Train Dreams
Best Picture
Train Dreams
The quiet, sweeping life of a logger in the early 20th-century American West.
PeriodDrama
2026 Oscars Award Nominees
- Best PictureNominee
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Clint BentleyNominee
About
Plot
Adapted from Denis Johnson's 2011 novella, the film follows Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a day labourer who helps build the railroads and cut the forests of the Pacific Northwest while the world around him changes beyond recognition. Bentley co-wrote the script with Greg Kwedar, his writing partner on Sing Sing.
- Director
- Clint Bentley
- Studio
- Netflix