Every Terrence Malick Movie Ranked Worst To Best

Ten years after its release, and The Tree of Life isn't just Terrence Malick's greatest masterpiece, but also his most divisive film. It's easy to see why viewers have such a love/hate relationship with it - he asks a lot of you, and wants you to get invested in what he's saying instead of just passively watching images on a screen.

No, it's not for everyone, because that's the Malick way, but the truth is even those who dislike it can't deny how utterly captivating, unique, and beautiful a movie it is. Charting the dawn of the universe with the tale of a troubled family in Texas, it questions faith and the meaning of life in a way perhaps no other film has tried.

The way in which it weaves together so many complex ideas about grief, creationism and loss is genuinely inspiring, as well as visually sublime. You can't watch it without thinking Malick is putting everything of himself onto the screen, and from scene-to-scene is exploring his own feelings about life, the universe and everything.

Indulgent as it may be, The Tree of Life is a film unlike any other, and demands your attention as much as it slips through time to answer the world' biggest questions with heartbreaking poignancy.