Days of Heaven (1978)
Directed by Terrence Malick · 94 min · Drama, Romance
82.2 TOPICAL score · #296 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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) has a TOPICAL score of 82.2 - ranked 296 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 3 awards from 6 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 93. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (1,218 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 37 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 93
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (1,218 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards3 wins, 6 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Cinematography; National Board of Review Award for Best Film; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 37 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read43,750 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Richard Gere (actor #612), Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard (actor #628), Linda Manz
“In a 2007 re-evaluation for Slant Magazine Nick Schager called it "the greatest film ever made."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10