Desert Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 25 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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• 1964

  A Fistful of Dollars

  1800s
  Rural · Desertdir. Sergio Leone
• 2017

  Blade Runner 2049

  Los Angeles · Las Vegas — Near Future
  Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1995

  Casino

  Las Vegas · Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
  Urban · Desertdir. Martin Scorsese
• 1977

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  Indiana · Wyoming — 1970s
  Rural · Wilderness · Desertdir. Steven Spielberg
• 2021

  Dune

  Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2024

  Dune: Part Two

  Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1962

  Lawrence of Arabia

  Cairo · Damascus — 1910s · 1930s
  Desert · Urbandir. David Lean
• 1997

  Lost Highway

  Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urban · Desert · Ruraldir. David Lynch
• 2015

  Mad Max: Fury Road

  Far Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 2007

  No Country for Old Men

  Texas — 1980s
  Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 2021

  Nomadland

  Nevada · Arizona · South Dakota · California — 2010s
  Rural · Wilderness · Desertdir. Chloé Zhao
• 1968

  Once Upon a Time in the West

  Arizona — 1800s
  Rural · Desertdir. Sergio Leone
• 1984

  Paris, Texas

  Los Angeles · Texas · Houston — 1980s
  Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Wim Wenders
• 2015

  Sicario

  Arizona · Ciudad Juárez · Texas — 2010s
  Urban · Desert · Undergrounddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1939

  Stagecoach

  Arizona · New Mexico — 1800s
  Desert · Ruraldir. John Ford
• 1966

  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  Desert · Rural · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
• 2012

  The Master

  San Francisco · New York City · London — 1940s · 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Sea · Desertdir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 1956

  The Searchers

  Texas · New Mexico
  Rural · Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford
• 1953

  The Wages of Fear

  1950s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 1991

  Thelma & Louise

  Arkansas · Grand Canyon — 1990s
  Rural · Desert · Wildernessdir. Ridley Scott
• 2014

  Timbuktu

  Timbuktu — 2010s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Abderrahmane Sissako
• 1958

  Touch of Evil

  Mexico — 1950s
  Urban · Desertdir. Orson Welles
• 1971

  Wake in Fright

  Australia — 1960s
  Rural · Desert · Wildernessdir. Ted Kotcheff
• 1971

  Walkabout

  Australia — 1960s · 1970s
  Wilderness · Desert · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg
• 2014

  Wild Tales

  2010s
  Urban · Rural · Desertdir. Damián Szifron