Saturday, December 21

Sundance – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

2020 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Minari Lee Isaac Chung

Minari

Lee Isaac Chung

2019 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Clemency Chinonye Chukwu

Clemency

Chinonye Chukwu

2018 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

The Miseducation of Cameron Post Desiree Akhavan

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Desiree Akhavan

2017 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Macon Blair

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore.

Macon Blair

2016 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker

The Birth of a Nation

Nate Parker

2015 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

2014 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Whiplash Damien Chazelle

Whiplash

Damien Chazelle

2013 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler

Fruitvale Station

Ryan Coogler

2012 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Benh Zeitlin

2011 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Like Crazy Drake Doremus

Like Crazy

Drake Doremus

2010 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Winter's Bone Debra Granik

Winter’s Bone

Debra Granik

2009 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Precious Lee Daniels

Precious

Lee Daniels

2008 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Frozen River Courtney Hunt

Frozen River

Courtney Hunt

2007 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Sangre de mi sangre Christopher Zalla

Sangre de mi sangre

Christopher Zalla

2006 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Quinceañera Richard Glatzer

Quinceañera

Richard Glatzer

2005 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs

Forty Shades of Blue

Ira Sachs

2004 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Primer Shane Carruth

Primer

Shane Carruth

2003 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

American Splendor Shari Springer Berman

American Splendor

Shari Springer Berman

2002 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Personal Velocity Rebecca Miller

Personal Velocity

Rebecca Miller

2001 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

The Believer Henry Bean

The Believer

Henry Bean

2000 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Girlfight Karyn Kusama

Girlfight

Karyn Kusama

2000 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan

You Can Count on Me

Kenneth Lonergan

1999 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Three Seasons Tony Bui

Three Seasons

Tony Bui

1998 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Slam Marc Levin

Slam

Marc Levin

1997 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Sunday Jonathan Nossiter

Sunday

Jonathan Nossiter

1996 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Welcome to the Dollhouse Todd Solondz

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Todd Solondz

1995 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns

The Brothers McMullen

Edward Burns

1995 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

The Young Poisoner's Handbook Benjamin Ross

The Young Poisoner’s Handbook

Benjamin Ross

1994 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

What Happened Was... Tom Noonan

What Happened Was…

Tom Noonan

1993 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Public Access Bryan Singer

Public Access

Bryan Singer

1993 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Ruby in Paradise Victor Nunez

Ruby in Paradise

Victor Nunez

1992 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

In the Soup Alexandre Rockwell

In the Soup

Alexandre Rockwell

1991 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Poison Todd Haynes

Poison

Todd Haynes

1990 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Chameleon Street Wendell B. Harris Jr.

Chameleon Street

Wendell B. Harris Jr.

1989 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

True Love Nancy Savoca

True Love

Nancy Savoca

1988 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Heat and Sunlight Rob Nilsson

Heat and Sunlight

Rob Nilsson

1987 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

The Trouble with Dick Gary Walkow

The Trouble with Dick

Gary Walkow

1987 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Waiting for the Moon Jill Godmilow

Waiting for the Moon

Jill Godmilow

1986 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra

Smooth Talk

Joyce Chopra

1985 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Blood Simple Joel Coen

Blood Simple

Joel Coen

1984 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Old Enough Marisa Silver

Old Enough

Marisa Silver

1982 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

Circle of Power Bobby Roth

Circle of Power

Bobby Roth