Dinner In America(2020) May 2026

The film follows (played with a feral, chain-smoking intensity by Kyle Gallner ), an on-the-lam punk rocker and petty arsonist. While evading the cops, he hides out with Patty ( Emily Skeggs ), a socially awkward 20-year-old pet store employee who spends her days being bullied by high schoolers and her nights writing erotic letters to the lead singer of her favorite band, Psyops .

The twist? Simon is that lead singer, masked and anonymous, and he has no idea that the "weirdo" girl he’s hiding with is his most devoted fan. Why It Works: No Polishing Allowed Dinner in America(2020)

For a film that premiered to crickets at Sundance in 2020, Adam Rehmeier’s has pulled off the ultimate punk-rock trick: it refused to die. Instead, it simmered in the digital underground until a 2024 TikTok resurgence catapulted it into the mainstream spotlight, proving that some meals are just better as leftovers. The film follows (played with a feral, chain-smoking