Top 10 Terrence Malick Movies of All Time

In this video, we will rank and explore Terrence Malick's 10 greatest movies. Considered to be a one of a kind in his field, there is quite simply no one else who can make a movie the way Terrence Malick can. And that’s because, unlike most directors, his films often eschew traditional narrative conventions and instead operate on dreamy, poetic terms, serving more as visual tone poems than anything else. Seriously, to watch one of his films is to experience something full body. And this puts him completely in a class of his own.

Sure, his early work like Badlands, Days of Heaven, and The Thin Red Line might be more straightforward in their style. Though even these movies are highly artistic in the way they tell their stories, with The Thin Red Line in particular earning Malick two Academy Award nominations. But once he entered that second phase of his career, the gloves were off entirely and there were no rules anymore. And that’s how we got masterpieces or near masterpieces like The New World, A Hidden Life, and the utterly breathtaking The Tree of Life.

No, his films aren’t for everyone as they don’t make anything easy on the viewer. That said, for those who are tuned into his unique way of doing things, Terrence Malick is a once in a lifetime talent. And with him being more prolific now than he’s ever been in the past, we can only hope he’s able to give us several more masterpieces before all is said and done.

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