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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,110 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
1,387 audience votes
Key crew
- George Aliceson TiptonOriginal Music Composer
- Terrence MalickDirector
- Terrence MalickWriter
Cast
- Martin SheenKit Carruthers
- Sissy SpacekHolly Sargis
- Warren OatesHolly's Father
- Ramon BieriCato
- Alan VintDeputy
- Gary LittlejohnSheriff
- John CarterRich Man
- Bryan MontgomeryBoy
- Gail ThrelkeldGirl
- Charles FitzpatrickClerk
- John Womack Jr.Trooper
- Howard RagsdaleBoss
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Themes
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The Best Movies of 1973
Badlands is #2 of 60
