SXSW Interest List 2017
by Col Needham | created - 11 Mar 2017 | updated - 14 Feb 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017)
85 min | Comedy
Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected house-sitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into.
Director: Jason Headley | Stars: Matt Jones, Eleanore Pienta, Will Rogers, Jonny Mars
Votes: 1,258
2. Bad Lucky Goat (2017)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation.
Director: Samir Oliveros | Stars: Honlenny Huffington, Kiara Howard, Jean Bush Howard, Eduardo Cantillo
Votes: 342 | Gross: $0.01M
3. The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A thrilling and action-packed Western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a story about loyalty, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Director: Jared Moshe | Stars: Bill Pullman, Peter Fonda, Stephen Alan Seder, Kathy Baker
Votes: 7,134 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Barracuda (2017)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Music, Thriller
A strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music legacy-one way or another.
Directors: Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin | Stars: Allison Tolman, Sophie Reid, JoBeth Williams, Luis Bordonada
Votes: 740
5. Paris Can Wait (2016)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The wife of a successful movie producer takes a car trip from the south of France to Paris with one of her husband's associates.
Director: Eleanor Coppola | Stars: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin, Elise Tielrooy
Votes: 9,270 | Gross: $5.62M
6. Maya Dardel (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A famous writer announces that she intends to end her life and male writers may compete to become executor of her estate. Men drive up the mountain and are challenged intellectually and erotically, until one discovers Maya's end game.
Directors: Zachary Cotler, Magdalena Zyzak | Stars: Lena Olin, Lois Drabkin, Chris Voss, Jordan Gavaris
Votes: 441
7. The Price (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A young Nigerian-American financier struggles with love, family, and a prescription drug dependency as his ambitions steer him down a criminal path.
Director: Anthony Onah | Stars: Michael Hyatt, Lucy Griffiths, Aml Ameen, Bill Sage
Votes: 284
8. Easy Living (2017)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Sherry, a self-destructive makeup saleswoman, hopes a new man and business venture will provide her a fresh start. After her plans are foiled, she takes control of her life in a dramatic turn of events.
Director: Adam Keleman | Stars: Caroline Dhavernas, McCaleb Burnett, Elizabeth Marvel, Charlie Hofheimer
Votes: 453
9. Fits and Starts (2017)
80 min | Comedy
A struggling writer can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.
Director: Laura Terruso | Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Greta Lee, Maria Dizzia, Alex Karpovsky
Votes: 305
10. Gemini (II) (2017)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.
Director: Aaron Katz | Stars: Lola Kirke, Zoë Kravitz, John Cho, Greta Lee
Votes: 5,397 | Gross: $0.20M
11. Going to Brazil (2016)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Four childhood friends reunite for a wedding in Rio, only to find themselves on the run through the Brazilian countryside after accidentally killing someone at a drug-fueled party.
Director: Patrick Mille | Stars: Vanessa Guide, Alison Wheeler, Margot Bancilhon, Philippine Stindel
Votes: 861
12. The Honor Farm (2017)
TV-MA | 74 min | Drama, Thriller
On prom night, a group of kids wander deep into the woods and come back changed forever.
Director: Karen Skloss | Stars: Olivia Grace Applegate, Louis Hunter, Dora Madison, Liam Aiken
Votes: 389
13. Hounds of Love (2016)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Director: Ben Young | Stars: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter
Votes: 12,814
14. Infinity Baby (2017)
80 min | Comedy
Owing to a genetic mix-up involving stem cell research, the recently founded company Infinity Baby is able to offer a service for aspiring parents who never want to leave the baby bubble - infants that do not age.
Director: Bob Byington | Stars: Trieste Kelly Dunn, Nick Offerman, Martin Starr, Stephen Root
Votes: 825
15. Inheritance (III) (2017)
TV-MA | 75 min | Drama
A woman learns her estranged father has died and returns with her brother and new lover to her childhood home of Belize, where she must face her past while fighting for intimacy in the present.
Directors: Laura E. Davis, Jessica Kaye | Stars: Jessica Kaye, Mark Webber, Daniel Ahearn, Shamira Gill-Card
Votes: 324
16. Lane 1974 (2017)
Not Rated | 79 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Lane is a 13-year-old girl coming of age on a Northern California commune in the 1970s. While Lane enjoys the freedom of living off-the-grid with her mother and younger siblings, she craves... See full summary »
Director: S.J. Chiro | Stars: Sophia Mitri Schloss, Kate Moennig, Sara Coates, Sharva Maynard
Votes: 345
17. Like Me (II) (2017)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young woman sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media.
Director: Robert Mockler | Stars: Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden, Jeremy Gardner
Votes: 1,313 | Gross: $0.01M
18. The Light of the Moon (2017)
90 min | Drama
After her world is irrevocably changed, a successful New York City architect struggles to regain intimacy and control in her life.
Director: Jessica M. Thompson | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl-David, Christine Spang, Conrad Ricamora
Votes: 960
19. M.F.A. (2017)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free.
Director: Natalia Leite | Stars: Francesca Eastwood, Clifton Collins Jr., Leah McKendrick, Peter Vack
Votes: 7,228
20. Mr. Roosevelt (2017)
R | 90 min | Comedy
After a loved one falls ill, 25 year old struggling comedian Emily Martin returns to her college town of Austin, Texas and must come to terms with her past while staying with her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
Director: Noël Wells | Stars: Noël Wells, Nick Thune, Britt Lower, Daniella Pineda
Votes: 3,607
21. Porto (2016)
R | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Jake and Mati are two outsiders in Porto who once experienced a brief connection. A mystery remains about the moments they shared, and in searching through memories, they relive the depths of a night uninhibited by the consequences of time.
Director: Gabe Klinger | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Lucie Lucas, Paulo Calatré, Françoise Lebrun
Votes: 2,208 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Person to Person (2017)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Director: Dustin Guy Defa | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Bene Coopersmith
Votes: 1,689 | Gross: $0.05M
23. The Relationtrip (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
As everyone around them is finding love, Beck and Liam are emotionally hibernating through adulthood. After bonding over their mutual disinterest in relationships, they go away together on a 'friend' trip. And that's when things get weird.
Directors: C.A. Gabriel, Renée Felice Smith | Stars: Renée Felice Smith, Matt Bush, Nelson Franklin, Floyd Foster Jr.
Votes: 707
24. Small Crimes (2017)
TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder - returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.
Director: E.L. Katz | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Robert Forster, Jacki Weaver, Molly Parker
Votes: 8,564
25. Small Town Crime (2017)
R | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An alcoholic ex cop finds a woman on the roadside, left for dead. He offers to find the killer pro bono as P.I. Her granddad hires him. Things get nasty.
Directors: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms | Stars: John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster
Votes: 12,083
26. The Strange Ones (2017)
R | 81 min | Drama, Thriller
Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.
Directors: Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Gene Jones
Votes: 2,747
27. Sylvio (2017)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A small town gorilla joins a local TV program where a series of on-air mishaps send him on a journey of self-discovery.
Directors: Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney | Stars: Sylvio Bernardi, Meghan Doherty, Kentucker Audley, Steve Bauer
Votes: 440
28. Us and Them (2017)
83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Angry and frustrated, working class Danny aims to kick start a revolution by turning the tables on the establishment with a deadly game of chance.
Director: Joe Martin | Stars: Jack Roth, Andrew Tiernan, Tim Bentinck, Sophie Colquhoun
Votes: 796
29. The Show (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Director: Giancarlo Esposito | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Giancarlo Esposito, Famke Janssen, Caitlin FitzGerald
Votes: 5,381
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