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.
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
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
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)
7.3/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique
Set in Harlem in 1987, this acclaimed drama chronicles the difficult life of Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) - an obese, abused, and illiterate 16-year-old... Read more
Frozen River (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Courtney Hunt
Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior
A powerfully unflinching tale of two women, who, driven by economic hardship, form an unlikely partnership smuggling illegal immigrants across the Can... Read more
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
6/10
Director: Ira Sachs
Starring: Rip Torn, Dina Korzun, Darren E Burrows
While living with a famous record producer 30 years her senior, a beautiful young Russian woman begins experiencing severe feelings of loneliness and... Read more
Primer (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Shane Carruth
Starring: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Anand Upadhyaya, Casey Gooden, Carrie Crawford
Everything you think you know about modern science is about to unravel. Written, directed by and starring Shane Carruth, this critically acclaimed low... Read more
American Splendor (2003)
7.5/10
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, James Urbaniak, Judah Friedlander, Harvey Pekar
"From off the streets of Cleveland" comes the acclaimed filming of Ohio file clerk/jazz buff/crank Harvey Pekar's underground comic book chronicle of... Read more
Personal Velocity (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Rebecca Miller
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk
Three very different women. One daring leap of faith. Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey and Fairuza Balk star in this compelling drama about three women who... Read more
The Believer (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Henry Bean
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell, Billy Zane
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, "The Believer" is a daring and gripping portrayal of a young Jewish man living an imposs... 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