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The '''Independent Spirit Award for Best Film (or Best Feature)''' is one of the annual [[Independent Spirit Awards]].
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* [[Gotham Awards 2005|2005]]
 
* 2006
 
* [[Gotham Awards 2007|2007]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2008|2008]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2009|2009]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2010|2010]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2011|2011]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2012|2012]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2013|2013]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014|2014]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015|2015]]
 
* [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2016|2016]]
 
  
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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.
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==Notes==
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* "†" indicate which of the listed films (if any) won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] that same year
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* "‡" indicate which of the listed films (if any) were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] that same year
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==Winners and nominees==
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===1980s===
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* '''1985: ''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]'' (Warner Bros.) – [[Martin Scorsese]]'''
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** ''[[Blood Simple]]'' (Circle Films) – [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen and Ethan Coen]]
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** ''[[Smooth Talk]]''
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** ''[[The Trip to Bountiful]]''
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* '''1986: ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' † (Orion) – [[Oliver Stone]]'''
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** ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' – [[David Lynch]]
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** ''[[Down by Law (film)|Down by Law]]''
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** ''On Valentine's Day''
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** ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'' – [[Oliver Stone]]
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** ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]]'' (Columbia) – [[Rob Reiner]]
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* '''1987: ''[[River's Edge]]'' (Island Pictures) – [[Tim Hunter (director)|Tim Hunter]]
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** ''[[The Big Easy (film)|The Big Easy]]''
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** ''[[The Dead (1987 film)|The Dead]]'' – [[John Huston]]
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** ''[[Matewan]]''
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** ''[[Swimming to Cambodia]]'' – [[Jonathan Demme]]
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** ''[[Tough Guys Don't Dance (film)|Tough Guys Don't Dance]]'' (Cannon) – [[Norman Mailer]]
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* '''1988: ''[[Stand and Deliver]]'' (Warner Bros.) – [[Ramon Menendez]]'''
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** ''[[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hairspray]]'' (New Line Cinema) – [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]
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** ''[[Patti Rocks]]''
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** ''[[The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)|The Thin Blue Line]]''
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** ''[[Torch Song Trilogy (film)|Torch Song Trilogy]]'' (New Line Cinema)
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* '''1989: ''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'' (Miramax) – [[Steven Soderbergh]]'''
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** ''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' – [[Gus Van Sant]]
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** ''[[Heat and Sunlight]]''
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** ''[[Mystery Train (film)|Mystery Train]]''
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** ''[[True Love (1989 film)|True Love]]''
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===1990s===
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* '''1990: ''[[The Grifters (film)|The Grifters]]'' (Miramax) – [[Stephen Frears]]'''
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** ''[[Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer]]''
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** ''[[The Plot Against Harry]]''
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** ''[[Pump Up the Volume (film)|Pump Up the Volume]]'' (New Line Cinema)
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** ''[[To Sleep with Anger]]''
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* '''1991: ''[[Rambling Rose (film)|Rambling Rose]]'' – [[Martha Coolidge]]'''
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** ''[[City of Hope (film)|City of Hope]]''
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** ''[[Hangin' with the Homeboys]]''
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** ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]''
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** ''[[My Own Private Idaho]]'' (Fine Line Features) – [[Gus Van Sant]]
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* '''1992: ''[[The Player (film)|The Player]]'' (Fine Line Features) – [[Robert Altman]]'''
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** ''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' – [[Abel Ferrara]]
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** ''[[Gas Food Lodging]]''
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** ''[[Mississippi Masala]]''
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** ''[[One False Move]]'' – [[Carl Franklin]]
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* '''1993: ''[[Short Cuts]]'' (Fine Line Features) – [[Robert Altman]]'''
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** ''[[Equinox (1992 film)|Equinox]]''
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** ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (Samuel Goldwyn Company) – [[Kenneth Branagh]]
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** ''[[Ruby in Paradise]]''
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** ''[[The Wedding Banquet]]''
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* '''1994: ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' ‡ (Miramax) – [[Quentin Tarantino]]'''
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** ''[[Bullets over Broadway]]'' (Miramax) – [[Woody Allen]]
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** ''[[Eat Drink Man Woman]]''
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** ''[[Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle]]'' (Fine Line Features)
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** ''[[Wes Craven's New Nightmare]]'' (New Line Cinema) – [[Wes Craven]]
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* '''1995: ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]'' (United Artists) – [[Mike Figgis]]
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** ''[[The Addiction]]''
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** ''[[Living in Oblivion]]''
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** ''[[Safe (1995 film)|Safe]]''
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** ''[[The Secret of Roan Inish]]'' (Sony Pictures Classics) – [[John Sayles]]
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* '''1996: ''[[Fargo (film)|Fargo]]'' ‡ (PolyGram) – [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]]'''
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** ''[[Dead Man]]'' (Miramax) – [[Jim Jarmusch]]
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** ''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]''
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** ''[[Lone Star (1996 film)|Lone Star]]'' (Columbia / Castle Rock) – [[John Sayles]]
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** ''[[Welcome to the Dollhouse]]'' (Sony Pictures Classics)
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* '''1997: ''[[The Apostle]]'' (October Films) – [[Robert Duvall]]'''
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** ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' (Miramax) – [[Kevin Smith]]
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** ''[[Loved (film)|Loved]]''
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** ''[[Ulee's Gold]]'' (Orion)
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** ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'' (Columbia / Castle Rock) – [[Christopher Guest]]
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* '''1998: ''[[Gods and Monsters (film)|Gods and Monsters]]'' – [[Bill Condon]]'''
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** ''[[Affliction (film)|Affliction]]'' – [[Paul Schrader]]
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** ''[[Claire Dolan]]''
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** ''[[A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (film)|A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries]]''
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** ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]''
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* '''1999: ''[[Election (1999 film)|Election]]'' (Paramount) – [[Alexander Payne]]'''
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** ''[[Cookie's Fortune]]'' (October Films) – [[Robert Altman]]
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** ''[[The Limey]]'' – [[Steven Soderbergh]]
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** ''[[The Straight Story]]'' (Disney) – [[David Lynch]]
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** ''[[Sugar Town (film)|Sugar Town]]''
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===2000s===
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{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
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|-
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!width="100"|'''Year'''
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!width="450"|'''Winner'''
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!width="450"|'''Distributing company(s)'''
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!width="450"|'''Director(s)'''
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[16th Independent Spirit Awards|2000]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Sony Pictures Classics'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Ang Lee]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Before Night Falls (film)|Before Night Falls]]'' || Fine Line Features || [[Julian Schnabel]]
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|-
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|''[[George Washington (film)|George Washington]]'' || ContentFilm International || [[David Gordon Green]]
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|-
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|''[[Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai]]'' ||rowspan=2|Artisan Entertainment || [[Jim Jarmusch]]
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|-
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|''[[Requiem for a Dream]] || [[Darren Aronofsky]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[17th Independent Spirit Awards|2001]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]'''''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Newmarket Films'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Christopher Nolan]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' || Fine Line Features || [[John Cameron Mitchell]]
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|-
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|''[[L.I.E.]]'' || New Yorker Films || [[Michael Cuesta]]
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|-
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|''[[Things Behind the Sun]]'' || Showtime Networks || [[Allison Anders]]
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|-
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|''[[Waking Life]]'' || Fox Searchlight || [[Richard Linklater]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[18th Independent Spirit Awards|2002]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Far from Heaven]]'''''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Focus Features'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Todd Haynes]]'''
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|-
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|''[[The Good Girl]]'' || Fox Searchlight || [[Miguel Arteta]]
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|-
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|''[[Lovely & Amazing]]'' || rowspan=2|Lions Gate Films || [[Nicole Holofcener]]
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|-
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|''[[Secretary (film)|Secretary]]'' || [[Steven Shainberg]]
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|-
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|''[[Tully (film)|Tully]]'' || Telltale Films || Hilary Birmingham
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[19th Independent Spirit Awards|2003]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Focus Features'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Sofia Coppola]]'''
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|-
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|''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' || HBO Films || [[Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini]]
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|-
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|''[[In America (film)|In America]]'' || Fox Searchlight || [[Jim Sheridan]]
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|-
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|''[[Raising Victor Vargas]]'' || Samuel Goldwyn Films || [[Peter Sollett]]
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|-
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|''[[Shattered Glass (film)|Shattered Glass]]'' || Lions Gate Films || [[Billy Ray (screenwriter)|Billy Ray]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[20th Independent Spirit Awards|2004]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Sideways]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Alexander Payne]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Baadasssss!]]'' || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Mario Van Peebles]]
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|-
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|''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' || Fox Searchlight || [[Bill Condon]]
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|-
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|''[[Maria Full of Grace]]'' || Fine Line Features || [[Joshua Marston]]
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|-
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|''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]'' || THINKFilm || [[Shane Carruth]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[21st Independent Spirit Awards|2005]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Focus Features'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Ang Lee]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]'' ‡ || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Bennett Miller]]
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|-
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|''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'' ‡ || Warner Independent Pictures || [[George Clooney]]
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|-
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|''[[The Squid and the Whale]]'' || Samuel Goldwyn Films || [[Noah Baumbach]]
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|-
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|''[[The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]]'' || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Tommy Lee Jones]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[22nd Independent Spirit Awards|2006]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]]'''
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|-
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|''[[American Gun (2005 film)|American Gun]]'' || IFC Films || Aric Avelino
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|-
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|''[[The Dead Girl]]'' || First Look International || [[Karen Moncrieff]]
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|-
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|''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' || THINKFilm || [[Ryan Fleck]]
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|-
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|''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' || Picturehouse || [[Guillermo del Toro]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[23rd Independent Spirit Awards|2007]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Jason Reitman]]'''
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|-
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|''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'' || Miramax Films || [[Julian Schnabel]]
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|-
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|''[[I'm Not There]]'' || The Weinstein Company || [[Todd Haynes]]
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|-
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|''[[A Mighty Heart (film)|A Mighty Heart]]'' || Paramount Vantage || [[Michael Winterbottom]]
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|-
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|''[[Paranoid Park (film)|Paranoid Park]]'' || IFC Films || [[Gus Van Sant]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[24th Independent Spirit Awards|2008]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'''''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Darren Aronofsky]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Ballast (film)|Ballast]]'' || Alluvial Film Company || [[Lance Hammer]]
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|-
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|''[[Frozen River]]'' || rowspan=2| Sony Pictures Classics || [[Courtney Hunt]]
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|-
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|''[[Rachel Getting Married]]'' || [[Jonathan Demme]]
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|-
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|''[[Wendy and Lucy]]'' || Oscilloscope Pictures || [[Kelly Reichardt]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[25th Independent Spirit Awards|2009]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Lionsgate'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Lee Daniels]]'''
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|-
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|''[[500 Days of Summer|(500) Days of Summer]]'' || Fox Searchlight || [[Marc Webb]]
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|-
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|''[[Amreeka]]'' || Virgil Films & Entertainment || [[Cherien Dabis]]
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|-
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|''[[The Last Station]]'' || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Michael Hoffman (director)|Michael Hoffman]]
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|-
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|''[[Sin Nombre (2009 film)|Sin Nombre]]'' || Focus Features || [[Cary Fukunaga]]
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|-
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|}
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===2010s===
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{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
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|-
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!width="100"|'''Year'''
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!width="450"|'''Winner'''
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!width="450"|'''Distributing company(s)'''
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!width="450"|'''Director(s)'''
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[26th Independent Spirit Awards|2010]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Darren Aronofsky]]'''
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|-
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|''[[127 Hours]]'' ‡ || Fox Searchlight || [[Danny Boyle]]
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|-
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|''[[Greenberg (film)|Greenberg]] || rowspan=2|Focus Features || [[Noah Baumbach]]
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|-
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|''[[The Kids Are All Right (film)|The Kids Are All Right]]'' ‡ || [[Lisa Cholodenko]]
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|-
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|''[[Winter's Bone]]'' ‡ || Roadside Attractions || [[Debra Granik]]
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|-
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|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|[[27th Independent Spirit Awards|2011]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''''' †
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''The Weinstein Company'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Michel Hazanavicius]]'''
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|-
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|''[[50/50 (2011 film)|50/50]]'' || Summit Entertainment || [[Jonathan Levine]]
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|-
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|''[[Beginners]]'' || Focus Features || [[Mike Mills (director)|Mike Mills]]
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|-
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|''[[The Descendants]]'' ‡ || Fox Searchlight || [[Alexander Payne]]
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|-
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|''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]'' || FilmDistrict || [[Nicolas Winding Refn]]
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|-
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|''[[Take Shelter]]'' || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Jeff Nichols]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[28th Independent Spirit Awards|2012]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''''' ‡
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''The Weinstein Company'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[David O. Russell]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'' ‡ || Fox Searchlight || [[Benh Zeitlin]]
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|-
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|''[[Bernie (2011 film)|Bernie]]'' || Millennium Entertainment || [[Richard Linklater]]
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|-
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|''[[Keep the Lights On]]'' || Music Box Films || [[Ira Sachs]]
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|-
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|''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' || Focus Features || [[Wes Anderson]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[29th Independent Spirit Awards|2013]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''''' †
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]]'''
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|-
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|''[[All Is Lost]]'' || Lionsgate || [[J. C. Chandor]]
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|-
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|''[[Frances Ha]]'' || IFC Films || [[Noah Baumbach]]
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|-
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|''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' || CBS Films || [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen and Ethan Coen]]
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|-
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|''[[Nebraska (film)|Nebraska]]'' ‡ || Paramount Vantage || [[Alexander Payne]]
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|-
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|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[30th Independent Spirit Awards|2014]]
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)]]''''' †
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Fox Searchlight'''
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|style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Alejandro González Iñárritu|Alejandro G. Iñárritu]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Boyhood (film)|Boyhood]]'' ‡ || IFC Films || [[Richard Linklater]]
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|-
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|''[[Love Is Strange (film)|Love Is Strange]]'' || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Ira Sachs]]
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|-
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|''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'' ‡ || Paramount Pictures || [[Ava DuVernay]]
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|-
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|''[[Whiplash (2014 film)|Whiplash]]'' ‡ || Sony Pictures Classics || [[Damien Chazelle]]
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|-
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| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[31st Independent Spirit Awards|2015]] || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |'''''[[Spotlight (film)|Spotlight]]''''' † || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |'''Open Road Films''' || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |'''[[Tom McCarthy (director)|Tom McCarthy]]'''
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|-
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|''[[Anomalisa]]'' || Paramount Pictures || [[Charlie Kaufman]] and [[Duke Johnson (director)|Duke Johnson]]
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|-
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|''[[Beasts of No Nation (film)|Beasts of No Nation]]'' || Bleecker Street || [[Cary Fukunaga|Cary Joji Fukunaga]]
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|-
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|''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]'' || The Weinstein Company and StudioCanal || [[Todd Haynes]]
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|-
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|''[[Tangerine (film)|Tangerine]]'' || Magnolia Pictures || [[Sean S. Baker]]
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|}
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Revision as of 08:59, 21 November 2016

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.

Notes

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sony Pictures Classics Ang Lee
Before Night Falls Fine Line Features Julian Schnabel
George Washington ContentFilm International David Gordon Green
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Artisan Entertainment Jim Jarmusch
Requiem for a Dream Darren Aronofsky
2001 Memento Newmarket Films Christopher Nolan
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Fine Line Features John Cameron Mitchell
L.I.E. New Yorker Films Michael Cuesta
Things Behind the Sun Showtime Networks Allison Anders
Waking Life Fox Searchlight Richard Linklater
2002 Far from Heaven Focus Features Todd Haynes
The Good Girl Fox Searchlight Miguel Arteta
Lovely & Amazing Lions Gate Films Nicole Holofcener
Secretary Steven Shainberg
Tully Telltale Films Hilary Birmingham
2003 Lost in Translation Focus Features Sofia Coppola
American Splendor HBO Films Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
In America Fox Searchlight Jim Sheridan
Raising Victor Vargas Samuel Goldwyn Films Peter Sollett
Shattered Glass Lions Gate Films Billy Ray
2004 Sideways Fox Searchlight Alexander Payne
Baadasssss! Sony Pictures Classics Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey Fox Searchlight Bill Condon
Maria Full of Grace Fine Line Features Joshua Marston
Primer THINKFilm Shane Carruth
2005 Brokeback Mountain Focus Features Ang Lee
Capote Sony Pictures Classics Bennett Miller
Good Night, and Good Luck Warner Independent Pictures George Clooney
The Squid and the Whale Samuel Goldwyn Films Noah Baumbach
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Sony Pictures Classics Tommy Lee Jones
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
American Gun IFC Films Aric Avelino
The Dead Girl First Look International Karen Moncrieff
Half Nelson THINKFilm Ryan Fleck
Pan's Labyrinth Picturehouse Guillermo del Toro
2007 Juno Fox Searchlight Jason Reitman
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Miramax Films Julian Schnabel
I'm Not There The Weinstein Company Todd Haynes
A Mighty Heart Paramount Vantage Michael Winterbottom
Paranoid Park IFC Films Gus Van Sant
2008 The Wrestler Fox Searchlight Darren Aronofsky
Ballast Alluvial Film Company Lance Hammer
Frozen River Sony Pictures Classics Courtney Hunt
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
Wendy and Lucy Oscilloscope Pictures Kelly Reichardt
2009 Precious Lionsgate Lee Daniels
(500) Days of Summer Fox Searchlight Marc Webb
Amreeka Virgil Films & Entertainment Cherien Dabis
The Last Station Sony Pictures Classics Michael Hoffman
Sin Nombre Focus Features Cary Fukunaga

2010s

Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2010 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Darren Aronofsky
127 Hours Fox Searchlight Danny Boyle
Greenberg Focus Features Noah Baumbach
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko
Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions Debra Granik
2011 The Artist The Weinstein Company Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 Summit Entertainment Jonathan Levine
Beginners Focus Features Mike Mills
The Descendants Fox Searchlight Alexander Payne
Drive FilmDistrict Nicolas Winding Refn
Take Shelter Sony Pictures Classics Jeff Nichols
2012 Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Company David O. Russell
Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight Benh Zeitlin
Bernie Millennium Entertainment Richard Linklater
Keep the Lights On Music Box Films Ira Sachs
Moonrise Kingdom Focus Features Wes Anderson
2013 12 Years a Slave Fox Searchlight Steve McQueen
All Is Lost Lionsgate J. C. Chandor
Frances Ha IFC Films Noah Baumbach
Inside Llewyn Davis CBS Films Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Nebraska Paramount Vantage Alexander Payne
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Fox Searchlight Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood IFC Films Richard Linklater
Love Is Strange Sony Pictures Classics Ira Sachs
Selma Paramount Pictures Ava DuVernay
Whiplash Sony Pictures Classics Damien Chazelle
2015 Spotlight Open Road Films Tom McCarthy
Anomalisa Paramount Pictures Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Beasts of No Nation Bleecker Street Cary Joji Fukunaga
Carol The Weinstein Company and StudioCanal Todd Haynes
Tangerine Magnolia Pictures Sean S. Baker

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.

Notes

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sony Pictures Classics Ang Lee
Before Night Falls Fine Line Features Julian Schnabel
George Washington ContentFilm International David Gordon Green
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Artisan Entertainment Jim Jarmusch
Requiem for a Dream Darren Aronofsky
2001 Memento Newmarket Films Christopher Nolan
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Fine Line Features John Cameron Mitchell
L.I.E. New Yorker Films Michael Cuesta
Things Behind the Sun Showtime Networks Allison Anders
Waking Life Fox Searchlight Richard Linklater
2002 Far from Heaven Focus Features Todd Haynes
The Good Girl Fox Searchlight Miguel Arteta
Lovely & Amazing Lions Gate Films Nicole Holofcener
Secretary Steven Shainberg
Tully Telltale Films Hilary Birmingham
2003 Lost in Translation Focus Features Sofia Coppola
American Splendor HBO Films Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
In America Fox Searchlight Jim Sheridan
Raising Victor Vargas Samuel Goldwyn Films Peter Sollett
Shattered Glass Lions Gate Films Billy Ray
2004 Sideways Fox Searchlight Alexander Payne
Baadasssss! Sony Pictures Classics Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey Fox Searchlight Bill Condon
Maria Full of Grace Fine Line Features Joshua Marston
Primer THINKFilm Shane Carruth
2005 Brokeback Mountain Focus Features Ang Lee
Capote Sony Pictures Classics Bennett Miller
Good Night, and Good Luck Warner Independent Pictures George Clooney
The Squid and the Whale Samuel Goldwyn Films Noah Baumbach
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Sony Pictures Classics Tommy Lee Jones
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
American Gun IFC Films Aric Avelino
The Dead Girl First Look International Karen Moncrieff
Half Nelson THINKFilm Ryan Fleck
Pan's Labyrinth Picturehouse Guillermo del Toro
2007 Juno Fox Searchlight Jason Reitman
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Miramax Films Julian Schnabel
I'm Not There The Weinstein Company Todd Haynes
A Mighty Heart Paramount Vantage Michael Winterbottom
Paranoid Park IFC Films Gus Van Sant
2008 The Wrestler Fox Searchlight Darren Aronofsky
Ballast Alluvial Film Company Lance Hammer
Frozen River Sony Pictures Classics Courtney Hunt
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
Wendy and Lucy Oscilloscope Pictures Kelly Reichardt
2009 Precious Lionsgate Lee Daniels
(500) Days of Summer Fox Searchlight Marc Webb
Amreeka Virgil Films & Entertainment Cherien Dabis
The Last Station Sony Pictures Classics Michael Hoffman
Sin Nombre Focus Features Cary Fukunaga

2010s

Year Winner Distributing company(s) Director(s)
2010 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Darren Aronofsky
127 Hours Fox Searchlight Danny Boyle
Greenberg Focus Features Noah Baumbach
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko
Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions Debra Granik
2011 The Artist The Weinstein Company Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 Summit Entertainment Jonathan Levine
Beginners Focus Features Mike Mills
The Descendants Fox Searchlight Alexander Payne
Drive FilmDistrict Nicolas Winding Refn
Take Shelter Sony Pictures Classics Jeff Nichols
2012 Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Company David O. Russell
Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight Benh Zeitlin
Bernie Millennium Entertainment Richard Linklater
Keep the Lights On Music Box Films Ira Sachs
Moonrise Kingdom Focus Features Wes Anderson
2013 12 Years a Slave Fox Searchlight Steve McQueen
All Is Lost Lionsgate J. C. Chandor
Frances Ha IFC Films Noah Baumbach
Inside Llewyn Davis CBS Films Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Nebraska Paramount Vantage Alexander Payne
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Fox Searchlight Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood IFC Films Richard Linklater
Love Is Strange Sony Pictures Classics Ira Sachs
Selma Paramount Pictures Ava DuVernay
Whiplash Sony Pictures Classics Damien Chazelle
2015 Spotlight Open Road Films Tom McCarthy
Anomalisa Paramount Pictures Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Beasts of No Nation Bleecker Street Cary Joji Fukunaga
Carol The Weinstein Company and StudioCanal Todd Haynes
Tangerine Magnolia Pictures Sean S. Baker

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