Breakthrough Performance

2014 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerStarred UpJack O'ConnellEric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On first day he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?Amazon

2015 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerBeasts of No NationAbraham AttahA drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.AmazonRoomJacob TremblayHeld captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.Amazon

2016 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerManchester by the SeaLucas HedgesA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.AmazonThe FitsRoyalty HightowerWhile training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.Amazon

2017 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerCall Me by Your NameTimothée ChalametIn 1980s Italy, a romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.Amazon

2018 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerLeave No TraceThomasin McKenzieA father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.Amazon