Best Actress Winners
2023
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once
This 1997 Character Driven Drama starred Matt Damon and Robin Williams.
Good Will Hunting
2023
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Mystic Pizza
This follows the true story of a man who was shot dead by police in the morning hours of New Year’s Day.
Fruitvale Station
Jessica Chaistain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
This 1996 script follows an uber-successful sports agent who has an epiphany and decides to start all over
Jerry Mcguire
2022
Will Smith - King Richard
This film following childhood friends who take a journey to the body of a missing boy was shot in 1886 but is still beloved today.
Stand By Me
This character driven film is about a Korean-American family in search of the so-called American Dream
Minari
2021
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Some say this 1992 biopic is Spike Lees best film and Denzel Washington's best performance
2021
Anthony Hopkins - The Father
It's unclear whether the bookkeoper character or Cher is what makes this New Yorker a lovable character from 1987
Moonstruck
This film follows an impromptu freelance videographer who begins covering the crime world in LA for a local TV station
Nightcrawler
2020
Renee Zellweger - Judy
In this character driven movie from 1992 an unlikely friendship develops between a kidnapped British soldier and his captor.
The Crying Game
Joaquin Phoenix - The Joker
This iconic 80s character driven film rebukes snap judgments, rejects how high school and the broader world works, in high school detention
The Breakfast Club
This film follows a family of four who is dealt with tragedy after tragedy, beginning with the younger sun A-ho's sudden incarceration
A Sun
2019
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
This 1997 Character Driven Drama is based off of David Mamet's play of the same name
Glengarry Glen Ross
2019
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
In this character driven drama the eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live his own life.
Running on Empty
Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson bring this quirky character driven movie about old lovers to life.
Blue Jay