Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

This is the list of the winners of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for dramatic features.

Winners

1970s

• 1978: Girlfriends^[1][2]
  • The Whole Shootin' Match (second place)^[3]

1980s

• 1982: Circle of Power^[4]
• 1984: Old Enough^[5][6][7]
• 1985: Blood Simple^{[8][9][10][11][12][7][13][14]}
• 1986: Smooth Talk^{[15][16][7][17]}
• 1987: The Trouble with Dick/Waiting for the Moon^[18][7]
• 1988: Heat and Sunlight^[19][7]
• 1989: True Love^[20][7]

1990s

• 1990: Chameleon Street^{[21][22][23][24][7]}
• 1991: Poison^{[10][25][26][7]}
• 1992: In the Soup^[27][7]
• 1993: Public Access/Ruby in Paradise^[28][7]
• 1994: What Happened Was...^[29][30][7]
• 1995: The Brothers McMullen/The Young Poisoner's Handbook^[11][31]
• 1996: Welcome to the Dollhouse^{[32][33][34][7][13]}
• 1997: Sunday^[35][7]
• 1998: Slam^{[11][36][37][7]}
• 1999: Three Seasons^[38][7]

2000s

• 2000: Girlfight/You Can Count on Me^{[39][40][41][7]}
• 2001: The Believer^[42][43]
• 2002: Personal Velocity^[44][7]
• 2003: American Splendor^{[45][46][47][7]}
• 2004: Primer^{[47][48][49][50][7]}
• 2005: Forty Shades of Blue^[7]
• 2006: Quinceañera^[51][7]
• 2007: Padre Nuestro^[7]
• 2008: Frozen River^[7][52]
• 2009: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire^{[53][54][55][7][56][52]}

2010s

• 2010: Winter's Bone^[7][57][52]
• 2011: Like Crazy^[7]
• 2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild^[58][59][7]
• 2013: Fruitvale Station^{[60][61][7][13]}
• 2014: Whiplash^[62][7]
• 2015: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl^[7]
• 2016: The Birth of a Nation^[7]
• 2017: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore^[7]
• 2018: The Miseducation of Cameron Post^[7][63]
• 2019: Clemency^[7]

2020s

• 2020: Minari^[64][7][65]
• 2021: CODA^[66][67][7]
• 2022: Nanny^[7][68]
• 2023: A Thousand and One^[7]
• 2024: In the Summers^[69][7][70]

International winners

See also

• Palme d'Or
• Academy Award for Best Picture

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