Top Rated 2020 Sundance Festival Films

Top Rated 2020 Sundance Festival Films

“Minari“

 Premise: A tender and sweeping story about what roots us.  Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

“Promising Young Woman“

Premise: Plot

Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman, until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she is living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past.

“Never Rarely Sometimes Always“

Premise:Two teenage cousins from Pennsylvania embark on a journey to New York City following an unplanned pregnancy.

“Zola”

Premise: The film is based on an infamous 148-tweet Twitter thread in which Zola meets a sex worker named Stefani at a restaurant where Zola waitresses, and the two immediately click over pole dancing. Only a day after they exchange numbers, Stefani invites Zola on a cross-country road trip, where the goal is to make as much money as possible dancing in Florida strip clubs. Zola agrees, and suddenly she is trapped in the craziest, most unexpected trip of her life, partaking in a wild 2-day trip with Stefani, her boyfriend Derrek, and Stefani’s violent pimp, who goes by X.

“Nine Days”

Premise: Winston Duke stars in Edson Oda's feature debut about a man tasked with interviewing souls for the chance to be sent out into life.

“Palm Springs”

Premise; When carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated the next morning when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

“The Father”

Premise: A man struggles with his aging as he moves in with his daughter. Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.

“The Glorias”

Premise: In Julie Taymor’s pinpoint-timely yet rousingly old-fashioned biopic about the life and times of Gloria Steinem, the legendary feminist leader is portrayed by four different actresses at four different stages of her life.

“Shirley”

Premise: A  modern hard-to-quantify psychological study variation on “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

“Born to Be Murdered”

Premise: A young couple become ensnared into a deadly conspiracy during their vacation to Trikala, Greece. John David Washington as Beckett and actress Alicia Vikander.