
Marco Perella
Actor · b. 1949 · Houston, Texas, USA
Movies24
Movie7.5CrimeThrillerWelcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Sin City
2005 · 9.1K votes
Movie6.5ComedyCrimeWhen the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Miss Congeniality
2000 · 4.3K votes
Movie7.5DramaThe film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Boyhood
2014 · 5.6K votes
Movie7.6DramaThrillerFollows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
JFK
1991 · 2.5K votes
Movie7.4DramaThrillerA man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
The Life of David Gale
2003 · 2.3K votes
Movie6.8AnimationScience FictionAn undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
A Scanner Darkly
2006 · 2K votes
Movie5.8AdventureComedyJack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
The Chase
1994 · 401 votes
Movie6.2ComedyDramaIn small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.
Varsity Blues
1999 · 486 votes
Movie6.9DramaA small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
Friday Night Lights
2004 · 651 votes
Movie6.5DramaCrimeWhile researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Infamous
2006 · 236 votes
Movie6.3HorrorThrillerA struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
The Devil's Candy
2016 · 726 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceMissy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, as Johnny tries to stop an armed robbery and save Missy from danger, he's killed, but resurrected as a zombie not long after. Now, with the help of his mentor, self-proclaimed Zombie Expert Maggie, Johnny must control his flesh-eating urges while trying to win the heart of Missy.
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · 95 votes
Movie7.1DramaMysteryWhen the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Lone Star
1996 · 434 votes
Movie5.1ComedyDramaLuke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
The Wendell Baker Story
2005 · 80 votes
Movie5.1ComedyDramaDorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.
Home Fries
1998 · 109 votes
Movie6.0DramaComedyA dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Fast Food Nation
2006 · 416 votes
Movie5.4ComedyRomanceTravis is due to marry Stephanie in a few days when he is convinced by beautiful saleswoman Jonni to buy a fancy sports car. The car looks good, but it turns out to be a piece of junk. Travis is determined to get satisfaction and he and Jonni hit the road to confront the crooked car dealer.
It Takes Two
1988 · 26 votes
Movie5.6ActionScience FictionIn the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent spate of killings involving handguns brings Michael Knight back to fight for justice, but he insists of the help of KITT, his artificially-intelligent car from decades ago. The only problem is that KITT has been deactivated.
Knight Rider 2000
1991 · 125 votes
Movie6.5CrimeThrillerA 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 older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.
Cohen and Tate
1989 · 64 votes
Movie4.7CrimeDramaRichter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.
Keys to Tulsa
1997 · 34 votes
Movie4.7HorrorDramaA police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
Night Game
1989 · 41 votes
Movie5.1DramaAn alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations. Guiding him is a spiritual figure he calls "The Bearded Man".
Deep in the Heart
2012 · 18 votes
Movie6.3MysteryThrillerDexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
D.O.A.
1988 · 228 votes
Movie4.8DramaTV MovieThe gory ax-murder of one suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense.
A Killing in a Small Town
1990 · 13 votes
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TV8.2DramaSet in the proverbial boomtowns of West-Texas and a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs, the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires that are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
Landman
2024 · 641 votes
TV7.7Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaWhen 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The Leftovers
2014 · 1.3K votes
TV8.0DramaThe trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.
Friday Night Lights
2006 · 330 votes
TV7.0DramaWesternModern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · 588 votes
TV5.7DramaLone Star is an American drama television series which originally ran on Fox from September 20, 2010 to September 27, 2010, airing Monday nights at 9 pm ET/PT. Fox announced Lone Star's cancellation on September 28, 2010 after two low-rated episodes.
Lone Star
2010 · 11 votes