Filmed in New Mexico

Dark Comedy / Horror. A man just out of prison drifts across the country and encounters a variety of people and adventures. Starring Dermot Mulroney, Lindsay Pulsipher, Natasha Lyonne, James Cady, Scott Sharot, Paul Biott, Robyn Reede, Ragini Bhaumik, and Christopher Dempsey. Filming locations: Bottomless Lakes State Park (Chaves County), Dexter, Hagerman, Roswell.

AKA: Canyon Pass. Western. A woman newly arrived in "Raton Pass" becomes embroiled in a local feud. Starring Patricia Neal, Dennis Morgan, Steve Cochran, Dorothy Hart, James Burke. Filmed at Red Rock State Park near Gallup.

AKA: Raven Hawk. Action Adventure. A Native American woman, framed for the murders of her family, returns to the reservation to seek revenge. Starring Rachel McLish, John Enos 111, William Atberton, Ed Lauter, Matt Clark, Michael Champion, Mitch Pileggi, Mitch Ryan, Nicholas Guest, and John de Lancie. Filming locations around Santa Fe.

AKA: Courage, Death Run. Action Thriller. Marathon runners crossing the desert are terrorized by a band of right-wing militia. Starring Ronny Cox, Lois Chiles, Art Hindle, M. Emmett Walsh, Tim Maier, Lisa Sutton, William Russ, Brian Curry, Jeff Curry, and Anthony Palmer. Filmed around Las Cruces.

Documentary, narrated by Paul McCartney. Features interviews with family associates; scenes filmed at the Norman Petty Studios in Clovis where Holly's band recorded.

AKA: The Crossing. Pilot for unsold Western TV series set just after the Civil War. Starring Rachelle Lefevre, Martin Henderson, Emma Bell, Andy Mackenzie, Vanessa Lee Chester, Bill Sage, and Kyle Davis. Filming locations: Buena Vista Ranch (Mora), Chama (Cumbres & Toltec RR and Depot), Cerro Pelon Ranch (Galisteo), La Cienega, Millennium Turquoise Mines, Santa Clara Pueblo (Rio Grande), Sena (San Miguel County).

Action Adventure. Soviet forces invade the U.S.; in a small Colorado town members of the school's football team, the Wolverines, fight a guerrilla action against the invaders. Co-written and directed by John Milius; starring Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Powers Boothe, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton, Jennifer Grey, William Smith, Ron O’Neal, and Scott Phillips. Filming locations: Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu), Johnson Mesa, Las Vegas, Montezuma. The Fort Union Drive-In theater in Las Vegas was featured in the film as a detention center; in 2010 a screening of Red Dawn and the movie Convoy was held at the Drive-In as part of the Rolling Roadshow sponsored by the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin Texas, screening films near where they were filmed.

AKA: Redemption. Western. An outlaw begins a new life with a widow and her child, only to have his old life come back to haunt him. Starring Erin Bethea, Luce Rains, Drew Waters, Rio Alexander, Jaden Roberts, Dylan Kenin, Mike Miller, Dustin Lane, Jackson Burns, and Kevin Wiggins. Filmed at Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch.

AKA: Quantrill's Raiders. Western, set in 1865 Colorado. Towards the end of the Civil War a rogue Confederate officer tries to raise an army of Indians. Starring Alan Ladd, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Lizabeth Scott, John Ireland, and Neville Brand. Filmed around Gallup.

Western Drama. A young Native American man schooled in the East faces prejudice there and rejection when he returns home. The first color film produced by Paramount Pictures. Filmed at Canyon de Chelly in Arizona, around Gallup, and largely at Acoma Pueblo; before the filming at Acoma the production company got permission to build a road to the top of the mesa, still the only road to the top and in use today. To facilitate production then-Governor R.C. Dillon directed the NM Highway Department to construct a road from Fort Wingate; the construction included two bridges. Starring Richard Dix, Gladys Belmont, Noble Johnson, Jane Novak, Larry Steers, and Walter Reed.

Starring Claire Bloom and Richard Thomas, based upon the 1968 book by Richard Bradford. A coming-of-age story set in northern New Mexico during World War II; the book is on many school reading lists. Filming locations: Eaves Movie Ranch, Lamy, Santa Fe, Truchas.

Black Comedy / Crime Caper. A woman crosses the desert in her RV which holds both a hostage and her husband's dead body. Written and directed by Mark Medoff; starring Linda Hamilton, Christopher McDonald, Chris Payne Gilbert, Lena Georgas, Amy Lanasa, Doyle Smith, Jessica Medoff Bunchman, and Grace Mark. Filmed around Las Cruces.

Film version of the Pulitzer and Tony prize-winning musical. Filmed in New York and California, with filming in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Starring Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson.

Documentary on the life of the famous New Mexico outlaw, with Kris Kristofferson providing the narrative voice of The Kid. Also featuring: Rudolph Wurlitzer, Tom Sullivan (Former sheriff of Lincoln County), and Steve Sederwall (Former mayor of Capitan). Filming locations: Carrizozo (The Gift Gallery, and Motel and RV Park), Fort Sumner (Fort Sumner Museum), Las Cruces (Barilia Catholic Cemetary), Lincoln (Tunstall Store Museum, Lincoln State Monument), White Oaks (No Scum Allowed Saloon), White Sands National Monument. The US premier for this film was held at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts in Alto near Ruidoso.

AKA: Invasion of Privacy. Thriller. A young woman has an uneasy relationship with her new landlord. Starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee. Filmed in Albuquerque.

AKA: The Resurrection of S.C.W., The Legend of Zachary Wheeler. Science Fiction thriller revolving around a secret medical lab in New Mexico. Starring Bradford Dillman, Angie Dickinson, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Carter, James Daly, Lew Brown, Lee Giroux, Don Haggerty, Jim Healy, Jill Jaress, Peter Mamakos. Shot around Albuquerque.

TV Western movie, part of the Desperado series of films featuring Alex McArthur as cowboy Duell McCall. Also starring Robert Foxworth, Billy Dee Williams, Vanessa Bell, Charles Boswell, Hal Havins, Marcy Walker, John Barks, and Vivian Bonell. Filming locations: Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch, Cook Ranch/Silverado Set, Eaves Movie Ranch. Another movie in the series, Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge, was also filmed in the area.

AKA: Blood Brothers. Action Drama. Estranged siblings have to undertake a dangerous challenge in Mexico to inherit an estate. Starring John Cena, Ethan Embry, Boyd Holbrook, Lela Loren, Jack Conley, Michael Rispoli, Dylan Kenin, Gregg Henry, Josh Berry, River Shields, Rio Alexander. Filming locations: Albuquerque, Cerrillos, Lindsay Ranch (San Pedro, Santa Fe County), Sandia Park, Zia Pueblo.

AKA: Silent Thunder, Overdrive. Thriller about a man trying to track down the trucker who killed his son. Starring Stacy Keach, Lisa Barnes, Tom Bower, Thomas Wilson Brown, Dwier Brown, Lenore Kasdorf, Deborah Mansy, Tym Thurston, Dennis Hayden, Sandahl Bergman. Filming locations: Albuquerque, Estancia, Laguna Pueblo.

Noir film with Santa Fe standing in for "San Pablo, New Mexico"; locations include the La Fonda Hotel. Starring Robert Montgomery (who also directed), Wanda Hendrix, and Thomas Gomez; based on the novel by Santa Fe author Dorothy Hughes. Filmed during the Santa Fe Fiesta and features Zozobra being carried through the streets. An 1882 carousel in Taos, featured in the novel, was purchased by the production company and shipped to the set in Los Angeles. Thomas Gomez was the first Hispanic-American to be nominated for an Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor. The novel was filmed again in 1964 as "The Hanged Man", this time in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

Comedy Western about an outlaw who discovers he has five half-brothers. Starring: Adam Sandler, Taylor Lautner, Steve Buscemi, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, Rob Schneider, Luke Wilson, Nick Nolte, Will Forte, David Spade, Steve Zahn, Chris Parnell, John Turturro, Nick Swardson, Whitney Cummings, and Jon Lovitz. Filming locations: Jemez Springs, Las Vegas, Santa Fe. The production gained national attention when some Native American actors walked off the set, complaining of racism and lack of respect for local cultures.

AKA: Squares, Squares Don't Fit, Honky Tonk Cowboy. Romantic drama about a Vassar dropout taking up with a rodeo cowboy. Starring Andrew Prine, Gilmer McCormick, Harriet Medin, Jack Mather, Tom Basham. Filmed around Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Western about strife within a gang of outlaws. Starring Craig Myers, Justin Tade, Jeremy Owen, Billy Garberina, Phil Duran, Alexander Thorne, A.J. Rome. Filming locations: Albuquerque, Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch, Makarios Ranch (Cerrillos).

Suspense Thriller. The Clyde Beatty Circus faces sabotage and murder; crime writer Mickey Spillane is called in to help stop the mayhem. Starring Mickey Spillane as himself; also starring Clyde Beatty, Pat O’Brien, John Bromfield, Marian Carr, and Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez. Filmed in Phoenix Arizona and around Deming.

Documentary about illegal drug usage in northern New Mexico. Filming locations in Chimayo, Espanola, Ojo Caliente, Santa Cruz, Trampas, Truchas. Written by Joe Day; directed by Joe Day and Manuel Manchuca.

TV movie. Drama based upon the true story of Betty Egan, the original owner and builder of the Rancho Encantado resort in Tesuque. Egan also financed the creation of the Tesuque Fire Department and was the first female fire chief in the US. Starring Blair Brown, Mike DeLuise, Shea Aster, Patrick Van Horn, Robert Beltran, Ana Alicia, Jay O. Sanders, and Penny Fuller. Filming locations: Galisteo, Ghost Ranch, and Santa Fe.

AKA: Ripped Off, The Boxer, Murder in the Ring, Tough Guy, Counter Punch. Crime Drama. A boxer gets involved in murder after refusing to throw a fight. Starring Robert Blake, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Spaak, Gabriele Ferzetti, Orazio Orlando, Phil Mead, Quinn Hurley, Neffie Quintana, Luther Elmore, Emilio Messina, Joe Pollini, Fortunato Arena, Aldo Cecconi, Felicita Fanny. Filmed in Albuquerque.

AKA: Road Dogs. L.A. gang members seeking a fresh perspective take a road trip on motorcycles to Washington DC. Scenes shot around Clayton. Starring Glenn Plummer, Chris Spencer, J. Lamont Pope, Donna Neuwirth, Reggie McFadden, Gabrielle Beimforde, Wayne DeHart, Norman Whitfield.

Documentary. NPR journalist Andrei Codrescu takes a road trip across America in a classic red Cadillac convertible. Stops in Santa Fe and Taos. Features Allen Ginsberg.

Documentary about a female high school basketball team in Shiprock; addresses economic, social, and racial issues in New Mexico. Won the Documentary Prize at the Urbanworld Film Festival. Shot in Shiprock and in Albuquerque at Tingley Stadium. Directed by Rick Derby.

AKA: Ghost Mountain. Historical Action Drama. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces must join forces to repulse a Sioux attack. Set in California; filmed around the Navajo Nation including Red Lake, and at Red Rocks State Park near Gallup. Starring Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Sheb Wooley, Slim Pickens, Yakima Canutt, Guinn Williams, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson.

Documentary about Mora and San Miguel counties, and how the largely village-centered Hispanic cultures are impacted by mining in the area. Interviews with Dr. Eric Romero, Fiona Sinclair, Dr. Andrew Feldman, Carla Gomez, Gwen Lachelt, Roger Alcon, Sandra Torres-Alcon, Alfred Sanchez, Miguel Angel, Rock Ulibarri, Tweeti Blancett, Don Schreiber, Jane Schreiber, Walter Drew, Marianna Lands, Ania Roske, Rose Josefa, Ruben Lopez, John Olivas. Filming also in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties.

Comedy. A host of a radio talk show devoted to matters paranormal tries to take an average job. Starring Jason London, Brendan Fehr, Don Stark, Brian Tee, Kevin P. Farley, Valli Maria Rivera, Joey Zimmerman, Mirelly Taylor, Doug Haley, Arron Shiver, and Erin O’Shaughnessy. Filmed in Artesia, Roswell, and around Chaves County.

Science Fiction: aliens live among humans in a New Mexico town. Not to be confused with the Roswell series (1999-2002) which was filmed in California. Starring: Jeanine Mason, Nathan Parsons, Michael Vlamis. Filming locations: Albuquerque, Las Vegas New Mexico, Santa Fe.

Horror Thriller. A bar full of ne'er-do-wells resist an attack by brain-eating monsters. Written by Albuquerque Alibi film reviewer Devin O'Leary. Starring Jeremy Owen, Paul Alsing, Megan Pribyl, Israel Wright, Merritt Glover, Eric Bodwell, Aaron Worley, Rusty Rutherford, Whitney Moore, Charlie Dearing, Kevin Santry, Peggy O' Leary, Shaun Cockram, Billy Garberina. Filmed around Albuquerque.

Western. A man initially mistaken for a bank robber becomes the town's sheriff. Starring Ernest Borgnine, James Cagney, John Derek, Jean Hersholt, Viveca Lindfors, Denver Pyle. Principal shooting locations Silverton Colorado, with scenes shot around Aztec Ruins National Monument.

AKA: Deliver Us from Evil. A photographer becomes involved in the fate of a herd of wild horses. Set in Colorado; filming locations in New Mexico: Abiquiu, Eaves Movie Ranch, Ghost Ranch. Starring Lloyd Bridges, Dina Merrill, Pat Hingle, Gilbert Roland, Morgan Woodward, R.G. Armstrong, Fred Betts, Flavio Martinez, Charlie L. Bird, Gerald H. Boies Jr., Ruby Brown.

Thriller about assassins trying to enforce a drug kingpin's wishes. Starring Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg. Filming around Albuquerque.

Science Fiction. Short independent film about a robot who awakens alone in a junkyard then travels back to its place of origin. Starring Rhys Coiro, Douglas Tait; written and directed by Will Welles. Filmed around Albuquerque, La Bajada, and Lamy.

AKA: Simple Lies. Crime Thriller. A weekend party across the border turns treacherous. Starring Eric Balfour, Colin Hanks, Lauren German, Alan Tudyk, Lady Victoria Hervey, Ori Pfeffer, Daniel Pino. Filmed around Albuquerque and Sunland Park.