Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first South Korean film to win the festival's top prize.

Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2018 for her performance in the independent film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama in 2017, making it the first film with an all-black cast to win the award.

Lulu Wang won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director in 2019 for her work on the independent film The Farewell.

1917, directed by Sam Mendes, won the BAFTA Award for Best Film in 2020, making it the first war film to win the award since 1942.

Chadwick Boseman won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in 2021 for his performance in the independent film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 2020, making it the first non-English language film to win the award.

Helena Zengel won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2021 for her performance in the independent film News of the World.

Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2020, making it the first non-English language film to win the award.

Paul Raci won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2021 for his performance in the independent film Sound of Metal.

Belfast, directed by Kenneth Branagh, won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film in 2022, making it the first film set in Northern Ireland to win the award.

Kirsten Dunst won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for her performance in the independent film The Power of the Dog.

CODA, directed by Sian Heder, won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 2022, making it the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win the award.

Brendan Fraser won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in 2023 for his performance in the independent film The Whale.

Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2023, making it the first film from A24 to win the award.