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

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 FallsFine Line FeaturesJulian Schnabel
George WashingtonContentFilm InternationalDavid Gordon Green
Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiArtisan EntertainmentJim Jarmusch
Requiem for a Dream Darren 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 & AmazingLions Gate FilmsNicole Holofcener
SecretarySteven Shainberg
TullyTelltale FilmsHilary 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
AmreekaVirgil Films & 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
Greenberg Focus 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 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) Fox Searchlight Alejandro G. Iñárritu
BoyhoodIFC FilmsRichard Linklater
Love Is StrangeSony Pictures ClassicsIra Sachs
SelmaParamount PicturesAva DuVernay
WhiplashSony Pictures ClassicsDamien Chazelle
2015SpotlightOpen Road FilmsTom McCarthy
AnomalisaParamount PicturesCharlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Beasts of No NationBleecker StreetCary Joji Fukunaga
CarolThe Weinstein Company and StudioCanalTodd Haynes
TangerineMagnolia PicturesSean Baker
2016MoonlightA24Barry Jenkins
American HoneyA24Andrea Arnold
ChronicWild BunchMichel Franco
JackieFox SearchlightPablo Larraín
Manchester by the SeaRoadside AttractionsKenneth Lonergan
2017Get OutUniversal PicturesJordan Peele
Call Me by Your NameSony Pictures ClassicsLuca Guadagnino
The Florida ProjectA24Sean Baker
Lady BirdA24Greta Gerwig
The RiderSony Pictures ClassicsChloé Zhao
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