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Train Dreams

A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. As his story unfolds, he experiences great love, unspeakable loss and unique bonds, on a journey that is both distinct and universal.

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Clint Bentley

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19 wins & 120 nominations total

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Hey, let me know if you want some water. - Train Dreams

Hey, let me know if you want some water.

You mind if I warm up a minute? - Train Dreams

You mind if I warm up a minute?

-Billy? -Yeah. - Train Dreams

Say, Billy, do you think it's a little different now out here? - Train Dreams

Say, Billy, do you think it's a little different now...

How… How is-- I ain't seen him in, gosh… at least a year, maybe longer. - Train Dreams

How… How is-- I ain't seen him in, gosh… at least a...

Yeah. Uh, no. Yeah. I… I ain't seen him either. - Train Dreams

Yeah. Uh, no. Yeah. I… I ain't seen him either.

Let me help you. - Train Dreams

Let me help you.

The last few years, he expected some great revelation about his life would descend upon him. - Train Dreams

The last few years, he expected some great revelation about...

Can you do that? - Train Dreams

Can you do that?

These days, there was plenty of work in town for anybody willing to get around after it. - Train Dreams

These days, there was plenty of work in town for anybody...

Avery? Avery Pinkham's heart condition would have been easily diagnosed and cured had he been born a - Train Dreams

Avery? Avery Pinkham's heart condition would have been...

Be gentle with the rabbits. - Train Dreams

Be gentle with the rabbits.

Miss, uh… Miss Thompson? - Train Dreams

Miss, uh… Miss Thompson?

What parts are you from? - Train Dreams

What parts are you from?

They told me about you, you know? - Train Dreams

They told me about you, you know?

I'm so happy to be here. - Train Dreams

I'm so happy to be here.

Used to all be under a glacier, you know? - Train Dreams

Used to all be under a glacier, you know?

Did I scare you? - Train Dreams

Did I scare you?

It's all right. - Train Dreams

It's all right.

Miss Thompson? - Train Dreams

Robert? - Train Dreams

How'd you come to this? - Train Dreams

How'd you come to this?

Everything looks so small from up here. - Train Dreams

Everything looks so small from up here.

-Everything grows so fast. - Train Dreams

-Everything grows so fast.

No. I wasn't. - Train Dreams

Yeah. They, uh… They didn't make it out. Oh, Robert. Yeah. You see, sometimes it… it… It feels like - Train Dreams

Yeah. They, uh… They didn't make it out. Oh, Robert....

Uh, not when, uh… Not when… when I should have been, I guess, and when… when, uh, they needed me the most. - Train Dreams

Uh, not when, uh… Not when… when I should have been, I...

I hear them sometimes. - Train Dreams

I hear them sometimes.

Yeah. I lost my husband too, a little over a year ago. - Train Dreams

Yeah. I lost my husband too, a little over a year ago.

The dead tree is as important as the living one - Train Dreams

The dead tree is as important as the living one

There must be something for us to learn from that. - Train Dreams

There must be something for us to learn from that.

The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit - Train Dreams

The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher...

Yeah. Yeah. Is that what I am? A hermit? Well, I mean, I believe we both are, in our own ways. - Train Dreams

Yeah. Yeah. Is that what I am? A hermit? Well, I mean, I...

Though he knew it must be impossible, the thought overwhelmed him that his daughter had returned. - Train Dreams

Though he knew it must be impossible, the thought...

Kate. Katie? Oh, Kate. Okay. - Train Dreams

Kate. Katie? Oh, Kate. Okay.

Oh my God. - Train Dreams

You want to get some water, honey? - Train Dreams

You want to get some water, honey?

Wow. What did you do? What did you do that for? - Train Dreams

Wow. What did you do? What did you do that for?

Bye-bye. - Train Dreams

Seeing Kate again felt as real as anything else in his lifeeven as he wondered if it had really happened to himHe spent many days and evenings wandering the forests and fields of the regionlooking for any sign of herThough he found nonehe spent the rest - Train Dreams

Seeing Kate again felt as real as anything else in his...

Though he found none, he spent the rest of his days waiting so he would be there if she ever came back. - Train Dreams

Though he found none, he spent the rest of his days waiting...

In his later years, Grainier rode the Great Northern from time to time into Spokane. - Train Dreams

In his later years, Grainier rode the Great Northern from...

He wandered the city without much direction or purpose, as if looking for something he had misplaced a long time ago. - Train Dreams

He wandered the city without much direction or purpose, as...

He saw his face in a mirror for the first time in nearly a decade. - Train Dreams

He saw his face in a mirror for the first time in nearly a...

Just four dollars, see the world as only the birds do. - Train Dreams

Just four dollars, see the world as only the birds do.

Hey, you'd better hold on to something. - Train Dreams

Hey, you'd better hold on to something.

Beautiful, ain't it? - Train Dreams

Beautiful, ain't it?

When Robert Grainier died in his sleep sometime in November of 1968, his life ended as quietly as it had begun. - Train Dreams

When Robert Grainier died in his sleep sometime in November...

I seen a grizzly big as a house Walk across an open plain Heard of a boy called Elvis something His voice could drive Young girls insane I’ve seen a man from a mile away Shoot a bobcat through the brain but Lately I’ve been having dreams Crazy dreams I ca - Train Dreams

I seen a grizzly big as a house Walk across an open plain...

I've seen an elk with twisted antlers Throw bright lightning across the sky Seen a man with a broken curse Leap from a bridge and try to fly Seen a boy who was a dog Who became a man who forgot to die Lately I’ve been having dreams Crazy dreams I can’t ex - Train Dreams

I've seen an elk with twisted antlers Throw bright...

The space that connects me Where I am now To the place where I’ll one day be It's measured in the words That we speak And the strange and wondrous things I’ve seen It’s measured in truth, It's measured in love Measured in a tendency to pain Measured by a - Train Dreams

The space that connects me Where I am now To the place where...

If the Lord was a redwood Would you try to cut Him down? - Train Dreams

If the Lord was a redwood Would you try to cut Him down?

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A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. As his story unfolds, he experiences great love, unspeakable loss and unique bonds, on a journey that is both distinct and universal.

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Director: Clint Bentley

Writer: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Denis Johnson

Production: N/A

Genre: Drama

Year: 2025

MetaScore: 88/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Nov 2025

Awards: 19 wins & 120 nominations total

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