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


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