Terrence Malick filmography

Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Throughout his career, which has spanned over four decades, he has directed nine feature films and one documentary. He has also written scripts for other directors, and since the 1990s has acted as producer and executive producer on numerous projects.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
1973	Badlands	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
1978	Days of Heaven	Yes	Yes	No		[2]
1998	The Thin Red Line	Yes	Yes	No	Based on the novel by James Jones	[3]
2004	The Beautiful Country	No	Story	Yes	Credited as Lingard Jervey; story co-written with Sabina Murray	[4]
	Undertow	No	Story	Yes	Credited as Lingard Jervey
2005	The New World	Yes	Yes	No		[5]
2011	The Tree of Life	Yes	Yes	No		[6]
2012	To the Wonder	Yes	Yes	No		[7]
2015	Knight of Cups	Yes	Yes	No		[8]
2017	Song to Song	Yes	Yes	No		[9]
2019	A Hidden Life	Yes	Yes	No		[10]
TBA	The Way of the Wind	Yes	Yes	No	Upcoming	[11]

Writer only

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
1971	Dirty Harry	Don Siegel	Uncredited; early unused draft later retooled for Magnum Force	[12]
	Drive, He Said	Jack Nicholson	Uncredited script revisions	[12]
1972	Deadhead Miles	Vernon Zimmerman		[13]
	Lady Ice	Tom Gries	Uncredited early draft	[14]
	Pocket Money	Stuart Rosenberg	Based on Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown	[13]
1974	The Gravy Train	Jack Starrett	Credited as David Whitney; co-written with Bill Kerby	[15]
2002	Bear's Kiss	Sergei Bodrov	Uncredited; original story	[16]

Producer only

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
1998	Endurance	Leslie Woodhead		[17]
2006	Amazing Grace	Michael Apted		[18]
2014	The Better Angels	A. J. Edwards		[19]

Executive producer only

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
2000	Happy Times	Zhang Yimou		[20]
2013	Red Wing	Will Wallace		[21]
2016	The Vessel	Julio Quintana		[22]
2017	The Spearhead Effect	Brandon Moore, Caleb Alexander Smith		[23]
2020	The Book of Vision	Carlo S. Hintermann		[24]

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1969	Lanton Mills	Tilman		[25]
1972	Pocket Money	Workman	Uncredited	[26]
1973	Badlands	Caller at Rich Man's House		[27]
1978	Days of Heaven	Worker

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
1969	Lanton Mills	Yes	Yes	Student short film Also music composer	[25]
2018	Together	Yes	No	VR experience	[28]

Documentary works

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2016	Voyage of Time	Yes	Yes	Documentary film	[29]

Executive producer only

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
2000	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	George Butler		[30]
2007	The Unforeseen	Laura Dunn		[31]
2015	Almost Holy	Steve Hoover		[32]
	The Seventh Fire	Jack Pettibone Riccobono		[33]
2016	Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry	Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell		[34]
2018	Awaken	Tom Lowe		[35]
2019	Everybody's Everything	Sebastian Jones, Ramez Silyan		[36]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Terrence Malick
• Thy Kingdom Come

References

1. "Malick's Impressive 'Badlands' Screened at Festival". The New York Times . October 15, 1973. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
2. "Days of Heaven". Turner Classic Movies.
3. Biskind, Peter (August 1999). "The Runaway Genius". Vanity Fair . Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
4. Reports, Staff (July 22, 2005). "A Malick idea, `Country' worth the year-long wait". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
5. David Sterritt (July 2006). "Film, Philosophy and Terrence Malick". Undercurrents. FIPRESCI. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
6. Skiba, Justin (May 16, 2019). "Eight years ago today: The Tree of Life premieres at Cannes (May 16, 2011)". Two Ways Through Life - The Tree of Life (2011) Film Enthusiast. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
7. Sneider, Jeff (August 12, 2010). "Exclusive: Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz Join Terrence Malick's Next Movie". The Wrap. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
8. Smith, Nigel M (February 8, 2015). "Berlin: Christian Bale and Natalie Portman on Making 'Knight of Cups' With Terrence Malick". Indiewire. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
9. Jagernauth, Kevin (March 11, 2017). "Watch: 30-Minute 'Song To Song' Talk With Terrence Malick, Says First Cut Was 8 Hours". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
10. Pacatte, Rose (May 20, 2019). "Terrence Malick's new film about Franz Jägerstätter premieres at Cannes". National Catholic Reporter . Cannes, France: The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
11. Newman, Nick (November 20, 2020). "Terrence Malick's The Last Planet Gets New Title". thefilmstage.com.
12. Nordine, Michael (May 12, 2013). "Hollywood Bigfoot: Terrence Malick and the Twenty-Year Hiatus That Wasn't". Los Angeles Review of Books . Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
13. "Focus on Terrence Malick: The Early Works" by Sean Gandert, Paste, 8 June 2011 accessed 27 March 2013
14. Maher, Paul A. (February 4, 2024). All Things Shining: An Oral History of the Films of Terrence Malick. ASIN   B0CV6TSR5B. ISBN   979-8869168733.
15. Sayre, Nora (June 17, 1974). "MOVIE REVIEW Gravy Train (1974) Screen: 'Gravy Train,' American Style--Almost". The New York Times .
16. "Sergei Bodrov - director of Bear's kiss". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
17. Holden, Stephen (May 14, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; A Tale About the Distancing Of a Long-Distance Runner". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
18. Cockrell, Eddie (September 15, 2006). "Amazing Grace". Variety. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
19. Debruge, Peter (November 7, 2014). "Film Review: 'The Better Angels'". Variety. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
20. https://www.sonyclassics.com/happy/HappyTimesPressbook.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
21. Team, The Deadline (July 17, 2013). "Exclusive Trailer: 'Red Wing' From Executive Producer Terrence Malick's Stepson". Deadline. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
22. Schager, Nick (September 15, 2016). "Film Review: 'The Vessel'". Variety. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
23. "The Spearhead Effect | Cast and Crew | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
24. Clarke, Cath (January 16, 2023). "The Book of Vision review – dreamlike drama treads fine line between Terrence Malick homage and parody". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
25. Schwartzman, Theresa. "Can Terry Malick Tell a Joke?". Rohstoff Filmmagazin. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
26. Couzens, Gary (January 7, 2007). "The Paul Newman Collection: Pocket Money". thedigitalfix.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
27. Heron, Ambrose (August 14, 2010). "Terence Malick's cameo in Badlands". filmdetail.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
28. O'Falt, Chris (May 7, 2018). "Terrence Malick Tries His Hand at Virtual Reality, and Becomes a First-Year Film Student". IndieWire. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
29. "Terrence Malick's 'Voyage Of Time' Will Push The Boundaries Of Documentary Form | Tribeca". Tribeca. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
30. "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000) - Cast & Crew on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
31. "The Unforeseen (2007)". Two Birds Film. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
32. Schager, Nick (May 16, 2016). "Film Review: 'Almost Holy'". Variety. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
33. Felperin, Leslie (May 12, 2016). "The Seventh Fire review – bleak, poetic look at two men on the edge". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
34. "Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky | Film of Changing Landscape of Rural America | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
35. Ealy, Charles (August 27, 2021). "Film review: 'Awaken' follows the experiential documentary path". Sightlines. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
36. Marantz, Andrew (December 9, 2019). "The Terrence Malick–Lil Peep Connection". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved July 24, 2025.