Paris, Texas (1984)

Paris, Texas rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.1/10· 139K votes

Rotten Tomatoes95%

Metacritic81%

TMDb8.076/10· 2K votes

With 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.1/10 on IMDb and 81/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Paris, Texas

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Cast of Paris, Texas

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  Harry Dean Stanton

  as Travis

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  Nastassja Kinski

  as Jane

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  Dean Stockwell

  as Walt

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  Hunter Carson

  as Hunter

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  Aurore Clément

  as Anne

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  Bernhard Wicki

  as Doctor Ulmer

• S

  Sam Berry

  as Gas Station Attendant

• C

  Claresie Mobley

  as Car Rental Clerk

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  Viva

  as Woman on TV

• S

  Socorro Valdez

  as Carmelita

• E

  Edward Fayton

  as Hunter's Friend

• J

  Justin Hogg

  as Hunter (Age 3)

Paris, Texas facts

Budget

$1.8M

Box office

$2.2M

Our take on Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders's 1984 masterpiece follows a man who walks out of the desert with no memory, slowly reconnecting with his brother, his son and a past too painful to face. Spare, sun-bleached and quietly devastating, it's a landmark of American art cinema. If its melancholy beauty and emotional restraint moved you, seek out contemplative dramas about loss, fractured families and the long road back to oneself.