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Badlands 1973

Directed by Terrence Malick

All-time standing

#79 of 4,399

In the top 2% of movies

By scope

1970s #11 of 338 Top 3% 1973 #1 of 41 Top 2%

Ballots (45)

All time 44

The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection

  • Published 2025
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #38
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #51
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #146
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #189
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
Tel Aviv Cinematheque

Tel Aviv Cinematheque

  • Published 2014
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  • Included, unranked
Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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  • Included, unranked
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The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
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The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked

GQ

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Salon

Salon

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
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Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused

  • Published 1999
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Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 1998
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BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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Decade 1

Rolling Stone

  • Published 1979
  • Decade list · 1970s
  • Ranked #64
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