SXSW 2024: The Official Film & TV Festival Lineup
by IMDb-Editors | created - 3 months ago | updated - 4 weeks ago | PublicHere is the full list of movies and TV series on tap at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival.
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1. Road House (2024)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, Billy Magnussen
Votes: 109,117
Opening night premiere
2. The Idea of You (2024)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Solène, a 40-year-old single mom, begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo
Votes: 342
Closing night premiere
3. Civil War (2024)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman
Votes: 43,750
World Premiere
4. The Fall Guy (2024)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend's blockbuster film.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham
Votes: 2,776
Category: Headliners
5. Immaculate (2024)
R | 89 min | Horror
Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.
Director: Michael Mohan | Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli
Votes: 17,528
Category: Headliners
6. Monkey Man (2024)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systematically victimize the poor and powerless.
Director: Dev Patel | Stars: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma
Votes: 25,642
Category: Headliners
7. Babes (2024)
R | 109 min | Comedy
It tells the story of Eden who becomes pregnant from a one-night-stand and leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her.
Director: Pamela Adlon | Stars: Shola Adewusi, Sandra Bernhard, Michelle Buteau, Crystal Finn
Votes: 86
Category: Headliners
8. Y2K (2024)
93 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
Director: Kyle Mooney | Stars: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Daniel Zolghadri
Votes: 84
Category: Headliners
9. Audrey (I) (2024)
97 min | Comedy
Self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie has given her daughter Audrey everything, so when Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity.
Director: Natalie Bailey | Stars: Jackie van Beek, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Josephine Blazier, Hannah Diviney
Votes: 9
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
10. Ben and Suzanne: A Reunion in 4 Parts (2024)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The romantic reunion of Ben Santhanaraj and Suzanne Hopper is thwarted when Suzanne's boss asks her to work during their holiday road trip.
Director: Shaun Seneviratne | Stars: Anastasia Olowin, Sathya Sridharan
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
11. The Black Sea (2024)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A man journeys to a small Eastern European coastal town where he finds unexpected connections despite being the only black person in the area.
Directors: Derrick B. Harden, Crystal Moselle | Stars: Derrick B. Harden, Irmena Chichikova, Stoyo Mirkov, Samuel Finzi
Votes: 8
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
12. Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
After searching for her estranged father online, a people-pleasing young woman unexpectedly forms a close bond with a grieving, childless man with the same name as her father on Facebook. Inspired by a true story.
Director: Tracie Laymon | Stars: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Rachel Bay Jones
Votes: 82
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
13. Mamífera (2024)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Lola's unplanned pregnancy disrupts her life plans. She resists motherhood while Bruno wants to be a father, forcing her to confront her fears and societal expectations as she seeks clarity on her future.
Director: Liliana Torres | Stars: Enric Auquer, Maria Rodríguez Soto, Ruth Llopis, Anna Alarcón
Votes: 13
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
14. We Strangers (2024)
80 min | Drama
We Strangers is an addictive and haunting study of race, class and assimilation, centering around Ray, a charming and self-determined woman living in Gary, Indiana.
Director: Anu Valia | Stars: Kirby, Maria Dizzia, Paul Adelstein, Sarah Goldberg
Votes: 6
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
15. We Were Dangerous (2024)
83 min | Drama
Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.
Director: Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | Stars: Erana James, Rima Te Wiata, Manaia Hall, Aaron Jackson
Votes: 11
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
16. We're All Gonna Die (2024)
110 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
In near future, everyone's gotten used to the 10, 000-mile alien tentacle that materialized in the sky, and a struggling beekeeper and a grieving wanderer must join together and take a dangerous roadtrip to get their teleported stuff back.
Directors: Matthew Arnold, Freddie Wong | Stars: Indiana Arnold, Nevada Arnold, Ashly Burch, Olivia Cade
Votes: 40
Category: Narrative Feature Competition
17. A House Is Not a Disco (2024)
90 min | Documentary
A House Is Not A Disco peers with empathy and curiosity into the present-day life experiences of those who live, work, and pursue a season of pleasure in the world's most radically queer, "homo-normative" community: Fire Island Pines.
Director: Brian J. Smith | Stars: Nick Ammaturo, Scott Bromley, Marc Christensen, Shyloh Curet
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
18. An Army of Women (2024)
84 min | Documentary
Three Austin women join a lawsuit with others arguing rape goes unprosecuted. Despite setbacks, they persevere to hold law enforcement accountable for inaction and catalyze change.
Director: Julie Lunde Lillesæter
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
19. Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
89 min | Documentary
Struggling actors Sam and Mark find solace from lockdown isolation by staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online (2013), battling griefers as they connect through William Shakespeare.
Directors: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls | Stars: Jen Cohn, Sam Crane, Jeremiah O'Connor, Dipo Ola
Votes: 14
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
20. The in Between (2024)
82 min | Documentary
A filmmaker returns home after her brother's death and makes a coming-of-age portrait exploring her adolescence with river trips and makeovers.
Director: Robie Flores | Stars: Paola Chavarria, Frida Correa, Julissa de Jesus, Daniella Frausto
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
21. Resynator (2024)
96 min | Documentary
When her genius inventor father dies, a daughter finds his old synth prototype, sparking a quest to learn his secrets and forge a posthumous connection.
Director: Alison Tavel | Stars: Jon Anderson, Fred Armisen, Christian Castagno, Peter Gabriel
Votes: 7
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
22. Roleplay (2024)
85 min | Documentary, Drama
College students confront sexual violence on their campus through a transformative theater process. This urgent coming of age story follows young people grappling with sex, consent, identity, and power on their paths to adulthood.
Director: Katie Mathews | Stars: Aaron Avidon, Carl Briggs Jr., Ross Brill, Robert Holmes à Court
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
23. Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2024)
95 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Cult musician Swamp Dogg and housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty have turned their suburban LA home into an artistic haven. They journey through the turbulent music business, forming a special friendship transcending eras.
Directors: Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson, David McMurry | Stars: Swamp Dogg, Moogstar, Guitar Shorty, Johnny Knoxville
Votes: 8
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
24. We Can Be Heroes (2024)
86 min | Documentary
A group of teens find belonging at a LARP camp, building a fantasy world facing climate disaster. Through roleplaying heroes facing apocalypse, they find strength to heal past trauma and emerge empowered in life.
Directors: Alex Simmons, Carina Mia Wong | Stars: Abby, Cloud, Dexter, Max
Votes: 6
Category: Documentary Feature Competition
25. High Tide (2024)
101 min | Drama, Romance
Heartbroken and adrift, undocumented Brazilian immigrant Lourenço searches for purpose in the queer mecca of Provincetown. As the summer season comes to a fade, he sparks an intense and unexpected romance with Maurice. Together, the two reconcile the pasts they've left behind and their uncertain futures.
Director: Marco Calvani | Stars: Marco Pigossi, James Bland, Marisa Tomei, Bill Irwin
Votes: 25
Category: Narrative Spotlight
26. Switch Up (2024)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's world gets turned upside down and he finds himself stranded at a homeless shelter, where he meets a young widow. He begins to fall in love and to understand how helping others is the true path to finding happiness.
Director: Tara Pirnia | Stars: Alicia Witt, Jeff Fahey, Julieth Restrepo, Cristián de la Fuente
Votes: 18
Category: Narrative Spotlight
27. Música (2024)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, family, and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.
Director: Rudy Mancuso | Stars: Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso
Votes: 2,789
Category: Narrative Spotlight
28. Timestalker (2024)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The hapless heroine Agnes reincarnated every time she makes the same mistake: falling in love with the wrong man.
Director: Alice Lowe | Stars: Nick Frost, Kate Dickie, Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard
Votes: 19
Category: Narrative Spotlight
29. Omni Loop (2024)
107 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A woman from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always intended to.
Director: Bernardo Britto | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin
Votes: 30
Category: Narrative Spotlight
30. One of a Kind (2023)
99 min | Drama
A school teacher becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets and secret identities.
Director: Iram Parveen Bilal | Stars: Sohail Sameer, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Tooba Siddiqui, Faryal Mehmood
Votes: 52
Category: Narrative Spotlight
31. The Greatest Hits (2024)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally.
Director: Ned Benson | Stars: Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Austin Crute
Votes: 2,610
Category: Narrative Spotlight
32. Desert Road (2024)
90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A woman crashes her car and walks down the road for help - only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her crashed car again.
Director: Shannon Triplett | Stars: Beau Bridges, Frances Fisher, Kristine Froseth, Edwin Garcia II
Votes: 51
Category: Narrative Spotlight
33. Arcadian (2024)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world.
Director: Benjamin Brewer | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall
Votes: 1,008
Category: Narrative Spotlight
34. A Nice Indian Boy (2024)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Naveen brings his fiance Jay home to meet his family, his traditional Indian parents must contend with accepting his white partner and helping them plan the most fabulous same sex Indian wedding the Bay Area has ever seen.
Director: Roshan Sethi | Stars: Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff, Sunita Mani, Zarna Garg
Votes: 30
Category: Narrative Spotlight
35. Cuckoo (2024)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A 17-year old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.
Director: Tilman Singer | Stars: Dan Stevens, Hunter Schafer, Marton Csokas, Jessica Henwick
Votes: 398
Category: Narrative Spotlight
36. Doin' It (2024)
92 min | Comedy
An Indian-American virgin gets a job teaching high school sex ed.
Director: Sara Zandieh | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, Jessica Clement, Cas Anvar, Lilly Singh
Votes: 19
Category: Narrative Spotlight
37. I Don't Understand You (2024)
96 min | Comedy, Horror
Stranded in rural Italy without transportation or language skills, an American couple on the verge of adopting tries to reconnect during a disastrous vacation, as their fears and relationship problems threaten to boil over.
Directors: David Joseph Craig, Brian Crano | Stars: Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Morgan Spector, Nunzia Schiano
Votes: 20
Category: Narrative Spotlight
38. I Love You Forever (2024)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
A subversive romantic comedy gone wrong that follows a young woman into and out of an emotionally abusive relationship.
Directors: Cazzie David, Elisa Kalani | Stars: Sofia Black-D'Elia, Jon Rudnitsky, Ray Nicholson, Cazzie David
Votes: 11
Category: Narrative Spotlight
39. I Wish You All the Best (2024)
92 min | Drama
It follows a teen who after being kicked out of the house by their parents, embarks upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship, and family.
Director: Tommy Dorfman | Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Cole Sprouse, Amy Landecker, Corey Fogelmanis
Votes: 32
Category: Narrative Spotlight
40. Magpie (2024)
R | 90 min | Thriller
A couple find their lives turned upside-down when their daughter is cast alongside a controversial major star.
Director: Sam Yates | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Shazad Latif, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Alistair Petrie
Votes: 60
Category: Narrative Spotlight
41. My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran comes head to head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house.
Director: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 118
Category: Narrative Spotlight
42. Turtles (2023)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Thom and Henri experienced the joys of gay marriage, but after 35 years together, love turned sour, and it was time for a divorce.
Director: David Lambert | Stars: Laurent Bonnet, Joel Gosset, Olivier Gourmet, Dave Johns
Votes: 13
Category: Narrative Spotlight
43. The Uninvited (2024)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
A stranger crashes a party, sparking a comedy of errors, and a reordering of life.
Director: Nadia Conners | Stars: Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Eva De Dominici
Votes: 39
Category: Narrative Spotlight
44. The Gutter (2024)
89 min | Comedy
Walt lands work at bowling alley AlleyCatz. He's pressured to embrace his bowling talent, which sparks backlash from detractors seeking to undermine his sudden pro success.
Directors: Isaiah Lester, Yassir Lester | Stars: Tony Baker, Rell Battle, Adam Brody, D'Arcy Carden
Votes: 21
Category: Narrative Spotlight
45. Cheech and Chong's Last Movie (2024)
123 min | Documentary
Exploring their 5-decade career performing stand-up, making records, and starring in hit films. It covers their lives, comedy partnership, and lasting influence on pop culture.
Director: David Bushell | Stars: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin
Votes: 8
Category: Documentary Spotlight
46. Dickweed (2024)
90 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Two people got kidnapped. One man lost his dick. No-one got any money. This heist-gone-horribly-wrong led one Newport Beach detective on an international manhunt for the most twisted criminal he'd ever hunted.
Director: Jonathan Ignatius Green | Stars: Ronald Douglass, John Fantasia, Rizzy Fuentes, Jerry Gregorio
Votes: 9
Category: Documentary Spotlight
47. How to Build a Truth Engine (2024)
109 min | Documentary
Researchers study disinformation and conspiracies, examining technology, journalism, folklore, and neuroscience to understand how manipulating information can alter minds and reality.
Director: Friedrich Moser | Stars: Zahra Aghajan, Susan Benesch, Malachy Browne, Itzhak Fried
Category: Documentary Spotlight
48. Lions of Mesopotamia (2024)
86 min | Documentary
The Iraqi soccer team unites players from warring factions to become 2007 Asian Cup champions, briefly unifying the country amid civil war. Over a decade later, the players recount their journey through conflict to an unlikely victory.
Director: Lucian Read | Stars: Nashat Akram, Medhi Al-Kharki, Hassanane Balal, J. Paul Bremer
Votes: 6
Category: Documentary Spotlight
49. MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024)
96 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
Exploring the company founding and the implosion of the business by outside investors who took over the company, left it bankrupt and under investigation.
Director: Muta'Ali Muhammad | Stars: Daymond John, Ted Farnsworth, Stacy Spikes, Mitch Lowe
Votes: 12
Category: Documentary Spotlight
50. Plastic People (2024)
84 min | Documentary
Scientists investigate the threat of microplastics in human bodies. Journalist visits labs and undergoes testing to find plastic in home, food and body.
Directors: Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong | Stars: Susan Freinkel, Dale Jurassic, Mary Kosuth, Rick Smith
Votes: 36
Category: Documentary Spotlight
51. Preconceived (2024)
80 min | Documentary
A riveting documentary about the pervasive but overlooked presence of Crisis Pregnancy Centers. "Preconceived" explores the complex role of deception, finances, faith, and privacy amid a shifting legal landscape.
Directors: Kate Dumke, Sabrine Keane | Stars: Maleeha, Maria
Category: Documentary Spotlight
52. Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
91 min | Documentary
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved.
Director: Jeremy Workman | Stars: Michael Townsend, Colin Bliss, Adriana Valdez-Young, Andrew Oesch
Votes: 17
Category: Documentary Spotlight
53. Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter (2024)
77 min | Documentary, Biography
A journalist reports on JFK assassination, helps enact Great Society reforms in White House, co-founds women's political group, leads 1977 women's conference, and champions Equal Rights Amendment.
Directors: Christy Carpenter, Abby Ginzberg | Stars: Liz Carpenter, Luci Baines Johnson, Bill Moyers, Dan Rather
Category: Documentary Spotlight
54. She Looks Like Me (2024)
105 min | Documentary
Born without legs, Jen Bricker is abandoned by her biological parents. Adopted in the US, she idolizes America's superstar gymnast - the mesmerizing Dominique Moceanu - only to find out that the two women share a shocking secret.
Director: Torquil Jones | Stars: Simone Biles, Jen Bricker, Sharon Bricker, Dominique Moceanu
Category: Documentary Spotlight
55. Whatever It Takes (2024)
93 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking and bizarre deliveries. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects.
Director: Jenny Carchman
Category: Documentary Spotlight
56. 7 Beats Per Minute (2024)
100 min | Documentary
Freediving champion Jessea Lu nearly died during a world-record attempt. She revisits the site of her near-death in this documentary, facing past traumas and struggling back to life.
Director: Yuqi Kang | Star: Jessea Lu
Votes: 5
Category: Documentary Spotlight
57. A King Like Me (2024)
90 min | Documentary
Follows members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans' first Black Mardi Gras, as they work to bring the Zulu parade back to the streets.
Director: Matthew O. Henderson | Stars: Jay Banks, Dr. Takeisha Davis, Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, Anthony Michael Frederick
Category: Documentary Spotlight
58. The Antisocial Network (2024)
TV-MA | 85 min | Documentary
A group of lonely teenagers formed an online community and bonded over their isolation, but their collective beliefs warped reality.
Directors: Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones | Stars: Fuxnet, Amanda, Aubrey Cottle, Matt Alt
Votes: 1,337
Category: Documentary Spotlight
59. Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024)
77 min | Documentary
A man forms an unlikely friendship with a wild otter while living in the remote Shetland Islands
Director: Charlie Hamilton-James
Votes: 24
Category: Documentary Spotlight
60. Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion (2024)
TV-MA | 91 min | Documentary
The Instagram-perfect image of Brandy Melville hides a toxic culture endemic to fast fashion.
Director: Eva Orner | Stars: Alyssa Hardy, Liz Ricketts, Kate Taylor
Votes: 549
Category: Documentary Spotlight
61. Clemente (2024)
101 min | Documentary
A feature-length documentary that explores the life, career, and legacy of Roberto Clemente.
Director: David Altrogge | Stars: Steve Blass, Roberto Clemente Jr., Bob Costas, Michael Keaton
Votes: 8
Category: Documentary Spotlight
62. Fly (I) (2024)
120 min | Documentary
Over seven years, three couples involved in the extreme sport of BASE jumping test the limits of love and life itself. Risking everything for the thrill of the jump, their dedication is put to the ultimate test.
Directors: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz
Votes: 7
Category: Documentary Spotlight
63. The Hobby (I) (2024)
92 min | Documentary
Explores the passionate world of modern board gaming, following enthusiasts who find community and meaning through games.
Director: Simon Ennis | Stars: Daryl Andrews, Dan Corbett, Irving Finkel, John Hague
Category: Documentary Spotlight
64. How Music Got Free (2024)
81 min | Documentary
Factory worker Dell Glover becomes an early pioneer of illegal online file-sharing, sparking a global digital piracy revolution.
Director: Alex Stapleton | Stars: Rocsi Diaz, Della Glover, Marshall Mathers, Method Man
Category: Documentary Spotlight
65. Stormy (2024)
TV-MA | 109 min | Documentary
Behind the curtain with Stormy Daniels as she shares her story. The film follows her reinventing herself while grappling with events from 5 years earlier that made her an unlikely American icon.
Director: Sarah Gibson | Stars: Stormy Daniels, Travis Partin, Joy King, Olivia Nuzzi
Votes: 668
Category: Documentary Spotlight
66. The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024)
TV-MA | 121 min | Documentary, Crime
Centers on families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. They take Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist, to court for spreading lies about the event being a hoax.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Alex Jones, Russell Dowden, Rob Jacobson, Josh Owens
Votes: 1,676
Category: Documentary Spotlight
67. Azrael (2024)
R | 85 min | Action, Horror
In a world no one speaks a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness
Director: E.L. Katz | Stars: Samara Weaving, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Vic Carmen Sonne, Sebastian Bull
Votes: 72
Category: Midnighter
68. Family (2024)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror
Summer, 2002. Watching her sick father decline, 11-year-old Johanna makes a call for a good spirit to save him. But something else comes instead.
Director: Benjamin Finkel | Stars: Ben Chaplin, Allan Corduner, Lucinda Lee Dawson Gray, Beau McConnell
Votes: 13
Category: Midnighter
69. Hood Witch (2023)
95 min | Thriller
A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one of the user's consultations takes a tragic turn facing a violent backlash.
Director: Saïd Belktibia | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Amine Zariouhi, Jérémy Ferrari, Denis Lavant
Votes: 55
Category: Midnighter
70. Hunting Daze (2024)
79 min | Mystery, Thriller
Nina, a tempestuous young, woman joins a group of hunters in a remote cabin. A mysterious stranger's arrival disrupts her newfound place in their male micro-society.
Director: Annick Blanc | Stars: Marc Beaupré, Maxime Genois, Alexandre Landry, Bruno Marcil
Votes: 17
Category: Midnighter
71. It's What's Inside (2024)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A pre-wedding party descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase.
Director: Greg Jardin | Stars: Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Devon Terrell
Votes: 93
Category: Midnighter
72. Kryptic (2024)
96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A woman searches for a missing monster hunter, realizing she has an inextricable bond with the creature being pursued.
Director: Kourtney Roy | Stars: Chloe Pirrie, Jeff Gladstone, Jason Deline, Ali Rusu-Tahir
Votes: 32
Category: Midnighter
73. Oddity (2024)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Uncovering the truth behind sister's death with the help of wooden mannequin.
Director: Damian Mc Carthy | Stars: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton
Votes: 65
Category: Midnighter
74. Things Will Be Different (I) (2024)
102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
Director: Michael Felker | Stars: Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Chloe Skoczen, Justin Benson
Votes: 26
Category: Midnighter
75. Adrianne & the Castle (2024)
86 min | Documentary
Alan built a castle in rural Illinois with his late love. Facing life alone, he revisits their fantasy through musical re-enactments transporting him to the world they shared.
Director: Shannon Walsh | Stars: Alan St-George, Nathan McDonald, SLee, Tamsen Glaser
Votes: 10
Category: Visions
76. Birdeater (2023)
113 min | Drama, Thriller
A bride-to-be is invited to her fiancé's bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details of their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn.
Directors: Jack Clark, Jim Weir | Stars: Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez, Ben Hunter, Jack Bannister
Votes: 83
Category: Visions
77. Dead Mail (2024)
106 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.
Directors: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy | Stars: Sterling Macer Jr., John Fleck, Tomas Boykin, Susan Priver
Votes: 49
Category: Visions
78. Dory Previn: On My Way to Where (2024)
79 min | Documentary
A child tap dancer in New Jersey, Previn went on to write classic songs. In NYC as a showgirl, she wrote for Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. Caught in a 1960s Hollywood scandal, she entered the Laurel Canyon music scene.
Directors: Dianna Dilworth, Julia Greenberg | Stars: Lion, Mama, Max, Dory Previn
Category: Visions
79. Songs from the Hole (2024)
106 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
At 15, he took a life. Three days later, his brother's life was taken. An incarcerated musician struggles for healing and peace as he comes of age in this documentary visual album composed behind bars.
Director: Contessa Gayles | Stars: Kellie Evans, Devonte Hoy, Myles Lassiter, Ryleigh Leggett
Category: Visions
80. The Trouble with Mr Doodle (2024)
90 min | Documentary
A young boy has doodled obsessively since he first held a pen. His compulsion intensifies until his home and mind are dominated by endless drawings.
Directors: Jaimie D'Cruz, Ed Perkins, Alex Nott | Stars: Alexa Cox, Andrea Cox, Nell Cox, Sam Cox
Category: Visions
81. 7 Keys (2024)
93 min | Thriller
Daniel has kept the keys to the places he's lived in. Lena wants to use them - on the ultimate tour of London, a weekend of getting to know each other intimately in other people's homes. This risky fantasy soon becomes a deadly threat.
Director: Joy Wilkinson | Stars: Emma McDonald, Billy Postlethwaite, Amit Shah, Kaylen Luke
Category: Visions
82. Doppelgängers³ (2024)
73 min | Documentary
Three Doppelgängers meet in outer space to imagine diasporic and queer eco-feminist futures.
Director: Ben Hayoun- Stépanian | Stars: Myriam Amroun, Rémy Bennett, Manuel Leira Casanueva, Graciela Chichilnisky
Category: Visions
83. Sew Torn (2024)
95 min | Thriller
A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.
Director: Freddy Macdonald | Stars: Eve Connolly, Calum Worthy, John Lynch, K Callan
Votes: 22
Category: Visions
84. This Is a Film About the Black Keys (2024)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney formed The Black Keys in Akron, Ohio. After a decade of relentless touring and navigating highs and lows, they found mainstream success with Brothers and El Camino.
Director: Jeff Dupre | Stars: Dan Auerbach, Patrick J. Carney
Votes: 12
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
85. Diane Warren: Relentless (2024)
91 min | Documentary, Music
An intimate look at the life, career and process of one of the most accomplished songwriters of all time, Diane Warren.
Director: Bess Kargman | Stars: Jerry Bruckheimer, Cher, Common, Clive Davis
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
86. Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience (2024)
75 min | Documentary, Music
John Aielli influenced Austin's musical diversity for over 50 years. The opera singer from Killeen became Austin's legendary voice. His freeform interviews, on-air mishaps and philosophical musings made "Eklektikos" a one-of-a-kind show.
Directors: Sam Wainwright Douglas, David Hartstein | Star: Larry Jack Dotson
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
87. Mogwai: If the Stars Had A Sound (2024)
92 min | Documentary
25 years of the cult Scottish band Mogwai. When a pioneering band stays true to their roots and follows their own path, the outcome is 'bigger than words and wider than pictures'.
Director: Antony Crook | Stars: Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch, Barry Burns
Votes: 10
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
88. Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (2023)
127 min | Documentary, Music
Having worked with the likes of Coldplay, PJ Harvey and Mumford and Sons, this director charts the intimate, artistic and personal relationship between Omar Rodriguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala from progressive band The Mars Volta.
Director: Nicolas Jack Davies | Stars: Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Votes: 14
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
89. The World According to Allee Willis (2024)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Songwriter / artist Allee Willis began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. She pursued creative expression at all costs while struggling to fit established gender and sexual norms - until she found a path to love.
Director: Alexis Spraic | Stars: Pamela Adlon, Stephen Bray, Julie Brown, Mark Cuban
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
90. Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)
98 min | Documentary
Jackie Shane was one of music's pioneering Black trans performers. On the edge of stardom, why did she disappear? Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story hands the mic over revealing her extraordinary journey, in her own unmistakable voice.
Directors: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee | Stars: James Baley, Bobby Dean Blackburn, Rob Bowman, Sandra Caldwell
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
91. Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (2024)
105 min | Documentary
Follows the story and challenging life of legendary musician and genius keyboardist Billy Preston.
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Billy Porter, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Suzanne De Passe
Votes: 7
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
92. Dandelion (2024)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
It follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago.
Director: Nicole Riegel | Stars: Thomas Doherty, KiKi Layne, Melanie Nicholls-King, Visionz2turnt
Votes: 8
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
93. Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told (2024)
82 min | Documentary
Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.
Director: P. Frank Williams | Stars: André 3000, The Notorious B.I.G., CeeLo Green, Killer Mike
Votes: 296
Category: 24 Beats Per Second
94. Bionico's Bachata (2024)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Romantic Bionico struggles to find a job and home to provide for fiancée La Flaca after rehab. He tries to quit drugs with help from his partner Calvita.
Director: Yoel Morales | Stars: Manuel Raposo, María Tavárez, Yasser Michelén, Ana Minier
Votes: 10
Category: Global
95. Krzyk: Losing Control (2024)
80 min | Drama, Thriller
When a young bacteriologist witnesses a car accident, she becomes entangled in the life of the deceased, which triggers the suppressed loss of her unborn child.
Director: Ewa Wikiel | Stars: Katharina Bellena, Pavel Delong, Wiktoria Gorodecka, Gina Henkel
Category: Global
96. Malta (2024)
97 min | Drama
Mariana wants to go far away, far from Bogota, far from her family, but above all away from herself. Malta is a place where to start. Before she gets there she will have to delve in other territories.
Director: Natalia Santa | Stars: Estefania Piñeres, Patricia Tamayo, Emmanuel Restrepo, César Badillo
Votes: 5
Category: Global
97. My Sextortion Diary (2024)
64 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
Trapped in a digital blackmail labyrinth after her computer is stolen, director Pati documents the real-time persecution as a way of survival.
Director: Patricia Franquesa
Category: Global
98. Natatorium (2024)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Visiting estranged grandparents, eighteen-year-old Lilja auditions in town. Feeling at home in their mansion, she becomes entangled with the family's dark past and learns life-threatening secrets.
Director: Helena Stefansdottir | Stars: Ilmur María Arnarsdóttir, Elin Petersdottir, Stefania Berndsen, Jónas Alfreð Birkisson
Votes: 39
Category: Global
99. Gasoline Rainbow (2023)
108 min | Adventure
Follows 5 teenagers from small-town Oregon who, with high school in the rearview, decide to embark on one last adventure: to make it to a place they've never been -the Pacific coast, 500 miles away. Their plan, in full: "F**k it."
Directors: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | Stars: Tony Aburto, Micah Bunch, Nichole Dukes, Nathaly Garcia
Votes: 119
Category: Festival Favorite
100. The Moogai (2024)
86 min | Horror
A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
Director: Jon Bell | Stars: Shari Sebbens, Meyne Wyatt, Tessa Rose, Precious Ann
Votes: 28
Category: Festival Favorite
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