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

Winners

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref.
1978GirlfriendsClaudia Weill
The Whole Shootin' Match (second place)Eagle Pennell
1982Circle of PowerBobby Roth
1983Purple HazeDavid Burton Morris
1984Old EnoughMarisa Silver
1985Blood SimpleJoel Coen
1986Smooth TalkJoyce Chopra
1987The Trouble with DickGary Walkow
Waiting for the MoonJill Godmilow
1988Heat and SunlightRob Nilsson
1989True LoveNancy Savoca
1990Chameleon StreetWendell B. Harris Jr.
1991PoisonTodd Haynes
1992In the SoupAlexandre Rockwell
1993Public AccessBryan Singer
Ruby in ParadiseVictor Nuñez
1994What Happened Was...Tom Noonan
1995The Brothers McMullenEdward Burns
The Young Poisoner's HandbookBenjamin Ross
1996Welcome to the DollhouseTodd Solondz
1997SundayJonathan Nossiter
1998SlamMarc Levin
1999Three SeasonsTony Bui
2000GirlfightKaryn Kusama
You Can Count on MeKenneth Lonergan
2001The BelieverHenry Bean
2002Personal VelocityRebecca Miller
2003American SplendorShari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
2004PrimerShane Carruth
2005Forty Shades of BlueIra Sachs
2006QuinceañeraRichard Glatzer
2007Padre NuestroChristopher Zalla
2008Frozen RiverCourtney Hunt
2009Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by SapphireLee Daniels
2010Winter's BoneDebra Granik
2011Like CrazyDrake Doremus
2012Beasts of the Southern WildBenh Zeitlin
2013Fruitvale StationRyan Coogler
2014WhiplashDamien Chazelle
2015Me and Earl and the Dying GirlAlfonso Gomez-Rejon
2016The Birth of a NationNate Parker
2017I Don't Feel at Home in This World AnymoreMacon Blair
2018The Miseducation of Cameron PostDesiree Akhavan
2019ClemencyChinonye Chukwu
2020MinariLee Isaac Chung
2021CODASian Heder
2022NannyNikyatu Jusu
2023A Thousand and OneA.V. Rockwell
2024In the SummersAlessandra Lacorazza Samudio
2025AtropiaHailey Gates
2026JosephineBeth de Araújo

International winners

See also