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Terrence Malick

Director · 19 credits · 11 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Thin Red Line (1998)

Best Terrence Malick movies by genre

Directed movies (18 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Thin Red Line

    1998 · ★ 7.4 (3,397 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    1

  2. Badlands

    1974 · ★ 7.5 (1,379 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Crime

    2

  3. Days of Heaven

    1978 · ★ 7.5 (1,197 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    3

  4. A Hidden Life

    2019 · ★ 7.2 (801 votes)

    History, Drama, War

    4

  5. The Tree of Life

    2011 · ★ 6.7 (3,389 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    5

  6. The New World

    2005 · ★ 6.5 (1,303 votes)

    Drama, History, Romance

    6

  7. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

    2016 · ★ 6.9 (76 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

    2017 · ★ 6.3 (201 votes)

    Documentary, Drama, History

    8

  9. Knight of Cups

    2015 · ★ 5.7 (734 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Fantasy

    9

  10. Leading the Electric Revolution and Sustainability

    2021 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. To the Wonder

    2013 · ★ 5.8 (542 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    11

  12. Lanton Mills

    1969

    Western, Crime

    12

  13. Towards a Dream in the USA

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Song to Song

    2017 · ★ 5.5 (920 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    14

  15. Together

    2018 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)

    15

  16. Mon Guerlain: Notes of a Woman

    2017 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Filmed on Pixel 3

    2018 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. The Way of the Wind

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    Drama, History

    18

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.