8.4 Score

2025 • 1h 42min • PG-13 • Drama

Train Dreams

"The extraordinary story of an ordinary life."

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.

IMDb 7.5

RT 93%

MC 88

Director

Clint Bentley

Composer

Bryce Dessner

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Joel Edgerton

Robert Grainier

Felicity Jones

Gladys Grainier

Nathaniel Arcand

Ignatius Jack

Clifton Collins Jr.

Boomer

John Diehl

Billy

Paul Schneider

Apostle Frank

Kerry Condon

Claire Thompson

William H. Macy

Arn Peeples

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Nathaniel Arcand Ignatius Jack

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Paul Schneider Apostle Frank

Kerry Condon Claire Thompson

William H. Macy Arn Peeples

Will Patton Narrator (voice)

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David Paul Olsen Toomis

John Patrick Lowrie Mr. Sears

Chuck Tucker Silent Man

Rob Price Curious Logger

Brandon Lindsay Elijah Brown

Eric Ray Anderson Boss

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