
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
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100%
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 collides with modern life. When... View Full Synopsis
Directed By: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
100%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: William Greaves, David Greaves
100%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany
Directed By: Noah Segan
96%
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 drifting around his neighborhood. Their... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Bodhi Dell, Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Kelvin Adekunle
Directed By: Walter Thompson-Hernández
100%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Astrit Kabashi, Flonja Kodheli, Kumrije Hoxha, Fiona Gllavica
Directed By: Visar Morina
94%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Maria Bamford
Directed By: Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley
100%
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 raid is launched at dawn... View Full Synopsis
Directed By: Felipe Bustos Sierra
100%
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 is exposed, they must fight... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Mahshad Bahram, Hana Mana, Farzad Karen, Zohreh Pirnia
Directed By: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
95%
Critics Consensus: Navigating disturbing material with a remarkably deft touch, Beth De Araújo's Josephine is a masterful drama that explores the ripple effects of trauma with empathy and outstanding performances.
Starring: Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger
Directed By: Beth de Araújo
94%
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 camp, Samuel Murphy fights to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio
Directed By: Padraic McKinley
95%
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 other.
Starring: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt
Directed By: Adrian Chiarella
96%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Choi Hee-seo, Son Suk-ku, Won Mi-kyung, Kim Eung-soo
Directed By: Stephanie Ahn
91%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton, Olivia Wilde
Directed By: Olivia Wilde
95%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Anna Sargent, Victor Slezak, Ali Ahn, Marceline Hugot
Directed By: Liz Sargent
94%
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 her; and her mum... finally... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek
Directed By: Sean Wallace, Jordan Mark Windsor
91%
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 ancestors. They follow the strict... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Emun Elliott
Directed By: Louis Paxton
94%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, You
Directed By: Josef Kubota Wladyka
92%
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 a self-interested bid for parole... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rob Morgan, Residente, Rosalind Eleazar
Directed By: Petra Biondina Volpe
88%
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 fantasies come true as Erika... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders
Directed By: Gregg Araki
83%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key
Directed By: Chris 'Casper' Kelly
74%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Ken Marino
Directed By: David Wain
68%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Abby Ryder Fortson, Sam Waterston
Directed By: Rachel Lambert
73%
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.
Starring: Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, Madeleine Madden
Directed By: Natalie Erika James
74%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Aria Kim
Directed By: Vera Miao
66%
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 striking debut feature, writer-director NB... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Alyssa Marvin, Patrick Wilson, Margaret Cho, Sophia Torres
Directed By: NB Mager
71%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Cooper Raiff, David Duchovny, Kaitlyn Dever, Hope Davis
Directed By: Jay Duplass
70%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Iliza Shlesinger, Garrett Wareing, Lola Tung, Cassidy Freeman
Directed By: Josephine Decker
72%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring: Dave Franco, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Kiernan Shipka
Directed By: Macon Blair
66%
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.
Starring: Charli XCX, Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, Rachel Sennott
Directed By: Aidan Zamiri
58%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A disgruntled theater teacher takes down the school by producing the most inappropriate middle school musical imaginable.
Starring: Will Brill, Gillian Jacobs, Rob Lowe, Michael Strassner
Directed By: Giselle Bonilla
54%
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 Basel event.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega, Sterling K. Brown, Zach Galifianakis
Directed By: Cathy Yan
19%
Critics Consensus: Aiming high in ambition but scoring low in execution, In the Blink of an Eye is a sprawling meditation on the human condition that turns up few compelling revelations.
Synopsis: Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection and the circle of life.
Starring: Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs, Jorge Vargas
Directed By: Andrew Stanton