Independent Spirit Award for Best Film

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Film (or Best Feature) is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.

In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners. These are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees.

Winners and nominees

1980s
Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
1985 After Hours[1] Warner Bros. Martin Scorsese
Blood SimpleCircle FilmsJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
Smooth TalkGoldcrest FilmsJoyce Chopra
The Trip to BountifulIsland PicturesPeter Masterson
1986 Platoon Orion Pictures Oliver Stone
Blue VelvetDe Laurentiis Entertainment GroupDavid Lynch
Down by LawIsland PicturesJim Jarmusch
On Valentine's DayAngelika FilmsKen Harrison
SalvadorHemdale Film CorporationOliver Stone
Stand by MeColumbia PicturesRob Reiner
1987 River's Edge Island Pictures Tim Hunter
The Big EasyColumbia PicturesJim McBride
The DeadVestron PicturesJohn Huston
MatewanCinecom PicturesJohn Sayles
Swimming to CambodiaCinecom PicturesJonathan Demme
Tough Guys Don't DanceThe Cannon Group, Inc.Norman Mailer
1988 Stand and Deliver Warner Bros. Ramon Menendez
HairsprayNew Line CinemaJohn Waters
Patti RocksFilmDallas PicturesDavid Burton Morris
The Thin Blue LineMiramax FilmsErrol Morris
Torch Song TrilogyNew Line CinemaPaul Bogart
1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape Miramax Films Steven Soderbergh
Drugstore CowboyInternational Video EntertainmentGus Van Sant
Heat and SunlightSilverlight PicturesRob Nilsson
Mystery TrainOrion ClassicsJim Jarmusch
True LoveUnited ArtistsNancy Savoca

1990s
Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
1990 The Grifters Miramax Films Stephen Frears
Henry: Portrait of a Serial KillerGreycat FilmsJohn McNaughton
The Plot Against HarryNew Yorker FilmsMichael Roemer
Pump Up the VolumeNew Line CinemaAllan Moyle
To Sleep with AngerThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyCharles Burnett
1991 Rambling Rose New Line/Seven Arts Martha Coolidge
City of HopeThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyJohn Sayles
Hangin' with the HomeboysNew Line CinemaJoseph Vasquez
HomicideTriumph FilmsDavid Mamet
My Own Private IdahoFine Line FeaturesGus Van Sant
1992 The Player Fine Line Features Robert Altman
Bad LieutenantAries FilmsAbel Ferrara
Gas Food LodgingCinevilleAllison Anders
Mississippi MasalaThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyMira Nair
One False MoveI.R.S. ReleasingCarl Franklin
1993 Short Cuts Fine Line Features Robert Altman
EquinoxIRS MediaAlan Rudolph
Much Ado About NothingThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyKenneth Branagh
Ruby in ParadiseOctober FilmsVictor Nuñez
The Wedding BanquetThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyAng Lee
1994 Pulp Fiction Miramax Films Quentin Tarantino
Bullets over BroadwayMiramax FilmsWoody Allen
Eat Drink Man WomanThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyAng Lee
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleFine Line FeaturesAlan Rudolph
Wes Craven's New NightmareNew Line CinemaWes Craven
1995 Leaving Las Vegas United Artists Mike Figgis
The AddictionOctober FilmsAbel Ferrara
Living in OblivionSony Pictures ClassicsTom DiCillo
SafeSony Pictures ClassicsTodd Haynes
The Secret of Roan InishSony Pictures ClassicsJohn Sayles
1996 Fargo Gramercy Pictures Joel Coen
Dead ManMiramax FilmsJim Jarmusch
The FuneralOctober FilmsAbel Ferrara
Lone StarSony Pictures ClassicsJohn Sayles
Welcome to the DollhouseSony Pictures ClassicsTodd Solondz
1997 The Apostle October Films Robert Duvall
Chasing AmyMiramax FilmsKevin Smith
LovedMDP WorldwideErin Dignam
Ulee's GoldOrion PicturesVictor Nuñez
Waiting for GuffmanSony Pictures ClassicsChristopher Guest
1998 Gods and Monsters Lionsgate Films Bill Condon
AfflictionLionsgate FilmsPaul Schrader
Claire DolanNew Yorker FilmsLodge Kerrigan
A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesOctober FilmsJames Ivory
Velvet GoldmineMiramax FilmsTodd Haynes
1999 Election Paramount Pictures Alexander Payne
Cookie's FortuneOctober FilmsRobert Altman
The LimeyArtisan EntertainmentSteven Soderbergh
The Straight StoryWalt Disney PicturesDavid Lynch
Sugar TownOctober Films/USA FilmsAllison Anders and Kurt Voss

2000s
Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sony Pictures Classics Ang Lee
Before Night FallsFine Line FeaturesJulian Schnabel
George WashingtonContentFilm InternationalDavid Gordon Green
Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiArtisan EntertainmentJim Jarmusch
Requiem for a DreamDarren Aronofsky
2001 Memento Newmarket Films Christopher Nolan
Hedwig and the Angry InchFine Line FeaturesJohn Cameron Mitchell
L.I.E.New Yorker FilmsMichael Cuesta
Things Behind the SunShowtime NetworksAllison Anders
Waking LifeFox SearchlightRichard Linklater
2002 Far from Heaven Focus Features Todd Haynes
The Good GirlFox SearchlightMiguel Arteta
Lovely & AmazingLionsgate FilmsNicole Holofcener
SecretarySteven Shainberg
TullySmall Planet PicturesHilary Birmingham
2003 Lost in Translation Focus Features Sofia Coppola
American SplendorHBO FilmsShari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
In AmericaFox SearchlightJim Sheridan
Raising Victor VargasSamuel Goldwyn FilmsPeter Sollett
Shattered GlassLions Gate FilmsBilly Ray
2004 Sideways Fox Searchlight Alexander Payne
Baadasssss!Sony Pictures ClassicsMario Van Peebles
KinseyFox SearchlightBill Condon
Maria Full of GraceFine Line FeaturesJoshua Marston
PrimerTHINKFilmShane Carruth
2005 Brokeback Mountain Focus Features Ang Lee
CapoteSony Pictures ClassicsBennett Miller
Good Night, and Good LuckWarner Independent PicturesGeorge Clooney
The Squid and the WhaleSamuel Goldwyn FilmsNoah Baumbach
The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaSony Pictures ClassicsTommy Lee Jones
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
American GunIFC FilmsAric Avelino
The Dead GirlFirst Look InternationalKaren Moncrieff
Half NelsonTHINKFilmRyan Fleck
Pan's LabyrinthPicturehouseGuillermo del Toro
2007 Juno Fox Searchlight Jason Reitman
The Diving Bell and the ButterflyMiramax FilmsJulian Schnabel
I'm Not ThereThe Weinstein CompanyTodd Haynes
A Mighty HeartParamount VantageMichael Winterbottom
Paranoid ParkIFC FilmsGus Van Sant
2008 The Wrestler Fox Searchlight Darren Aronofsky
BallastAlluvial Film CompanyLance Hammer
Frozen RiverSony Pictures ClassicsCourtney Hunt
Rachel Getting MarriedJonathan Demme
Wendy and LucyOscilloscope PicturesKelly Reichardt
2009 Precious Lionsgate Lee Daniels
(500) Days of SummerFox SearchlightMarc Webb
AmreekaNational Geographic EntertainmentCherien Dabis
The Last StationSony Pictures ClassicsMichael Hoffman
Sin NombreFocus FeaturesCary Fukunaga

2010s
Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2010 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Darren Aronofsky
127 HoursFox SearchlightDanny Boyle
GreenbergFocus FeaturesNoah Baumbach
The Kids Are All RightLisa Cholodenko
Winter's BoneRoadside AttractionsDebra Granik
2011 The Artist The Weinstein Company Michel Hazanavicius
50/50Summit EntertainmentJonathan Levine
BeginnersFocus FeaturesMike Mills
The DescendantsFox SearchlightAlexander Payne
DriveFilmDistrictNicolas Winding Refn
Take ShelterSony Pictures ClassicsJeff Nichols
2012 Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Company David O. Russell
Beasts of the Southern WildFox SearchlightBenh Zeitlin
BernieMillennium EntertainmentRichard Linklater
Keep the Lights OnMusic Box FilmsIra Sachs
Moonrise KingdomFocus FeaturesWes Anderson
2013 12 Years a Slave[2] Fox Searchlight Steve McQueen
All Is LostLionsgateJ. C. Chandor
Frances HaIFC FilmsNoah Baumbach
Inside Llewyn DavisCBS FilmsJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
NebraskaParamount VantageAlexander Payne
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)[3] Fox Searchlight Alejandro G. Iñárritu
BoyhoodIFC FilmsRichard Linklater
Love Is StrangeSony Pictures ClassicsIra Sachs
SelmaParamount PicturesAva DuVernay
WhiplashSony Pictures ClassicsDamien Chazelle
2015Spotlight[4]Open Road FilmsTom McCarthy
AnomalisaParamount PicturesCharlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Beasts of No NationBleecker Street/NetflixCary Joji Fukunaga
CarolStudioCanal/The Weinstein CompanyTodd Haynes
TangerineMagnolia PicturesSean Baker
2016Moonlight[5]A24Barry Jenkins
American HoneyA24Andrea Arnold
ChronicWild BunchMichel Franco
JackieFox SearchlightPablo Larraín
Manchester by the SeaAmazon Studios/Roadside AttractionsKenneth Lonergan
2017Get Out[6]Universal PicturesJordan Peele
Call Me by Your NameSony Pictures ClassicsLuca Guadagnino
The Florida ProjectA24Sean Baker
Lady BirdA24Greta Gerwig
The RiderSony Pictures ClassicsChloé Zhao
2018If Beale Street Could Talk[7]Annapurna PicturesBarry Jenkins
Eighth GradeA24Bo Burnham
First ReformedA24Paul Schrader
Leave No TraceBleecker StreetDebra Granik
You Were Never Really HereAmazon StudiosLynne Ramsay
2019The Farewell[8]A24Lulu Wang
A Hidden LifeFox SearchlightTerrence Malick
ClemencyNeonChinonye Chukwu
Marriage StoryNetflixNoah Baumbach
Uncut GemsA24Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie

2020s
Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2020 First CowA24Kelly Reichardt
Ma Rainey's Black BottomNetflixGeorge C. Wolfe
MinariA24Lee Isaac Chung
Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysFocus FeaturesEliza Hittman
NomadlandSearchlight PicturesChloé Zhao

References
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  5. Earl, William (2017-02-26). "2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Full Winners List". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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  8. D'Alessandro, Anthony; Blyth, Antonia (2020-02-08). "Independent Spirit Awards Redresses Female Balance With Wins For Lulu Wang, Olivia Wilde & Julia Reichert – Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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