Amirpour described her second film, an English-language film entitled "The Bad Batch" as "a post-apocalyptic cannibal love story set in a Texas wasteland" where a "muscled cannibal breaks the rule ‘don't play with your food’" - "It's "Road Warrior" meets "Pretty in Pink" with a dope soundtrack." She has also described it as "very violent" and "very romantic" and like ""El Topo" meets "Dirty Dancing"". The film stars Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. It premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2016 and won the Special Jury prize.