The Best Terrence Malick Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Terrence Malick movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Terrence Malick based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 11 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Terrence Malick In Order of Popularity

  1. Days of Heaven
  2. Badlands
  3. The Thin Red Line
  4. Ein verborgenes Leben
  5. The Tree of Life
  6. The New World
  7. Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
  8. To the Wonder
  9. Song to Song
  10. Knight of Cups
  11. A Hidden Life

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1. Days of Heaven

Rated: PG

7.8/10

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.

2. Badlands

Rated: PG

7.7/10

A dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.

3. The Thin Red Line

Rated: R

7.6/10

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.

4. Ein verborgenes Leben

Rated: PG

7.4/10

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

5. The Tree of Life

Rated: PG-13

6.8/10

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.

6. The New World

Rated: PG-13

6.7/10

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

7. Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

Rated: PG-13

6.5/10

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. (Wide release version with narration by Cate Blanchett.)

8. To the Wonder

Rated: R

5.8/10

After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.

9. Song to Song

Rated: R

5.6/10

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.

10. Knight of Cups

Rated: R

5.6/10

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.

11. A Hidden Life

Rated: PG-13

/10

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.