Sundance 2025 critics ratings

Scaled to 0-10

Very Good New Films

1. "Rains Over Babel" (Gala del Sol, Colombia/United States/Spain) [10.00/5 0.0]
2. "It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley" (Amy Berg) [9.38/8 1.3]
3. "OBEX" (Albert Birney) [9.25/4 1.3]
4. "The Ballad of Wallis Island" (James Griffiths, UK) [8.29/7 2.0]
5. "Life After" (Reid Davenport) [8.25/4 0.4]
6. "Opus" (Mark Anthony Green) [8.12/8 1.7]
7. "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You" (Mary Bronstein) [8.00/4 1.4]
8. "The Wedding Banquet" (Andrew Ahn) [8.00/5 1.3]

Good New Films

9. "The Ugly Stepsister" (Emilie Blichfeldt, Norway) [7.80/10 1.6]
10. "Two Women" (Chloé Robichaud, Canada) [7.25/4 0.8]
11. "The Virgin of Quarry Lake" (Laura Casabé, Argentina/Spain/Mexico) [7.00/7 0.9]

   The rest is below 7 or is not new or has not enough votes.

All official sections

U.S. Dramatic [9.78/3]

1. "Atropia" (Hailey Gates) [10.00/1 0.0]
2. "Sorry, Baby" (Eva Victor) [10.00/1 0.0]
3. "Omaha" (Cole Webley) [9.33/3 1.9]
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"Bubble & Squeak" (Evan Twohy) [-]
"Bunnylovr" (Katarina Zhu) [-]
"Love, Brooklyn" (Rachael Abigail Holder) [-]
"Plainclothes" (Carmen Emmi) [-]
"Ricky" (Rashad Frett) [-]
"Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)" (Sierra Falconer) [-]
"Twinless" (James Sweeney) [-]

World Dramatic [7.42/9]

1. "Brides" (Nadia Fall, UK) [9.33/3 0.9]
2. "Sukkwan Island" (Vladimir de Fontenay, France) [9.00/1 0.0]
3. "Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)" (Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, India/United Kingdom/Canada) [8.00/1 0.0]
4. "Sauna" (Mathias Broe, Denmark) [7.67/3 2.9]
5. "Two Women" (Chloé Robichaud, Canada) [7.25/4 0.8]
6. "The Things You Kill" (Alireza Khatami, Turkey/France/Poland/Canada) [7.00/2 1.0]
7. "The Virgin of Quarry Lake" (Laura Casabé, Argentina/Spain/Mexico) [7.00/7 0.9]
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8. "LUZ" (Flora Lau, Hong Kong/China) [6.00/1 0.0]
9. "Where the Wind Comes From" (Amel Guellaty, Tunisia/France/Qatar) [5.50/2 1.5]
"DJ Ahmet" (Georgi M. Unkovski, North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia) [-]

U.S. Documentaries [8.25/1]

1. "Life After" (Reid Davenport) [8.25/4 0.4]
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"Andre is an Idiot" (Tony Benna) [-]
"Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore" (Shoshannah Stern) [-]
"Predators" (David Osit) [-]
"Seeds" (Brittany Shyne) [-]
"Selena y Los Dinos" (Isabel Castro) [-]
"Speak." (Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman) [-]
"Sugar Babies" (Rachel Fleit) [-]
"The Perfect Neighbor" (Geeta Gandbhir) [-]
"Third Act" (Tadashi Nakamura) [-]

World Documentaries [7.50/2]

1. "GEN_" (Gianluca Matarrese, France/Italy/Switzerland) [9.00/3 1.4]
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2. "The Dating Game" (Violet Du Feng, US/UK/Norway) [6.00/1 0.0]
"2000 Meters to Andriivka" (Mstyslav Chernov, Ukraine) [-]
"Coexistence, My Ass!" (Amber Fares, US/France) [-]
"Cutting Through Rocks" (Sara Khaki/Mohammadreza Eyni, Iran) [-]
"Endless Cookie" (Seth+Peter Scriver, Canada) [-]
"How to Build a Library" (Maia Lekow, Christopher King, Kenya) [-]
"Khartoum" (Anas Saeed/Rawia Alhag..., Sudan/United Kingdom/Germany/Qatar) [-]
"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" (David Borenstein, Denmark/Czech Republic) [-]
"Prime Minister" (Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz, US) [-]

NEXT [9.45/5]

1. "By Design" (Amanda Kramer) [10.00/2 0.0]
2. "Rains Over Babel" (Gala del Sol, Colombia/United States/Spain) [10.00/5 0.0]
3. "Serious People" (Pasqual Gutierrez/Ben Mullinkosson) [10.00/1 0.0]
4. "OBEX" (Albert Birney) [9.25/4 1.3]
5. "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions" (Kahlil Joseph) [8.00/2 0.0]
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"East of Wall" (Kate Beecroft) [-]
"Mad Bills to Pay (Destiny, dile que no soy malo)" (Joel Alfonso Vargas) [-]
"Zodiac Killer Project" (Charlie Shackleton) (US/UK) [-]

Midnight [7.99/6]

1. "Together" (Michael Shanks, Aus/US) [9.00/2 1.0]
2. "Opus" (Mark Anthony Green) [8.12/8 1.7]
3. "Didn’t Die" (Meera Menon) [8.00/1 0.0]
4. "Rabbit Trap" (Bryn Chainey, UK) [8.00/1 0.0]
5. "The Ugly Stepsister" (Emilie Blichfeldt, Norway) [7.80/10 1.6]
6. "Touch Me" (Addison Heimann) [7.00/1 0.0]
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"Dead Lover" (Grace Glowicki, Canada) [-]

Spotlight [7.50/3]

1. "The Legend of Ochi" (Isaiah Saxon) [8.25/1 0.0]
2. "April" (Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia 2024) TIFF [7.14/1 0.0]
3. "One to One: John & Yoko" (Kevin Macdonald, UK) BFI [7.12/1 0.0]

Premieres [7.87/9]

1. "Lurker" (Alex Russell) [10.00/1 0.0]
2. "Rebuilding" (Max Walker-Silverman) [9.00/2 1.0]
3. "The Ballad of Wallis Island" (James Griffiths, UK) [8.29/7 2.0]
4. "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You" (Mary Bronstein) [8.00/4 1.4]
5. "The Thing with Feathers" (Dylan Southern, UK) [8.00/1 0.0]
6. "The Wedding Banquet" (Andrew Ahn) [8.00/5 1.3]
7. "Oh, Hi!" (Sophie Brooks) [7.00/1 0.0]
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8. "Last Days" (Justin Lin) [6.33/6 0.7]
9. "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (Bill Condon) [6.20/5 2.4]
"All That’s Left of You" (Cherien Dabis, Germany/Cyprus) [-]
"Jimpa" (Sophie Hyde, Aus/Netherlands/Finland) [-]
"Magic Farm" (Amalia Ulman, Argentina/US) [-]
"Train Dreams" (Clint Bentley) [-]

Documentary Premieres [7.97/4]

1. "It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley" (Amy Berg) [9.38/8 1.3]
2. "Deaf President Now!" (Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim) [8.50/2 1.5]
3. "SALLY" (Cristina Costantini) [8.00/1 0.0]
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4. "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson) [6.00/2 1.0]
"Come See Me in the Good Light" (Ryan White) [-]
"FOLKTALES" (Heidi Ewing/Rachel Grady, US/Norway) [-]
"Free Leonard Peltier" (Jesse Short Bull, David France) [-]
"Middletown" (Jesse Moss/Amanda McBaine) [-]
"Move Ya Body: The Birth of House" (Elegance Bratton) [-]
"Peter Hujar’s Day" (Ira Sachs) [-]
"The Alabama Solution" (Andrew Jarecki/Charlotte Kaufman) [-]
"The Librarians" (Kim A. Snyder) [-]
"The Stringer" (Bao Nguyen) [-]

Special Events [7.68/2]

1. "El Norte" (Gregory Nava, 1983) [8.03/1 0.0]
2. "Unzipped" (Douglas Keeve, 1995) [7.34/1 0.0]
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"Hal & Harper" (Cooper Raiff) [reviews]
"BULLDOZER" (Joanna Leeds) [-]
"Bucks County, USA" (Robert May, Barry Levinson) [-]
"Chasers" (Erin Brown Thomas) [-]
"Never Get Busted!" (David Anthony Ngo, Erin Williams-Weir) (Australia) [-]
"Pee-wee as Himself" (Matt Wolf) [-]

All films

Sorted by avg vote, unfiltered:
1. "Atropia" (Hailey Gates) [10.00/1 0.0]
2. "By Design" (Amanda Kramer) [10.00/2 0.0]
3. "Lurker" (Alex Russell) [10.00/1 0.0]
4. "Rains Over Babel" (Gala del Sol, Colombia/United States/Spain) [10.00/5 0.0]
5. "Serious People" (Pasqual Gutierrez/Ben Mullinkosson) [10.00/1 0.0]
6. "Sorry, Baby" (Eva Victor) [10.00/1 0.0]
7. "Brides" (Nadia Fall, UK) [9.33/3 0.9]
8. "OBEX" (Albert Birney) [9.25/4 1.3]
9. "GEN_" (Gianluca Matarrese, France/Italy/Switzerland) [9.00/3 1.4]
10. "It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley" (Amy Berg) [9.00/9 1.3]
11. "Rebuilding" (Max Walker-Silverman) [9.00/2 1.0]
12. "Sukkwan Island" (Vladimir de Fontenay, France) [9.00/1 0.0]
13. "Together" (Michael Shanks, Aus/US) [9.00/2 1.0]
14. "Deaf President Now!" (Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim) [8.50/2 1.5]
15. "The Ballad of Wallis Island" (James Griffiths, UK) [8.29/7 2.0]
16. "Life After" (Reid Davenport) [8.25/4 0.4]
17. "Omaha" (Cole Webley) [8.25/4 1.9]
18. "The Legend of Ochi" (Isaiah Saxon) [8.25/1 0.0]
19. "El Norte" (Gregory Nava, 1983) [8.03/1 0.0]
20. "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions" (Kahlil Joseph) [8.00/2 0.0]
21. "Didn’t Die" (Meera Menon) [8.00/1 0.0]
22. "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You" (Mary Bronstein) [8.00/4 1.4]
23. "Rabbit Trap" (Bryn Chainey, UK) [8.00/1 0.0]
24. "SALLY" (Cristina Costantini) [8.00/1 0.0]
25. "Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)" (Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, India/United Kingdom/Canada) [8.00/1 0.0]
26. "The Thing with Feathers" (Dylan Southern, UK) [8.00/1 0.0]
27. "The Wedding Banquet" (Andrew Ahn) [8.00/5 1.3]
28. "Opus" (Mark Anthony Green) [7.78/9 1.7]
29. "The Ugly Stepsister" (Emilie Blichfeldt, Norway) [7.55/11 1.6]
30. "Plainclothes" (Carmen Emmi) [7.50/2 2.5]
31. "Unzipped" (Douglas Keeve, 1995) [7.34/1 0.0]
32. "Two Women" (Chloé Robichaud, Canada) [7.25/4 0.8]
33. "April" (Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia 2024) TIFF [7.14/1 0.0]
34. "One to One: John & Yoko" (Kevin Macdonald, UK) BFI [7.12/1 0.0]
35. "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (Bill Condon) [7.11/9 2.4]
36. "Oh, Hi!" (Sophie Brooks) [7.00/1 0.0]
37. "The Things You Kill" (Alireza Khatami, Turkey/France/Poland/Canada) [7.00/2 1.0]
38. "The Virgin of Quarry Lake" (Laura Casabé, Argentina/Spain/Mexico) [7.00/7 0.9]
39. "Touch Me" (Addison Heimann) [7.00/1 0.0]
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40. "Last Days" (Justin Lin) [6.33/6 0.7]
41. "LUZ" (Flora Lau, Hong Kong/China) [6.00/1 0.0]
42. "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson) [6.00/2 1.0]
43. "Sauna" (Mathias Broe, Denmark) [6.00/4 2.9]
44. "The Dating Game" (Violet Du Feng, US/UK/Norway) [6.00/1 0.0]
45. "Where the Wind Comes From" (Amel Guellaty, Tunisia/France/Qatar) [5.50/2 1.5]
46. "Twinless" (James Sweeney) [4.50/2 3.5]
"2000 Meters to Andriivka" (Mstyslav Chernov, Ukraine) [-]
"All That’s Left of You" (Cherien Dabis, Germany/Cyprus) [-]
"Andre is an Idiot" (Tony Benna) [-]
"BULLDOZER" (Joanna Leeds) [-]
"Bubble & Squeak" (Evan Twohy) [-]
"Bucks County, USA" (Robert May, Barry Levinson) [-]
"Bunnylovr" (Katarina Zhu) [-]
"Chasers" (Erin Brown Thomas) [-]
"Coexistence, My Ass!" (Amber Fares, US/France) [-]
"Come See Me in the Good Light" (Ryan White) [-]
"Cutting Through Rocks" (Sara Khaki/Mohammadreza Eyni, Iran) [-]
"DJ Ahmet" (Georgi M. Unkovski, North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia) [-]
"Dead Lover" (Grace Glowicki, Canada) [-]
"East of Wall" (Kate Beecroft) [-]
"Endless Cookie" (Seth+Peter Scriver, Canada) [-]
"FOLKTALES" (Heidi Ewing/Rachel Grady, US/Norway) [-]
"Free Leonard Peltier" (Jesse Short Bull, David France) [-]
"Hal & Harper" (Cooper Raiff) [-]
"How to Build a Library" (Maia Lekow, Christopher King, Kenya) [-]
"Jimpa" (Sophie Hyde, Aus/Netherlands/Finland) [-]
"Khartoum" (Anas Saeed/Rawia Alhag..., Sudan/United Kingdom/Germany/Qatar) [-]
"Love, Brooklyn" (Rachael Abigail Holder) [-]
"Mad Bills to Pay (Destiny, dile que no soy malo)" (Joel Alfonso Vargas) [-]
"Magic Farm" (Amalia Ulman, Argentina/US) [-]
"Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore" (Shoshannah Stern) [-]
"Middletown" (Jesse Moss/Amanda McBaine) [-]
"Move Ya Body: The Birth of House" (Elegance Bratton) [-]
"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" (David Borenstein, Denmark/Czech Republic) [-]
"Never Get Busted!" (David Anthony Ngo, Erin Williams-Weir) (Australia) [-]
"Pee-wee as Himself" (Matt Wolf) [-]
"Peter Hujar’s Day" (Ira Sachs) [-]
"Predators" (David Osit) [-]
"Prime Minister" (Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz, US) [-]
"Ricky" (Rashad Frett) [-]
"Seeds" (Brittany Shyne) [-]
"Selena y Los Dinos" (Isabel Castro) [-]
"Speak." (Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman) [-]
"Sugar Babies" (Rachel Fleit) [-]
"Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)" (Sierra Falconer) [-]
"The Alabama Solution" (Andrew Jarecki/Charlotte Kaufman) [-]
"The Librarians" (Kim A. Snyder) [-]
"The Perfect Neighbor" (Geeta Gandbhir) [-]
"The Stringer" (Bao Nguyen) [-]
"Third Act" (Tadashi Nakamura) [-]
"Train Dreams" (Clint Bentley) [-]
"Zodiac Killer Project" (Charlie Shackleton) (US/UK) [-]

332/345 Critics

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