An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Directed by Terrence Malick
mass murder
based on true story
fugitive
on the run
on the road
killing spree
south dakota
badlands
runaway couple
fugitive lovers
Rank
#21 in 1974·#1783 overall
Trailer
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Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
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Cast
Martin Sheen
Kit Carruthers
Sissy Spacek
Holly Sargis
Warren Oates
Holly's Father
Ramon Bieri
Cato
Alan Vint
Deputy
Gary Littlejohn
Sheriff
John Carter
Rich Man
John Womack Jr.
Trooper
Terrence Malick
Caller at Rich Man's House (uncredited)
Li Baolong
Chinese Kid (uncredited)
Charlie Sheen
Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
Emilio Estevez
Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
Crew
Terrence Malick
Director
Terrence Malick
Writer
George Aliceson Tipton
Original Music Composer
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Stevan Larner
Director of Photography
Terrence Malick
Producer
Edward R. Pressman
Executive Producer
Marion Segal
Assistant Editor
George Fisher
Stunts
Rosanna Norton
Costume Design
Jack Fisk
Art Direction
James Taylor
Theme Song Performance
Popular Reviews
1165 reviews
ysabella
7.5★ · 05/30/25
nihilism at its finest
nihilism at its finest
Carter
10.0★ · 05/25/26
So much better than Bonnie and Clyde. Similar to Days Of Heaven but different in a lot of other ways. The score fucking sucks tho. But Malick really was a master from the jump goddamn
So much better than Bonnie and Clyde. Similar to Days Of Heaven but different in a lot of other ways. The score fucking sucks tho. But Malick really was a master from the jump goddamn
Prkno
7.0★ · 05/19/26
Nothing better than a nice road trip
Nothing better than a nice road trip
Abdity
8.0★ · 05/14/26
Crazy couple
Crazy couple
estelarva
10.0★ · 05/13/26
i need this ok like killing spree with a hot guy yes
sissy spacek’s white shorts ughhhh need them in my closet
i need this ok like killing spree with a hot guy yes
sissy spacek’s white shorts ughhhh need them in my closet
