Days of Heaven

1978 · directed by Terrence Malick

Rating

87/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Criterion

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.

Days of Heaven (1978), directed by Terrence Malick, rates 87/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Richard Gere
• Brooke Adams
• Sam Shepard
• Linda Manz
• Robert J. Wilke
• Jackie Shultis
• Stuart Margolin
• Timothy Scott
• Gene Bell
• Doug Kershaw

Crew

• Néstor Almendros — Director of Photography
• Billy Weber — Editor
• Ennio Morricone — Original Music Composer
• Terrence Malick — Writer

More from Terrence Malick

1. The Tree of Life (2011) — 90/100 · hit
2. Badlands (1973) — 87/100 · hit
3. The Thin Red Line (1998) — 80/100 · hit
4. A Hidden Life (2019) — 76/100
5. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience (2016) — 75/100
6. Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017) — 70/100

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