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Days of Heaven (1978)

PG ★ 7.5/10 94 min Drama, Romance United States English
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
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She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Richard Gere
Richard Gere Bill
Brooke Adams
Brooke Adams Abby
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard The Farmer
Linda Manz
Linda Manz Linda
Robert J. Wilke
Robert J. Wilke The Farm Foreman
Jackie Shultis Linda's Friend
Stuart Margolin
Stuart Margolin Mill Foreman
Timothy Scott
Timothy Scott Harvest Hand

Days of Heaven Appears on 23 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #372
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #359
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #407
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #140
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #104
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #476
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #153
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #154

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #49
Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See
Collider #30
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #90
Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #42
The 100 Best Movies Of All Time By Esquire
Esquire #23
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #61
The Guardians 25 Best Arthouse Films Of All Time
The Guardian #07

Filmmaker Curation

David Fincher's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #18
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #555
Harmony Korine's Favorite Movies
Various #16

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1970-1979 Films
Letterboxd #80
Letterboxd Top 100 Movies Rated G Or PG
Letterboxd #98
Showdown A New Leaf
Letterboxd Showdown #18
Showdown Frame Up
Letterboxd Showdown #17

Movements

New Hollywood
Letterboxd #11

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