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Train Dreams (2025) | Ranked Top 19% · CriticCrunch

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Train Dreams

Movie2025·102 min

Train Dreams

Directed by Clint Bentley

An Oscar-nominated drama film directed by Clint Bentley.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 19%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

1K ratings

About Train Dreams

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Gritty
Story Tags: grief and loss, fate destiny, survival of spirit, early 1900s, ecological nature, historical event, american regional, wilderness, romantic partners, everyman, nonlinear flashback, slow burn reveal

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Details

Director: Clint Bentley
Language: English

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Cinematography (2025)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Original Song (2025)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Picture (2025)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Adapted Screenplay (2025)

How Train Dreams Ranks

All movies

Top 19%

2020s movies

Top 21%

Drama movies

Top 19%

2020s Drama movies

Top 16%

Top 19% All movies.

the vibe

Train Dreams Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burnbittersweetmoderatelayeredseriouspersonalearnestcontemplativegritty

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

contemplativequiet

nonlinear flashback

slow-burn reveal

grief & loss

fate destiny

survival of spirit

everyman

romantic partners

ecological nature

historical event

american regional

wilderness

early 1900s

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9