How do you define a Sundance film? With dreamy cinematography, quietly moving performances, and an experimental edge, so many of the releases that have debuted in Park City, Utah, in recent years have gone on to launch careers, win Oscars, and push Hollywood to change course. As we approach the showcase’s 2024 edition, which runs from January 18 to 28, we look back on the 17 best movies of all time to have premiered at the festival and scooped one of its top prizes.
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Unbearably tense and unflinchingly dark, Joshua Marston’s heart-stopping feature debut about a Colombian teenager who becomes a drug mule came to prominence after taking home Sundance’s Audience Award. It’s an uncompromising look at a horrifying industry and the women it exploits.
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
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