Badlands
In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people.
DramaRomanceCrimemass murderbased on true storyfugitiveon the runon the roadkilling spreesouth dakotabadlandsrunaway couplefugitive lovers
A poetic, visually stunning portrait of doomed young love set against a killing spree, balancing romantic intimacy with moral darkness and existential drift.
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
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