20251h 42mDir. Clint Bentley

Train Dreams

Name: Train Dreams
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: 2025-11-05
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand, Clifton Collins Jr., John Diehl

“The extraordinary story of an ordinary life.”

DramaWestern

4.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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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.

Starring:Joel Edgerton,Felicity Jones,Nathaniel Arcand,Clifton Collins Jr.,John Diehl

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

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

Will Patton

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Hsing

Fu Sheng

David Paul Olsen

Toomis

John Patrick Lowrie

Mr. Sears

Key Production Crew

Director

Clint Bentley

Screenplay & Writers

Denis Johnson, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

Cinematography

Adolpho Veloso

Original Score

Bryce Dessner

Producers

Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz

Film Details

Budget$10,000,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Kamala FilmsBlack Bear Pictures

Keywords & Themes

#husband wife relationship#based on novel or book#slice of life#lumberjack#logger#railroad worker#1900s#pacific northwest#poetic

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

The forest gave him everything he is, man… and then it just takes it back without asking. That’s the deal. Always was. It hits you how small one life really is when you stack it against time, against something as old ...

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