Right here Are All of the Superior-Sounding Style Movies Coming to Sundance 2026

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival is true across the nook, and it’s an enormous one. It’s the primary because the passing of co-founder Robert Redford, and it’s the final one going down in Park Metropolis, UT, which has been its dwelling because the Nineteen Eighties. Over 16,000 submissions, which embrace over 4,000 characteristic movies, had been thought-about for the occasion, and on Wednesday, the 100 or so options accepted had been introduced.

You possibly can see the full list here, and there’s loads of enjoyable stuff to say. (A brand new movie by John Wilson! Chris Pine! Courtney Love! Olivia Wilde!) However we’re io9. We combed the list looking for the weird stuff. The sci-fi, the horror, and and the films we’ll be talking about this time subsequent 12 months as doubtlessly our favorites. And we discovered a bunch.

Working from January 22 by way of February 1, 2026, listed below are all of the awesome-sounding style movies coming to Sundance 2026, with their official descriptions. Plus, just a few shall be accessible to view on-line. We’ll notice that beneath.

If I Go Will They Miss Me

“Twelve-year-old Lil Ant struggles to attach along with his father when he begins to see surreal, nearly spectral visions of boys drifting round his neighborhood. Their presence reveals a hyperlink between father and son, laying naked the threads that bind household, legacy, and place.”

Written and directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández, starring Danielle Brooks and J. Alphonse Nicholson. (Accessible on-line)

The Incomer

“On a distant Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy hunt birds and speak to legendary beings whereas preventing off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel, an ungainly official, arrives to relocate them.”

Written and directed by Louis Paxton, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Emun Elliott, Michelle Gomez, and John Hannah. (Accessible on-line)

zi 

“In Hong Kong, a younger girl haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who modifications the course of her night time—and probably her life.”

Written and directed by Kogonada, starring Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha. (Accessible on-line)

The Gallerist

“A determined gallerist conspires to promote a lifeless physique at Artwork Basel Miami.”

Written and directed by Cathy Yan, starring Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega, Sterling Ok. Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Within the Blink of an Eye

“Three storylines, spanning hundreds of years, intersect and replicate on hope, connection, and the circle of life.”

Directed by Andrew Stanton, written by Colby Day, starring Rashida Jones, Kate McKinnon, Daveed Diggs, Jorge Vargas, and Tanaya Beatty.

Leviticus

“Two star-crossed teenage boys should escape a violent entity that takes the type of the particular person they want most—one another.”

Written and directed by Adrian Chiarella, starring Joe Hen, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie, and Davida McKenzie.

Buddy

“A courageous woman and her pals should escape a youngsters’ tv present.”

Written and directed by Casper Kelly, starring Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt.

Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant

“When a messy millennial underachiever by accident will get alien-pregnant, she should overcome skeptical medical doctors, a ineffective child daddy, and her oversharing mum with a view to survive and reclaim her life.”

Written and directed by THUNDERLIPS, starring Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Inexperienced, and Jackie van Beek.

Rock Springs

“After the loss of life of her father, a grieving younger woman strikes to an remoted home in a brand new city along with her mom and grandmother, solely to find there’s something monstrous hidden within the city’s historical past and the woods behind their new dwelling.”

Written and directed by Vera Miao, starring Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Aria Kim, and Fiona Fu. (Accessible on-line)

Saccharine

“Hana, a lovelorn medical scholar, turns into terrorized by a hungry ghost after collaborating in an obscure weight reduction craze: consuming human ashes.”

Written and directed by Natalie Erika James, starring Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, and Madeleine Madden.

undertone

“The host of a preferred paranormal podcast turns into haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously despatched her manner.”

Written and directed by Ian Tuason, starring Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Keana Lyn Bastidas, and Jeff Yung.

Fing!

“A demanding little woman and her mother and father, the Meeks, battle an outrageously entitled viscount to guard their uncommon, furry, one-eyed Fing from these fixated on exploiting this wondrous creature.”

Directed by Jeffrey Walker, written by David Walliams and Kevin Cecil, starring Mia Wasikowska, Blake Harrison, David Walliams, Iona Bell, Penelope Wilton, and Taika Waititi.

For information on single tickets and how you can watch among the movies which are accessible on-line, click this link.

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