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Terrence Malick has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s.
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An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Seven years after his triumph in Cuba, Che winds up in Bolivia, where he tries to ignite the same revolutionary fires as before.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With Benicio del Toro, Carlos Bardem, Demián Bichir

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer

The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Dir. David Gordon Green · With Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney

A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Cate Blanchett, Jamal Cavil, Maisha Diatta

Neil is torn between two loves: Marina, the European woman who comes to the United States to be with him, and Jane, the old flame from his hometown he reconnects with. Neil’s doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana, who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman