6 Best BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 14, 2026

Supporting performances can walk off with a whole film, and the BAFTA tends to notice. Green Book pairs a bouncer with a renowned pianist on a Deep South tour, Whiplash has a drummer pushed to breaking point by a ruthless teacher, and Captain Phillips drops a cargo ship crew into a pirate hijacking. Django Unchained, The Fighter and Inglourious Basterds round out the six.

Green Book (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 77% Metacritic 69

A Black pianist and his working-class white driver tour the segregated Deep South together.

Directed by Peter Farrelly · 2h 10m · Rated PG-13

Won 3 Oscars58 wins & 125 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Whiplash (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 94% Metacritic 89

An ambitious young drummer is pushed to his psychological limits by a ruthless, abusive music conductor.

Directed by Damien Chazelle · 1h 47m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars100 wins & 144 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Captain Phillips (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A cargo ship captain is taken hostage by Somali pirates in a tense, drawn-out standoff.

Directed by Paul Greengrass · 2h 14m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Django Unchained (2012)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 87% Metacritic 81

A freed slave partners with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 45m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars58 wins & 158 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, YouTube TV, Starz Apple TV channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Fighter (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A boxer's career is held back by his crack-addicted brother and chaotic family.

Directed by David O. Russell · 1h 56m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 89% Metacritic 69

A team of Jewish-American soldiers and a vengeful cinema owner plot to assassinate Nazi leaders.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 33m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar134 wins & 173 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Winning Movies

Green Book (2018)

Whiplash (2014)

Captain Phillips (2013)

Django Unchained (2012)

The Fighter (2010)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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