Col Needham’s Top Sundance Picks for 2024
I am the Founder and CEO of IMDb and these are the movies which I am most looking forward to seeing at the Sundance Film Festival 2024. The list is in alphabetical order.
The scope of the festival and the quality makes it difficult to pick a subset and these are all taken from my longer Sundance Interest List which contains over 60 movies and the festival is only 11 days long!
The titles I have seen from Sundance 2024 are on this list, which will be updated as the festival progresses.
The scope of the festival and the quality makes it difficult to pick a subset and these are all taken from my longer Sundance Interest List which contains over 60 movies and the festival is only 11 days long!
The titles I have seen from Sundance 2024 are on this list, which will be updated as the festival progresses.
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- DirectorKobi LibiiStarsJustice SmithZachary BartonAnthony CoonsA young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.
- DirectorJ.M. HarperStarsKembaKiller MikeMac PhippsBronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad - revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsTom HanksPedro PascalBen MendelsohnFour interconnected stories set in 1987 Oakland, CA. will tell about the love of music, movies, people, places and memories beyond our knowable universe.
- DirectorIndia DonaldsonStarsLily ColliasSumaya BouhbalValentine BlackDuring a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
- DirectorShuchi TalatiStarsPreeti PanigrahiKani KusrutiKesav Binoy KironAt a strict boarding school in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. However, her sexual awakening is cut short by her protective mother, who never got to experience the same liberating process of maturation.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsGlen PowellAdria ArjonaAustin AmelioA professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.I have already seen this (at TIFF) but recommending here since I loved it so much.
- DirectorJane SchoenbrunStarsJustice SmithBrigette Lundy-PaineIan ForemanA teenager is trying to survive life in the suburbs when a classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night television show.
- DirectorMolly Manning WalkerStarsAnna AntoniadesMia McKenna-BruceLara PeakeThree British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.I have already seen this (at The FilmBath Festival) but recommending here since I loved it so much.
- DirectorAlessandra LacorazzaStarsResidenteSasha CalleLio MehielOn a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- DirectorJack BegertStarsDavid SchwimmerGaby HoffmannTalia RyderA middle-aged filmmaker on the verge of a breakthrough. Two kids in search of a lost backpack. A small dog a long way from home.
- DirectorAmrou Al-KadhiStarsBilal HasnaLouis GreatorexDarkwahA drag queen longs for love. Their act at a Pride event attracts a marketing executive. Ensuing romance forces the performer to confront their identity.
- DirectorRose GlassStarsAnna BaryshnikovKristen StewartDave FrancoReclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.
- DirectorPeter SillenFuturists Martine and Bina Rothblatt create humanoid AI Bina48 to transfer Bina's consciousness into a robot, aiming to perpetuate their extraordinary love affair across eternity.
- DirectorAndrew ZucheroSam ZucheroStarsKristen StewartSteven YeunA postapocalyptic romance in which a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love after the end of human civilization.
- DirectorMegan ParkStarsMaisy StellaAubrey PlazaPercy Hynes WhiteA mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her 39-year-old self. But when Elliott's "old ass" delivers warnings to her younger self, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about her family, life and love.
- DirectorNora FingscheidtStarsSaoirse RonanPaapa EssieduNabil ElouahabiAfter living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up.
- DirectorEsteban ArangoStarsRiver GalloDylan O'BrienVictoria PedrettiUnfolding over the course of Valentine's Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsLucy LiuJulia FoxChris SullivanA family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.
- DirectorChiwetel EjioforStarsJay WillMary J. BligeChiwetel EjioforBased on a true story, a brilliant young man puts his bright future at risk to help his father.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerNathan ZellnerStarsJesse EisenbergRiley KeoughChristophe Zajac-DenekA year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.
- DirectorMikko MäkeläStarsRuaridh MollicaHiftu QuasemJonathan HydeMax, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
- DirectorJazmin JonesStarsJazmin JonesOlivia McKayla RossInvestigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.
- DirectorTheda HammelStarsJohn EarlyQaher HarhashElizabeth DementTerry, in strict quarantine in his ex-husband's Brooklyn home, cares for his injured nephew, a 19-year-old Moroccan model named Bahlul, drawing attention from everyone in his life.
- DirectorLaura ChinnStarsNico ParkerLaura LinneyWoody HarrelsonWhile caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
- DirectorHaley Elizabeth AndersonStarsSarae AdamsMike DonovanKota JohanAs her boyfriend returns to Ukraine to care for his ailing father, 23-year-old Dakota faces the challenges of a precarious new reality, navigating the complexities of survival in New York City on her own.
