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Series Freshness: May 17, 2026

Texas Rangers Collections

PRC's 23-film "Texas Rangers" series starring Dave O'Brien, James Newill and Guy Wilkerson.

23Movies
★ 10.0 Avg Rating

Texas Rangers Collections Movies: Timeline & Franchise Overview

The Texas Rangers Collections franchise spans roughly 10 years, featuring 23 interconnected films that build a shared narrative universe.

From its earliest installment to the most recent release, the series has expanded its world-building while introducing new characters and story arcs. Notable entries such as Bad Men of Thunder Gap demonstrate the franchise's ability to maintain audience interest over time.

Franchise Quality Benchmark

Across all entries, the series holds an average audience rating of 6.7. While many long-running franchises experience declining reception, this series continues to deliver memorable cinematic moments.

Viewing Order Strategy

Most viewers prefer watching the films in release order, which reflects how audiences originally experienced the evolving story.

However, a chronological viewing order can provide deeper insight into the timeline of events within the Texas Rangers Collections universe.

Timeline & Watch Order

We recommend watching the Texas Rangers Collections franchise in the following order to fully experience the narrative expansion.

1
Trail of Terror

Trail of Terror

1935★ 10.0SUPER HIT

Manning breaks out of prison and joins Blake's gang of outlaws. Later a paroled Muggs arrives to rejoin the gang. Muggs is the only one who knows where the stol...

2
The Rangers Take Over

The Rangers Take Over

1942★ 7.0HIT

Jim Steele spots Pete Dawson taking horses over the Mexico-Texas border, but Dawson has an alibi. A new group of recruits arrives at the Ranger station, among t...

3
Bad Men of Thunder Gap

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

1943★ 8.0SUPER HIT

Tex Wyatt is blamed for a murder actually committed by Ransom and Holman, a couple of thieves. Tex manages to escape and is reunited with his two ranger pals Ji...

4
West of Texas

West of Texas

1943★ 8.0SUPER HIT

Rangers Tex Wyatt and Jim Steele arrive in Gabe's Crossing, NM, to capture Bent Yeager, a rancher accused of sabotaging the progress of the railroad....

5
Border Buckaroos

Border Buckaroos

1943★ 10.0SUPER HIT

Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele, and Panhandle Perkins are en route to Boulder City to investigate the murder of rancher Dan Clark when they happen upon Trigger F...

6
Fighting Valley

Fighting Valley

1943★ NRFLOP

Someone has been stealing ore from a valuable smelting mine. One of the independent mine-owners victimized by the crooks is pretty Joan Manning, making the Rang...

7
Trail of Terror

Trail of Terror

1943★ 8.0SUPER HIT

Texas Ranger O'Brien has an outlaw twin brother. When his sibling is killed, O'Brien assumes his identity in order to infiltrate a gang of stagecoach robbers....

8
The Return of the Rangers

The Return of the Rangers

1943★ 7.0HIT

The Texas Rangers round up rustlers by masquerading as the same. Trouble ensues when while in disguise one of the Rangers is accused of a killing....

9
Boss of Rawhide

Boss of Rawhide

1943★ 6.7HIT

Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins are sent to the district of Rawhide to investigate the killings of several ranchers. Tex enters the to...

10
Outlaw Roundup

Outlaw Roundup

1944★ 10.0SUPER HIT

Ranger Tex Wyatt introduces himself as the notorious bandit Spade Norton. Crooked saloon owner Red Hayden believes him until the real Spade turns up and all hel...

11
Guns of the Law

Guns of the Law

1944★ 6.0ABOVE AVERAGE

The Texas Rangers take on a shyster who is trying to bilk a family of their money after he learns that an oil company thinks their land may contain the black go...

12
The Pinto Bandit

The Pinto Bandit

1944★ 7.0HIT

A masked desperado wants to disrupt the mail service between two frontier communities....

13
Spook Town

Spook Town

1944★ 7.0HIT

Dry Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian advances money on mortgages to the local settlers to finance an irrigation program. Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and P...

14
Brand of the Devil

Brand of the Devil

1944★ 7.0HIT

Jolley is the leader of the Devil's Brand gang of rustlers. When Molly Dawson sends for the Texas Rangers, Tex, Jim, and Panhandle arrive pretending not to know...

15
Gunsmoke Mesa

Gunsmoke Mesa

1944★ 4.5AVERAGE

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16
Gangsters of the Frontier

Gangsters of the Frontier

1944★ 4.3FLOP

Tex put the Kern gang away once but they have returned with reinforcements and have take over the town of Red Rock capturing the townsmen and forcing them to wo...

17
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1944★ 5.0AVERAGE

The Rangers are after Yackey and his gang. Posing as an outlaw, Dave arrives as Panhandle's prisoner and works his way into the gang. Tex arrives and joins Wrig...

18
The Whispering Skull

The Whispering Skull

1944★ 6.0ABOVE AVERAGE

Rangers Tex Haines and Dave Wyatt track a killer known as the Whispering Skull. In the wake of the Skull's slaughter, a band of thieves takes advantage of the f...

19
Marked for Murder

Marked for Murder

1945★ 5.0AVERAGE

In this western, the Texas Rangers must stop a range war between sheepherders and cattle ranchers from erupting....

20
Enemy of the Law

Enemy of the Law

1945★ 6.0ABOVE AVERAGE

Charley Gray is about to be released from the state penitentiary after serving a long term for the robbery of a government gold shipment. The gold was never rec...

21
Three in the Saddle

Three in the Saddle

1945★ 9.0SUPER HIT

Peggy Barlou is a young rancher who refuses to sell her spread to greedy stage-line proprietor John Rankin. Tex Haines, meanwhile, is accused of killing Bill Du...

22
Frontier Fugitives

Frontier Fugitives

1945★ 7.0HIT

Ellen Williams' father has a valuable collection of furs and an outlaw gang is after them. Before he is killed, Williams hides a note revealing their location. ...

23
Flaming Bullets

Flaming Bullets

1945★ 6.0ABOVE AVERAGE

Bullets fly as the Texas rangers fight an outlaw gang....

Common Questions about Texas Rangers Collections

How many movies are in the Texas Rangers Collections?

There are currently 23 movies in the Texas Rangers Collections, starting from The Rangers Take Over to the latest release, Flaming Bullets.

What is the best order to watch the Texas Rangers Collections?

The best way to watch the Texas Rangers Collections is usually in release order: starting with The Rangers Take Over and ending with Flaming Bullets. Check our timeline for the full chronological breakdown.

Which is the highest-rated movie in the Texas Rangers Collections?

According to movieMx ratings, the fans have a strong preference for Border Buckaroos in this franchise.