List of the best Terrence Malick movies: Days of Heaven(1978), Badlands(1973), The Thin Red Line(1998), A Hidden Life(2019), The Tree of Life(2011), The New World(2005), Voyage of Time: Life's Journey(2016), To the Wonder(2012), Song to Song(2017), Knight of Cups(2015) ... ...
Drama
USA
1978
95 Minutes
Director
Richard Gere Brooke Adams Sam Shepard Linda Manz Robert Wilke Jackie Shultis Stuart Margolin Timothy Scott Richard Libertini Doug Kershaw
worker sister girlfriend farmer wealthy man sad emotional dark texas chicago farm factory river fugitives jealousy farming illness love triangle deception escape
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
95 Minutes
Director
Martin Sheen Sissy Spacek Warren Oates Ramon Bieri Alan Vint Gary Littlejohn John Carter Bryan Montgomery Gail Threlkeld Charles Fitzpatrick
teen girl killer father bounty hunter police officers boyfriend brooding brutal profound south dakota montana woods house highway car murder escape young love teenage rebellion forbidden love
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
170 Minutes
Director
Sean Penn Adrien Brody Jim Caviezel Ben Chaplin George Clooney John Cusack Woody Harrelson Elias Koteas Jared Leto Dash Mihok Tim Blake Nelson
deserter soldiers native military officer enemy japanese soldier dreamy calm intense striking battlefield battleship guadalcanal south pacific tropical island world war ii armed conflict meaning of life male bonding desertion
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|UK|Germany
2019
174 Minutes
Director
August Diehl Valerie Pachner Maria Simon Tobias Moretti Bruno Ganz Matthias Schoenaerts Karin Neuhäuser Ulrich Matthes Franz Rogowski Karl Markovics Michael Nyqvist
farmer austrian pacifist bleak emotional inspiring incredible austria farm world war ii resistance nazis escape sacrifice 1940s
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
Drama
USA
2011
138 Minutes
Director
Brad Pitt Sean Penn Jessica Chastain Fiona Shaw Irene Bedard Jessica Fuselier Hunter McCracken Laramie Eppler Tye Sheridan
father mother son brother middle-aged man architect brooding emotional profound small town waco, texas household wilderness street childhood existential crisis nature memory family aging
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK
2005
149 Minutes
Director
Colin Farrell Christian Bale Q'orianka Kilcher Jason Aaron Baca Greg Cooper Michael Greyeyes Jamie Harris Eddie Marsan Ben Mendelsohn Christopher Plummer Kalani Queypo
captain native american settler chief profound dreamy virginia england forest river colonialism native americans love triangle pocahontas love sacrifice transformation 17th century
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
Documentary
France|Germany|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Director
An exploration into our planetary past and a search for humanity's place in the future. With narration by Cate Blanchett.
Romance, Drama
USA
2012
112 Minutes
Director
Ben Affleck Olga Kurylenko Rachel McAdams Javier Bardem Charles Baker Romina Mondello Tatiana Chiline Jeff Anderson Cassidee Vandalia
After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
Romance, Drama, Music
USA
2017
129 Minutes
Director
Ryan Gosling Rooney Mara Michael Fassbender Natalie Portman Cate Blanchett Holly Hunter Bérénice Marlohe Val Kilmer Lykke Li Olivia Grace Applegate Dana Falconberry
couple songwriter mogul waitress confident creative engaging passionate austin, texas club house office diner romance music business seduction betrayal discovery fall forbidden love
Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.
Drama
USA
2015
118 Minutes
Director
Christian Bale Cate Blanchett Natalie Portman Brian Dennehy Antonio Banderas Wes Bentley Isabel Lucas Teresa Palmer Armin Mueller-Stahl Freida Pinto Cherry Jones
A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.