Our own review called it a "patient, profound and painful experience" and compared it to the work of Terrence Malick. The movie, about a logger who is working on the railroad, was co-written and directed by Clint Bentley.

Netflix is buying the Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones drama Train Dreams at Sundance. Sources tell us that the deal was in the high teen millions. The pic made its debut in the Premieres section of the fest.

Train Dreams,” a lyrical drama about a logger whose work developing America’s railroad keeps him laboring in isolation, has sold to Netflix. The film earned rave reviews after debuting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,

Netflix has bought the drama “Train Dreams” starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and William H. Macy, according to Variety. Deadline reported the purchase was over $10 million. The film is an adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella of the same name.

Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones appear in Train Dreams by Clint Bentley Adolpho Veloso. The two best films I saw at Sundance, and what will be two of the best films of 2025, couldn’t be more different,

In the second known deal of a slow Sundance on the acquisitions front, Netflix has picked up the drama Train Dreams starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones. Clint Bentley directed the Premieres entry and co-wrote with Greg Kwedar, the director of Sing Sing, which Bentley co-wrote and produced.