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Badlands (1974)

PG ★ 7.5/10 94 min Crime, Drama, Romance United States English
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Streaming: Not available
In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people.

Description

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Trailer

Top Cast

Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen Kit Carruthers
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek Holly Sargis
Warren Oates
Warren Oates Holly's Father
Ramon Bieri
Ramon Bieri Cato
Alan Vint
Alan Vint Deputy
Gary Littlejohn
Gary Littlejohn Sheriff
John Carter
John Carter Rich Man
Bryan Montgomery Boy

Badlands Appears on 21 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #446
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #647
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #139
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #112
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #44

Critic Curated

Paste Magazine 50 Best Serial Killer Movies
Paste Magazine #05
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #31
Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #63
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #259
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #134
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #351

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #464
Harmony Korine's Favorite Movies
Various #15
Lynne Ramsay's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #16
Movies Amy Seimetz Has Said She Likes
Letterboxd #19

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #88

Genre Curation

100 American Independent Films by BFI
British Film Institute #04

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Easy Rider
Letterboxd Showdown #12
Showdown First Love
Letterboxd Showdown #05
Showdown Running On Empty
Letterboxd Showdown #11

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #23

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