SXSW festival guide
by IMDb-Editors | created - 06 Feb 2023 | updated - 21 Mar 2023 | PublicTake a look at everything that will screen at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival.
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1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith
Votes: 224,666
Category: Headliners
2. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
R | 96 min | Horror
A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lily Sullivan
Votes: 136,511
Category: Headliners
3. Problemista (2023)
R | 104 min | Comedy
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.
Director: Julio Torres | Stars: Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 2,353
Category: Headliners
4. Flamin' Hot (2023)
PG-13 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is the inspiring story of Richard Montañez who, as a Frito Lay janitor, helped disrupt the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Frito Lay snacks into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon.
Director: Eva Longoria | Stars: Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Emilio Rivera, Vanessa Martinez
Votes: 16,897
Category: Headliners
5. I Used to Be Funny (2023)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Sam, a stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD, weighs whether or not to join the search for a missing teenage girl she used to nanny.
Director: Ally Pankiw | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones, Sabrina Jalees
Votes: 178
Category: Headliners
6. Late Bloomers (2023)
89 min | Comedy
An aimless 28 year-old Brooklynite lands in the hospital after drunkenly breaking her hip. An encounter with a cranky elderly Polish woman who speaks no English leads to a job caring for her. Neither likes it, but it's time to grow up.
Director: Lisa Steen | Stars: Loni Ackerman, Danielle Alonzo, Talia Balsam, Winsome Brown
Votes: 68
Category: Headliners
7. Mustache (2023)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Follows Ilyas, a 13-year-old boy who navigates the social hierarchy of his new school in California with a mustache his parents won't let him shave.
Director: Imran J. Khan | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Hasan Minhaj, Rizwan Manji, Ali Hassan
Votes: 75
Category: Headliners
8. Joy Ride (2023)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Follows four Asian American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through China in search of one of their birth mothers.
Director: Adele Lim | Stars: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu
Votes: 23,215
Category: Headliners
9. Parachute (2023)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows Riley, who has recently been released from rehab after struggling with her addictions to food and body image. She will meet Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between love and a new addiction.
Director: Brittany Snow | Stars: Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Dave Bautista, Kid Cudi
Votes: 360
Category: Headliners
10. Pure O (2023)
116 min | Drama
A rehab counselor questions his sanity when he is diagnosed with OCD. With the help of his therapist and addiction recovery clients, he discovers the life-affirming power of community and fights through the darkest moment of his life.
Director: Dillon Tucker | Stars: Daniel Dorr, Hope Lauren, Landry Bender, Jeffery A. Baker
Votes: 98
Category: Headliners
11. Raging Grace (2023)
99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.
Director: Paris Zarcilla | Stars: Eva-Jane Willis, Leanne Best, David Hayman, Max Eigenmann
Votes: 1,979
Category: Headliners
12. Scrambled (I) (2023)
R | 100 min | Comedy
A thirty-something eternal bridesmaid goes on an empowering, and often hilarious, journey of self-discovery.
Director: Leah McKendrick | Stars: Leah McKendrick, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino, Clancy Brown
Votes: 963
Category: Headliners
13. Story Ave (2023)
106 min | Drama
Follows a teenage graffiti artist who ran away from home and holds up an unwary MTA worker in a robbery gone right that would change their lives forever.
Director: Aristotle Torres | Stars: Asante Blackk, Luis Guzmán, Melvin Gregg, Alex R. Hibbert
Votes: 402
Category: Headliners
14. Angel Applicant (2023)
74 min | Documentary
A sick man discovers empathetic wisdom on how to cope with his deadly autoimmune disease within the colorful expressive works of the late Swiss-German modern artist, Paul Klee.
Director: Ken August Meyer | Star: Ken August Meyer
Votes: 17
Category: Headliners
15. Another Body (2023)
80 min | Documentary
"Another Body" follows a college student's search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
Directors: Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn | Stars: Ava Breuer, Faith Quinn, Julia Weinberg
Votes: 344
Category: Headliners
16. Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life (2023)
80 min | Documentary
The iconic work of artist Geoff McFetridge is everywhere. But this film is more than a primer on his career - it's about the choices we confront in trying to lead meaningful lives, and how we use our most precious resource: time.
Director: Dan Covert | Stars: Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Geoff McFetridge, Sarah DeVincentis
Votes: 10
Category: Headliners
17. Join or Die (2023)
99 min | Documentary
Centers on America's civic unraveling through the journey of scientist Robert Putnam, whose research on the decline in American community lights a path out of our democracy's present crisis.
Directors: Pete Davis, Rebecca Davis | Stars: Pete Buttigieg, Raj Chetty, Hillary Clinton, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Votes: 28
Category: Headliners
18. Pay or Die (2022)
75 min | Documentary
Nearly 2 million Americans are held ransom, facing death without insulin. PAY OR DIE portrays families receiving these notes, unveiling life's harsh truth with chronic illness in the world's wealthiest nation.
Directors: Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman
Votes: 112
Category: Headliners
19. Queendom (I) (2023)
98 min | Documentary
Gena, an artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes and protests on the streets of Moscow. She stages radical performances in public, which becomes a new form of art and activism and puts her life in danger.
Director: Agniia Galdanova | Star: Gena Marvin
Votes: 158
Category: Headliners
20. Riders on the Storm (2023)
101 min | Documentary
A young horseman battling to make his name and keep a family tradition alive in the ancient sport of buzkashi learns that fame is a gift and a curse as the Taliban take control of Afghanistan and threaten his life.
Directors: Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns | Stars: Khaiber Akbarzada, Faisal Hassan, Gulbuddin Mulakhil, Gulbuddin Tashkargani
Votes: 16
Category: Headliners
21. You Were My First Boyfriend (2023)
TV-PG | 97 min | Documentary
You Were My First Boyfriend is a feature-length documentary in which filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo revisits her 1990s adolescence, a generation after she thought she'd left it all behind.
Directors: Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey | Stars: Ella Fraley, Natalie Grace, Isabella Rivera-Gandulla, Alle Rose Landrum
Votes: 167
Category: Headliners
22. Bottoms (2023)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Two unpopular queer high-school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.
Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu
Votes: 41,418
Category: Headliners
23. Tetris (2023)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pazhitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to bring it to the masses.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf, Miles Barrow, Rick Yune
Votes: 83,845
Category: Headliners
24. Fitting In (II) (2023)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A teen girl is diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have a sex life, propelling her to explore unusual methods. Her relationships are challenged with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself.
Director: Molly McGlynn | Stars: Maddie Ziegler, Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Votes: 413
Category: Narrative Spotlight
25. Deadland (2023)
92 min | Thriller, Western
U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Angel Waters, makes a routine apprehension that will haunt him forever.
Director: Lance Larson | Stars: Roberto Urbina, McCaul Lombardi, Julieth Restrepo, Kendal Rae
Votes: 165
Category: Narrative Spotlight
26. Americana (2023)
R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town.
Director: Tony Tost | Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Eric Dane, Halsey
Votes: 111
Category: Narrative Spotlight
27. Hypnotic (2023)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo, Dayo Okeniyi
Votes: 35,750
Category: Narrative Spotlight
28. Down Low (2023)
R | 90 min | Comedy
A deeply repressed man, the uninhibited young man that gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.
Director: Rightor Doyle | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage, Judith Light, Simon Rex
Votes: 1,962
Category: Narrative Spotlight
29. Frybread Face and Me (2023)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama
Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.
Director: Billy Luther | Stars: Keir Tallman, Charley Hogan, Sarah H. Natani, Martin Sensmeier
Votes: 1,108
Category: Narrative Spotlight
30. If You Were the Last (2023)
TV-MA | 92 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Adrift in their broken-down space shuttle with little hope of rescue, two astronauts argue over whether they're better off spending their remaining days as friends or something more.
Director: Kristian Mercado | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Zoë Chao, Natalie Morales, Geoff Stults
Votes: 2,600
Category: Narrative Spotlight
31. Self Reliance (2023)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Thriller
Given the opportunity to participate in a life or death reality game show, one man discovers there's a lot to live for.
Director: Jake Johnson | Stars: Jake Johnson, Andy Samberg, Bjorn Johnson, John Hans Tester
Votes: 12,569
Category: Narrative Spotlight
32. Upon Entry (2022)
77 min | Drama
A couple is flagged by a border agent and forced to endure an invasive probe into their lives.
Directors: Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vasquez | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Ben Temple, Laura Gómez
Votes: 2,248
Category: Narrative Spotlight
33. Appendage (2023)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Horror
A young fashion designer's life spirals as her darkest inner thoughts manifest into something gruesome- that won't stop growing.
Director: Anna Zlokovic | Stars: Hadley Robinson, Emily Hampshire, Kausar Mohammed, Brandon Mychal Smith
Votes: 3,639
Category: Narrative Spotlight
34. BlackBerry (2023)
R | 120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Director: Matt Johnson | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Kelly Van der Burg
Votes: 42,313
Category: Narrative Spotlight
35. Cora Bora (2023)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows Cora, who feels that her relationship is not going well. She goes back home to win her girlfriend back but she will realize that it's much more than her love life that needs salvaging.
Director: Hannah Pearl Utt | Stars: Chelsea Peretti, Heather Elizabeth Morris, Thomas Mann, Manny Jacinto
Votes: 90
Category: Narrative Spotlight
36. Hail Mary (I) (2023)
100 min | Horror
In this modern-day retelling of the Mary and Joseph story, pregnant teenager MARIA needs hustler/carpenter JOSE to help her cross the Mexico-US border before she's killed by an otherworldy ... See full summary »
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez | Stars: Jack Huston, Angela Sarafyan, Natalia del Riego, Benny Emmanuel
Votes: 20
Category: Narrative Spotlight
37. The Long Game (I) (2023)
PG | 112 min | Drama, History
In 1955, five young Mexican-American caddies, out of the love for the game, were determined to learn how to play, so they created their own golf course in the middle of the South Texas desert.
Director: Julio Quintana | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jay Hernandez, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Gillian Vigman
Votes: 423
Category: Narrative Spotlight
38. National Anthem (2023)
R | 96 min | Drama
A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.
Director: Luke Gilford | Stars: Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley, Rene Rosado, Mason Alexander Park
Votes: 67
Category: Narrative Spotlight
39. Northern Comfort (2023)
97 min | Comedy
A diverse group of people with a chronic fear of flying are stranded in the wintry north.
Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson | Stars: Lydia Leonard, Timothy Spall, Ella Rumpf, Nick Blakeley
Votes: 1,269
Category: Narrative Spotlight
40. Peak Season (2023)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An emotionally adrift young woman forges an unexpected friendship with a wilderness guide when she and her fiancé take a summer holiday in Jackson Hole, WY
Directors: Steven Kanter, Henry Loevner | Stars: Claudia Restrepo, Derrick Joseph DeBlasis, Ben Coleman, Fred Melamed
Votes: 38
Category: Narrative Spotlight
41. Only the Good Survive (2023)
92 min | Horror, Thriller
After a heist gone wrong and results in the deaths of all three of her friends, Brea finds herself in the custody of the small town sheriff, who may be hiding as many secrets as she is, the only sure thing is that only one will survive.
Director: Dutch Southern | Stars: Michelle Lynette Bush, Sidney Flanigan, Darius Fraser, Ivy Garza
Votes: 36
Category: Narrative Spotlight
42. Hail Mary (I) (2023)
100 min | Horror
In this modern-day retelling of the Mary and Joseph story, pregnant teenager MARIA needs hustler/carpenter JOSE to help her cross the Mexico-US border before she's killed by an otherworldy ... See full summary »
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez | Stars: Jack Huston, Angela Sarafyan, Natalia del Riego, Benny Emmanuel
Votes: 20
Category: Narrative Spotlight
43. This Closeness (2023)
88 min | Drama
Tensions rise when a couple stays at the home of a reclusive host, with the three entering an intimate battle to gain and reclaim territory.
Director: Kit Zauhar | Stars: Zane Pais, Jessie Pinnick, Kit Zauhar, Ian Edlund
Votes: 18
Category: Narrative Spotlight
44. War Pony (2022)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
The interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Directors: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough | Stars: Anjeliq Aurora, Sean Baker, Iona Red Bear, Jessica Poor Bear
Votes: 2,516
Category: Narrative Spotlight
45. Bleeding Love (2023)
96 min | Drama
A father takes his estranged daughter on a road trip in an effort to get her out of trouble. Along the way they meet all types of strangers, as their strained relationship is put to the test.
Director: Emma Westenberg | Stars: Clara McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Devyn McDowell, Vera Bulder
Votes: 650
Category: Narrative Spotlight
46. A Disturbance in the Force (2023)
85 min | Documentary, History
In 1978, filmmaker George Lucas is persuaded to turn over Star Wars to the world of the '70s variety hour, culminating in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), often cited as one of the worst forms of entertainment of all time.
Directors: Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak | Stars: Bruce Vilanch, Kevin Smith, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Mick Garris
Votes: 607
Category: Documentary Spotlight
47. The Arc of Oblivion (2023)
105 min | Documentary
The Arc of Oblivion illuminates the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory through a filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in Maine.
Director: Ian Cheney
Votes: 36
Category: Documentary Spotlight
48. Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
TV-PG | 119 min | Documentary
Explores the vanguard career of Mary, who, as an actor, performer, and advocate, revolutionized the portrayal of women in media, redefined their roles in show business, and inspired generations to dream big and make it on their own.
Director: James Adolphus | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, James L. Brooks, Rob Reiner, Treva Silverman
Votes: 1,064
Category: Documentary Spotlight
49. Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)
105 min | Documentary
Penny Lane's decision to become a "Good Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism.
Director: Penny Lane | Star: Penny Lane
Votes: 27
Category: Documentary Spotlight
50. Great Photo, Lovely Life (2023)
TV-MA | 112 min | Documentary
Photojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.
Directors: Rachel Beth Anderson, Amanda Mustard | Stars: Bill Flickinger, Angie Minnick, Amanda Mustard, Debi Mustard
Votes: 983
Category: Documentary Spotlight
51. Great Photo, Lovely Life (2023)
TV-MA | 112 min | Documentary
Photojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.
Directors: Rachel Beth Anderson, Amanda Mustard | Stars: Bill Flickinger, Angie Minnick, Amanda Mustard, Debi Mustard
Votes: 983
Category: Documentary Spotlight
52. The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
100 min | Documentary
A groundbreaking documentary film that uses Lady Bird's audio diaries to tell the story of one of the most influential and least understood First Ladies in history.
Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes: 322
Category: Documentary Spotlight
53. The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
100 min | Documentary
A groundbreaking documentary film that uses Lady Bird's audio diaries to tell the story of one of the most influential and least understood First Ladies in history.
Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes: 322
Category: Documentary Spotlight
54. The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution (2023)
102 min | Documentary
"THE NEW AMERICANS: Gaming a Revolution" is a visceral, meme-driven journey into the intersection of finance, media, and extremism to look at the explosive and irreversible ramifications of our digital future.
Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Cindy Axne, Jordan Belfort, Andy Bromberg, Rachel Maeng Brown
Votes: 85
Category: Documentary Spotlight
55. Periodical (2023)
93 min | Documentary
Periodical is an eye-opening documentary that examines science, politics, and mystery of the menstrual cycle, through the experiences of doctors, athletes, movie stars, journalists, activists, and everyday people.
Director: Lina Plioplyte | Stars: Danni Blackshear, Angel Shari Brown, Jenn Conti, Kiran Gandhi
Votes: 54
Category: Documentary Spotlight
56. Who I Am Not (2023)
107 min | Documentary
Born male and female within one single body, a beauty queen and a male-presenting activist break the intersex taboo through a personal and intimate exploration of truth, faith, and belonging.
Director: Tunde Skovran
Votes: 76
Category: Documentary Spotlight
57. Art for Everybody (2023)
99 min | Documentary
Thomas Kinkade's landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter ever. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
Director: Miranda Yousef | Star: Thomas Kinkade
Votes: 25
Category: Documentary Spotlight
58. Black Barbie: A Documentary (2023)
100 min | Documentary
Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Even if they don't have a story, there's a story as to why they don't have a story. In this film, we tell the story behind the ... See full summary »
Director: Lagueria Davis | Stars: Monica L. Bailey, Kitty Black Perkins, Raj Brown, Darlene Bunjako
Votes: 38
Category: Documentary Spotlight
59. Citizen Sleuth (2023)
82 min | Documentary
A true crime podcaster from Appalachia blurs the line between fact and entertainment as she investigates a mysterious local death
Director: Chris Kasick | Star: Emily Nestor
Votes: 57
Category: Documentary Spotlight
60. Satan Wants You (2023)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, Horror
It tells the story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by "Michelle Remembers", a memoir by psychiatrist and his patient. The book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle's abduction by baby-stealing Satanists.
Directors: Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor | Stars: Blanche Barton, Charles Ennis, Ken Lanning, Elizabeth Loftus
Votes: 379
Category: Documentary Spotlight
61. This World Is Not My Own (2023)
97 min | Documentary
Chewing gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a notorious murder case, and the segregated south - it's all part of Nellie Mae Rowe's boundless universe.
Directors: Petter Ringbom, Marquise Stillwell | Stars: Uzo Aduba, Judith Anderson, William Arnett, Judith Augustine
Votes: 10
Category: Documentary Spotlight
62. Theater Camp (2023)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy
The eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder's bro-y son to keep the camp afloat.
Directors: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman | Stars: Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro
Votes: 16,132
Category: Documentary Spotlight
63. Wild Life (2023)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary
A sweeping portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins chronicling their fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Kristine Tompkins, Yvon Chouinard, Rick Ridgeway, Jimmy Chin
Votes: 564
Category: Documentary Spotlight
64. You Can Call Me Bill (2023)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary
An intimate portrait of William Shatner's personal journey over nine decades on this Earth, You Can Call Me Bill strips away all the masks he has worn to embody countless characters, and reveals the man behind it all.
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Star: William Shatner
Votes: 169
Category: Documentary Spotlight
65. Aberrance (2022)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An estranged couple takes a retreat in the woods. Foreboding neighbors, frivolous friends, and dark unseen forces lead to a shocking conclusion.
Director: Baatar Batsukh | Stars: Sukhee Ariunbyamba, Bayarsanaa Batchuluun, Badamtsetseg Batmunkh, Selenge Chadraabal
Votes: 114
Category: Midnighters
66. Brooklyn 45 (2023)
92 min | Drama, History, Horror
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
Director: Ted Geoghegan | Stars: Anne Ramsay, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden
Votes: 2,171
Category: Midnighters
67. It Lives Inside (2023)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.
Director: Bishal Dutta | Stars: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel
Votes: 7,102
Category: Midnighters
68. Late Night with the Devil (2023)
R | 93 min | Horror
A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
Directors: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi
Votes: 25,489
Category: Midnighters
69. Monolith (2022)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.
Director: Matt Vesely | Stars: Lily Sullivan, Ling Cooper Tang, Ansuya Nathan, Erik Thomson
Votes: 1,780
Category: Midnighters
70. Talk to Me (I) (2022)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou | Stars: Ari McCarthy, Hamish Phillips, Kit Erhart-Bruce, Sarah Brokensha
Votes: 142,322
Category: Midnighters
71. The Wrath of Becky (2023)
R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Two years after escaping a violent attack, a teenage girl must defend herself against a domestic terrorist cell.
Directors: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson
Votes: 11,835
Category: Midnighters
72. Furies (2022)
TV-MA | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Prequel to Furie (2019). Tells the story about the early life of Thanh Soi, Hai Phuong's vicious antagonist in the merciless street of bygone days in Saigon.
Director: Veronica Ngo | Stars: Dong Anh Quynh, Toc Tien, Thuan Nguyen, Veronica Ngo
Votes: 1,427
Category: Midnighters
73. I'm a Virgo (2023)
TV-14 | 211 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The coming-of-age joyride of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall man who escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, The Hero.
Stars: Jharrel Jerome, Olivia Washington, Brett Gray, Kara Young
Votes: 3,888
Category: TV Premieres
74. Mrs. Davis (2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Sister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence.
Stars: Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Andy McQueen, Chris Diamantopoulos
Votes: 12,295
Category: TV Premieres
75. Slip (2023– )
TV-MA | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When a woman finds herself restless inside a marriage that totally works, a fantastical journey will take her to parallel universes.
Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Tymika Tafari, Whitmer Thomas, Amar Chadha-Patel
Votes: 941
Category: TV Premieres
76. American Born Chinese (2023)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jin Wang is an average teenager balancing high school and home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of school, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle with Chinese mythological gods.
Stars: Ben Wang, Yann Yann Yeo, Chin Han, Ke Huy Quan
Votes: 6,653
Category: TV Premieres
77. A Small Light (2023)
TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the remarkable story of Miep Gies, a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank's family from the Nazis for more than two years during World War II.
Stars: Bel Powley, Joe Cole, Amira Casar, Billie Boullet
Votes: 12,122
Category: TV Premieres
78. Beef (2023– )
TV-MA | 352 min | Comedy, Drama
Two people let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
Stars: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Joseph Lee, Young Mazino
Votes: 134,865
Category: TV Premieres
79. The Big Door Prize (2023– )
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
About the residents of a small town called Deerfield, who one day discover a magical, destiny-predicting machine in their grocery store.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, Sammy Fourlas, Djouliet Amara
Votes: 6,630
Category: TV Premieres
80. Love & Death (2023)
TV-MA | 54 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit
Votes: 37,080
Category: TV Premieres
81. The Luckiest Guy in the World (2023– )
231 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Follows the life of Bill Walton, from his earliest days as a high school basketball phenom to some of his wildly successful years at UCLA.
Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Julius Erving, World B. Free
Votes: 96
Category: TV Premieres
82. Lucky Hank (2023)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama
An English department chairman at an underfunded college, Professor Hank Devereaux toes the line between midlife crisis and full-blown meltdown, navigating the offbeat chaos in his personal and professional life.
Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough, Diedrich Bader
Votes: 6,750
Category: TV Premieres
83. Rabbit Hole (2023)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
John Weir, a private espionage operative, battles over the preservation of democracy in a world constantly at odds.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Meta Golding, Enid Graham, Rob Yang
Votes: 20,664
Category: TV Premieres
84. Swarm (2023)
18+ | 34 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn.
Stars: Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, Nirine S. Brown, Karen Rodriguez
Votes: 15,321
Category: TV Premieres
85.
Blindspotting (2021–2023)
Episode:
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
(2023)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ashley gets frantic as she tries to prepare the perfect birthday party for her son, Sean.
Director: Rafael Casal | Stars: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jaylen Barron, Rafael Casal, Candace Nicholas-Lippman
Votes: 39
Category: TV Spotlight
86. Demascus (2023– )
Comedy, Sci-Fi
A 33-year-old man, on a mission of self-discovery and the burgeoning field of digital psychiatry that may be the key to defining his truest self.
Stars: Janet Hubert, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Caleb Eberhardt, Sasha Hutchings
Category: TV Spotlight
87. Shatter Belt (2023– )
94 min | Sci-Fi
A collection of interconnected stories that follow the mysteries surrounding awareness, intention, desire, free will, and the uncanny nature of consciousness.
Stars: Richard Follin, Bobby Foley, Joan Almedilla, Madison West
Votes: 13
Category: TV Spotlight
88. A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone (2023 TV Short)
11 min | Short, Drama
Follows a gay Asian writer who realizes he is detached from society after fainting in a gay bar, and gets afraid of dying alone. He decides to change his life and writes a book called "A Guide To Not Dying Completely Alone!".
Director: Yen Tan | Stars: Alex MacNicoll, Brittani Nichols, Betsy Struxness, Paul Wong
Votes: 9
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
89. Chuchi and Adaliz (2023– )
8 min | Comedy
Follows Adaliz who after losing her job moves in with her childhood best friend Chuchi, who teaches her how to be poor.
Stars: Dani Adaliz, Adam Cawley, Selorm Kploanyi, Brendan Fitzgibbons
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
90. Grown (2023 TV Movie)
18 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows 14-year-old Rogelio, who after sneaking into a strip club learns some hard lessons about being man with the aid of his older sister.
Director: Jocko Sims | Stars: Josiah Gabriel Santiago, Angela Mejia-Loggia, Giovanni Cristoff, Tristan-Lee Edwards
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
91. Harbor Island (2023 TV Movie)
17 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Follows a van-living joke writer who encounters ominous strangers and witnesses unnatural phenomena while wandering the industrial zone at night.
Director: Calvin Lee Reeder | Stars: Josh Fadem, Sidney Jayne Hunt, Matt Olsen
Votes: 8
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
92. Marvin? (2023 TV Movie)
21 min | Comedy
Follows two young friends as they struggle in life and discover a magical fridge that literally makes their dreams come true. They soon learn that their shiny materialistic world is not what they thought.
Director: Anton van der Linden | Stars: Sven Ironside, Sarah Rose, Cameron Tharmaratnam
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
93. Metal Man (2023 TV Movie)
10 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Follows Henry, a handyman who looks like a death metal band member, as he is called to fix a bathtub for a young couple. He gets involved in their drama/life, but in spite of his scary exterior, he helps them with his kind and keen nature.
Director: Laurel Parmet | Stars: Lily Du, David Massil, Da'Vone McDonald, Tomas Pais
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
94. Notarize Me (2022)
5 min | Short, Comedy
BFFs and mobile notary publics, Jackie and Louise, find themselves in intimate situations with wacky strangers as important legal documents get signed.
Director: Erika Rankin | Stars: Sarah Cornell, Erika Rankin, Harley Tarlitz, Brigitte Valdez
Category: Independent TV Pilot Competition
95. Breaking Fast with a Coca-Cola (2023)
14 min | Short, Comedy
After growing up in the secular households of their Turkish immigrant parents in the Midwest, Özlem and Ada are desperate to celebrate a tradition of their own. For the first time, they ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Omar | Stars: Lucie Solène Allouche, Chris Richards, Günes Sensoy, Samantha Rosentrater
Votes: 7
Category: Narrative Shorts Competition
96. The Breakthrough (I) (2023)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Jane and Teddy are on the brink of divorce - but when their marital problems come to a sticking point, they have an unexpected breakthrough.
Director: Daniel Sinclair | Stars: Greta Lee, Ben Sinclair, Kristin Slaysman, Hana Marie Kim
Votes: 42
Category: Narrative Shorts Competition
97. Closing Dynasty (2023)
17 min | Short
On a school day, seven-year-old Queenie hustles and schemes ways to make money on the streets of New York City.
Director: Lloyd Lee Choi | Stars: Milinka Winata, Eleven Lee, Allen Chen, Maggie Law
Votes: 28
Category: Narrative Shorts Competition
98. Deliver Me (2023)
15 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Follows Jora, the clone of a billionaire who cloned and married himself, whose identity crisis will push him to devise a plan to finally escape from the prison they call home on the day of their first anniversary.
Director: Joecar Hanna | Stars: Joecar Hanna, Wally Valenti, Brendan Burke
Category: Narrative Shorts Competition
99. Endless Sea (2022)
17 min | Short, Drama
Carol finds out that her heart medication has tripled in price, sending her on a desperate mission to find a solution, but when none presents itself she is forced to fight back.
Director: Sam Shainberg | Stars: Brenda Cullerton, Nora DeLigter, Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jacques Sebag
Votes: 13
Category: Narrative Shorts Competition
100. The Family Circus (2023)
18 min | Short
Follows a Vietnamese-American family as they try to cover up a drunk driving accident, but their plan begins to unravel as their emotional baggage spills out in front of a cop.
Director: Andrew Fitzgerald | Stars: Blake Dang, Elyse Dinh, Michael Ironside, Michael Manceau
Votes: 43
Category: Narrative Shorts Competition
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