6 Best SAG Award Best Ensemble Cast Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 17, 2026

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast has crowned some of cinema’s most seamlessly interwoven and unforgettable ensemble performances. In Spotlight (2015): A team of investigative journalists uncovers a systemic cover-up of child abuse within the Catholic Church. Another standout is American Beauty (1999): A suburban father’s midlife crisis and unexpected job loss trigger a radical reevaluation of his life.

Spotlight (2015)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 97% Metacritic 93

A team of investigative journalists uncovers a systemic cover-up of child abuse within the Catholic Church.

Directed by Tom McCarthy · 2h 09m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars124 wins & 146 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · 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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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 91% Metacritic 80

A dysfunctional family road-trips across the country so their daughter can compete in a beauty pageant.

Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris · 1h 42m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars73 wins & 112 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Crash (2005)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 73% Metacritic 66

The intersecting lives of a diverse group of Los Angeles residents collide over a tense twenty-four hours.

Directed by Paul Haggis · 1h 52m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars66 wins & 112 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel · 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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Traffic (2000)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 93% Metacritic 86

The interconnected lives of drug users, dealers, and enforcers reveal the futility of the war on drugs.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 2h 27m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars73 wins & 86 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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American Beauty (1999)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 87% Metacritic 84

A suburban father's midlife crisis and unexpected job loss trigger a radical reevaluation of his life.

Directed by Sam Mendes · 2h 02m · Rated R

Won 5 Oscars112 wins & 102 nominations

Where to watch

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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Apollo 13 (1995)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 92% Metacritic 78

A NASA crew fights for survival after a catastrophic malfunction cripples their moon-bound spacecraft.

Directed by Ron Howard · 2h 20m · Rated PG

Won 2 Oscars31 wins & 59 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.

6 Best SAG Award Best Ensemble Cast Winning Movies

Spotlight (2015)

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Crash (2005)

Traffic (2000)

American Beauty (1999)

Apollo 13 (1995)

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