Paris, Texas (film)

Paris, Texas is a 1984 neo-Western drama road film directed by Wim Wenders, co-written by Sam Shepard and L. M. Kit Carson, and produced by Don Guest. A co-production of West Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, it stars Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, and Hunter Carson. In the film, Travis Henderson (Stanton) reunites with his brother Walt (Stockwell) and son Hunter (Carson) after an unexplained four-year absence. Travis and Hunter embark on a road trip through the American Southwest to track down Hunter’s mother, Jane (Kinski).

At the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palme d'Or from the official jury, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It went on to receive other honors and widespread critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, acting, cinematography, emotional resonance, and musical score. It has become a cult classic and is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. It has been called an exemplar of both independent cinema and the road film. In the decennial critics' poll published by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight and Sound in 2022, Paris, Texas placed 185th.