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.

Notes

"†" indicate which of the listed films (if any) won the Academy Award for Best Picture that same year
"‡" indicate which of the listed films (if any) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture that same year

Winners and nominees

1980s

1985: After Hours (Warner Bros.) – Martin Scorsese
- Blood Simple (Circle Films) – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Smooth Talk
- The Trip to Bountiful
1986: Platoon † (Orion) – Oliver Stone
- Blue Velvet – David Lynch
- Down by Law
- On Valentine's Day
- Salvador – Oliver Stone
- Stand by Me (Columbia) – Rob Reiner
1987: River's Edge (Island Pictures) – Tim Hunter
- The Big Easy
- The Dead – John Huston
- Matewan
- Swimming to Cambodia – Jonathan Demme
- Tough Guys Don't Dance (Cannon) – Norman Mailer
1988: Stand and Deliver (Warner Bros.) – Ramon Menendez
- Hairspray (New Line Cinema) – John Waters
- Patti Rocks
- The Thin Blue Line
- Torch Song Trilogy (New Line Cinema)
1989: Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Miramax) – Steven Soderbergh
- Drugstore Cowboy – Gus Van Sant
- Heat and Sunlight
- Mystery Train
- True Love

1990s

1990: The Grifters (Miramax) – Stephen Frears
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- The Plot Against Harry
- Pump Up the Volume (New Line Cinema)
- To Sleep with Anger
1991: Rambling Rose – Martha Coolidge
- City of Hope
- Hangin' with the Homeboys
- Homicide
- My Own Private Idaho (Fine Line Features) – Gus Van Sant
1992: The Player (Fine Line Features) – Robert Altman
- Bad Lieutenant – Abel Ferrara
- Gas Food Lodging
- Mississippi Masala
- One False Move – Carl Franklin
1993: Short Cuts (Fine Line Features) – Robert Altman
- Equinox
- Much Ado About Nothing (Samuel Goldwyn Company) – Kenneth Branagh
- Ruby in Paradise
- The Wedding Banquet
1994: Pulp Fiction ‡ (Miramax) – Quentin Tarantino
- Bullets over Broadway (Miramax) – Woody Allen
- Eat Drink Man Woman
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Fine Line Features)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (New Line Cinema) – Wes Craven
1995: Leaving Las Vegas (United Artists) – Mike Figgis
- The Addiction
- Living in Oblivion
- Safe
- The Secret of Roan Inish (Sony Pictures Classics) – John Sayles
1996: Fargo ‡ (PolyGram) – Joel Coen
- Dead Man (Miramax) – Jim Jarmusch
- The Funeral
- Lone Star (Columbia / Castle Rock) – John Sayles
- Welcome to the Dollhouse (Sony Pictures Classics)
1997: The Apostle (October Films) – Robert Duvall
- Chasing Amy (Miramax) – Kevin Smith
- Loved
- Ulee's Gold (Orion)
- Waiting for Guffman (Columbia / Castle Rock) – Christopher Guest
1998: Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon
- Affliction – Paul Schrader
- Claire Dolan
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
- Velvet Goldmine
1999: Election (Paramount) – Alexander Payne
- Cookie's Fortune (October Films) – Robert Altman
- The Limey – Steven Soderbergh
- The Straight Story (Disney) – David Lynch
- Sugar Town

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	Artisan Entertainment	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	Lions Gate Films	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	Sony Pictures Classics	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 ‡	Focus Features	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

Independent Spirit Awards

Current categories	Best Film Best Male Lead Best Female Lead Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female Best Director Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Documentary Feature Best First Feature Best International Film Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay John Cassavetes Award Robert Altman Award

Ceremonies	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Independent Spirit Award for Best Film

After Hours (1985)
Platoon (1986)
River's Edge (1987)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
The Grifters (1990)
Rambling Rose (1991)
The Player (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Fargo (1996)
The Apostle (1997)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Election (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Memento (2001)
Far from Heaven (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Sideways (2004)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Juno (2007)
The Wrestler (2008)
Precious (2009)
Black Swan (2010)
The Artist (2011)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Spotlight (2015)

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