The 18 most exciting movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival you need to see

It's that time again when Hollywood heads to the ski town of Park City, Utah, to showcase the best that independent film has to offer at the Sundance Film Festival.

Last year's fest gave us the world premieres of current award-season staples like "Manchester by the Sea" and "OJ: Made in America." We'll find out when the festival kicks off on Thursday what titles will jump from obscurity to our must-see list for the rest of 2017, and we'll be writing about it in real-time.

Here are 18 movies we think you'll want to seek out.