European Film Award for Best Young Actor or Actress
# European Film Award for Best Young Actor or Actress

The European Film Award for Best Young Actor or Actress was an award given out at the 1988 European Film Awards to recognize an actor or an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film industry. So far an award was given only twice. In 1990 it was awarded as the European Discovery of the Year.

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Character |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | Best Young Actors and Actresses | Best Young Actors and Actresses | Best Young Actors and Actresses | Best Young Actors and Actresses |
| 1988 | Pelle Hvenegaard | Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren | Pelle Karlsson |
| 1988 | Ondřej Vetchý | House for Two | Dům pro dva | Dan |
| 1988 | Michaela Widhalm | Notturno | Mit meinen heißen Tränen | Schuberts Halbschwester Josefa |
| 1988 | Stefan Wood | Cripples Go Christmas | Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen | Spasski |
| 1988 | Enrico Böttcher | Cripples Go Christmas | Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen | Ringo |
| 1988 | Arnold Frühwald | Cripples Go Christmas | Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen | Aga |
| 1988 | Enrico Böttcher | Cripples Go Christmas | Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen | Ringo |
| 1989 (2nd) | no award given | no award given | no award given |
| 1990 | European Discovery of the Year | European Discovery of the Year | European Discovery of the Year | European Discovery of the Year |
| 1990 | Ennio Fantastichini | Open Doors | Porte aperte | Tommasco Scalia |
| 1990 | after 1990 | award discontinued | award discontinued | award discontinued |
