  The World's Fastest Indian

  Invercargill · Los Angeles · Utah — 1960s
  Rural · Desert · Urbandir. Roger Donaldson
• 1991

  Thelma & Louise

  Arkansas — 1990s
  Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott
• 2014

  Timbuktu

  Timbuktu — 2010s
  Desertdir. Abderrahmane Sissako
• 1971

  Wake in Fright

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff
• 1971

  Walkabout

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg