We round up our 10 favorite performances from this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
But one thing did remain true across the board: There was no shortage of incredible performances worth celebrating.
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Here areEntertainment Weeklys 10 favorite performances (in alphabetical order) from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
As Linda, Byrne finds the humor and humanity in a woman at the end of her rope.
Gordon co-wrote the script with director Sophie Brooks, and shes created a delicious vehicle for herself.
Rose Byrne in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’.Logan White/Courtesy of Sundance Institute
But when her boyfriend orishe?
Keys Charles is a bumbling, foot-in-his-mouth sort, well-intentioned but eccentric and socially awkward.
Magaro delivers a devastating performance as a parent striving to do right by his children in an impossible situation.
Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton in ‘Train Dreams’.Adolpho Veloso/Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Dusty doesnt talk much, but his contemplative gaze and furrowed brow speak volumes.
Objectively, this should be an exercise in patience for an audience, but Whishaw is absolutely riveting.
Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon in ‘Oh, Hi!'.Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Stephan James in ‘Ricky’.courtesy sundance
John Lithgow and Olivia Colman in ‘Jimpa’.Mark De Blok/Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Tonatiuh and Diego Luna in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’.Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Carey Mulligan and Tim Key in ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’.Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection
Molly Belle Wright and John Magaro in ‘Omaha’.Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Josh O’Connor in ‘Rebuilding’.Jesse Hope/Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Ben Whishaw in ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’.Courtesy of Sundance Institute
