2017: 6. SUNDANCE
by pedrobarrosfafe | created - 11 Feb 2017 | updated - 11 Feb 2018 | PublicMy shortlist from 2017 Sundance Film Festival. (Complete 2017 Sundance Film Festival movie lists available at my public lists «2017: 6.01» to «2017: 6.12»)
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1. The Big Sick (2017)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano
Votes: 143,618 | Gross: $42.87M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
2. Mudbound (2017)
R | 134 min | Drama, War
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Jason Mitchell, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige
Votes: 54,422
Sundance 2017: Premieres
3. Wind River (2017)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille
Votes: 280,693 | Gross: $33.80M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
4. Where Is Kyra? (2017)
R | 98 min | Drama
In Brooklyn, New York, Kyra (Michelle Pfeiffer) loses her job and struggles to survive on her ailing mother's income. As the weeks and months go on, her problems worsen. This leads her on a risky and enigmatic path that threatens her life.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzanne Shepherd, Anthony Okungbowa
Votes: 1,858 | Gross: $0.06M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
5. Marjorie Prime (2017)
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Geena Davis, Hannah Gross, Jon Hamm, India Reed Kotis
Votes: 6,868 | Gross: $0.18M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
- Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
6. Before I Fall (2017)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
February 12 is just another day in Sam's charmed life, until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she's losing.
Director: Ry Russo-Young | Stars: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Cynthy Wu, Medalion Rahimi
Votes: 56,826 | Gross: $12.24M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
7. The Discovery (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Two years after the afterlife is scientifically proven, a man attempts to help a young woman break away from her dark past.
Director: Charlie McDowell | Stars: Robert Redford, Mary Steenburgen, Brian McCarthy, Jason Segel
Votes: 37,462
Sundance 2017: Premieres
8. Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down.
Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Jay Duplass
Votes: 10,852 | Gross: $7.12M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
9. The Polka King (2017)
TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Director: Maya Forbes | Stars: Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver
Votes: 11,974
Sundance 2017: Premieres
10. Wilson (I) (2017)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely, neurotic, and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife, and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.
Director: Craig Johnson | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Sandra Lee-Oian Thomas, Shaun J. Brown, James Robert Miller
Votes: 11,011 | Gross: $0.65M
Sundance 2017: Premieres
11. Raw (2016)
R | 99 min | Drama, Horror
A young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.
Director: Julia Ducournau | Stars: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas
Votes: 89,167 | Gross: $0.51M
Sundance 2017: Spotlight
12. Lady Macbeth (2016)
R | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie
Votes: 27,297 | Gross: $1.13M
13. Colossal (2016)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 69,189 | Gross: $3.02M
Sundance 2017: Spotlight
14. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
TV-MA | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves along with her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Director: Macon Blair | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Chris Doubek, Marilyn Faith Hickey, Jared Roylance
Votes: 64,177
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
15. Crown Heights (2017)
R | 94 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devotes his life to proving Colin's innocence.
Director: Matt Ruskin | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Luke Forbes
Votes: 2,925 | Gross: $0.24M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
16. Ingrid Goes West (2017)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and ingratiates herself into the life of an Instagram star.
Director: Matt Spicer | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell
Votes: 47,956 | Gross: $3.02M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic (Matt Spicer and David Branson Smith)
17. Novitiate (2017)
R | 123 min | Drama
Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.
Director: Maggie Betts | Stars: Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley, Chelsea Lopez
Votes: 5,051 | Gross: $0.58M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director (Maggie Betts)
18. The Yellow Birds (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama, War
Two young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Director: Alexandre Moors | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Daniel Jose Molina, Mikey Collins, Tye Sheridan
Votes: 4,707
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography (Daniel Landin)
19. Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
TV-MA | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Larnell | Stars: Chanté Adams, Nia Long, Mahershala Ali, Germar Terrell Gardner
Votes: 3,664
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance (Chanté Adams)
20. Brigsby Bear (2017)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
Director: Dave McCary | Stars: Kyle Mooney, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins
Votes: 17,780 | Gross: $0.53M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
21. To the Bone (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 107 min | Drama
A young woman, dealing with anorexia, meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
Director: Marti Noxon | Stars: Rebekah Kennedy, Lily Collins, Dana L. Wilson, Ziah Colon
Votes: 54,865
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
22. Band Aid (2017)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
Director: Zoe Lister-Jones | Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman
Votes: 5,980 | Gross: $0.24M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
23. The Hero (I) (2017)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
Director: Brett Haley | Stars: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman
Votes: 10,449 | Gross: $4.08M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
24. Patti Cake$ (2017)
R | 109 min | Drama, Music
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Director: Geremy Jasper | Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Sahr Ngaujah, Bridget Everett, Mamoudou Athie
Votes: 10,527 | Gross: $0.80M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Dramatic Competition
25. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Unrated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yasser Ali Maher, Ahmed Selim
Votes: 9,277 | Gross: $0.08M
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
26. I Dream in Another Language (2017)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
When a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.
Director: Ernesto Contreras | Stars: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligio Meléndez, Fátima Molina
Votes: 4,057 | Gross: $0.00M
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
27. Berlin Syndrome (2017)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship, when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich, Emma Bading
Votes: 27,644 | Gross: $0.03M
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
28. Gook (2017)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama
Two Korean-American brothers run a shoe store in L.A. county. Their friend, black eleven-year-old Kamilla, drops in and helps. On this day, the Rodney King verdict ignites the 1992 L.A. riots.
Director: Justin Chon | Stars: Simone Baker, Justin Chon, Curtiss Cook Jr., David So
Votes: 2,751 | Gross: $0.25M
Sundance 2017: Next
- Audience Award: Next
29. Columbus (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.
Director: Kogonada | Stars: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 20,976 | Gross: $1.02M
Sundance 2017: Next
30. Thoroughbreds (2017)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.
Director: Cory Finley | Stars: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks
Votes: 46,429 | Gross: $2.83M
Sundance 2017: Next
31. A Ghost Story (2017)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson
Votes: 79,678 | Gross: $1.60M
Sundance 2017: Next
32. 78/52 (2017)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the "man behind the curtain", and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: Marli Renfro, Alfred Hitchcock, Tere Carrubba, Alan Barnette
Votes: 3,872 | Gross: $0.04M
Sundance 2017: Midnight
33. The Little Hours (2017)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza
Votes: 25,448 | Gross: $1.65M
Sundance 2017: Midnight
34. My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
PG-13 | 70 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to an orphanage with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
Director: Claude Barras | Stars: Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz
Votes: 29,154 | Gross: $0.29M
Sundance 2017: Sundance Kids
Oscars 2017 (1n|0w)
- Best Animated Film
Golden Globes 2017 (1n|0w)
- Best Motion Picture - Animated
35. Icarus (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Director: Bryan Fogel | Stars: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov
Votes: 54,721
Sundance 2017: U.S. Documentary Competition
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award (Bryan Fogel)
36. Strong Island (2017)
TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary, Crime
When filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young Black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey, since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.
Director: Yance Ford | Stars: Yance Ford, Harvey Walker, Kevin Myers, Lauren Ford
Votes: 4,126
Sundance 2017: U.S. Documentary Competition
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling (Yance Ford)
Oscars 2018.
37. Quest (II) (2017)
104 min | Documentary, Family, Music
A husband and wife live in an impoverished neighborhood in north Philadelphia while they raise their daughter and run a recording studio in their basement.
Director: Jonathan Olshefski | Stars: Christopher Rainey, Christine'a Rainey, P.J. Rainey, William Withers
Votes: 359 | Gross: $0.05M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Documentary Competition
Independent Spirit Awards 2018
38. City of Ghosts (2017)
R | 92 min | Documentary, War
A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Abdelaziz Alhamza, Mohamad Almusari, Hamoud Almousa, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Votes: 4,127 | Gross: $0.13M
Sundance 2017: U.S. Documentary Competition
39. Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, War
Khaled, Mahmoud and Subhi volunteer with the White Helmets trying to save lives of hundreds of victims in the besieged city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.
Directors: Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen | Stars: Khaled Umar Harah, Batul, Mahmoud, Abu Umar
Votes: 3,001 | Gross: $0.01M
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Documentary Competition
- World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
40. Motherland (I) (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Taking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers... See full summary »
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Votes: 247
Sundance 2017: World Cinema Documentary Competition
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Commanding Vision (Ramona S. Diaz)
Independent Spirit Awards 2018.
41. Oklahoma City (2017)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Documents the beliefs and experiences of Timothy McVeigh in the lead-up to his bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which claimed 168 lives.
Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Janet Beck, Alan Berg, Jim Botting, Bill Buford
Votes: 2,959
Sundance 2017: Documentary Premieres
42. Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time (2017)
TV-14 | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
Unprecedented access and never-before-seen footage of candidate Trump, from the primaries through the debates to the dawning realization that the controversial businessman will become the 45th President of the United States.
Directors: Ted Bourne, Mary Robertson, Banks Tarver | Stars: Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Donald Trump
Votes: 779
Sundance 2017: Documentary Premieres
43. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
PG | 98 min | Documentary
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | Stars: Al Gore, Cory Booker, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 8,357 | Gross: $3.50M
Sundance 2017: Documentary Premieres
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