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Badlands

1973Movie1 h 34 min

DramaRomance
87
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic947.8Rotten Tomatoes97%90%
87
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic947.8Rotten Tomatoes97%90%

Summary

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

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  • You need an uplifting mood
  • Graphic violence bothers you

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  • Weighs on you.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Breaks your heart.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

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Prefers Going Barefootin 370 titlesHolly has a habit of running around barefoot. In her first scene, she's barefoot in her bed, and heads outside just like so.Roman à Clefin 220 titlesThe Charles Starkweather murders, with the names changed and some details messed with. Most of the changes serve to make Kit and Holly less monstrous than their Real Life counterparts.All 28 tropes

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