Sundance - Grand Jury Prize
Sundance is a popular ski resort located between Park City and Provo, Utah. It was founded and is owned by the actor Robert Redford, named after the role he played in the 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The Sundance Film Festival, held in Park City, is a competition for independent film makers that has become a popular January mecca for glitterati, the press and those that yearn to see and be seen. It is the largest film festival in the United States, and perhaps in the world.
Below are the past winners of the Grand Jury Prize for "Best Picture".
Right The Egyptian Theatre sign at the festival.
The Brothers McMullen (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Edward Burns
Starring: Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns, Connie Britton, Maxine Bahns, Jennifer...
This ultra low budget gem examines the very different approaches to life and love taken by three brothers temporarily living under the same roof on Lo... Read more
Three Seasons (1999)
7.3/10
Director: Tony Bui
Starring: Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Tran Manh Cuong, Harvey Keitel
This haunting drama from director Tony Bui is the first American film shot in Vietnam since the war and was a top winner at the Sundance Film Festival... Read more
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
7.4/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Brendan Sexton Jr, Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Eric Mabius
This Sundance winner follows the travails of Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo), the teen pariah who seems to invite the cruelties heaped upon her by cla... Read more
Whiplash (2014)
8.5/10
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Paul Reiser, J K Simmons, Miles Teller, Melissa Benoist
A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who... Read more
Whiplash (Blu-ray) (2014)
8.5/10
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Paul Reiser, J K Simmons, Miles Teller, Melissa Benoist
A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who... Read more
Winter's Bone (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Debra Granik
Starring: John Hawkes, Jennifer Lawrence
With the threat of her family being evicted from their home in the Ozarks if her bail-jumping father isn't caught within the week, 17-year-old Ree Dol... Read more
Winter's Bone ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Debra Granik
Starring: John Hawkes, Jennifer Lawrence
With the threat of her family being evicted from their home in the Ozarks if her bail-jumping father isn't caught within the week, 17-year-old Ree Dol... Read more
You Can Count on Me (2000)
7.7/10
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin
This alternately funny and melancholy acclaimed comedy-drama focuses on two orphaned siblings, a charismatic drifter (Mark Ruffalo) and an uptight sin... Read more