# List of Sundance Film Festival selections

This is a partial list of films shown at the Sundance Film Festival (called the Utah/US Film Festival in its earliest years and then the U.S. Film and Video Festival, before becoming the Sundance Film Festival in 1991).

## 1978

Dates: September 6 – September 12; Theme: "American Landscapes: Cycles of Hope and Despair"; stylized as the Utah-USFilm Festival.
| Film Name (English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Elia Kazan | Elia Kazan, Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul | Retrospective | |
| The Apartment | Billy Wilder | Billy Wilder | Retrospective | |
| Babydoll | Elia Kazan | | Retrospective | |
| Badlands | Terrence Malick | Terrence Malick | Retrospective | |
| Bushman | David Schickele | | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| Deliverance | John Boorman | | Retrospective | |
| Flying Leathernecks | Nicholas Ray | | Retrospective | |
| Johnny Vik | Charles Nauman | Charles Nauman | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| Girlfriends | Claudia Weill | Vicki Polon | Regional Cinema Competition | Jury Prize |
| The Left-Handed Gun | Arthur Penn | | Retrospective | |
| Local Color | Mark Rappaport | Mark Rappaport | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| Martin | George A. Romero | George A. Romero | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| McCabe and Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman | | Retrospective | |
| Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese | Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin | Retrospective | |
| Midnight Cowboy | John Schlesinger | | Retrospective | |
| My Darling Clementine | John Ford | | Retrospective | |
| Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Sam Peckinpah | | Retrospective | |
| Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Paul Mazursky | | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| Not a Pretty Picture | Martha Coolidge | | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| Property | Penny Allen | Penny Allen | Regional Cinema Competition | |
| The Quiet Man | John Ford | | Retrospective | |
| Red River | Howard Hawks | | Retrospective | |
| The Reivers | Mark Rydell | | Retrospective | |
| Rio Bravo | Howard Hawks | | Retrospective | |
| Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | | Retrospective | |
| The Searchers | John Ford | | Retrospective | |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | John Ford | | Retrospective | |
| Stagecoach | John Ford | | Retrospective | |
| Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander Mackendrick | | Retrospective | |
| True Grit | Henry Hathaway | | Retrospective | |
| The Whole Shootin' Match | Eagle Pennell | Eagle Pennell, Lin Sutherland | Regional Cinema Competition | Jury Prize |

## 1979

Dates: October 26 – October 30; Theme: "Fear and Fantasy"
| Film Name (English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 1988: The Remake | Richard Schmidt | | | Honorable Mention—Independent Film Competition |
| Agee | Ross Spears | Ross Spears | Documentary | Honorable Mention—Independent Film Competition |
| American Madness | Frank Capra | Robert Riskin | Retrospective | |
| Badlands | Terrence Malick | Terrence Malick | Retrospective | |
| The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock | Evan Hunter | Retrospective | |
| Caprice | Frank Tashlin | Jay Jason and Frank Tashlin | Retrospective | |
| Casablanca | Michael Curtiz | | Retrospective | |
| Chameleon | Jon Jost | Jon Jost | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Citizens' Band | Jonathan Demme | Jonathan Demme | | |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | | Retrospective | |
| The Demon Seed | Donald Cammell | | | |
| Dirty Harry | | | Retrospective | |
| Down in the Valley | Mort Rosenfeld | Mort Rosenfeld | | |
| Dr. Strangelove | | | Retrospective | |
| Easy Rider | Dennis Hopper | Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern | Retrospective | |
| Effects | John Harrison, Dusty Nelson, and Pat Buba | | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Family Plot | Alfred Hitchcock | | | |
| Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson | | Retrospective | |
| Forbidden Planet | Fred M. Wilcox | | Retrospective | |
| The Front | Martin Ritt | Walter Bernstein | | |
| Fun with Dick and Jane | Ted Kotcheff | David Giler, Jerry Belson, Mordecai Richler | | |
| Gas City | Jeff Meyers | | | Honorable Mention—Independent Film Competition |
| The Goddess | John Cromwell | | Retrospective | |
| The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | Gordon Hessler | | | |
| Halloween | John Carpenter | John Carpenter, Debra Hill | | |
| How to Murder Your Wife | Richard Quine | | Retrospective | |
| In Cold Blood | Richard Brooks | Richard Brooks | Retrospective | |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man | Jack Arnold | | Retrospective | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Philip Kaufman | | | |
| It Happened One Night | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Jason and the Argonauts | Don Chaffey | Beverley Cross, Jan Read | Retrospective | |
| The Last Picture Show | Peter Bogdanovich | Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich | Retrospective | |
| Lost Horizon | Frank Capra | Robert Riskin | Retrospective | |
| Marnie | Alfred Hitchcock | | Retrospective | |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Northern Lights | Rob Nilsson, John Hansen | John Hanson, Rob Nilsson | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Obsession | Brian De Palma | | | |
| Over-Under Sideways-Down | Eugene Corr, Steve Wax, Peter Gessner | Eugene Corr, Peter Gessner | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Platinum Blonde | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Play It Again Sam | Herbert Ross | | Retrospective | |
| Pretty Poison | Noel Black | | Retrospective | |
| Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | | Retrospective | |
| The Raven | Roger Corman | | Retrospective | |
| The Seven-Year Itch | Billy Wilder | | Retrospective | |
| The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad | Ray Harryhausen | Kenneth Kolb | Retrospective | |
| Sleeper | Woody Allen | | Retrospective | |
| Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | | Retrospective | |
| Spirit of the Wind | Ralph Liddle | Ralph Liddle, John Logue | | Grand Prize—Independent Film Competition |
| The Stepford Wives | Bryan Forbes | William Goldman | Retrospective | |
| Straw Dogs | Sam Peckinpah | | Retrospective | |
| Sugarland Express | Steven Spielberg | | Retrospective | |
| Targets | Peter Bogdanovich | | Retrospective | |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Norman Jewison | | Retrospective | |
| A Thousand Clowns | Fred Coe | | Retrospective | |
| To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | | Retrospective | |
| Watermelon Man | Melvin Van Peebles | | Retrospective | |
| Wonder Man | Bruce Humberstone | | Retrospective | |
| You Can't Take It with You | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |

## 1981

Dates: January 12 – January 18; Utah/U.S. Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| America, Lost and Found | Lance Bird, Tom Johnson | John Crowley | Documentary | |
| Americana | David Carradine | Henry Morton Robinson | Dramatic | |
| A Small Circle of Friends | Rob Cohen | Ezra Sacks | Dramatic | |
| The Best Man | Franklin J. Schaffner | Gore Vidal | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| Breaking Glass | Brian Gibson | Brian Gibson | Dramatic | |
| The Day After Trinity | Jon H. Else | David Peoples, Janet Peoples, Jon Else | Documentary | |
| Eight Minutes to Midnight | Mary Benjamin | | Documentary | |
| The Elephant Man | David Lynch | Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch | Dramatic | |
| Fade to Black | Vernon Zimmerman | Vernon Zimmerman | Dramatic | |
| Feedback | Bill Doukas | Bill Doukas | Dramatic | |
| Fort Apache | John Ford | Frank S. Nugent | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| Gal Young Un | Victor Nuñez | Victor Nuñez | Dramatic | |
| The Grapes of Wrath | John Ford | Nunnally Johnson | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| The Haunting of M | Anna Thomas | Anna Thomas | Dramatic | |
| Heartland | Richard Pearce | Beth Ferris, William Kittredge, Elinore Randall Stewart | Dramatic | |
| Hide in Plain Sight | James Caan | Spencer Eastman | Dramatic | |
| Imposters | Mark Rappaport | Mark Rappaport | Dramatic | |
| The Lady Eve | Preston Sturges | Preston Sturges | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| La La, Making It in L.A. | Frank Mouris, Caroline Mouris | | Documentary | |
| The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter | Connie Field | | Documentary | |
| Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | Bo Goldman | Dramatic | |
| Mr. Roberts | John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy | | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| My Darling Clementine | John Ford | Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| Off the Wall | Rick Friedberg | Dick Chudnow, Rick Friedberg, Ron Kurz | Dramatic | |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone | | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| On the Nickel | Ralph Waite | Ralph Waite | Dramatic | |
| Ordinary People | Robert Redford | Alvin Sargent | Dramatic | |
| The Ox-Bow Incident | William A. Wellman | Lamar Trotti | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| The Plan | Diane Orr, Larry Roberts | | Documentary | |
| Return of the Secaucus Seven | John Sayles | John Sayles | Dramatic | |
| Stony Island | Andrew Davis | Tamar Simon Hoffs, Andrew Davis | Dramatic | |
| Tell Me a Riddle | Lee Grant | Joyce Eliason, Alev Lytle | Dramatic | |
| Tuck Everlasting | Frederick King Keller | Frederick King Keller | Dramatic | |
| Twelve Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | Reginald Rose | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| The War at Home | Barry Alexander Brown, Glenn Silber | | Documentary | |
| Where the Buffalo Roam | Art Linson | John Kaye | Dramatic | |
| Wind Chimes | Robert Holman | | | Best Experimental Film |
| Zootsuit | Luis Valdez | Luis Valdez | | |

## 1982

Dates: January 17 – ?; Utah/U.S. Film Festival
John Ford Medallion: Stanley Kramer
| Film Name (English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T | Stanley Kramer | | Stanley Kramer Retrospective | |
| A Lady Named Baybie | Martha Sandlin | | Documentary Competition | |
| Amarillo News Tapes | Doug Hall, Chip Lord, Jody Procter | | Video Art Competition | |
| An Acquired Taste | Ralph Arlyck | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Artifacts: Pure and Applied | | | Video Art Competition | |
| Atomic Television | Trent Harris | | Special Programs | |
| Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Kenneth Fink | Kenneth Fink | Documentary Competition | |
| Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | Lawrence Kasdan | Director's Showcase | |
| Booming | Dennis Lanson | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Case of the Legless Veteran | Howard Petrick | | Documentary Competition | |
| Chott el-Djerid | Carol Brandenburg | | Video Art Competition | |
| Close Harmony | Nigel Noble | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| The Complete Dale Hoyt, Vol. 7 | Dale Hoyt | | Video Art Competition | |
| The Crisco Kid | Jeanne Wolf | Jeanne Wolf | Video Documentary Competition | |
| The Curse of Fred Astaire | Mark Berger | Mark Berger | Dramatic Competition | |
| Cutter's Way | Ivan Passer | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | New Directors | |
| The Defiant Ones | Stanley Kramer | | Stanley Kramer Retrospective | |
| Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder | Peter Werner | Paul G. Hensler | New Directors | |
| The Dozens | Randall Conrad, Christine Dall | Randall Conrad, Christine Dall | Dramatic Competition | |
| Dreamland | Oz Scott | Nancy Baker | Documentary Competition | |
| Elephant Parts | William Dear | | Special Programs | |
| El Salvador: Another Vietnam | Glenn Silber, Teté Vasconcellos | | Documentary Competition | |
| End of Innocence | Stephen Sept | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Frank: A Vietnam Veteran | Fred Simon | | Video Documentary Competition | |
| Gates of Heaven | Errol Morris | | Documentary Competition | |
| Get Rollin' | J. Terrence Mitchell | J. Terrence Mitchell | Documentary Competition | |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | | | Stanley Kramer Retrospective | |
| Heartworn Highways | James Szalapski | James Szalapski | Documentary Competition | |
| The Hideout | Brian Patrick | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| How to Fly | Ed Bowes | | Video Art Competition | |
| In Our Water | Meg Switzgable | | Documentary Competition | |
| I Remember Barbra | | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Killer of Sheep | Charles Burnett | Charles Burnett | Dramatic Competition | |
| Knightriders | George A. Romero | George A. Romero | New Directors | |
| Love in a Taxi | Robert Sickinger | Michael Kortchmar | Dramatic Competition | |
| Love Tapes | Wendy Clarke | | Video Art Competition | |
| Melanie | Rex Bromfield | Michael Green, Richard Paluck, Robert Guza Jr. | New Directors | |
| Missing | Costa-Gavras | Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart | Premieres | |
| Model | Frederick Wiseman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Mystique | Bobby Roth | Beth Sullivan | Dramatic Competition | |
| No World for Men | William Rosser | | Shorts (Doc) | |
| On Golden Pond | Mark Rydell | Ernest Thompson | Premieres | |
| Out | Eli Hollander | Eli Hollander | Dramatic Competition | |
| Paydirt | Penny Allen | Penny Allen | Dramatic Competition | |
| Possum Living | Nancy Schreiber | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Raggedy Man | Jack Fisk | William D. Wittliff | New Directors | |
| Return of the Secaucus Seven | John Sayles | John Sayles | Dramatic Competition | |
| Savage/Love | Sam Shepard, Joseph Chaiken | | Video Art Competition | |
| The Sky Is Gray | Stan Lathan | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Soldier Girls | Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Strange Fruit | Seth Pinsker | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Street Music | Jenny Bowen | Jenny Bowen | Dramatic Competition | |
| Strong-Willed Women Subdue and Subjugate Reptiles | C. Larry Roberts | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Thief | Michael Mann | Michael Mann | New Directors | |
| Tibetan Death Rites | Norman Dhyrenfurth | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| The Third Coast | Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond | | Documentary Competition | |
| TV: The Enchanted Mirror | Julene Bair | | Special Programs (Shorts) | |
| Union City | Mark Reichert | Mark Reichert | Dramatic Competition | |
| We Are the Guinea Pigs | Joan Harvey | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! | Jim Brown | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Willmar 8 | Lee Grant | | | |
| The Whole Shootin' Match | Eagle Pennell | Eagle Pennell, Lin Sutherland | | |
| Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | David Eyre, Michael Wadleigh | New Directors | |
| Zootsuit | Luis Valdez | Luis Valdez | New Directors | |

## 1983

Dates: January 17 – January 23; Utah/U.S. Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Directed By | Written By | Category |
| The Atomic Artist | Glenn Silber | | Documentary Shorts |
| Atomic Cafe | Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty | | Documentary Competition |
| The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Robert M. Young | Victor Villasenor, Robert M. Young | Dramatic Competition |
| Ballet Robotique | Bob Rogers | | Shorts |
| Becoming American | Ken Levine, Ivory Waterworth Levine | | Documentary Competition |
| The Brig | | | |
| Burden of Dreams | Les Blank | Les Blank | Documentary Competition |
| Chan Is Missing | Wayne Wang | Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer, Wayne Wang | Dramatic Competition |
| Citizen | William Farley | William Farley | Dramatic Competition |
| Clotheslines | Roberta Cantow | | Shorts |
| Come Back Africa | Lionel Rogosin | Lionel Rogosin, Lewis Nkosi, William Modisane | Retrospective |
| Coming of Age | Josh Hanig | | Documentary Competition |
| Conversations with Willard van Dyke | Amalie R. Rothschild | | Documentary Competition |
| The Cool World | Shirley Clarke | | New Wave Retrospective |
| Dark Circle | Judy Irving | | Documentary Competition |
| David Holzman's Diary | Jim McBride | James McBride | Retrospective |
| Dream On! | Ed Harker | Ed Harker | Dramatic Competition |
| Eating Raoul | Paul Bartel | Paul Bartel | Dramatic Competition |
| The Escape Artist | Caleb Deschanel | | Premieres |
| The Eyes of the Amaryllis | Frederick King Keller | Frederick King Keller, Stratton Rawson | Dramatic Competition |
| Fire on the Water | Robert Hillman | Robert Hillman | Documentary Competition |
| Frances | Graeme Clifford | Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, Nicholas Kazan | Premieres |
| The Gates of Hell | Iris Cantor, David Saxon | | Documentary Competition |
| The Grey Fox | Phillip Borsos | John Hunter | Premieres |
| How Much Is Enough? Decision-Making in the Nuclear Age | Samuel R. Shore | | Video Competition |
| Man on the Empire State | Teodoro Maus | | Video Competition |
| Max Reber: Billboard Artist | Robert Marshall, James Christiansen | | Documentary Short |
| The Mediterranean | Yan Nascimbene | Yan Nascimbene | Dramatic Competition |
| Miles to Go | Hilary Maddux, Deborah Boldt | | Documentary Competition |
| Mission Hill | Robert Jones | Ann Jones, Robert Jones | Dramatic Competition |
| Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton | Robert Elfstrom | | Documentary Competition |
| No World for Men | William Rosser | | |
| The Personals | Peter Markle | | Dramatic Competition |
| Phantom Cowboy | Swain Wolfe | | Documentary Shorts |
| Portrait of Jason | Shirley Clarke | | Retrospective |
| Poto and Cabengo | Jean-Pierre Gorin | | Documentary Competition |
| Pull My Daisy | Robert Frank | | New Wave Retrospective |
| Purple Haze | David Burton Morris | Victoria Wozniak | Dramatic Competition |
| The Savage Eye | Ben Maddow | | New Wave Retrospective |
| Say Amen, Somebody | George T. Nierenberg | | Documentary Competition |
| Shadows | John Cassavetes | | New Wave Retrospective |
| SL-1 | Diane Orr, C. Larry Roberts | | Documentary Competition |
| Smithereens | Susan Seidelman | | Premieres |
| Sophie's Choice | Allan J. Pakula | | Premieres |
| Valley Town | Willard Van Dyke | | Retrospective |
| Vernon, Florida | Errol Morris | | Documentary Competition |

## 1984

Dates: January 23 – 29; Utah/U.S. Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Android | Aaron Lipstadt | | Dramatic | |
| Angelo, My Love | Robert Duval | | | |
| Black Wax | Robert Mugge | | Documentary | |
| Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Henry Jaglom | Henry Jaglom | Premieres | |
| Chicken Ranch | Nick Broomfield and Sandi Sissel | | Documentary | |
| Circus | Lear Levin | | Documentary | |
| Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein | Julie Thompson | | Documentary | |
| Comedienne | Katherine Matheson | | Documentary | |
| Crackers | Louis Malle | | | |
| The Draughtsman's Contract | Peter Greenaway | | | |
| The Electric Valley | Ross Spears | | Documentary | |
| El Norte | Gregory Nava | | | |
| Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Mirra Bank, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer | John Sayles, Susan Rice | Premieres | |
| Enter the Bassett (aka Awesome Lotus) | David O'Malley | | Dramatic | |
| The Good Fight | Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, Sam Sills | | Documentary | |
| Hero | Alexandre Rockwell | Alexandre Rockwell | Dramatic | |
| Home Free All | Stewart Bird | Stewart Bird | | |
| Last Night at the Alamo | Eagle Pennell | Kim Henkel | Dramatic | |
| Made in America | Bill Donovan | | Shorts | |
| My Brother's Wedding | Charles Burnett | | Dramatic | |
| Nightsongs | Marva Nabili | | Dramatic | |
| Old Enough | Marisa Silver | | Dramatic | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Plague Dogs | Martin Rosen | Martin Rosen | Premieres | |
| Vietnam: The Secret Agent | Jacki Ochs | | Documentary | |
| Seeing Red | Julia Reichert, Jim Klein | | Documentary | |
| Signal 7 | Rob Nilsson | Rob Nilsson | | |
| Splash | Ron Howard | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman | | |
| Stranger's Kiss | Matthew Chapman | Matthew Chapman, Blaine Novak | | |
| Streamers | Robert Altman | | | |
| Style Wars | Tony Silver | | Documentary | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Suburbia | Penelope Spheeris | Penelope Spheeris | Dramatic | |
| Summerspell | Lina Shanklin | Lina Shanklin | Dramatic | |
| Tomorrow | Joseph Anthony | Horton Foote | Retrospective | |
| Vamping | Frederick King Keller | Michael Healy, Frederick King Keller, Robert Seidman | Dramatic | |
| We Are Not the Jet Set | Robert Duvall | | Documentary | |
| When the Mountains Tremble | Pamela Yates | | Documentary | |
| Wildrose | John Hanson | Eugene Corr, John Hanson, Sandra Schulberg | Dramatic | |

## 1985

Dates: ? – ?; Sundance Institute Presents the United States Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| The 400 Blows | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | | Retrospective | |
| Almost You | Domicile conjugal | Adam Brooks | | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| America and Lewis Hine | | Nina Rosenblum | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Antoine et Colette | | François Truffaut | | Retrospective | |
| Battle Beyond the Stars | | Jimmy T. Murakami | John Sayles | Retrospective | |
| Bed and Board | | Francois Truffaut | | Retrospective | |
| Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community | | Greta Schiller | | Documentary | |
| Blood Simple | | Joel Coen | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Dramatic | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| A Boring Afternoon | Fádní odpoledne | Ivan Passer | Ivan Passer | Retrospective | |
| Boxcar Bertha | | Martin Scorsese | Joyce H. Corrington, John William Corrington | Retrospective | |
| Brady's Escape | Hosszú vágta | Pál Gábor | Pál Gábor, William W. Lewis | | |
| The Brother from Another Planet | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Dramatic | |
| The Business of America | | Larry Adelman, Lawrence Daressa, Bruce Schmiechen | | Documentary | |
| Caged Heat | | Jonathan Demme | Jonathan Demme | Retrospective | |
| Chinese Boxes | | Christopher Petit | | | |
| Cold Feet | | Bruce Van Dusen | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Cutter's Way | | Ivan Passer | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | Dramatic | |
| Day for Night | La nuit Americaine | François Truffaut | François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard | Retrospective | |
| Death Race 2000 | | Paul Bartel | Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith, Ib Melchior | Retrospective | |
| Dementia 13 | | Francis Ford Coppola | Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hill | Retrospective | |
| Dialogue with a Woman Departed | | Leo Hurwitz | Leo Hurwitz | Documentary | |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | | John Schlesinger | Steven Zaillian | | |
| Far From Poland | | Jill Godmilow | | Documentary | |
| Distant Thunder | Enrai | Kichitaro Negishi | Haruhiko Arai | | |
| A Flash of Green | | Victor Nunez | Victor Nunez | Dramatic | |
| Flight to Berlin | Fluchtpunkt Berlin | Christopher Petit | | | |
| Gas-s-s! | | Roger Corman | George Armitage | | |
| The Go Masters | Mikan no taikyoku | Ji-shun Duan, Junya Satô, Shu'an Liu | Tang-tong Ge, Fumio Kônami, Hong-zhou Li, Yasuko Ôno | | |
| The Gold Diggers | | Sally Potter | Sally Potter, Rose English | | |
| The Gospel According to Al Green | | Robert Mugge | | Documentary | |
| Where the Green Ants Dream | | Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog, Bob Ellis | | |
| Hard Choices | | Rick King | Rick King, Robert Mickelson | Dramatic | |
| Heartbreakers | | Bobby Roth | Bobby Roth | Dramatic | |
| In Heaven There Is No Beer? | | Les Blank | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| The Hit | | Stephen Frears | Peter Prince | | |
| The Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World | | Pat Ferrero | | Documentary | |
| The Illusionist | De Illusionist | Jos Stelling | Freek de Jonge, Jos Stelling | | |
| Intimate Lighting | Intimní osvětlení | Ivan Passer | Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Václav Šašek | Retrospective | |
| Jack Kerouac's America | | John Antonelli | | Documentary | |
| A Joke of Destiny | | Lina Wertmüller | Lina Wertmüller, Agenore Incrocci | | |
| Kaddish | | Steve Brand | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| The Killing Fields | | Roland Joffé | | Documentary | |
| The Killing Floor | | Bill Duke | Leslie Lee, Ron Milner, Elsa Rassbach | Dramatic | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| The Last Seduction | | Kim Dempster | | Short | |
| Law and Disorder | | Ivan Passer | Ivan Passer, William Richert, Kenneth Harris Fishman | Retrospective | |
| The Lift | De Lift | Dick Maas | Dick Maas | | |
| The Little Shop of Horrors | | Roger Corman | | | |
| A Love in Germany | Eine Leibe in Deutschland | Andrzej Wajda | | | |
| Low Visibility | | Patricia Gruben | Patricia Gruben | Drama | |
| Mass Appeal | | Glenn Jordan | Bill C. Davis | | |
| Monkey Grip | | Ken Cameron | | | |
| Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | Jukai No Mosukiito | Yoichi Sai | Yoichi Sai | | |
| Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh | | Demetri Estdelacropolis | Demetri Estdelacropolis | | |
| Moving Out | | Michael Pattinson | Jan Sardi | | |
| Mrs. Soffel | | Gillian Armstrong | Ron Nyswaner | | |
| The Night the Prowler | | Jim Sharman | Patrick White | | |
| Not for Publication | | Paul Bartel | Paul Bartel, John Meyer | | |
| Paris, Texas | | Wim Wenders | L.M. Kit Carson, Sam Shepard | | |
| Pebbles | Kieselstein | Lukas Stepanik | | World Cinema | |
| Piranha | | Joe Dante | John Sayles | Retrospective | |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | | Woody Allen | Woody Allen | Premieres | |
| Radio On | | Chris Petit | | | |
| The Real Thing | | Peter Schnall | | | |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School | | Allan Arkush | | Retrospective | |
| The Roommate | | Neil Cox | Neal Miller, Paul Pekin, Randall Fried | Dramatic | |
| Secret Honor | | Robert Altman | Donald Freed, Arnold M. Stone | | |
| Seventeen | | Joel DeMott, Jeff Kreines | | Documentary | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Silver Bears | | Ivan Passer | | Dramatic | |
| Silver City | | Sophia Turkiewicz | Thomas Keneally, Sophia Turkiewicz | Dramatic | |
| Sprout Wings and Fly | | Les Blank | | Documentary | |
| Squizzy Taylor | | Kevin James Dobson | Roger Simpson | | |
| Stolen Kisses | Baisers Voles | François Truffaut | François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, Bernard Revon | Retrospective | |
| Stranger Than Paradise | | Jim Jarmusch | Jim Jarmusch | Dramatic | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau | | James Heddle | | Documentary | |
| Streetwise | | Martin Bell | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Strikebound | | Richard Lowenstein | Richard Lowenstein | | |
| Targets | | | | | |
| Tattoo [Irezumi] Ari | | Toshiaki Takahasi | | | |
| The Times of Harvey Milk | | Rob Epstein | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| The Trip to Bountiful | | Peter Masterson | Horton Foote | | |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | | Chris Petit | P. D. James, Elizabeth McKay, Chris Petit, Brian Scobie | | |
| Way Down East | | D. W. Griffith | | Retrospective | |
| Wild Angels | | Roger Corman | | Retrospective | |
| The Work I've Done | | Kenneth Fink | | Documentary | |
| The World of Tomorrow | | Tom Johnson | | Documentary | |

## 1986

Dates: January 17 – January 26; The United States Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Allies | | Marian Wilkinson | | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| Belizaire: The Cajun | | Glen Pitre | Glen Pitre | Dramatic Competition | |
| Bliss | | Ray Lawrence | Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| Camera Natura | | Ross Gibson | | Independent Australia (Short) | |
| Chain Letters | | Mark Rappaport | Mark Rappaport | Dramatic Competition | |
| Chimes at Midnight | | Orson Welles | | Chimes at Night: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Citizen Kane | | Orson Welles | | Chimes at Night: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Contrary Warrior: A Story of the Crow Tribe | | Connie Poten | Beth Ferris | Documentary Competition | |
| The Cosmic Eye | | Faith Hubley | Faith Hubley, John Hubley | Dramatic Competition | |
| Couldn't Be Fairer | | Dennis O'Rourke | Mick Miller | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| Cowgirls | | Nancy Kelly | | Shorts | |
| The Day Time Noon | | Sandy Smolan | | Shorts | |
| Decade of Women | | Gillian Armstrong | | Independent Australia (Shorts) | |
| Desert Bloom | | Eugene Corr | Eugene Corr, Linda Remy | | |
| Desert Hearts | | Donna Deitch | Natalie Cooper | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Dim Sum | | Wayne Wang | Terrel Seltzer | | |
| Double Negative | | Sam Irvin | Sam Irvin | Short | |
| The Drover’s Wife | | Sue Brooks | Sue Castrique | Independent Australia (Short) | |
| Einstein on the Beach | | Mark Obenhaus | | Documentary | |
| Emoh Ruo | | Denny Lawrence | Paul Leadon, David Paltorak | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| F/X | | Robert Mandel | Gregory Fleeman, Robert T. Megginson | | |
| Fast Talking | | Ken Cameron | Ken Cameron | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| For Love or Money | | Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley | Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| Fran | | Glenda Hambly | Glenda Hambly | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| Going Down | | Haydn Keenan | Julie Berry, Moira Maclaine-Cross | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| The Great Wall Is a Great Wall | | Peter Wang | Shirley Sun, Peter Wang | Dramatic Competition | |
| Growing Up with Rockets | | Nancy Yasecko | | Documentary | |
| Half Life | | Dennis O'Rourke | Dennis O'Rourke | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | | Woody Allen | Woody Allen | Premieres | |
| Hard Traveling | | Dan Bessie | Dan Bessie | | |
| Heartbreakers | | Bobby Roth | Bobby Roth | Seminar Screenings | |
| Imagine the Sound | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| In Her Own Time | | Lynne Littman | | Documentary | |
| Huey Long | | Ken Burns | Geoffrey C. Ward | Documentary | |
| Imagine the Sound | | Ron Mann | | Documentary | |
| Kemira: Diary of a Strike | | Tom Zubrycki | | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| The Lady from Shanghai | | Orson Welles | | Chimes at Night: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza del Mayo | | Susana Munoz, Lourdes Portillo | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Lion in the Doorway | | Prabhubodha John Walker | Prabhubodha John Walker | Independent Australia (Short) | |
| Listen to the City | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| Lost Horizon | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Louie Bluie | | Terry Zwigoff | | Documentary | |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | | Orson Welles | | Chimes at Night: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| The Man You Know | | Steve Jacobs | Steve Jacobs | Independent Australia (Short) | |
| Marcia Resnick’s Bad Boys | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| Nicaragua Was Our Home | | Lee Shapiro | | | |
| On the Loose | | Jane Oehr | Jane Oehr, Ken Cameron, Mark Stiles, Tom McPartland, Tom Gooding | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| On Valentine’s Day | | Kenneth Harrison | Horton Foote | | |
| One Woman or Two | Une Femme ou Deux | Daniel Vigne | Daniel Vigne, Élisabeth Rappeneau | | |
| The Orkly Kid | | Trent Harris | Trent Harris | Shorts | |
| Othello | | Orson Welles | | Chimes at Night: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Parting Glances | | Bill Sherwood | Bill Sherwood | Dramatic | |
| Poetry in Motion | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| Power | | Sidney Lumet | David Himmelstein | | |
| Private Conversations | | Christian Blackwood | | Documentary | |
| Rate It X | | Paula De Koenigsberg, Lucy Winer | | Documentary | |
| Raw Tunes | | Dan Lewk, Gary Levy | Dan Lewk, Gary Levy | Dramatic | |
| Restless Natives | | Michael Hoffman | Ninian Dunnett | Dramatic | |
| The Return of Ruben Blades | | Robert Mugge | Robert Mugge | Documentary | |
| Rocking the Foundations | | Pat Fiske | | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| Serious Undertakings | | Helen Grace | | Independent Australia (Short) | |
| Seven Minutes in Heaven | | Linda Feferman | Jane Bernstein, Linda Feferman | Dramatic | Special Jury Prize for the Genre of Youth Comedy: Dramatic |
| Singles | | Karl McPhee | | Independent Australia (Documentary) | |
| Smooth Talk | | Joyce Chopra | Tom Cole | Dramatic | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Static | | Mark Romanek | Keith Gordon, Mark Romanek | Dramatic | |
| Stations | | Jackie McKimmie | | Independent Australia (Short) | |
| A Street to Die | | Bill Bennett | Bill Bennett | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| Stripper | | Jerome Gary | Charles Gaines | Documentary | |
| Tom Goes to the Bar | | Dean Parisot | Michael Taav | Short | |
| Touch of Evil | | Orson Welles | | Chimes at Night: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Traps | | John Hughes | John Hughes | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| The Trip to Bountiful | | Peter Masterson | Horton Foote | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Trouble In Mind | | Alan Rudolph | Alan Rudolph | | |
| Troupers | | Glenn Silber, Claudia Vianello | | Documentary Competition | |
| Unfinished Business | | Bob Ellis | Bob Ellis | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| The Unheard Music | | W.T. Morgan | W.T. Morgan | Seminar Screenings | |
| Valley Girl | | Martha Coolidge | | Jury Member Screenings | |
| The Waiting | | Scott Williams | Amy Dundleberger | Shorts | |
| Wildcatter: The Story of Texas Oil | | Robert Tranchin | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Woman and the Stranger | | Rainer Simon | Rainer Simon | | |
| Wrong Side of the Road | | Ned Lander | Ned Lander | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| Wrong World | | Ian Pringle | Doug Ling, Ian Pringle | Independent Australia (Dramatic) | |
| A Year of the Quiet Sun | | Krzysztof Zanussi | | Jury Member Screenings | |
| You Got to Move | | Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver | | Documentary | |

## 1987

Dates: January 16 – January 25; Sundance Institute Presents the United States Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | | David Hugh Jones | Hugh Whitmore | Premieres | |
| 90 Days | | Giles Walker | Giles Walker, David Wilson | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| All-American High | | Keva Rosenfield | | Documentary | |
| Anne Trister | | Léa Pool | Léa Pool, Marcel Beaulieu | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| A Promise | | Yoshishige Yoshida | Fukiko Miyauchi, Yoshishige Yoshida | Special Screenings | |
| Are We Winning, Mommy? | | Barbara Margolis | | Documentary | |
| As Seen on TV | | David Rimmer | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Beehive | | Frank Moore, Jim Self | | Shorts | |
| Betty Blue | 37˚2 Le Matin | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Special Screenings | |
| Beyond Therapy | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | Premieres | |
| The Big Easy | | Jim McBride | | Premieres | |
| Bingo Inferno | | David O. Russell | David O. Russell | Shorts | |
| Bullfighter and the Lady | | Budd Boetticher | | Retrospective | |
| The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer | | The Quay Brothers | | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Chile: When Will It End? | Chile: Hasta Cuando? | David Bradbury | | | Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary, Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| A Composer’s Notes | | Michael Blackwood | | Documentary | |
| Crime Wave | | John Paizs | John Paizs | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Dancing in the Dark | | Leon Marr | Leon Marr | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Dead End Kids | | JoAnne Akalaitis | JoAnne Akalaitis | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Decline of the American Empire | Le Declin de L’Empire Americain | Denys Arcand | Denys Arcand | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas | | Robert Richter, Catherine Hiller | | Documentary | |
| Drive-In Blues | | Jan Krawitz | | Documentary Short | |
| The Electronic Sweatshop | Quel numéro | Sophie Bissonnette | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Fatherland | | Ken Loach | | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Final Offer | | Sturla Gunnarsson, Robert Collison | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Forest of Bliss | | Robert Gardner | | Special Screenings | |
| Frances Steloff | | Deborah Dickson | | Documentary Short | |
| The Fringe Dwellers | | Bruce Beresford | Bruce Beresford, Rhoisin Beresford | Premieres | |
| The Great Horseshoe Crab Field Trip | | Grania Gurievitch, Ann Schaetzel | | Documentary | |
| Hellfire: A Journey From Hiroshima | | Michael Camerini, John Junkerman, James MacDonald | | Documentary | |
| Her Name Is Lisa | | Rachid Kerdouche | Ron Gott | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hoosiers | | David Anspaugh | Angelo Pizzo | Premieres | |
| Impure Thoughts | | Michael A. Simpson | Michael J. Malloy, Michael A. Simpson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Intimate Power | Pouvoir intime | Yves Simoneau | Pierre Curzi, Yves Simoneau | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Isaac in America | | Amram Nowak | | | |
| Islands | | Albert Maysles, David Maysles | | Documentary | |
| Jacques and November | Jacques et novembre | François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry | François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | | Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | | Documentary Competition | |
| John and the Missus | | Gordon Pinsent | Gordon Pinsent | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Karen Blixen | | Nic Lichtenberg | | Documentary Short | |
| The Last Glacier | Le Dernier glacier | Roger Frappier, Jacques Leduc | Roger Frappier, Jacques Leduc | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Leos Janaceck: Intimate Excursions | | Keith Griffiths | | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Lily Tomlin | | Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | | Documentary Competition | |
| Linda Joy | | Linda Busby, William D. MacGillivray | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Little Songs of the Chief Officer of Hunar Louse | | Brothers Quay | | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Living on Tokyo Time | | Steven Okazaki | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Loyalties | | Anne Wheeler | Sharon Riis | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| My American Cousin | | Sandy Wilson | Sandy Wilson | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| My Little Girl | | Connie Kaiserman | Connie Kaiserman, Nan Mason | Dramatic Competition | |
| Next of Kin | | Atom Egoyan | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| No Picnic | | Philip Hartman | Philip Hartman | Dramatic Competition | Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic |
| Off Season | | Mary Arbuckle | Mark Rance, L.M. Kit Carson, Richard Barber | Special Screenings | |
| Ozawa | | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Invisible Thread | | Bob Balaban | | Shorts | |
| Pica-Don | | Renzo Kinoshita | | Shorts | |
| Ping Pong | | Po-Chih Leong | Jerry Liu | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Playing Away | | Horace Ové | Caryl Phillips | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Positive I.D. | | Andy Anderson | Andy Anderson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Precious Images | | Chuck Workman | Chuck Workman | Documentary short | |
| Ranch | | Steven DeNure, Christopher Lowry | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Metis Child | | Alanis Obomsawin | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Rita, Sue and Bob Too | | Alan Clarke | Andrea Dunbar | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| River’s Edge | | Tim Hunter | Neal Jimenez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Seize the Day | | Fielder Cook | Ronald Ribman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Shake!: Otis at Monterey | | D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, David Dawkins | | Documentary Competition | |
| Sherman's March | | Ross McElwee | Ross McElwee | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Sitting in Limbo | | John N. Smith | Richard Nichol | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Sleepwalk | | Sara Driver | Kathleen Brennan, Sara Driver, Lorenzo Mans | Dramatic Competition | |
| Sonatine | | Micheline Lanctôt | Micheline Lanctôt | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland | | Oren Rudavsky | | Documentary Competition | |
| Square Dance | | Daniel Petrie | Daniel Petrie | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Stacking | | Martin Rosen | Victoria Jenkins | Dramatic Competition | |
| Stations | | William D. MacGillivray | William D. MacGillivray | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Street of Crocodiles | | Brothers Quay | | Four from Four (and Four More) | |
| Sullivan's Pavilion | | Fred G. Sullivan | Fred G. Sullivan | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Trouble with Dick | | Gary Walkow | Gary Walkow | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |
| Up | | Sam Kaufman | | Shorts | |
| Waiting for the Moon | | Jill Godmilow | Mark Magill | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |
| A Walk on the Moon | | Raphael D. Silver | William Mai | Dramatic Competition | |
| Welcome Back Mr. Fox | | Walter Pitt | Walter Pitt | Short | |
| William Carlos Williams | | Richard P. Rogers | Jill Janows | Documentary Competition | |
| Working Girls | | Lizzie Borden | Lizzie Borden | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |

## 1988

Dates: January 15 – January 24; Sundance Institute Presents the United States Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Acting Our Age | | Michal Aviad | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ain't No King Coming | | Tia J.T. Lemke | Tia J.T. Lemke | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Anna Spilt the Oil | | John F. Allen | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Arctic Wolves | | Jim Brandenberg | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Astronomy | | Susan Rogers | | Shorts | |
| Bad Connection | Malayunta | José Santiso | José Santiso | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Barbeque Death Squad from Hell | | Art Wolff | Penn and Teller | Shorts | |
| Beirut: The Last Home Movie | | Jennifer Fox | Jennifer Fox, John Mullen | Documentary | |
| Belinda in the Water | | Christine Roum | Christine Roum | Shorts | |
| Ben-Hur | | Fred Niblo | | Restoration Premiere | |
| The Birthday Fish | | Alex Zamm | | Shorts | |
| Black Menu | | Megan Daniels | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| The Brave Little Toaster | | Jerry Rees | Jerry Rees | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Recognition |
| Break of Dawn | | Isaac Artenstein | Isaac Artenstein | Dramatic Competition | |
| Broken Noses | | Bruce Weber | | Documentary Competition | |
| Camila | | María Luisa Bemberg | María Luisa Bemberg, Beda Docampo Feijóo, Juan Bautista Stagnaro | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Cannibal Tours | | Dennis O'Rourke | | Special Screenings | |
| Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age | | Marc Huestis | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Crimson Kimono | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| The Days of June | Los Dias de Junio | Alberto Fischerman | Alberto Fischerman, Gustavo Wagner | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Dear America | | Bill Couturié | Bill Couturié, Richard Dewhurst | Documentary Competition | |
| Dim Sum Take Out | | Wayne Wang | | Shorts | |
| Distant Harmony | | DeWitt Sage | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dogs of the Night | Perros de la Noche | Teo Kofman | Pedro Espinosa | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Drawing on my Mind | | Bob Kurtz | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Easy Money | Plata Dulce | Fernando Ayala | Oscar Viale, Jorge Goldenberg | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Elvis '56 | | Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond | | Documentary Competition | |
| Evita: Listen If You Want To | Evita: Qien Quiea Oir Que Oica | Eduardo Mignogna | | New Argentine Cinema | |
| The Family Album | | Alan Berliner | | Documentary Competition | |
| Fire From the Mountain | | Deborah Shaffer | | Documentary Competition | |
| Fixed Bayonets! | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Friendship's Death | | Peter Wollen | Peter Wollen | Special Screenings | |
| George and Rosemary | | Alison Snowden, David Fine | Alison Snowden, David Fine | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Geronima | | Raúl Alberto Tosso | Carlos Paola, Jorge Pellegrini | New Argentine Cinema | |
| The Golden Ass | | R.O. Blechman | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Goodbye, Children | Au Revoir Les Enfants | Louis Malle | | Premieres | |
| The Great O'Grady | | Robbie Fox | Robbie Fox | The Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Hairspray | | John Waters | John Waters | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Harshness of Destiny | Del Rigor del Destino | Gerardo Vallejo | Gerardo Vallejo | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Heat and Sunlight | | Rob Nilsson | Rob Nilsson | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Hell and High Water | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| The Houses Are Full of Smoke | | Allan Francovich | | Documentary Competition | |
| I Shot Jesse James | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Interplast | | Stephen Burns | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Inside the Soviet Circus | | Miriam Birch | Miriam Birch | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The Jogger | | Robert Resnikoff | Robert Resnikoff | Shorts | |
| John Huston & The Dubliners | | Lilyan Sievernich | | Documentary Competition | |
| John Lennon Sketchbook | | John Canemaker | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Juan: As if Nothing Ever Happened | Juan: Coma si Nada Hubiera Sucedido | Carlos Echeverría | | New Argentine Cinema | |
| A King and His Movie | La Pelicula Del Rey | Carlos Sorín | Carlos Sorín, Jorge Goldenberg | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Land of the Tigers | | Dennis B. Kane, Thomas Skinne, Belinda Wrightr | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration |
| Lazar | | Gavrilo Gnatovich | Gavrilo Gnatovich | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Lemon Sky | | Jan Egleson | Lanford Wilson | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Loose Ends | | David Burton Morris | Victor Wozniak | Special Screenings | |
| The Lost Republic: Part Two | La Republica Perdida II | Miguel Pérez | | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Love Is a Fat Woman | El Amore es Una Mujer Gorda | Alejandro Agresti | Alejandro Agresti | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Made in USA | | Ken Friedman | Ken Friedman | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Man Who Planted Trees | | Frédéric Back | Jean Roberts | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Miss... or Myth? | | Geoffrey Dunn | | Documentary Competition | |
| Missile | | Frederick Wiseman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Moonstruck | | Norman Jewison | | Premieres | |
| The Night of the Pencils | La Noche de Los Lapices | Héctor Olivera | Héctor Olivera, Daniel Kon | New Argentine Cinema | |
| No Applause, Just Throw Money | | Karen Goodman | | Shorts | |
| Nobody's Wife | Señora de Nadie | María Luisa Bemberg | María Luisa Bemberg | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Not Just Any Flower | | Terry deRoy Gruber | Terry deRoy Gruber | Shorts | |
| Organic Fragment | | Oskar Fischinger | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Paradisia | | Marcy Page | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Park Row | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Passages | | Tony Venezia | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Patti Rocks | | David Burton Morris | John Jenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris, Chris Mulkey | Dramatic Competition | |
| Photographer of the Year | | Stephen Burns | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Picture Window | | Sara Petty | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| The Price of Life | | Stephen Tolkin | Stephen Tolkin, Michel Montreaux | The Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Promised Land | | Michael Hoffman | Michael Hoffman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Propagandance | | Tom Sito | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Rachel River | | Sandy Smolan | Judith Guest | Dramatic Competition | |
| Radio Bikini | | Robert Stone | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall | | Bryan Gordon | Bryan Gordon | The Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| The Rhino War | | Philip Cayford | Philip Cayford, Nancy LeBrun | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The River Lethe | | Amy Kravitz | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation (Shorts) | |
| Run of the Arrow | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Shock Corridor | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Signed: Lino Brocka | | Christian Blackwood | | Special Screenings | |
| The Silence at Bethany | | Joel Oliansky | Joyce Keener | Dramatic Competition | |
| Sofia | | Alejandro Doria | Alejandro Doria | New Argentine Cinema | |
| South of Reno | | Mark Rezyka | T.L. Lankford, Mark Rezyka | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Steel Helmet | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story | | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes, Cynthia Schneider | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Tangos: The Exile of Gardel | Tangos: El Exilio de Gardel | Fernando Solanas | Jacobo Langsner | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Tapeheads | | Bill Fishman | Bill Fishman, Peter McCarthy | Premieres | |
| Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done | | Antony Thomas | | Documentary Competition | |
| Underworld U.S.A. | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Verboten! | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Walking on Water | | Ramon Menendez | Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca | Dramatic Competition | |
| Where the Heart Roams | | George Paul Csicsery | | Documentary Competition | |
| Whimsy | | Dorna Khazeni | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| White Dog | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Whitney, John's | | John Whitney | | Shorts | |
| Who Gets to Water the Grass | | Luis Meza | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |

## 1989

Dates: January 20 – January 29; United States Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 84 Charlie Mopic | | Patrick Sheane Duncan | Patrick Sheane Duncan | Dramatic Competition | |
| Apartment Zero | Conviviendo con la muerte | Martin Donovan | Martin Donovan, David Koepp | Dramatic Competition | |
| Behind the Screen | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The Big Dis | | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Big Picture | | Christopher Guest | Michael Varhol, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean | Premieres | |
| A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief | | Jon Reiss | | Shorts | |
| Cheap Shots | | Jerry Stoeffhaas, Jeff Ureles | Jerry Stoeffhaas, Jeff Ureles | Dramatic Competition | |
| Chet's Romance | | Bertrand Fevre | | Shorts | |
| A Child Is Waiting | | John Cassavetes | Abby Mann | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Clownhouse | | Victor Salva | Victor Salva | Dramatic Competition | |
| Comic Book Confidential | | Ron Mann | Ron Mann | Documentary Competition | |
| Coming Out | | Ted Reed | | Documentary Competition | |
| Cover Up: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair | | Barbara Trent, David Kasper | Eve Goldberg | Documentary Competition | |
| Crime in the Streets | | Don Siegel | Reginald Rose | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| A Day's Pleasure | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Dead Man Out | | Richard Pearce | Ron Hutchinson | Premieres | |
| Edge of the City | | Martin Ritt | Robert Allan Arthur | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Eyeplay | | Andrew Langton | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier | Fabula de la Bella Palomera | Ruy Guerra | Ruy Guerra, Gabriel García Márquez | Dangerous Loves | |
| Faces | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Flying Blind | | Vince DiPersio | Vince DiPersio | Special Screenings | |
| For All Mankind | | Al Reinert | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Audience Award: Documentary |
| Funny | | Bran Ferren | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ginger Ale Afternoon | | Rafal Zielinski | Gina Wendkos | Dramatic Competition | |
| Gloria | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| The Haircut | | Tamar Hoffs | Tamar Hoffs | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| A Happy Sunday | Un Domingo Feliz | Olegario Barrera | Eliseo Alberto, Olegario Barrera | Dangerous Loves | |
| Heathers | | Michael Lehmann | Daniel Waters | Dramatic Competition | |
| Heavy Petting | | Obie Benz, Joshua Waletzky | | Documentary Competition | |
| Homesick | | Johanna Demetrakas | Robert Gordon | Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| How to Kiss | | Bill Plympton | Bill Plympton | Shorts | |
| Husbands | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| I'm the One You're Looking For | Yo Soy El Que Tu Buscas | Jaime Chávarri | Jaime Chávarri, Juan Tébar | Dangerous Loves | |
| Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul | | Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine | | Documentary Competition | |
| John Huston | | Frank Martin | Martin and Charles Beagelman | Documentary Competition | Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary |
| Journey to Spirit Island | | László Pal | László Pal, Crane Webster | Special Screenings | |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead | | Lourdes Portillo, Susanna Munoz | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Laser Man | | Peter Wang | Peter Wang | Dramatic Competition | |
| Let’s Get Lost | | Bruce Weber | | Documentary Competition | |
| Letters from the Park | Cartas del Parque | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Gabriel García Márquez, Eliseo Alberto Diego | Dangerous Loves | |
| Lighting over Braddock: A Rust Bowl Fantasy | | Tony Buba | | Documentary Competition | |
| Limelight | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Lobster Man from Mars | | Stanley Sheff | Stanley Sheff, Bob Greenberg | Dramatic Competition | |
| Lodz Ghetto | | Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna | Alan Adelson | Documentary Competition | |
| Love Streams | | John Cassavetes | Ted Allan, John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Mikey and Nicky | | Elaine May | Elaine May | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Minnie and Moskowitz | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Miracle in Rome | Milagro en Roma | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Dangerous Loves | |
| Miracle Mile | | Steve De Jarnatt | Steve De Jarnatt | Dramatic Competition | |
| Morgan’s Cake | | Rick Schmidt | Rick Schmidt | Dramatic Competition | |
| Motel | | Christian Blackwood | | Documentary Competition | |
| Mr. Fixit | | Topper Lillien | Topper Lillien | Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Muddy Hands | | Evan Dunsky | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | | Brian Gibson | | Premieres | |
| Of Men and Angels | | William Farley | Marjorie Berger, William Farley, Deborah Rogin | Dramatic Competition | |
| One A.M. | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| One Day the Refrigerator Broke | | Eric Mueller | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Open Window | | Rupert Wainwright | Rupert Wainwright | Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Opening Night | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| The Pawnshop | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Peacemaker | | Jonathan Sanger | Jana Sue Memel, Jonathan Sanger, Robert N. Skir | Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| The Personal Life of Mr. Phelps | | David E. Tolchinsky | David E. Tolchinsky | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Portrait of Imogen | | Meg Partridge | | Shorts | |
| Powwow Highway | | Jonathan Wacks | Janet Heaney, Jean Stawarz | Dramatic Competition | Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic |
| Prisoners of Inertia | | Jeff Scher | Jeff Scher | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Rink | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The Roommate | | Oley Sassone | David DuBos | Shorts | |
| Saint Catherine’s Wedding Ring | | Debra Kahn, Dave Edelson | | Shorts | |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | | Steven Soderbergh | Steven Soderbergh | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Shadows | | John Cassavetes | Robert Alan Aurthur, John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Short-Term Bonds | | Michael H. Lengsfield | | Shorts | |
| A Slice of Life | | William Kent | | Shorts | |
| Some Girls | | Michael Hoffman | Rupert Walters | Special Screenings | |
| Soviet Power | | Marina Goldovskaya | | | |
| The Summer of Miss Forbes | El Verano de la Senora Forbes | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Dangerous Loves | |
| Sunnyside | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Sunrise | | F.W. Murnau | Carl Mayer | Retrospective | Opening Night |
| Swimming | | Daniel Algrant | | Shorts | |
| Teach 109 | | Richard Kletter | Richard Kletter | Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Tempest | | Paul Mazursky | Leon Capetanos, Paul Mazursky | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| That's Adequate | | Harry Hurwitz | Harry Hurwitz | Dramatic Competition | |
| Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | | Charlotte Zwerin | | Premieres | |
| They Haven't Seen This... | | Eric Bergren | Eric Bergren | Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Those Guys | | Chris Matheson | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Too Late Blues | | John Cassavetes | Richard Carr, John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes |
| Tracks | | Rupert A. Nadeau | Rupert A. Nadeau | Shorts | |
| True Love | | Nancy Savoca | Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Trust Me | | Robert Houston | Robert Houston | Special Screenings | |
| Two-Lane Blacktop | | Monte Hellman | | Special Events | |
| Tzara and Joyce | | Todd O'Connell | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | Un Senior Muy Viejo con Unas Alas Enormes | Fernando Birri | Fernando Birri | Dangerous Loves | |
| Who Killed Vincent Chin? | | Renee Tajima-Peña, Christine Choy | | Documentary Competition | |
| A Woman Under the Influence | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven | | Jon H. Else | Jon H. Else | Premieres | |
| Zadar! Cow from Hell | | Robert C. Hughes | Ian Shoales | Premieres | |

## 1990

Dates: January 19 – January 27; Sundance United States Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| The Accordionist's Wedding | La Boda del Accordeonista | Luis Fernando Bottia | Luis Fernando Bottia | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| A Cup of Tea | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Agnes Escapes from the Nursing Home | | Eileen O'Meara | Eileen O'Meara | Shorts | |
| A Hard Day's Night | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| The Ambassador from India | El Embajador de la India | Mario Ribero Ferreira | Mário González | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Arcata Brain Closet | | Steven Vander Meer | Steven Vander Meer | Shorts | |
| At Arm’s Length | | Camilla Calamandrei | | Shorts | |
| Berkeley in the Sixties | | Mark Kitchell | | Documentary Competition | |
| A Bird for All Seasons | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Blind Curve | | Gary Markowitz | | Shorts | |
| Blue Lobster | Langosta Azul | Álvaro Cepeda Samudio | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| The Blue Room | | Cindy Canejo | | Shorts | |
| Blue Steel | | Kathryn Bigelow | Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red | Premieres | |
| Cause and Effect | | John Sanborn, Mary Perillo | | Shorts | |
| Chameleon Street | | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Cinema Paradiso | | Giuseppe Tornatore | Giuseppe Tornatore | Special Screenings | |
| Conquering Space | | Mark Stratton | Mark Stratton | The 1989/90 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Current Events | | Ralph Arlyck | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dance of Hope | | Deborah Shaffer | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dancing for Mr. B.: Six Balanchine Ballerinas | | Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Day You Love Me | El Dia Que Me Quieras | Sergio Dow | José Ignacio Cabrujas, Sergio Dow | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Denial | | Erin Dignam | Erin Dignam | Dramatic Competition | |
| Details of a Duel: A Question of Honor | Tecnicas de Duelo | Sergio Cabrera | Humberto Dorado | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Dog of Paris | | Chris Hume | | Shorts | |
| The Dogs | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Duck, You Sucker | | Sergio Leone | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| First Love | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Four from the New Yorker | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Funky Beat | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| H-2 Worker | | Stephanie Black | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Hairway to the Stars | | | | Shorts | |
| He Was Once | | Mary Hestand | Mary Hestand | Rogues Gallery (Shorts) | |
| Hollywood Mavericks | | Florence Dauman, Dale Ann Stieber | | Special Screenings | |
| Home | | Sandy Perlbinder | | Shorts | |
| The Horseplayer | | Kurt Voss | David Birke, Larry Rattner | Dramatic Competition | |
| House Party | | Reginald Hudlin | Reginald Hudlin | Dramatic Competition | |
| How I Won the War | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| How to Be Louise | | Anne Flournoy | Anne Flournoy | Dramatic Competition | |
| I.F. Stone's Weekly | | Jerry Bruck | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Identity Crisis | | Melvin Van Peebles | Mario Van Peebles | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| In the Blood | | George Butler | | Documentary Competition | |
| Interview with Anne Frank | | Donnell Corelle | | Shorts | |
| Iron & Silk | | Shirley Sun | Mark Salzman | Dramatic Competition | |
| James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket | | Karen Thorsen | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Kill Off | | Maggie Greenwald | Maggie Greenwald | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Killer | Dip huet seung hung | John Woo | John Woo | Special Screenings | |
| The Knack... and How to Get It | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| Last Images of the Shipwreck | | Eliseo Subiela | Eliseo Subiela | Special Screenings | |
| The Last Smoker | Der letzte Raucher | Jürgen Podzkiewitz | | Special Screenings | |
| The Last Stop | | Serik Aprimov | Serik Aprimov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| The Lathe of Heaven | | David Loxton, Fred Barzyk | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Law of the Jungle | La Ley del Monte | Alberto Mariscal | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Little Feet | | Connie Grappo | | The 1989/90 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Little Fish in Love | | Abai Karpykov | Abai Karpykov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| The Long Way Home | | Michael Apted | | Special Screenings | |
| Longtime Companion | | Norman René | Craig Lucas | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Love at Large | | Alan Rudolph | Alan Rudolph | Premieres | |
| Love, Women and Flowers | Amor, Mujeres y Flores | Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| A Man of Principle | Condores No Entierran Todos Los Dias | Francisco Norden | Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Manchild | | Gordon Eriksen, David Chan | | Shorts | |
| Manic Denial | | Hal Rucker | | Shorts | |
| A Matter of Degrees | | W.T. Morgan | W.T. Morgan | Dramatic Competition | |
| Metamorphosis: Man into Woman | | Lisa Leeman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Metropolitan | | Whit Stillman | Whit Stillman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Mortal Passions | | Andrew Lane | Alan Moskowitz | Dramatic Competition | |
| Mr. Hoover and I | | Emile de Antonio | | Documentary Competition | |
| My Degeneration | | Jon Moritsugu | Daryl Chin, Jon Moritsugu | Rogues Gallery (Shorts) | |
| Myriam's Look | La Mirada de Myriam | Clara Riascos | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| The Natural History of Parking Lots | | Everett Lewis | Everett Lewis | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Needle | | Rashid Nugmanov | Alexander Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibaev | Premieres | |
| Never Leave Nevada | | Steve Swartz | Steve Swartz | Dramatic Competition | |
| No More Disguises | | Tom Sigel, Boryana Varbanov | | Shorts | |
| No Pain, No Gain | | Tom Brozovich | | Shorts | |
| Nuestra Maquina | | Karen Kennedy | | Shorts | |
| On Ice | | Andrew Takeuchi, Grover Babcock | | Shorts | |
| The Other Side of the Moon | | Mickey Lemle | | Documentary Competition | |
| Painting the Town | | Andrew Behar | | Documentary Competition | |
| Petulia | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| The Plot Against Harry | | Michael Roemer | Michael Roemer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Preston Sturges | | Kenneth Bowser | | Documentary Competition | |
| Reborn | Nacer de Nuevo | Marta Rodriguez | Marta Rodriguez | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Robin and Marian | | Richard Lester | James Goldman | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| Rock | | Alexei Uchitel | Yuri Filinov | Special Screenings | |
| Rodrigo D: (No Future) | Rodrigo D. (No Futuro) | Víctor Gaviria | Víctor Gaviria | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Roger and Me | | Michael Moore | | Premieres | |
| Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia | | Ellen Bruno | | Documentary Competition | |
| Sapphire Man | | Craig Bolotin | Craig Bolotin | The 1989/90 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Seasick on Dry Land | | Ilana Shulman | | Shorts | |
| Secret Wedding | | Alejandro Agresti | Alejandro Agresti | Special Screenings | |
| Shut-In | Trancado | Arthur Fontes | | Country Focus | |
| Son of Jonah | | Sam Dunn | | Shorts | |
| Sophisticated Gents | | Harry Falk | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Soulmate | | Lincoln Hiatt | | Shorts | |
| The Spider Game | Pisigana | Leopoldo Pinzon | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Stanley & Iris | | Martin Ritt | | Premieres | Opening Night |
| The Story of a Three-Day Pass | La permission | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Suelto | | Chris Emmanouilides, Tim Sexton | | Shorts | |
| The Summer Heat | | Derezhan Omirbaev | Derezhan Omirbaev, Leila Akhinzhanova | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| Sunlight | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Sweetie | | Jane Campion | Gerard Lee, Jane Campion | Special Screenings | |
| Teatro! | | Ruth Shapiro, Edward Burke, Pamela Yates | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Ten-Year Lunch: Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| That Grip | | Greg Grieg | | Shorts | |
| Three Pickup Men for Herrick | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| The Three | Fofan | Alexander Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibaev | Alexander Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibaev | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| A Time to Die | Tiempo de Morir | Jorge Ali Triana | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| To Protect Mother Earth | | Joel L. Freedman | | Documentary Competition | |
| To the Moon, Alice | | Jessie Nelson | Jessie Nelson | The 1989/90 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Toro | | Talgat Temenov | Nadezhda Kozhushannaya, Talgat Temenov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| The Unbelievable Truth | | Hal Hartley | Hal Hartley | Dramatic Competition | |
| Vienna Is Different | | Susan Korda, David W. Leitner | | Documentary Competition | |
| Visa U.S.A. | | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | | Eugene Corr | Eugene Corr, Michael Chandler | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Water and Power | | Pat O'Neill | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Watermelon Man | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| The Way of the Wicked | | Christine Vachon | Christine Vachon | Rogues Gallery (Shorts) | |
| Winterwheat | | Mark Street | | Shorts | |
| Wonderland, U.S.A. | | Zoe Beloff | | Shorts | |
| Ya-Ha | | Rashid Nugmanov | Rashid Nugmanov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |

## 1991

Dates: January 17 – January 27; Sundance Film Festival
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 100 N.Y., N.Y. | | Kyle Kibbe | | Shorts | |
| 122 Webster | | Pat Baum, Daniel Robin | | Shorts | |
| 12:01 PM | | Jonathan Heap | Stephen Tolkin, Jonathan Heap | The 1991 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| 3 Women | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Absolutely Positive | | Peter Adair | | Documentary Competition | |
| After the Storm | Después de la tormenta | Tristan Bauer | | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Afternoon Breezes | | Hitoshi Yazaki | Hitoshi Yazaki | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| All the Vermeers in New York | | Jon Jost | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Alaska | | Mike Van Diem | Mike Van Diem, Paul Ruven | New! Shorts | |
| Amazonia: Voices From the Rain Forest | | Monti Aguirre, Glenn Switkes | Monti Aguirre, Glenn Switkes, Michael Rudnick | Documentary Competition | |
| American Dream | | Barbara Kopple | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Archangel | | Guy Maddin | Guy Maddin, George Toles | Park City at Midnight | |
| Barbosa | | Jorge Furtado, Ana Luiza Azevedo | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema (Shorts) | |
| Belle de Jour | | Luis Buñuel | Luis Buñuel | Special Screenings | |
| Bicycle Sighs | | Sion Sono | Sion Sono, Saito Hitashi | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Blood in the Face | | Anne Bohlen, Kevin Rafferty, James Ridgeway | | Documentary Competition | |
| Broken Angel | | Margot Niederland | | Shorts | |
| Broken Meat | | Pola Rapaport | | Documentary Competition | |
| Cadence | | Martin Sheen | Dennis Shryack | Special Screenings | |
| Christo in Paris | | Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, David Maysles | | Documentary Competition | |
| City of Hope | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Premieres | |
| Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Coney Island | | Ric Burns | Richard Snow | Documentary Competition | |
| Cool Water | | Kahane Corn | | Shorts | |
| Daughters of the Dust | | Julie Dash | Julie Dash | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Day Dorival Faced the Guard | | Jorge Furtado, José Pedro Goulart | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema (Shorts) | |
| Dimwit's Day | | Luke Jaeger | Luke Jaeger | Shorts | |
| Dr. Petiot | Docteur Petiot | Christian de Chalonge | | Premieres | |
| The Enchantment | | Nagasaki Shunichi | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| End of the Night | | Keith McNally | Keith McNally | Dramatic Competition | |
| Enid Is Sleeping | | Maurice Phillips | A.J. Tipping, James Whaley, and Maurice Phillips | Premieres | |
| Fallen from Heaven | Caidos del Cielo | Francisco José Lombardi | Augusto Cabada, Giovanna Pollarolo | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| The Flat | | Jan Švankmajer | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Glycerine Tears | | Michael Miner | | New! Shorts | |
| The Golden Boat | | Raúl Ruiz | Raúl Ruiz | Park City at Midnight | |
| Gone to Earth | | Powell and Pressburger | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| The Grifters | | Stephen Frears | Donald E. Westlake | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Hangin' with the Homeboys | | Joseph Vásquez | Joseph Vásquez | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (ex-aequo) |
| Heart of the Deal | | Yuri Neyman, Marina Levikova | Gregg Bryan Goldman | The 1991 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Hello Mary | | Cort Tramontin | | New! Shorts | |
| House without a Home | | Chris Hume | | Shorts | |
| In the Shadow of the Stars: The Lives of Singers | | Allie Light, Irving Saraf | | Documentary Competition | |
| Intimacy | Intimidad | Dana Rotberg | Leonardo García Tsao | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Iron Maze | | Hiroaki Yoshida | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Island of Flowers | | Jorge Furtado | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema (Shorts) | |
| J.S. Bach Fantasy in C Minor | | Jan Švankmajer | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Jaguar | | Calton Chase | | Shorts | |
| The Juniper Tree | | Nietzchka Keene | Nietzchka Keene | Dramatic Competition | |
| Kitchen Sink | | Alison Maclean | Alison Maclean | Short | |
| Lava, Jr. | | Randy Bauer | Randy Bauer | Shorts with Features | |
| Legends | | Ilana Bar-Din | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | | Powell and Pressburger | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Little Feet | | Connie Grappo | Connie Grappo | The 1991 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| Little Noises | | Jane Spencer | Jane Spencer | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Little Stiff | | Caveh Zahedi, Greg Watkins, Gregory H. Watkins | Caveh Zahedi, Greg Watkins, Gregory H. Watkins | Dramatic Competition | |
| Lola | | María Novaro | Beatriz Novaro, María Novaro | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Margarit and Margarita | | Nikolai Volev | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Maria's Story | | Pamela Cohen, Monona Wali | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Mass | | Dušan Hanák | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| A Matter of Life and Death | | Michael Powell | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Memory | | Roberto Henkin | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema (Shorts) | |
| Mindwalk | | Bernt Capra | Floyd Byars | Premieres | |
| Missing Parents | | Martin Nicholson | Nevin Schreiner | The 1991 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| The Most Important Thing in Life | | | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema (Shorts) | |
| Naked Tango | | Leonard Schrader | Leonard Schrader | Premieres | |
| Nashville | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| The New Morning of Billy the Kid | | Naoto Yamakawa | Naoto Yamakawa, Genichiro Takahashi | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Nowon | | Peter Judson | Peter Judson | Shorts | |
| Nut Feed | | Verna Huiskamp | | Shorts | |
| Obscenities | | Roberto Henkin | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema (Shorts) | |
| Old Shatterhand Has Come to See Us | | Dušan Hanák | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Once Around | | Lasse Hallström | Malia Scotch Marmo | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Once in a Blue Moon | | Charley Lang | Nadine Van der Velde | The 1991 Discovery Program (Shorts) | |
| One Cup of Coffee | | Robin Armstrong | David Eyre Jr. | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Over the Threshold | | Christine Lloyd-Fitt, Yoshi Tezuka | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Paradise View | Paradaisu byû | Gō Takamine | Gō Takamine | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Paris Is Burning | | Jennie Livingston | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Partita | | Francesca Talenti | | Shorts | |
| The Passion of Martin | | Alexander Payne | Alexander Payne | New! Shorts | |
| Peering from the Moon | | Henry Chow | Henry Chow, Joslyn Grieve | New! Shorts | |
| Pictures of the Old World | | Dušan Hanák | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Poison | | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Pool of Thanatos | | Peter McCandless | | New! Shorts | |
| Popeye | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Post No Bills | | Clay Walker, Marianne Desard | | Shorts | |
| Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | | Donna Deitch, Penelope Spheeris, Joan Micklin Silver | Martin Jones, Marlane Meyer, Jule Selbo, Dick Beebe | Special Screenings | |
| Privilege | | Yvonne Rainer | Yvonne Rainer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Prophets and Loss | | Gabrielle Kelly, Nick Hart-Williams | | | |
| Providence | | David Mackay | David Mackay, Bruce Miller | New! Shorts | |
| Queen of Diamonds | | Nina Menkes | Nina Menkes | Dramatic Competition | |
| Raspad | | Mikhail Belikov | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Red Dawn | Rojo Amanecer | Jorge Fons | Xavier Robles, Guadalupe Ortega Vargas | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Requiem for Dominic | | Robert Dornhelm | Michael Kohlmeier, Felix Mitterer | Special Screenings | |
| The Restless Conscience | | Hava Kohav Beller | Hava Kohav Beller | Shorts | |
| Sea of Oil | | M.R. Katzke | M.R. Katzke | Shorts | |
| Secondary Roles | Papeles Secundarios | Orlando Rojas | Oswaldo Delgado Sánchez | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Short of Breath | | Jay Rosenblatt | Jay Rosenblatt | Shorts | |
| Slacker | | Richard Linklater | Richard Linklater | Dramatic Competition | |
| Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions | | Henry Selick | | Shorts | |
| Step Off a Ten-Foot Platform with Your Clothes On | | Scott Miller | | Shorts | |
| Straight Out of Brooklyn | | Matty Rich | Matty Rich | Dramatic Competition | |
| Sure Fire | | Jon Jost | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Swan Lake: The Zone | | Yuri Ilyenko | Sergei Paradjanov, Yuri Illyenko | Park City at Midnight | |
| Takeover | | Pamela Yates | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | | Powell and Pressburger | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| The Talking Rain | | Sam Wells | | Shorts | |
| Tanner '88 | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Tetsuo | | Shinya Tsukamoto | Shinya Tsukamoto | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Thank You and Good Night | | Jan Oxenberg | | Documentary Competition | |
| That Burning Question | | Alan Taylor | Alan Taylor | New! Shorts | |
| The Thief of Baghdad | | Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| To Sleep, So As to Dream | | Kaizo Hayashi | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Transparent Woman | Mujer Transparente | Orlando Rojas, Mario Crespo, Ana Rodríguez, Mayra Segura, Mayra Valasi, Héctor Veitia | | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Trouble Behind | | Robby Henson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Truly, Madly, Deeply | | Anthony Minghella | Anthony Minghella | | |
| Trust | | Hal Hartley | Hal Hartley | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (ex-aequo) |
| Twenty-One | | Don Boyd | Don Boyd, Zoë Heller | Dramatic Competition | |
| Uminchu: The Old Man and the East China Sea | | John Junkerman | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Untama Giru | | Go Takamine | Go Takamine | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| All the Vermeer in New York | | Jon Jost | | | |
| Vincent & Theo | | Robert Altman | Julian Mitchell | Premieres | |
| Visions of Marie | | James Whitney | | Shorts | |
| Walls in the Woods | | Sal Giammona | | Shorts | |
| Waltz in Old Havana | | Luis Felipe Bernaza | | | |
| White Lies | Mentiras Piadosas | Arturo Ripstein | Paz Alicia Garciadiego | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Whore | | Ken Russell | Ken Russell, Deborah Dalton | Premieres | |
| Winged Headhunter | | Péter Reich | | New! Shorts | |
| Zazie | | Riju Go | Riju Go | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |

## 1992

Dates: January 19 – January 27
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | | Stanley Kubrick | Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke | Retrospective | |
| 901, After Forty-Five Years of Working | | Eames Demetrios | | Documentary short | |
| Adorable Lies | Adorables Metiras | Gerardo Chijona | Gerardo Chijona, Senel Paz | | |
| The Air Globes | Cartas al Niño Dios | Patricia Cardoso | Patricia Cardoso | Short | |
| Air Time | | Gary Fleder | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Angry | | Nicole Holofcener | | Short | |
| Anima Mundi | | Godfrey Reggio | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Asylum | | Joan Churchill | | Documentary Competition | |
| Backyard Movie | | Bruce Weber | | | |
| Birch Street Gym | | Stephen Kessler | | Short | |
| Black and White | | | | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Blink of Paradise | | Karen Young | | | |
| A Brief History of Time | | Errol Morris | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Brother's Keeper | | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | | Peter Sellars | Peter Sellars, Joan Cusack | Premieres | |
| Caravaggio | | Derek Jarman | | | |
| Carne | | Gaspar Noé | Gaspar Noé | Park City at Midnight | |
| Clearcut | | Ryszard Bugajski | M. T. Kelly, Robert Forsyth | | |
| A Clockwork Orange | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| Color Adjustment: Blacks in Prime Time | | Marlon Riggs | | Documentary Competition | |
| Complaints | | David Weissman | | Short | |
| Confession to Laura | Confesion a Laura | Jaime Osorio Gómez | Alexandra Cardona Restrepo | | |
| Contact | | Jonathan Darby | Jonathan Darby | Animated | |
| Daily Rains | | Cauleen Smith | Cauleen Smith | Documentary Shorts | |
| Danzón | | Maria Novaro | Beatriz Novaro, María Novaro | Premieres | |
| Death by Unnatural Causes | | Karen Bellone, Lisa Rinzler | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads | | Robert Mugge | Robert Palmer | Documentary Competition | |
| Delicatessen | | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro | Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Park City at Midnight | |
| Desperate | | Rico Martinez | Rico Martinez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Distant Voices, Still Lives | | Terence Davies | Terence Davies | | |
| Distant Water | | Carlos Avila | Carlos Avila | Documentary Shorts | |
| Edward II | | Derek Jarman | Derek Jarman | Premieres | |
| Empire of the Moon | | Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Fathers and Sons | | Paul Mones | Paul Mones | | |
| Fifteenth Phase of the Moon | | Mark Amos Nealey | | Short | |
| Finding Christa | | Camille Billops, James Hatch | | Documentary Competition | |
| Flames of Passion | | Richard Kwietniowski | | | |
| Fool's Fire | | Julie Taymor | Julie Taymor | Premieres | |
| Gas Food Lodging | | Allison Anders | Allison Anders | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Godson | | William Szarka | | | |
| Hallelujah Anyhow | | Matthew Jacobs | | Short | |
| Hard Core Home Movie | | Greta Snider | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Hear My Song | | Peter Chelsom | Peter Chelsom | Premieres | |
| Highway 61 | | Bruce McDonald | Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar, Allan Magee | Park City at Midnight | |
| Homo Videocus | | Hyuk Byun, Je-yong Lee | Hyuk Byun, Je-yong Lee | Short | |
| The Hours and Times | | Christopher Münch | Christopher Münch | | |
| I'm British But… | | Gurinder Chadha | | Documentary Shorts | |
| In and Out of Time | | Elizabeth Finlayson | Elizabeth Finlayson | Documentary Shorts | |
| In Search of Our Fathers | | Marco Williams | | Documentary Competition | |
| In the Soup | | Alexandre Rockwell | | | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Incident at Oglala | | Michael Apted | | | |
| The Inland Sea | | Lucille Carra | Donald Ritchie | Documentary Competition | |
| Innocents Abroad | | Les Blank, Miel Van Hoogenbemt | | Documentary Competition | |
| Intimate Stranger | | Alan Berliner | | Documentary Competition | |
| Into Your Guts | | Chaim Bianco | | Animated short | |
| Island Memory | | Byron Spicer | | Documentary Shorts | |
| It’s Like Lies . . . | | Greg Cummins, Shawn McConneloug | | Short | |
| Jo-Jo at the Gate of Lions | | Britta Sjogren | Britta Sjogren | | |
| Johnny Suede | | Tom DiCillo | Tom DiCillo | | |
| Ju Dou | | Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang | Liu Heng | | |
| Jumpin' at the Boneyard | | Jeff Stanzler | Jeff Stanzler | | |
| Kafka | | Steven Soderbergh | Lem Dobbs | Premieres | |
| The Killing | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| The Kiss | | Pascale Ferran | | Shorts | |
| The Last Harvest | La Ultima Siembra | Miguel Pereira | | | |
| Last Images of War | | Stephen Olsson, Scott Andrews | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Last Roundup | | Paul Fox | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Latino Bar | | Paul Leduc | | | |
| The Letters from Moab | | Mark Krenzien | | | |
| Light Sleeper | | Paul Schrader | Paul Schrader | Premieres | |
| Listen Carefully | | Robert Manganelli | | | |
| The Living End | | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | Dramatic Competition | |
| Lolita | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| London Kills Me | | Hanif Kureishi | | Premieres | |
| Low | | James Herbert | | Short | |
| Media Darling | | Thad Povey | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Memory Circus | | Mary Kuryla | | Short | |
| Mississippi Masala | | Mira Nair | Sooni Taraporevala | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Monster in a Box | | Nick Broomfield | Spalding Grey | Premieres | |
| The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World | | Rainer Kaufmann | | Short | |
| My Crasy Life | | Jean-Pierre Gorin | | Documentary | |
| Night on Earth | | Jim Jarmusch | Jim Jarmusch | Premieres | |
| Old Well | | Wu Tianming | | | |
| One & Eight | | Zhang Junzhao | | | |
| Paths of Glory | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| Play Is the Work of Children | | John Axelrad, Stephen B. Lewis | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Poison Ivy | | Katt Shea | Katt Shea, Andy Ruben | | |
| The Potato Hunter | | Timothy Lee Little | | Short | |
| Proof | | Jocelyn Moorhouse | | | |
| Raise the Red Lantern | | Zhang Yimou | | Premieres | |
| Recovering Silver | | Karen Kennedy | | Short | |
| Red Sorghum | | Zhang Yimou | | | |
| Relax | | Christopher Newby | | Short | |
| Reservoir Dogs | | Quentin Tarantino | Quentin Tarantino | Dramatic Competition | |
| Resonance | | Stephen Cummins | | Short | |
| Revenge of the Occupant | | Howard March | | Short | |
| Revestriction | | Barthelemy Bompard | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Rock Soup | | Lech Kowalski | | Documentary Competition | |
| Rodney & Juliet | | Fane Flaws | | Short | |
| The Room | | Jeff Balsmeyer | | Short | |
| R.S.V.P. | | Laurie Lynd | | Short | |
| Salvation Guaranteed | | Karen Ingham | | Short | |
| Session Man | | Seth Winston | | Short | |
| Shoot for the Contents | | Trinh T. Minh-ha | | Documentary Competition | |
| Six Point Nine | | Dan Bootzin | | Short | |
| Some Divine Wind | | Roddy Bogawa | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Star Time | | Alexander Cassini | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Stealing Altitude | | Roger Teich, John Starr | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Storyville | | Mark Frost | Mark Frost | Premieres | |
| Surfacing | | Eric Martin | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Swoon | | Tom Kalin | Tom Kalin | Dramatic Competition | |
| Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One | | William Greaves | | Special Screenings | |
| Tater Tomater | | Phil Morrison | | Short | |
| Techqua Ikachi: Land—My Life | | James Danaqyumtewa, Agnes Barmettler, Anka Schmid | | Documentary Competition | |
| Thanksgiving Prayer | | Gus Van Sant | | Short | |
| That Sinking Feeling | | Cindy Canejo | | Short | |
| There’s No Place Like Homegirl | | Mike Costanza | | Short | |
| This Is My Life | | Nora Ephron | Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Through an Open Window | | Eric Mendelsohn | | Short | |
| The Tune | | Bill Plympton | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Two Lies | | Pamela Tom | | Short | |
| Vegas in Space | | Phillip R. Ford | Phillip R. Ford | Park City at Midnight | |
| Venus Peter | | Ian Seller | | Country Focus | |
| Washing Machine Guy | | Dean Pitchford | | Short | |
| The Waterdance | | Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg | Neal Jimenez | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Where Are We?: Our Trip Through America | | Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein | | Documentary Competition | |
| Without a Pass | | Marco Williams | | Short | |
| The Wounding | | Susan Emerling | | Short | |
| Yellow Earth | | Chen Kaige/Zhang Yimou | | Retrospective | |
| Young Soul Rebels | | Isaac Julien | | Country Focus | |
| Zebrahead | | Anthony Drazan | | Dramatic Competition | |

## 1993

Dates: January 21 – January 31
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer | | Nick Broomfield | Nick Broomfield | Documentary Competition | |
| Aisle Six | | David Wain | David Wain | Shorts Program | |
| Amongst Friends | | Rob Weiss | Rob Weiss | Dramatic Competition | |
| An Ambush of Ghosts | | Everett Lewis, Judy Irola | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Bodies, Rest & Motion | | Michael Steinberg | Roger Hedden | Dramatic Competition | |
| Bottle Rocket | | Wes Anderson | Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson | Shorts Program | |
| Boxing Helena | | Jennifer Chambers Lynch | Jennifer Chambers Lynch | | |
| Children of Fate | | Andrew Young, Susan Todd (1991); Robert M. Young, Michael Roemer (1961) | | Documentary Competition | |
| Cigarettes & Coffee | | Paul Thomas Anderson | Paul Thomas Anderson | Shorts Program | |
| Combination Platter | | Tony Chan | | | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Crush | | Alison Maclean | | | |
| The Dark Side of the Heart | | Eliseo Subiela | | | |
| Days of Being Wild | | Wong Kar-wai | | | |
| Dead/Alive | Braindead | Peter Jackson | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Delivered Vacant | | Nora Jacobson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Earth and the American Dream | | Bill Couturie | | Documentary Competition | |
| El Mariachi | | Robert Rodriguez | Robert Rodriguez | | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Fear of a Black Hat | | Rusty Cundieff | Rusty Cundieff | Park City at Midnight | |
| From Hollywood to Hanoi | | Tiana Thi Thanh Nga | | Documentary Competition | |
| Hard Boiled | | John Woo | | | |
| Hercules Returns | | David Parker | Des Mangan | Park City at Midnight | |
| Inside Monkey Zetterland | | Jefery Levy | | | |
| Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. | | Leslie Harris | | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in a First Feature |
| The Last Days of Chez Nous | | Gillian Armstrong | | | |
| The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | | Jerry Aronson | | Documentary | |
| Like Water for Chocolate | | Alfonso Arau | Laura Esquivel | The Pan American Highway | |
| Lillian | | David Williams | David Williams | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Mi Vida Loca | | Allison Anders | | Premieres | |
| Naked in New York | | Daniel Algrant | | | |
| Nitrate Kisses | | Barbara Hammer | | | |
| Oedipus Rex | | Julie Taymor | | | |
| Orlando | | Sally Potter | Sally Potter | | |
| Public Access | | Bryan Singer | | | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |
| Reality Bites | | Ben Stiller | | Premieres | |
| Ruby in Paradise | | Victor Nuñez | Victor Nuñez | | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |
| Silverlake Life: The View from Here | | Tom Joslin, Peter Friedman | | Documentary | |
| Tetsuo II: Body Hammer | 鉄男2 | Shinya Tsukamoto | Shinya Tsukamoto | Park City at Midnight | |
| Twenty Bucks | | Keva Rosenfeld | Leslie Bohem, Endre Bohem | | |

## 1994

Dates: January 20 – January 30
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Alice's Restaurant | | Arthur Penn | | Arthur Penn | |
| Anchoress | | Chris Newby | Chris Newby | | |
| Aswang | | Wrye Martin, Barry Poltermann | Frank L. Anderson, Wrye Martin, Barry Poltermann | Park City at Midnight | |
| Avenue X | | Leslie McCleave | | Shorts | |
| Backbeat | | Iain Softley | Iain Softley | | |
| The Bed You Sleep In | | Jon Jost | | | |
| The Blue Kite | Lan Fengzheng | Tian Zhuangzhuang | | Premieres | |
| Boatman | | Gianfranco Rosi | | Documentary Competition | |
| Bonnie and Clyde | | Arthur Penn | David Newman, Robert Benton | Arthur Penn | |
| Bullethead | | | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Child Murders | | Ildiko Szabo | | | |
| Clean, Shaven | | Lodge Kerrigan | Lodge Kerrigan | | |
| Clerks | | Kevin Smith | Kevin Smith | Dramatic Competition | |
| Dottie Gets Spanked | | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes | Shorts | |
| Fast Trip, Long Drop | | Gregg Bordowitz | | Documentary Competition | |
| Floundering | | Peter McCarthy | Peter McCarthy | | |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | | Mike Newell | Richard Curtis | | |
| Freedom on My Mind | | Connie Field | | Documentary Competition | |
| Fresh | | Boaz Yakin | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Fun | | Rafal Zielinski | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Go Fish | | Rose Troche | Rose Troche, Guinevere Turner | Dramatic Competition | |
| Grief | | Richard Glatzer | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hoop Dreams | | Steve James | | Documentary Competition | Audience Award: Documentary |
| I Love a Man in Uniform | | David Wellington | | Special Screenings | |
| Ivan and Abraham | | Yolande Zauberman | | Country Focus | |
| Johnny 100 Pesos | | Gustavo Graef Marino | | | |
| Killing Zoe | | Roger Avary | Roger Avary | Special Screenings | |
| Lady | | Ira Sachs | Dominique Dibbell | Park City at Midnight | |
| Makin' Up | | Katja von Garnier | | Country Focus | |
| The Making of... And God Spoke | | | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Minotaur | | Dan McCormack | Dan McCormack | Park City at Midnight | |
| Our Gay Brothers | | Greta Snider | | Short | |
| The Perfect Woman | | Illeana Douglas | | Short | |
| Pleasant Hill, USA | | Joshua Wintringham | | | |
| Poor Little Rich Girl | | Andy Warhol | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Reality Bites | | Ben Stiller | Helen Childress | Premieres | |
| Risk | | Deirdre Fishel | | | |
| River of Grass | | Kelly Reichardt | Kelly Reichardt | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Secret Life of Houses | | Adrian Velicescu | | | |
| Sirens | | John Duigan | John Duigan | Premieres | |
| Soapy Soapy Samba | | Mark Yardas | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Some Folks Call It a Slingblade | | George Hickenlooper | Billy Bob Thornton | | |
| Spanking the Monkey | | David O. Russell | David O. Russell | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Suture | | David Siegel, Scott McGehee | | | |
| Temptation of a Monk | | Clara Law | | | |
| Totally F***ed Up | | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | Premieres | |
| The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound | | Andy Warhol | John Sayles | Park City at Midnight | |
| What Happened Was... | | Tom Noonan | Tom Noonan | | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| What I Learned in America | | Andy Hudson | | Park City at Midnight | |
| You Only Live Once | La Vida Una Sola | Marianne Eyde | | | |

## 1995

Dates: January 19 – January 29
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| The Addiction | | Abel Ferrara | Nicholas St. John | Premieres | |
| Angela | | Rebecca Miller | Rebecca Miller | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Pure Formality | | Giuseppe Tornatore | Giuseppe Tornatore, Pascal Quignard | Premieres | |
| Avondale Dogs | | Gregor Nicholas | | Shorts | |
| Before Sunrise | | Richard Linklater | Richard Linklater | Opening Night | |
| Before the Rain | | Milcho Manchevski | | | |
| The Bill Nayer Chronicles | | Cory McAbee | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Black Is… Black Ain't | | Marlon Riggs | | Documentary | |
| The Brothers McMullen | | Edward Burns | Edward Burns | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |
| Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter | | Deborah Hoffmann | | Shorts | |
| Crumb | | Terry Zwigoff | | Documentary | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Delirium | | Mindy Faber | | | |
| The Doom Generation | | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | Premieres | |
| Double Happiness | | Mina Shum | | Premieres | |
| Double Strength | | Barbara Hammer | | | |
| Eclipse | | Jeremy Podeswa | | | |
| Exotica | | Atom Egoyan | Atom Egoyan | Special Screenings | |
| Garden | | James Spione | James Spione | Shorts | |
| Heavy | | James Mangold | James Mangold | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | | Maria Maggenti | | | |
| A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde | | Michelle Parkerson, Ada Gay Griffin | | | |
| Living in Oblivion | | Tom DiCillo | Tom DiCillo | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Miami Rhapsody | | David Frankel | David Frankel | Celebration in Provo | |
| Mute Witness | | Anthony Waller | Anthony Waller | Park City at Midnight | |
| Nadja | | Michael Almereyda | Michael Almereyda | Dramatic Competition | |
| Naked Jane | | Linda Kandel | | Dramatic Competition | |
| New Jersey Drive | | Nick Gomez | Nick Gomez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Nightwatch | Nattevagten | Ole Bornedal | Ole Bornedal | Park City at Midnight | |
| Parallel Sons | | John G. Young | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Party Girl | | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Harry Birckmayer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Picture Bride | | Kayo Hatta | Kayo Hatta, Mari Hatta | | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Plan 10 from Outer Space | | Trent Harris | Trent Harris | Park City at Midnight | |
| Postcards from America | | | | | |
| Priest | | Antonia Bird | Jimmy McGovern | Premieres | |
| Safe | | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes | Premieres | |
| The Salesman and Other Adventures | | Hannah Weyer | | Short | |
| The Secret of Roan Inish | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Magic, Myth, and Fable | |
| Shallow Grave | | Danny Boyle | John Hodge | Premieres | |
| The Silences of the Palace | | Moufida Tlatli | | | |
| Six Days, Six Nights | À la folie | Diane Kurys | | | |
| Son of the Shark | | Agnes Merlet | | | |
| Super 8 1/2 | | Bruce LaBruce | Bruce LaBruce | Park City at Midnight | |
| Trevor | | Peggy Rajski | Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone | | |
| Unzipped | | Douglas Keeve | | Documentary Competition | Audience Award: Documentary |
| The Usual Suspects | | Bryan Singer | Christopher McQuarrie | Premieres | |
| Wigstock: The Movie | | | | | |
| Words of Our Ancients | | Paige Martinez | | | |
| Words Upon the Window Pane | | Mary McGuckian | | | |
| The Young Poisoner's Handbook | | Benjamin Ross | Jeff Rawle, Benjamin Ross | | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |

## 1996

Dates: January 18 – January 28
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 301 302 | | Chul-Soo Park | | World Cinema | |
| A Leap of Faith | | Jenifer McShane and Tricia Regan | | Documentary Competition | |
| American Job | | Chris Smith | Doug Ruschaupt | American Spectrum | |
| A Midwinter's Tale | | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth Branagh | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Angel Baby | | Michael Rymer | Michael Rymer | World Cinema | |
| Angels and Insects | | Philip Haas | Belinda Haas and Philip Haas | Premieres | |
| Arresting Gena | | Hannah Weyer | | | |
| A Star Is Born | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Bandwagon | | John Schultz | | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Battle Over Citizen Kane | | Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon | Richard Ben Kramer and Thomas Lennon | Documentary Competition | |
| Believe Me | | Angela Pope | | World Cinema | |
| Belly Talkers | | Sandra Luckow | | Documentary Competition | |
| Big Night | | Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott | Stanley Tucci, Joseph Trocciano | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Shoes | | Leslie MacCleave | | Shorts | |
| The Bloody Child | | Nina Menkes | | Frontier | |
| Bound | | The Wachowskis | The Wachowskis | Premieres | |
| Breathing Lessons | | | | Shorts | |
| Brooms | | Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas | | Shorts | |
| Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud | | Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon | | Documentary Competition | |
| Care of the Spitfire Grill | The Spitfire Grill | Lee David Zlotoff | Lee David Zlotoff | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Carried Away | | Bruno Barreto | | Premieres | |
| Caught | | Robert M. Young | Edward Pomerantz | Premieres | |
| Celestial Clockwork | Mecaniques Celestes | Fina Torres | | World Cinema | |
| The Celluloid Closet | | Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman | Sharon Woo, Armistad Maupin, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey Friedman | Documentary Competition | Freedom of Expression Award |
| Cold Fever | | | | Premieres | |
| Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day | | Christopher Münch | Christopher Münch | Dramatic Competition | |
| Cutting Loose | | Susan Todd and Andrew Young | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dadetown | | | | American Spectrum | |
| The Darien Gap | | Brad Anderson | Brad Anderson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Depth Solitude | | | | Shorts | |
| Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going | No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas | Eliseo Subiela | Eliseo Subiela | | |
| The Dresden | | Sherri Breyer | | Shorts | |
| Drunks | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Eden | | Howard Goldberg | Howard Goldberg | Dramatic Competition | |
| Ed's Next Move | | John C. Walsh | John C. Walsh | American Spectrum | |
| Egg Salad | | Billy Kent | | Shorts | |
| Everything Relative | | Sharon Pollock | Sharon Pollock | American Spectrum | |
| Female Perversions | | Susan Streitfeld | Susan Streitfeld, Julie Hebert | Dramatic Competition | |
| Fire on the Mountain | | Beth Gage and George Gage | Beth Gage | Documentary Competition | |
| Flirt | | Hal Hartley | Hal Hartley | | Opening Night |
| Follow Me Home | | Peter Bratt | Peter Bratt | Dramatic Competition | |
| Foreign Land | | Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | | World Cinema | |
| Franchesca Page | | Kelley Sane | | | |
| Freeway | | Matthew Bright | Matthew Bright | Dramatic Competition | |
| Frisk | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Girls Town | | Jim McKay | | Dramatic Competition | |
| God's Lonely Man | | | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Grandfather and Other Stories | | Juan Carlos Rulfo | | Shorts | |
| The Grave | | Jonas Pate | Jonas Pate, Josh Pate | Park City at Midnight | |
| Guantanamera | | | | Premieres | |
| Halving the Bones | | Ruth Ozeki | | Documentary Competition | |
| The High and the Mighty | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| House | | Laurie Lynd | | World Cinema | |
| Hustler White | | Rick Castro, Bruce LaBruce | Rick Castro, Bruce LaBruce | Park City at Midnight | |
| Hype! | | Doug | | Documentary Competition | |
| If Lucy Fell | | Eric Schaeffer | Eric Schaeffer | Premieres | |
| I Shot Andy Warhol | | Mary Harron | Mary Harrob, Daniel Minahan | Dramatic Competition | |
| It's My Party | | Randal Kleiser | Randal Kleiser | Premieres | |
| Jane: An Abortion Service | | Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy | | Documentary Competition | |
| Jenipapo | | Monique Gardenberg | | | |
| Joe & Joe | | David Wall | David Wall | American Spectrum | |
| Johns | | Scott Silver | | American Spectrum | |
| The Keeper | | Joe Brewster | Joe Brewster | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Last Supper | | Stacy Title | Dan Rosen | American Spectrum | |
| Late Bloomers | | Julia Dyer and Gretchen Dyer | Gretchen Dyer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Loaded | | Anna Campion | | World Cinema | |
| Looking for Richard | | Al Pacino | | Premieres | |
| Losing Chase | | Kevin Bacon | Anne Meredith | Premieres | |
| Love Serenade | | Shirley Barrett | | Premieres | |
| Madagascar | | | | | |
| Manny & Lo | | Lisa Krueger | Lisa King | American Spectrum | |
| Meet Ruth Stoops | Citizen Ruth | Alexander Payne | Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor | Dramatic Competition | |
| Miguel | | Walter Kehr | | Shorts | |
| My Father's Garden | | Miranda Smith | | American Spectrum | |
| My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports | | Melissa Hacker | | Documentary Competition | |
| Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | | Agustín Díaz Yanes | | | |
| Normal Life | | John McNaughton | Bob Schneider, Peg Haller | Premieres | |
| Notes from the Underground | | Gary Walkow | Gary Walkow | Premieres | |
| Nothing Sacred | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Nothing to Lose | | Eric Bross | | American Spectrum | |
| One of Those Days | | Mark Decena | | Shorts | |
| The Ox-Bow Incident | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Palookaville | | Alan Taylor | David Epstein | Premieres | |
| Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills | | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | | Documentary Competition | |
| Personal Belongings | | Steven Bognar | | American Spectrum | |
| Pie in the Sky | | Bryan Gordon | | American Spectrum | |
| Pig! | | | | Shorts | |
| Rave On | | Steven Dupler | | Shorts | |
| Rumble in the Bronx | | Stanley Tong | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life | | Mary Engel | | Shorts | |
| Scorpion Spring | | Brian Cox | | American Spectrum | |
| Shine | | Scott Hicks | Jan Sardi | Premieres | |
| The Slap | | Tamara Hernandez | | Shorts | |
| The Spartans | | David Portlock | | Shorts | |
| Staccato Purr of the Exhaust | | L.M. Meza | L.M. Meza | American Spectrum | |
| Strays | | Vin Diesel | | | |
| Struggles in Steel | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Surprise! | | Viet Helmer | | Shorts | |
| Swinger | | Gregor Jordan | | Shorts | |
| Sydney | Hard Eight | Paul Thomas Anderson | Paul Thomas Anderson | American Spectrum | |
| Synthetic Pleasures | | Iara Lee | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ten Benny | | Eric Bross | | | |
| Tender Fictions | | Barbara | | Documentary Competition | |
| Their Own Vietnam | | Nancy D. Kates | | Shorts | |
| Timeless | | Chris Hart | Chris Hart | American Spectrum | |
| Tokyo Fist | | Shinya Tsukamoto | Shinya Tsukamoto | Park City at Midnight | |
| Trailer Camp | | Jenni Olson | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | | Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher | | Documentary Competition | |
| Undertaker | | Rachel Libert and Barbara Parker | | Shorts | |
| Walking and Talking | | Nicole Holofcener | Nicole Holofcener | Dramatic Competition | |
| War Stories | | Gaylene Preston | | | |
| Watching Her Sleep | | Barbara Rose Michaels | | Shorts | |
| Welcome to the Dollhouse | | Todd Solondz | Todd Solondz | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Westward the Women | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| When We Were Kings | | Leon Gast | | Documentary Competition | |
| White Autumn Crysanthemum | | Patrick Ruane | | Shorts | |
| The Whole Wide World | | Dan Ireland | Michael Scott Myers | Dramatic Competition | |
| Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | | Todd Robinson | Todd Robinson | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Wild Boys of the Road | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Wild Horses | | | | | |
| Wings | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Without Air | | Neil Abramson | | American Spectrum | |
| The Word | | Mark Pellington | | Shorts | |
| Yellow Sky | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Your Name in Cellulite | | Gail Noonan | | Shorts | |
| Zimbabwe Wheel | | Samuel Ball | | Shorts | |

## 1997

Dates: January 16 – January 26
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards and Notes |
| 35 Miles from Normal | | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | American Spectrum | |
| 100 Proof | | Jeremy Horton | Jeremy Horton | American Spectrum | |
| A Healthy Baby Girl | | Judith Helfand | | Documentary Competition | |
| All of Them Witches | Sobrenatural | Daniel Gruener | | World Cinema | |
| All Over Me | | Alex Sichel | | Dramatic Competition | |
| An Act of Conscience | | Robbie Leppzer | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Apartment | L'Appartement | Gilles Mimouni | Gilles Mimouni | Premieres | |
| Aristotle's Plot | Le Complot d'Aristotle | Jean-Pierre Bekolo | | World Cinema | |
| Arresting Gena | | Hannah Weyer | | Dramatic Competition | |
| A True Story | | Abolfazl Jalili | | World Cinema | |
| Black & White & Red All Over | | DeMane Davis, Harry McCoy, Khari Streeter | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Black Circle Boys | | Matthew Carnahan | Matthew Carnahan | American Spectrum | |
| Blackrock | | Steven Vidler | | Premieres | |
| Blacks and Jews | | Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman | | American Spectrum | |
| Box of Moonlight | | Tom DiCillo | Tom DiCillo | Premieres | |
| Brassed Off | | Mark Herman | Mark Herman | Opening Night in Salt Lake City | |
| Bremen Freedom | Bremen Freiheit | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | | Retrospective | |
| Buddha Bless America | | | | World Cinema | |
| Chasing Amy | | Kevin Smith | Kevin Smith | Premieres | |
| Children of the Revolution | | Peter Duncan | | World Cinema | |
| Chronicle of a Disappearance | | Elia Suleiman | | Frontier | |
| Clockwatchers | | Jill Sprecher | Jill Sprecher, Karen Sprecher | Dramatic Competition | |
| Colin Fitz | | Robert Bella | Tom Morrissey | Dramatic Competition | |
| Deep Crimson | | Arturo Ripstein | | Premieres | |
| The Delta | | Ira Sachs | Ira Sachs | Dramatic Competition | |
| Divinity Gratis | | | | Frontier | |
| Dream with the Fishes | | Finn Taylor | | American Spectrum | |
| East Side Story | | Dana Ranga | | World Cinema | |
| Eye of God | | Tim Blake Nelson | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Family Name | | Macky Alston | | Documentary Competition | |
| Farewell My Darling | | Park Chul-soo | | World Cinema | |
| Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control | | Erroll Morris | | Premieres | |
| Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary | | Laura Angelica Simon | | Documentary Competition | |
| Finished | | | | Frontier | |
| Fistful of Flies | | Monica Pellizzari | | World Cinema | |
| Focus | | Isaka Satoshi | | World Cinema | |
| Franchesca Page | | Kelley Sane | | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Full Monty | | Peter Cattaneo | Simon Beaufoy | World Cinema | |
| Gallivant | | | | Frontier | |
| George B. | | Eric Lea | Eric Lea | Dramatic Competition | |
| Girls Like Us | | Jane Wagner, Tina DiFeliciantonio | | Documentary Competition | |
| Going All the Way | | Mark Pellington | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Green Chimneys | | Constance Marks | | American Spectrum | |
| Gridlock'd | | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Premieres | |
| Happy Hour | | Tommy O'Haver | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Hide and Seek | | Su Friedrich | | Documentary Competition | |
| His & Hers | | Hal Salwen | Hal Salwen | American Spectrum | |
| House of America | | Mark Evans | | World Cinema | |
| The House of Yes | | Mark Waters | Mark Waters | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hugo Pool | | Robert Downey Sr. | | Premieres | |
| Hurricane | Hurricane Streets | Morgan J. Freeman | Morgan J. Freeman | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic (ex-aequo), Directing Award: Dramatic, Best Cinematography |
| Ilona Arrives in the Rain | | Sergio Cabrera | Sergio Cabrera | World Cinema | |
| I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | | Julie Davis | | American Spectrum | |
| In the Company of Men | | Neil LaBute | Neil LaBute | Dramatic Competition | |
| Joe's So Mean to Josephine | | Peter Wellington | Peter Wellington | World Cinema | |
| Killers | | Mike Mendez | Mike Mendez, Dave Larsen | Park City at Midnight | |
| Kissed | | Lynne Stopkewich | | World Cinema | |
| Kiss Me, Guido | | Tony Vitale | Tony Vitale | American Spectrum | |
| Kolya | | | | World Cinema | |
| Landscapes of Memory | | | | World Cinema | |
| The Last Time I Committed Suicide | | Stephen Kay | | American Spectrum | |
| Licensed to Kill | | Arthur Dong | | Documentary Competition | |
| Lilies | | John Greyson | | World Cinema | |
| Little Angel | | Helke Misselwitz | | World Cinema | |
| The Long Way Home | | Mark Jonathan Harris | | Documentary Competition | |
| Lost Highway | | David Lynch | David Lynch, Barry Gifford | Premieres | |
| Love and Other Catastrophes | | Emma-Kate Croghan | | World Cinema | |
| Love God | | Frank Grow | Frank Grow | Park City at Midnight | |
| Love Jones | | Theodore Witcher | Theodore Witcher | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic (ex-aequo) |
| Love Serenade | | Shirley Barrett | | Premieres | |
| Love! Valour! Compassion! | | Joe Mantello | | Premieres | |
| Love Walked In | | Juan José Campanella | | Premieres | |
| Making Sandwiches | | Sandra Bullock | | Shorts | |
| Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore | | Sarah Jacobson | Sarah Jacobson | American Spectrum | |
| Mimi | | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | | World Cinema | |
| Moebius | | | | Frontier | |
| Mr. Vincent | | Robert Celestino | | American Spectrum | |
| My America, or Honk If You Love Jesus | | Renee Tajima-Pena | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Myth of Fingerprints | | Bart Freundlich | Bart Freundlich | Dramatic Competition | |
| New School Order | | Geni Reticker | | Documentary Competition | |
| Norma's Lament | | Christina Booth | | Shorts | |
| Not Love, Just Frenzy | Más que amor, frenesí | | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Nowhere | | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | Premieres | |
| Oedipus Mayor | | Jorge Ali Traina | | World Cinema | |
| Out at Work | | Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson | | American Spectrum | |
| Pink Flamingos | | John Waters | John Waters | Park City at Midnight | |
| Portland | | Greta Snider | | Short | |
| Power | | Magnus Isacsson | | World Cinema | |
| Poverty Outlaw | | Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy | | Documentary Competition | |
| Prefontaine | | Steve James | | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Prisoner of the Mountains | | Sergei Bodrov | | World Cinema | |
| Puddle Cruiser | | Jay Chandrasekhar | Broken Lizard | American Spectrum | |
| The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 | | Sam Green | | American Spectrum | |
| Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest | | | | World Cinema | |
| Riding the Rails | | Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell | | Documentary Competition | |
| Running Against | | Antonio Tibaldi | | World Cinema | |
| Santa Fe | | Andrew Shea | Mark Medoff, Andrew Shea | Dramatic Competition | |
| Seed | | Karin Thayer | | Short | |
| Shall We Dance? | | Masayuki Suo | Masayuki Suo | World Cinema | |
| Shooting the Breeze | | Christina Andreef | | Short | |
| Six O'Clock News | | Ross McElwee | | American Spectrum | |
| Slaves to the Underground | | Kristine Peterson | Bill Cody | Dramatic Competition | |
| Snakes and Ladders | | Trish McAdam | Trish McAdam | World Cinema | |
| Space Truckers | | Stuart Gordon | Ted Mann | Park City at Midnight | |
| Star Maps | | Miguel Arteta | Miguel Arteta | American Spectrum | |
| Stella Does Tricks | | Coky Giedroyc | | World Cinema | |
| Strays | | Vin Diesel | | Dramatic Competition | |
| SubUrbia | | Richard Linklater | Eric Bogosian | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Sunday | | Jonathan Nossiter | | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Sweet Power | | Lúcia Murat | | World Cinema | |
| Temptress Moon | | Chen Kaige | | World Cinema | |
| This World, Then the Fireworks | | Michael Oblowitz | Larry Gross | American Spectrum | |
| The Twilight of the Golds | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Twin Town | | Kevin Allen | Paul Durden, Kevin Allen | World Cinema | |
| Two People Talking | | Isshin Inudo | | World Cinema | |
| Ulee's Gold | | Victor Nuñez | | Premieres | |
| Waco: The Rules of Engagement | | William Gazecki | | American Spectrum | |
| When the Cat's Away | | Cédric Klapisch | | World Cinema | |
| Wonderland | | John O'Hagan | | American Spectrum | |

## 1998

Dates: January 15 – January 25
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 28 | | Greg Sax | | Frontier | |
| 2by4 | | Jimmy Smallhorne | Terry McGoff, Jimmy Smallhorne, Fergus Tighe | Dramatic Competition | Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic |
| A, B, C... Manhattan | | Amir Naderi | Maryam Dalan, Ben Edlund, Jessica Gohlke, Tracy McMillan, Amir Naderi | American Spectrum | |
| About Laughter | | Lana Bernberg, Andrew Linsk | | American Spectrum | |
| The Absolution of Anthony | | Dean Slotar | | Shorts | |
| Advice to Adventurous Girls | | Kim Wood | | Documentary Competition | |
| Affliction | | Paul Schrader | Paul Schrader | Premieres | |
| Amarillo by Morning | | Spike Jonze | | Shorts | |
| Amy | | Susan Rivo | | Shorts | |
| Angel Passing | | David Langlitz | | Shorts | |
| Animals | | Michael Di Jiacomo | Michael Di Jiacomo | American Spectrum | |
| Arrow Shot | | Mike Dolan | | Shorts | |
| Baby, It’s You | | Anne Makepeace | Anne Makepeace | Documentary Competition | |
| Backbone of the World | | George Burdeau | | Native Cinema | |
| Balloons, Streamers | | Josh Sternfeld | | Shorts | |
| Battle of the Sexes | | Eric Kripke | | Shorts | |
| Beautopia | | Katharina Otto-Bernstein | Katharina Otto-Bernstein | Documentary Competition | |
| The Big Lebowski | | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Special Screenings | |
| The Big One | | Michael Moore | Michael Moore | Premieres | |
| Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | | Tommy O'Haver | Tommy O'Haver | Dramatic Competition | |
| Bleach | | Bill Platt | | Shorts | |
| Blind Faith | | Ernest Dickerson | Frank Military | Premieres | |
| Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane | | Joe Carnahan | Joe Carnahan | Park City at Midnight | |
| Bocage, the Triumph of Love | | Djalma Limongi Batista | Gualter Limongi Batista, Djalma Limongi Batista | World Cinema | |
| Bonnie Looksaway’s Iron Art Wagon | | Wes Studi | Bruce King | Native Cinema | |
| Boy | | Glenn Fraser | | Shorts | |
| Breeze | | Barbara Sanon | | Documentary Competition | |
| Bringing It All Back Home | | Chris Eyre | | Native Cinema | |
| The Broken Jaw | | Chris Shepherd | | Shorts | |
| A Brother | | Sylvie Verheyde | Sylvie Verheyde | World Cinema | |
| Brother Tied | | Derek Cianfrance | Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Mike Tillman | American Spectrum | |
| Buffalo '66 | | Vincent Gallo | Alison Bagnall, Vincent Gallo | Dramatic Competition | |
| Bwisk | | Corky Quakenbush | | Shorts | |
| The Bystander from Hell | | Matthew Harrison | | Shorts | |
| Carved from the Heart | | Ellen Frankenstein | | Native Cinema | |
| The Castle | | Rob Sitch | Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch | World Cinema | |
| Catholic School | | Jona Frank | | Shorts | |
| Central Station | | Walter Salles | Marcos Bernstein, Joao Emanuel Carneiro | Premieres | |
| Chile, Obstinate Memory | Chile, la memoria obstinada | Patricio Guzman | | World Cinema | |
| A Chrysanthemum Burst in Cincoesquinas | | Daniel Burman | Daniel Burman | Frontier | |
| Clops | | Corky Quakenbush | | Shorts | |
| Conceiving Ada | | Lynn Hershman Leeson | Eileen Jones, Lynn Hershman Leeson | American Spectrum | |
| The Connection | | Shirley Clarke | Shirley Clarke | Sundance Collection | |
| Cosmo’s Tale | | Adam Shankman | | Shorts | |
| Cuba 15 | | Elizabeth Schub Browde | | Documentary Competition | |
| Cube | | Vincenzo Natali | Andre Bijelic, Graeme Manson, Vincenzo Natali | Park City at Midnight | |
| Dead Man's Curve | The Curve | Dan Rosen | Dan Rosen | American Spectrum | |
| The Decline of Western Civilization Part III | | Penelope Spheeris | | Documentary Competition | Freedom of Expression Award |
| Digging to China | | Timothy Hutton | Karen Janszen | Premieres | |
| Dirty | | Bruce Sweeney | | World Cinema | |
| Divine Trash | | Steve Yeager | Kevin Heffernan, Steve Yeager | Documentary Competition | Filmmaker Trophy Documentary |
| Don’t Run, Johnny | | Tom E. Brown | | Shorts | |
| Eleven Eighty Two | | Kevin Everson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Elvis Dead at 58 | | Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi | | Park City at Midnight | |
| English Only | | Juan Uribe | | Shorts | |
| The Farm | | Liz Garbus, Jonathan Stack | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Fireworks | Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | Takeshi Kitano | World Cinema | |
| First Love, Last Rites | | Jesse Peretz | David Ryan | American Spectrum | |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | | Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Geoffrey C. Ward | Documentary Competition | |
| Frat House | | Todd Phillips, Andrew Gurland | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| A Friend of the Deceased | | Vyacheslav Krishtofovich | Andrei Kurkov | World Cinema | |
| Furious George | | Corky Quakenbush | | Shorts | |
| Gasman | | Lynne Ramsay | | Shorts | |
| The Gimmick | | Peter Askin | Dael Orlandersmith | Sundance Theatre Program | |
| Girls' Night | | Nick Hurran | Kay Mellor | World Cinema | |
| God Says So | | Marjorie Kaye | | American Spectrum | |
| Gods and Monsters | | Bill Condon | Bill Condon | American Spectrum | |
| Goshogaoka | | Sharon Lockhart | Sharon Lockhart | Frontier | |
| The Hanging Garden | | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | World Cinema | |
| Hav Plenty | | Christopher Scott Cherot | Christopher Scott Cherot | Dramatic Competition | |
| Have You Seen Patsy Wayne? | | Todd Korgan | | Shorts | |
| Hawaiian Sting | | Peter D. Beyt | Anthony Kahawaii | Native Cinema | |
| Here We Go Again | | Jason Richard Robinson | | Shorts | |
| High Art | | Lisa Cholodenko | Lisa Cholodenko | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| A Hollow Place | | Joseph Anaya | | Shorts | |
| How to Make the Cruelest Month | | Kip Koenig | Kip Koenig | Dramatic Competition | |
| Human Remains | | Jay Rosenblatt | | Shorts | |
| I Married a Strange Person! | | Bill Plympton | Bill Plympton, P. C. Vey | Dramatic Competition | |
| I Remember | | David Chartier, Avi Zev Weider | | Shorts | |
| I Went Down | | Paddy Breathnach | Conor McPherson | World Cinema | |
| Inbound Mercy | | David Nesenoff, Glenn R. Schuster | | American Spectrum | |
| Inside/Out | | Rob Tregenza | Rob Tregenza | Frontier | |
| Jerry and Tom | | Saul Rubinek | Rick Cleveland | Dramatic Competition | |
| Junk Mail | | Pal Sletaune | Jonny Halberg, Pal Sletaune | World Cinema | |
| Just One Time | | Lane Janger | | Shorts | |
| Keep in a Dry Place and Away from Children | | Martin Davies | | Shorts | |
| Kurt and Courtney | | Nick Broomfield | | World Cinema | |
| La Lecon | | Craig Marsden | | Shorts | |
| The Land Girls | | David Leland | David Leland | Premieres | |
| The Last Supper | | Jeremy Boxer | | Shorts | |
| Lawn Dogs | | John Duigan | Naomi Wallace | World Cinema | |
| A Letter without Words | | Lisa Lewenz | Lisa Lewenz | Documentary Competition | |
| Life According to Muriel | La vida según Muriel | Eduardo Milewicz | Eduardo Milewicz, Susana Silvestre | World Cinema | |
| Life During WarTime | | Evan Dunsky | Evan Dunsky | American Spectrum | |
| Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart | | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | | Documentary Competition | |
| Majorettes in Space | | David Fourier | | Shorts | |
| Marie Baie des Anges | | Manuel Pradal | Manuel Pradal | World Cinema | |
| Martín (Hache) | | Adolfo Aristarain | Adolfo Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra | World Cinema | |
| Melvin Van Peebles' Classified X | | Mark Daniels | Melvin Van Peebles | American Spectrum | |
| Melvyn Schmatzman, Freudian Dentist | | David Grotell | | Shorts | |
| Miss Monday | | Benson Lee | Benson Lee, Paul Leyden, Richard Morel | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Misadventures of Margaret | | Brian Skeet | Brian Skeet | Premieres | |
| Modulations | | Iara Lee | | Documentary Competition | |
| Moment of Impact | | Julia Loktev | Julia Loktev | Documentary Competition | |
| Montana | | Jennifer Leitzes | Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber | Premieres | |
| Monte Hellman: American Auteur | | George Hickenlooper | | Shorts | |
| More to Life | | Paul Morgan | | Shorts | |
| Motel Cactus | | Park Ki-Yong | Bong Joon-Ho, Park Ki-Yong | World Cinema | |
| Mr. P’s Dancing Sushi Bar | | Hirotaka Tashiro | Hirotaka Tashiro, Tomoko Tashiro | Special Events | |
| Mystery School | | Doug Hughes | Paul Selig | Sundance Theatre Program | |
| Naturally Native | | Jennifer Wynne Farmer, Valerie Red-Horse | Valerie Red-Horse | Native Cinema | |
| Next Stop Wonderland | | Brad Anderson | Brad Anderson, Lyn Vaus | Dramatic Competition | |
| Niagara, Niagara | | Bob Gosse | Matthew Weiss | American Spectrum | |
| Obsession | | Peter Sehr | Marie Noelle, Peter Sehr | World Cinema | |
| Omar, the Short | | Jarl Olsen | | Shorts | |
| Once We Were Strangers | | Emanuele Crialese | Emanuele Crialese | Dramatic Competition | |
| One | | Tony Barbieri | Tony Barbieri | American Spectrum | |
| Oops | | Mike Miller | | American Spectrum | |
| Open Your Eyes | Abre los Ojos | Alejandro Amenábar | Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil | World Cinema | |
| Operation | | Jason Reitman | | Shorts | |
| The Opposite of Sex | | Don Roos | Don Roos | Premieres | |
| Orgazmo | | Trey Parker | Trey Parker | Park City at Midnight | |
| Out of the Past | | Jeff Dupre | Michelle Ferrari | Documentary Competition | |
| Party Monster | | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | | American Spectrum | |
| Paulina | | Vicky Funari | Vicky Funari, Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, Paulina Cruz Suárez | Documentary Competition | |
| Persona Non Grata | | Sara Gilbert | | Shorts | |
| Pete’s Garden | | Greg Germann | | Shorts | |
| Phil Touches Flo | | David Birdsell | | Shorts | |
| Pi | | Darren Aronofsky | Darren Aronofsky | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic |
| The Pigeon Egg Strategy | | Max Makowski | Max Makowski | Frontier | |
| Polish Wedding | | Theresa Connelly | Theresa Connelly | Premieres | |
| Postman Blues | | Sabu | Sabu | World Cinema | |
| A Price Above Rubies | | Boaz Yakin | Boaz Yakin | Premieres | |
| Qatuwas: People Gathering Together | | Barb Cranmer | | Native Cinema | |
| Raw Images from the Optic Cross | | Karl Nussbaum | | Shorts | |
| The Real Blonde | | Tom DiCillo | Tom DiCillo | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Reinfather | | Corky Quakenbush | | Shorts | |
| Relax...It's Just Sex | | P. J. Castellaneta | P. J. Castellaneta | American Spectrum | |
| River Red | | Eric Drilling | Eric Drilling | American Spectrum | |
| The Rocking Horse Winner | | Michael Almereyda | | Shorts | |
| Rosa’s Time | | Daniel Hawkes | Thom Ernst | Native Cinema | |
| Safe Men | | John Hamburg | John Hamburg | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Saltmen of Tibet | | Ulrike Koch | Ulrike Koch | World Cinema | |
| Scars | | James Herbert | | Frontier | |
| The Sea Change | | Michael Bray | Michael Bray, Billy Hurman | Premieres | |
| Sea Space | | William Farley | | Shorts | |
| Silent Tears | | Shirley Cheechoo | | Native Cinema | |
| Sin Querer | | Ciro Cappellari | Osvaldo Bayer, Ciro Cappellari, Graciela Maglie | Special Events | |
| Slam | | Marc Levin | Marc Levin, Sonja Sohn, Richard Stratton, Saul Williams | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Slavegirls | | Ellen Bruno | Ellen Bruno | Documentary Competition | |
| Sleeping Beauties | | Jamie Babbit | | Shorts | |
| Sliding Doors | | Peter Howitt | Peter Howitt | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Smoke Signals | | Chris Eyre | Sherman Alexie | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic, Filmmaker Trophy Dramatic |
| Snake Feed | | Debra Granik | | Shorts | |
| Snip | | Craig Sullivan | | Shorts | |
| Monument Ave. | Monument Ave. | Ted Demme | Mike Armstrong | Premieres | |
| Some Nudity Required | | Odette Springer | Johanna Demetrakas, Odette Springer | Documentary Competition | |
| Songbird | | Oh Kyoung Hee | | Shorts | |
| Sounds of Faith | | Malinda Maynor | | Native Cinema | |
| The Spanish Prisoner | | David Mamet | David Mamet | Premieres | |
| Spark | | Garret Williams | Garret Williams | American Spectrum | |
| The Spitball Story | | Jean Bach | | American Spectrum | |
| Spudwrench—Kahnawake Man | | Alanis Obomsawin | Alanis Obomsawin | World Cinema | |
| Stage Fright | | Steve Box | | Shorts | |
| Still Revolutionaries | | Sienna McLean | | Shorts | |
| Switch Your Ride | | Corky Quakenbush | | Shorts | |
| Tea | | Barney Cokeliss | | Shorts | |
| That Strange Person | | Eileen O'Meara | | Shorts | |
| Titsiana Booberini | | Robert Luketic | | Shorts | |
| Tomorrow Night | | Louis C.K. | Louis C.K. | Park City at Midnight | |
| Too Tired to Die | | Wonsuk Chin | Wonsuk Chin | American Spectrum | |
| Totem Talk | | Annie Frazier Henry | | Native Cinema | |
| Tushka | | Ian Skorodin | Ian Skorodin | Native Cinema | |
| TwentyFourSeven | | Shane Meadows | Paul Fraser, Shane Meadows | World Cinema | |
| Under Heaven | | Meg Richman | Meg Richman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Under the Skin | | Carine Adler | Carine Adler | World Cinema | |
| Unexpected Guest | | Adam Druxman | | Shorts | |
| Up on the Roof | | Jacqueline Turnure | | Shorts | |
| Venceremos! | | Giovanni Ghidini-Pappalottera | | Shorts | |
| The Waiting Children | | Ethan Silverman | | Shorts | |
| We All Fall Down | Tuti giù per terra | Davide Ferrario | Davide Ferrario | World Cinema | |
| The Well | | Samantha Lang | Laura Jones | World Cinema | |
| Whacked! | | Rolf Gibbs | | Shorts | |
| Whatever | | Susan Skoog | Susan Skoog | American Spectrum | |
| What’s the Deal | | Robert Mac | | Shorts | |
| When the Fire Dims | | Dan Golding | | Native Cinema | |
| Who the Hell Is Juliette? | ¿Quien diablos es Juliette? | Carlos Marcovich | Carlos Cuarón | World Cinema | |
| Wicked | | Michael Steinberg | Eric Weiss | American Spectrum | |
| Wild Man Blues | | Barbara Kopple | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | | Stuart Gordon | Ray Bradbury | Special Screenings | |
| Wrestling With Alligators | | Laurie Weltz | Scott Kraft, Laurie Weltz | Dramatic Competition | |
| Yellow Wooden Ring | | Barrett Tripp | | Native Cinema | |

## 1999

Dates: January 21 – January 31
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 2 Seconds | | Manon Briand | Manon Briand | World Cinema | |
| The 24 Hour Woman | | Nancy Savoca | Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay | Premieres | Opening Night |
| The Adopted Son | Beshkempir | Aktan Abdykalykov | Aktan Abdykalykov | World Cinema | |
| The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | | Tod Williams | Tod Williams | Dramatic Competition | |
| Afraid of Everything | | David Barker | David Barker | American Spectrum | |
| After Life | | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Hirokazu Kore-eda | World Cinema | |
| American Movie | | Chris Smith | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| American Hollow | | Rory Kennedy | Mark Bailey | Documentary Competition | |
| American Pimp | | The Hughes Brothers | | Documentary Competition | |
| An American Love Story | | Jennifer Fox | | Special Screenings | |
| The Autumn Heart | | Steven Maler | Davidlee Wilson | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Walk on the Moon | | Tony Goldwyn | Pamela Gray | Premieres | |
| Barrio | | | | World Cinema | |
| Beefcake | | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | World Cinema | |
| Big Bear | | Gil Cardinal | | Native Forum | |
| Black Cat, White Cat | | Emir Kusturica | Gordan Mihić | World Cinema | |
| The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords | | Stanley Nelson | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Blair Witch Project | | Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Park City at Midnight | |
| Brakhage | | Jim Shedden | | Frontier | |
| Cache | | Carolyn Coal | Carolyn Coal | Shorts | |
| Chillecothe | | Todd Edwards | Todd Edwards | American Spectrum | |
| The City | La Ciudad | David Riker | | American Spectrum | |
| Cookie's Fortune | | Robert Altman | Anne Rapp | Premieres | Opening Night |
| The Corndog Man | | Andrew Shea | Andrew Shea | American Spectrum | |
| Dance of the Dust | | | | World Cinema | |
| Death: A Love Story | | Michelle LeBrun | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dirt | | Chel White | | Shorts | |
| Dresden | | Ben Speth | | Frontier | |
| Drylongso | | Cauleen Smith | Cauleen Smith, Salim Akil | American Spectrum | |
| Edge of Seventeen | | David Moreton | | American Spectrum | |
| Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll | | | | Shorts | |
| Fools Gold | | Jeffrey Janger | | American Spectrum | |
| Forever Fever | | Glen Goei | | World Cinema | |
| Friendly Fire | | | | World Cinema | |
| Genghis Blues | | Roko Belic | | American Spectrum | |
| Get Bruce | | Andrew J. Kuehn | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Get Real | | Simon Shore | | World Cinema | |
| Getting to Know You | | Lisanne Skyler | Lisanne Skyler, Tristine Skyler | Dramatic Competition | |
| Go | | Doug Liman | John August | Premieres | |
| Guinevere | | Audrey Wells | Audrey Wells | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (ex-aequo) |
| Happy, Texas | | Mark Illsley | Mark Illsley | Dramatic Competition | |
| Heart of Light | | Jacob Grønlykke | | World Cinema | |
| Hideous Kinky | | Gillies MacKinnon | | Premieres | |
| The Hi-Line | | Ron Judkins | Ron Judkins | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hitchcock, Selznick, and the End of Hollywood | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Home Page | | Doug Block | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Honour of All | | Phil Lucas | | Native Forum | |
| I Stand Alone | Seul contre tous | Gaspar Noé | Gaspar Noé | World Cinema | |
| The Item | | Dan Clark | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Jawbreaker | | Darren Stein | Darren Stein | Premieres | |
| Joe the King | | Frank Whaley | | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (ex-aequo) |
| Judy Berlin | | | | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic |
| Kill the Man | | Tom Booker | | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Kindness of Strangers | | Mano Chermayeff | | Special Screenings | |
| Langmuir's World | | | | American Spectrum | |
| The Last Guy to Let You Down | | | | Shorts | |
| The Legacy: Murder & Media, Prisons & Politicians | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Life History of a Star | | Jennifer M. Gentile | | Shorts | |
| Life Is to Whistle | | | | World Cinema | |
| Life on Earth | | Abderrahmane Sissako | | World Cinema | |
| Life Tastes Good | | Philip Kan Gotanda | | American Spectrum | |
| Little Thieves, Big Thieves | | | | World Cinema | |
| The Living Museum | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | | Guy Ritchie | Guy Ritchie | Premieres | |
| Los Enchiladas! | | Mitch Hedberg | | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Loss of Sexual Innocence | | Mike Figgis | Mike Figgis | Premieres | |
| Louise (Take 2) | | Sigfried | | World Cinema | |
| Love Bites | | Michael Horowitz, Colburn Tseng | | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Lovers of the Arctic Circle | | Julio Médem | Julio Médem | World Cinema | |
| Megacities | | Michael Glawogger | | World Cinema | |
| Mighty Peking Man | | Ho Meng Hua | | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Minus Man | | Hampton Fancher | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Mr. Death | | Errol Morris | | Premieres | |
| On the Ropes | | Nanette Burstein | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Outfitters | | Reverge Anselmo | | American Spectrum | |
| The Passion of Ayn Rand | | Christopher Menual | | Premieres | |
| Possums | | Max Burnett | | American Spectrum | |
| Praise | | John Curran | | World Cinema | |
| P. Tinto's Miracle | | Javier Fesser | | World Cinema | |
| Rabbit in the Moon | | Emiko Omori | | Documentary Competition | |
| Radiation | | Suki Stetson Hawley, Michael Galinsky | | American Spectrum | |
| Ravenous | | Antonia Bird | Ted Griffin | Special Screenings | |
| Regret to Inform | | Barbara Sonneborn | | Documentary Competition | |
| Return with Honor | | Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders | | American Spectrum | |
| Roberta | | Eric Mandelbaum | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Run Lola Run | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | Tom Tykwer | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema (ex-aequo) |
| Samurai Fiction | | Hiroyuki Nakano | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Santitos | | | | Premieres | |
| Savor Me | Sabor a mi | Claudia Morgado Escanilla | | Shorts | |
| Second Skin | | Amy Talkington | | Shorts | |
| Serial Lover | | James Huth | Romain Berthomieu, James Huth | Park City at Midnight | |
| Sex: The Annabel Chong Story | | Gough Lewis | | Documentary Competition | |
| She Smokes | | Christa Collins | | Shorts | |
| Side Streets | | Tony Gerber | | American Spectrum | |
| Silence | | Jack Darcus | | Native Forum | |
| Silvia Prieto | | Martín Rejtman | | World Cinema | |
| Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| SLC Punk! | | James Merendino | James Merendino | Premieres | Opening Night |
| A Slipping-Down Life | | Toni Kalem | Toni Kalem | Dramatic Competition | |
| Southpaw | | | | World Cinema | |
| Speaking in Strings | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Speedy Boys | | | | Frontier | |
| Splendor | | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | Premieres | |
| Star Trak | | Roy T. Wood | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Sugar Town | | Kurt Voss, Allison Anders | Kurt Voss, Allison Anders | Premieres | |
| The Terrorist | | Santosh Sivan | | World Cinema | |
| Thick as Thieves | | Scott Sanders | Scott Sanders, Arthur Krystal | Premieres | |
| Three Seasons | Ba Mùa | Tony Bui | Tony Bui, Timothy Linh Bui | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Train of Life | | Radu Mihăileanu | | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema (ex-aequo) |
| Trans | | | | Frontier | |
| Treasure Island | | Scott King | Scott King | Dramatic Competition | |
| Tree Shade | | Lisa Collins | | Shorts | |
| Trick | | Jim Fall | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Tumbleweeds | | Gavin O'Connor | Gavin O'Connor, Angela Shelton | Dramatic Competition | |
| Twin Falls Idaho | | Michael Polish | Mark Polish, Michael Polish | American Spectrum | |
| Two Girls and a Baby | | Kelli Simpson | | Shorts | |
| Two Hands | | Gregor Jordan | | Premieres | |
| Two Seasons | | Christine Swanson | | Shorts | |
| Under a Spell | | | | World Cinema | |
| Under California: The Limits of Time | | | | World Cinema | |
| Valerie Flake | | John Putch | | American Spectrum | |
| Venus Blue | | | | Shorts | |
| The War Zone | | Tim Roth | | Premieres | |
| When Love Comes | | Garth Maxwell | | World Cinema | |
| The Wounds | | Srđan Dragojević | | World Cinema | |
| Yusho-Renaissance | | | | Frontier | |

## 2000

Dates: January 20 – January 30
| Film Name - English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| American Psycho | Mary Harron | Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner | Premieres | |
| Animal Factory | Steve Buscemi | | | |
| Backroads | Shirley Cheechoo | Shirley Cheechoo | | |
| Boiler Room | Ben Younger | Ben Younger | Premieres | |
| The Broken Hearts Club | Greg Berlanti | Greg Berlanti | Premieres | |
| But I'm a Cheerleader | Jamie Babbit | Brian Wayne Peterson | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Charcoal People | Nigel Noble | | | |
| Chuck and Buck | Miguel Arteta | Mike White | Dramatic Competition | |
| Committed | Lisa Krueger | Lisa Krueger | Dramatic Competition | |
| Compensation | Zeinabu irene Davis | | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Convent | Mike Mendez | Chaton Anderson | Park City at Midnight | |
| Crime and Punishment in Suburbia | Rob Schmidt | Larry Gross | Dramatic Competition | |
| Drop Back Ten | Stacy Cochran | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Dropping Out | Mark Osborne | Kent Osborne | American Spectrum | |
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | | | |
| Girlfight | Karyn Kusama | Karyn Kusama | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo), Directing Award: Dramatic |
| Groove | Greg Harrison | Greg Harrison | | |
| Happy Accidents | Brad Anderson | Brad Anderson | | |
| Human Resources | Laurent Cantet | Laurent Cantet, Gilles Marchand | | |
| Human Traffic | Justin Kerrigan | Justin Kerrigan | Park City at Midnight | |
| I.K.U. | Shu Lea Cheang | Shu Lea Cheang | Park City at Midnight | |
| Intern | Michael Lange | | | |
| Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Premieres | |
| My Generation | Barbara Kopple | | | |
| New Waterford Girl | Allen Moyle | | | |
| New Year's Day | Suri Krishnamma | | | |
| Nuyorican Dream | | | | |
| Our Song | Jim McKay | | | |
| Psycho Beach Party | Robert Lee King | Charles Busch | Park City at Midnight | |
| Saving Grace | Nigel Cole | | | |
| Shadow Magic | Ann Hu | | | |
| Snow Days | Adam Marcus | Kipp Marcus | | |
| Panic | Henry Bromell | Henry Bromell | | |
| Saving Grace | Nigel Cole | Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema |
| Soft Fruit | Christina Andreef | | | |
| Songcatcher | Maggie Greenwald | Maggie Greenwald | Dramatic Competition | |
| Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation | | | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Tao of Steve | Jenniphr Goodman | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rodrigo García | Rodrigo García | Premieres | |
| Two Family House | Raymond De Felitta | Raymond De Felitta | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Urbania | Jon Shear, Philippe Denham | Daniel Reitz, Jon Shear | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | Sofia Coppola | Premieres | |
| Waking the Dead | Keith Gordon | | | |
| What's Cooking? | Gurinder Chadha | | | |
| Wonderland | Michael Winterbottom | Laurence Coriat | World Cinema | |
| You Can Count on Me | Kenneth Lonergan | Kenneth Lonergan | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic (ex-aequo), Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |

## 2001

Dates: January 18 – January 28
| Film Name - English | Film Name - Non-English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 30 Years to Life | | Vanessa Middleton | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Acts of Worship | | Rosemary Rodriguez | | American Spectrum | |
| At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul | | José Mojica Marins | José Mojica Marins | Park City at Midnight | |
| Beautiful Creatures | | Bill Eagles | Simon Donald | World Cinema | |
| The Believer | | Henry Bean | Henry Bean | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| The Business of Strangers | | Patrick Stettner | Patrick Stettner | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Caveman's Valentine | | Kasi Lemmons | | Premieres | |
| Chopper | | Andrew Dominik | Andrew Dominik | World Cinema | |
| Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha) | | Chel White | | Shorts | |
| Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins | | | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Compassionate Sex | | Laura Mañá | | World Cinema | |
| Dancing in September | | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Reggie Rock Bythewood | American Spectrum | |
| The Deep End | | | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | | Stacy Peralta | | Documentary Competition | Audience Award: Documentary |
| Donnie Darko | | Richard Kelly | Richard Kelly | Dramatic Competition | |
| Double Whammy | | Tom DiCillo | Tom DiCillo | Premieres | |
| Enigma | | Michael Apted | Tom Stoppard | Premieres | |
| Haiku Tunnel | | Jacob Kornbluth, Josh Kornbluth | Jacob Kornbluth, Josh Kornbluth | American Spectrum | |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | | John Cameron Mitchell | John Cameron Mitchell | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic, Directing Award: Dramatic |
| Hey, Happy! | | Noam Gonick | Noam Gonick | Park City at Midnight | |
| In the Bedroom | | Todd Field | Todd Field, Robert Pestinger | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize |
| Intimacy | Intimité | Patrice Chéreau | Patrice Chéreau, Anne-Louise Trividic | Premieres | |
| The Invisible Circus | | Adam Brooks | Adam Brooks | Premieres | |
| Invisible Revolution | | Beverly Peterson | | American Spectrum | |
| Lost and Delirious | | | | Premieres | |
| Maelström | | Denis Villeneuve | Denis Villeneuve | World Cinema | |
| Margarita Happy Hour | | Ilya Chaiken | | American Spectrum | |
| Memento | | Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Miss Wonton | | Meng Ong | | American Spectrum | |
| Mutant Aliens | | Bill Plympton | Bill Plympton | Park City at Midnight | |
| My First Mister | | Christine Lahti | | Premieres | |
| Our Lady of the Assassins | La virgen de los sicarios | Barbet Schroeder | Fernando Vallejo | World Cinema | |
| Perfume | | Michael Rymer | Michael Rymer, L. M. Kit Carson | Premieres | |
| Possible Loves | | Sandra Werneck | | World Cinema | |
| Rejected | | | | Shorts Competition | |
| The Road Home | 我的父親母親 | Zhang Yimou | Bao Shi | World Cinema | Audience Award: World Cinema |
| Scout's Honor | | Tom Shepard | Meg Moritz | Documentary Competition | Audience Award: Documentary |
| Sexy Beast | | Jonathan Glazer | Louis Mellis, David Scinto | Premieres | |
| Stranger Inside | | Cheryl Dunye | | | |
| Super Troopers | | Jay Chandrasekhar | Broken Lizard | Park City at Midnight | |
| Tape | | Richard Linklater | Richard Linklater | American Spectrum | |
| Things Behind the Sun | | Allison Anders | Allison Anders | Premieres | |
| Waking Life | | Richard Linklater | Richard Linklater | Premieres | |
| Wave Twisters | | | | Park City at Midnight | |
| We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll | | Penelope Spheeris | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Wet Hot American Summer | | David Wain | David Wain, Michael Showalter | American Spectrum | |
| Without a Trace | | Maria Novaro | | World Cinema | |

## 2002

Dates: January 10 – January 20
| Film Name (English) | Film Name (Non-English) | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | | Jill Sprecher | Jill Sprecher, Karen Sprecher | American Showcase | |
| Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | | Lee Hirsch | | Documentary Competition | |
| Alive | Vivante | Sandrine Ray | Sandrine Ray, Antoine Lecomblez | World Cinema Competition | |
| American Standoff | | Kristi Jacobson | | Documentary Competition | |
| A Place on Earth | | Artur Aristakisyan | | Frontier | |
| As a Man | L'Afrance | Alain Gomis | | World Cinema Competition | |
| Australian Rules | | Paul Goldman | Paul Goldman, Phillip Gwynne | World Cinema Competition | |
| Bark! | | Kasia Adamik | Heather Morgan | Dramatic Competition | |
| Better Luck Tomorrow | | Justin Lin | Ernesto Foronda, Justin Lin, Fabian Marquez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Birthday Girl | | Jez Butterworth | Tom Butterworth, Jez Butterworth | Premieres | |
| Bloody Sunday | | Paul Greengrass | Paul Greengrass | World Cinema Competition | Audience Award: World Cinema (ex-aequo) |
| Blue Car | | Karen Moncrieff | Karen Moncrieff | American Spectrum | |
| Blue Vinyl | | Judith Helfand, Daniel B. Gold | | Documentary Competition | |
| Braingirl: Episode 4, Fishing | | Marina Zurkow | | Animated Shorts | |
| Britney, Baby, One More Time | | Ludi Boeken | Jonathan Bourne | Park City at Midnight | |
| The Brother from Another Planet | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Sundance Collection (Retrospective) | |
| Burn | | | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Bus 44 | Che Si Shi Si | Dayyan Eng | | Shorts | Best Short: Honorable Mention |
| The Business of Fancydancing | | Sherman Alexie | | American Spectrum | |
| By Hook or by Crook | | Harry Dodge, Silas Howard | | American Spectrum | |
| Caminantes | | Fernando Leon de Aranoa | | Native Forum | |
| Cherish | | Finn Taylor | Finn Taylor | Dramatic Competition | |
| Christmas at Wapos Bay | | Dennis Jackson | | Native Forum | |
| Close to Home | | Vanessa Roth, Alexandra Dickson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Coastlines | | Victor Nuñez | | Premieres | |
| The Cockettes | | Bill Weber, David Weissman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Crush | | John McKay | | Premieres | |
| Curve | | Jacqueline Mikhail | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Daddy & Papa | | Johnny Symons | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Dancer Upstairs | | John Malkovich | | Premieres | |
| The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | | Peter Care | Jeff Stockwell | Premieres | |
| Daughter from Danang | | Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco | | Documentary Competition | |
| Decasia | | Bill Morrison | | Frontier | |
| Derrida | | Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering | | Documentary Competition | |
| Design | | Davidson Cole | | American Spectrum | |
| Devil's Playground | | Lucy Walker | | American Spectrum | |
| Dog Days | | Ulrich Seidl | | World Cinema Competition | |
| Dream Work | | Peter Tscherkassky | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Empire | | Franc Reyes | Franc Reyes | American Showcase | |
| The Execution of Wanda Jean | | Liz Garbus | | Documentary Competition | |
| Face | | Bertha Bay-Sa Pan | Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, Oren Moverman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Family Fundamentals | | Arthur Dong | | Documentary Competition | |
| The First 24 Hours | | Etienne Sauret | | Special Screenings: September 11 (Short) | |
| From the Ashes—10 Artists | | Deborah Shaffer | | Special Screenings: September 11 | |
| FUBAR | | Michael Dowse | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Gerry | | Gus Van Sant | | Premieres | |
| Go! Heat Man! | | Mitsuhiko Yazaki | | Special Screenings: NHK | |
| Golden Gate (Palace II) | | Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund | | Shorts | |
| The Good Girl | | Miguel Arteta | Mike White | Premieres | |
| HipHopBattle.com: Hip Hop 4 Life | | David Velo Stewart | David Velo Stewart | Park City at Midnight | |
| Hollywood Hong Kong | | Fruit Chan | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Honey for Oshun | | Humberto Solas | | World Cinema Competition | |
| Hotere | | Merata Mita | | Native Forum | |
| How to Draw a Bunny | | John Walter | | Documentary Competition | |
| Human Nature | | Michel Gondry | Charlie Kaufman | Premieres | |
| Hysterical Blindless | | Mira Nair | Laura Cahill | Premieres | |
| The Inner Tour | | Ra'anan Alexandrowicz | | World Cinema Competition | |
| Intact | Intacto | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Andres Koppel | World Cinema Competition | |
| I Shout Love | | Sarah Polley | | Shorts | |
| The Jimmy Show | | Frank Whaley | | American Spectrum | |
| Karmen Geï | | Joseph Gaï Ramaka | | World Cinema Competition | |
| The Kid Stays in the Picture | | Nanette Burstein | | Premieres | |
| Killing Time | | Anthony Jaswinski | Anthony Jaswinski | Dramatic Competition | |
| Lan Yu | | Stanley Kwan | Jimmy Ngai | World Cinema Competition | |
| The Laramie Project | | Moisés Kaufman | Moisés Kaufman | Premieres | |
| The Last Kiss | L'Ultimo Bacio | Gabriele Muccino | Gabriele Muccino | World Cinema Competition | Audience Award: World Cinema (ex-aequo) |
| LA Story | | Nick Broomfield | | Premieres | |
| Laundry | | Junichi Mori | | Special Screenings: NHK | |
| Loco Fever | Le Fiebre del Loco | Andrés Wood | Andrés Wood, Rene Arcos, Gilberto Villarroel | World Cinema Competition | |
| Lola | | Carl Bessai | Carl Bessai | World Cinema Competition | |
| Love in the Time of Money | | Peter Mattei | Peter Mattei | Dramatic Competition | |
| Love Liza | | Todd Louiso | Gordy Hoffman | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award |
| Lubov and Other Nightmares | Lubor i Drugie Koshmari | Andrei Nekrasov | Andrei Nekrasov | World Cinema Competition | |
| Lucky Break | | Peter Cattaneo | | Premieres | |
| The Man from Elysian Fields | | George Hickenlooper | | Premieres | |
| Manito | | Eric Eason | Eric Eason | Dramatic Competition | |
| May | | Lucky McKee | Lucky McKee | Park City at Midnight | |
| Miranda | | Marc Munden | Rob Young | World Cinema Competition | |
| Miss America | | Lisa Ades | | Documentary Competition | |
| Missing Young Woman | Senorita Extraviada | Lourdes Portillo | | Documentary Competition | |
| Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck | | Jules Karatechamp | | Native Forum | |
| Narc | | Joe Carnahan | Joe Carnahan | Dramatic Competition | |
| Native American in Manhattan | | Steve Bilich | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Noon Blue Apples | | Jay Lee | | American Spectrum | |
| One Hour Photo | | Mark Romanek | Mark Romanek | Premieres | |
| One Night the Moon | | Rachel Perkins | Rachel Perkins, John Romeril | Native Forum + Frontier | |
| On_Line | | Jed Weintrob | Andrew Osbourne, Jed Weintrob | American Spectrum | |
| Our America | | Ernest Dickerson | | Premieres | |
| Paradox Lake | | Przemyslaw Shemie Reut | Przemyslaw Shemie Reut, Wieslaw Saniewski | Dramatic Competition | |
| Passage | | Chel White | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | | Rebecca Miller | Rebecca Miller | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Places | | Kinya Hanada | | Animated Shorts | |
| Pumpkin | | Adam Larson Broder, Tony R. Abrams | Adam Larson Broder | Dramatic Competition | |
| Quitting | | Zhang Yang | Zhang Yang, Huo Xin | World Cinema Competition | |
| Rain | | Christine Jeffs | Christine Jeffs | World Cinema Competition | |
| Rain | | Katherine Lindberg | Katherine Lindberg | American Spectrum | |
| Ralph Ellison: An American Journey | | Avon Kirkland | | Documentary Competition | |
| Rancho California (Por Favor) | | John T. Caldwell | | Frontier | |
| Real Women Have Curves | | Patricia Cardoso | Josefina López, George LaVoo | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Run Ronnie Run! | | Troy Miller | | Premieres | |
| Secretary | | Steven Shainberg | Erin Cressida Wilson | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Originality |
| Sex and Lucia | Lucía y el sexo | Julio Medem | Julio Medem | World Cinema Competition | |
| Shadows | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Sundance Collection (Retrospective) | |
| Siren | | Abigail Severance | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Sister Helen | | Rob Fruchtman, Rebecca Cammisa | | Documentary Competition | |
| Site | | Jason Kliot | | Special Screenings: September 11 (Short) | |
| Ski Bums | | John Zaritsky | | Special Screenings | |
| Skins | | Chris Eyre | | Premieres | |
| The Slaughter Rule | | Alex Smith, Andrew Smith | Alex Smith, Andrew Smith | Dramatic Competition | |
| Smokers Only | | Verónica Chen | | World Cinema Competition | |
| Soft for Digging | | JT Petty | | Frontier | |
| Soft Shell Man | | André Turpin | André Turpin | World Cinema Competition | |
| Spare Me | | Guinevere Turner | | Shorts | |
| Stolen Summer | | Pete Jones | Pete Jones | American Spectrum | |
| Storytelling | | Todd Solondz | Todd Solondz | American Showcase | |
| Streeters | | Gerardo Tort | Marina Stavenhagen | World Cinema Competition | |
| Stuck | | Jamie Babbit | | Shorts | |
| Taboo | | Max Makowski | Chris Fisher | Park City at Midnight | |
| Tadpole | | Gary Winick | Niels Mueller, Heather McGowan | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic |
| The Tale of a Floating World | | Alain Escaille | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| Tears of the Black Tiger | | Wisit Sasanatieng | Wisit Sasanatieng | World Cinema Competition | |
| Teknolust | | Lynn Hershman Leeson | Lynn Hershman Leeson | American Showcase | |
| Texas | | Russell Crowe, Brett Leonard | | Special Screenings | |
| That's My Face | E Minha Cara | Thomas Allen Harris | | American Spectrum | |
| Time Out | L'Emploi du Temps | Laurent Cantet | Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo | World Cinema Competition | |
| Touch | | Jeremy Podeswa | | Frontier (Shorts) | |
| The Trespasser | O Invasor | Beto Brant | Beto Brant, Marcal Aquino | World Cinema Competition | |
| Two Towns of Jasper | | Whitney Dow, Marco Williams | | Documentary Competition | |
| Under the Skin of the City | Zir-e Poust-e Shahr | Rakhshān Banietemad | Rakhshān Banietemad, Farid Mostafavi | World Cinema Competition | |
| Voice of the Prophet | | Robert Edwards | | Special Screenings: September 11 | |
| We Are Family | | Danny Schechter | | Special Screenings: September 11 | |
| Where Eskimos Live | | Tomasz Wiszniewski | | World Cinema Competition | |
| World Traveler | | Bart Freundlich | Bart Freundlich | American Showcase | |
| XX/XY | | Austin Chick | Austin Chick | Dramatic Competition | |
| Y tu mamá también | Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón | Special Screenings | |

## 2003

Dates: January 16 – January 26
See the 2003 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2004

Dates: January 15 – January 25
See the 2004 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2005

Dates: January 20 – January 30
See the 2005 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2006

Dates: January 19 – January 29
See the 2006 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2007

Dates: January 18 – January 28
See the 2007 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2008

Dates: January 17 – January 27
See the 2008 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2009

Dates: January 15 – January 25
See the 2009 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2010

Dates: January 21 – January 31
See the 2010 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2011

Dates: January 20 – January 30
See the 2011 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2012

Dates: January 19 – January 29
See the 2012 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2013

Dates: January 17 – January 27
See the 2013 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2014

Dates: January 16 – January 26
See the 2014 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2015

Dates: January 22 – February 1
See the 2015 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of award winners. See the List of films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown.

## 2016

Dates: January 21 – January 31
See the 2016 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2017

Dates: January 19 – January 29
See the 2017 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2018

Dates: January 18 – January 28
See the 2018 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2019

Dates: January 24 – February 3
See the 2019 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2020

Dates: January 23 – February 2
See the 2020 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2021

Dates: January 28 – February 3
See the 2021 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2022

Dates: January 20 – January 30
See the 2022 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2023

Dates: January 19 – January 29
See the 2023 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2024

Dates: January 18 – January 28
See the 2024 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.

## 2025

Dates: January 23 – February 2
See the 2025 Sundance Film Festival article for a full list of films shown and award winners.