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Sundance Film Festival 2026: Movie Scorecard

The air was crisp, Main Street was buzzing, and around every corner, local and industry publications read: “Raise a Glass to Park City,” “Line up For Park City’s Last Dance,” and “Sundance Memories.”

As Sundance Institute bids farewell to Utah during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, one thing remains the same: our undying love for cinema. And while it’s clear as the skies here in Park City that many hearts are heavy, there’s also a sense of optimism for what the future could look like when the beloved fest moves to Boulder, Colorado. No question, change is in the air but we still (and always will) have you covered with our annual Rotten Tomatoes Sundance Scorecard.

Beth de Araújo’s drama, Josephine, starring Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, and Gemma Chan, has taken home the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. It has a 97% on the Tomatometer, and critics are praising the film as a harrowing watch that’s “shattering, compassionate, and profoundly unsettling.”

Other Grand Jury Prizes went to Nuisance Bear (U.S. Documentary Competition), Shame and Money (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and To Hold a Mountain (World Cinema Documentary Competition).

Explore the list below, and keep checking back as we add more titles to the list throughout the festival, which runs until February 1. — Stephanie Ornelas


#1

Nuisance Bear  (2026)
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#1
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration [More]
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Noah Segan
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Lil Ant struggles to connect with his father when he begins to see surreal, almost spectral visions of boys [More]
#5

Shame and Money (2026)
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#5
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Visar Morina
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Maria Bamford
Directed By: Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Anti-establishment struggles and activism run in the veins of Glasgow inhabitants. So when In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office [More]
Directed By: Felipe Bustos Sierra
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Within Tehran's underground art scene, two young women create a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. When their creative community [More]
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: John Wilson
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Josephine (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Beth de Araújo
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The Weight (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: THE WEIGHT is set in Oregon in 1933: After the death of his wife and his imprisonment in a labor [More]
Directed By: Padraic McKinley
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Leviticus (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most -- each [More]
Directed By: Adrian Chiarella
#13

Bedford Park (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Stephanie Ahn
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The Invite (2026)
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#14
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Joe and Angela are on thin ice, and tonight might be when it all falls apart. Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbors [More]
Directed By: Olivia Wilde
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Take Me Home (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Liz Sargent
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Sam Green
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A tale of girl-meets-boy-with-alien-penis and the body horror of pregnancy. Mary contends with her changing body; the unborn alien inside [More]
#18

The Incomer (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy spend their days hunting seabirds and retelling the stories of their [More]
Directed By: Louis Paxton
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Josef Kubota Wladyka
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Frank & Louis (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for aging inmates with Alzheimer's and dementia. What begins as [More]
Directed By: Petra Biondina Volpe
#21

I Want Your Sex (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When fresh-faced Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), his [More]
Directed By: Gregg Araki
#22

Buddy (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Chris 'Casper' Kelly
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: David Wain
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Carousel (2026)
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#24
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Rachel Lambert
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Saccharine (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A lovelorn medical student becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight-loss craze. [More]
Directed By: Natalie Erika James
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Rock Springs (2026)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Vera Miao
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Run Amok (2026)
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#27
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A teenage girl stages an elaborate musical about the one day her high school wishes it could forget. In her [More]
Directed By: NB Mager
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Jay Duplass
#29

Chasing Summer (2026)
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#29
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Josephine Decker
#30

The Shitheads (2026)
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#30
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Macon Blair
#31

The Moment (2026)
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#31
Critics Consensus: Satirizing Brat Summer and the pitfalls of pop stardom, The Moment is a mockumentary that could've used sharper barbs, but Charli XCX acquits herself well as a presence that can bind even an unwieldy movie together.
Synopsis: A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut. [More]
Directed By: Aidan Zamiri
#32

The Musical (2026)
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#32
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A disgruntled theater teacher takes down the school by producing the most inappropriate middle school musical imaginable. [More]
Directed By: Giselle Bonilla
#33

The Gallerist (2026)
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#33
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A desperate art gallery owner devises a daring plan to sell a deceased individual as art during Miami's prestigious Art [More]
Directed By: Cathy Yan
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection and the circle of life. [More]
Directed By: Andrew Stanton