Independent Spirit Award du meilleur film

Le Independent Spirit Award du meilleur film est l’un des prix annuels des Film Independent's Spirit Awards.

Dans les listes suivantes, les premiers titres en gras sont les gagnants et les suivants sont les nommés. Il est indiqué ensuite le titre anglophone (si différent du français), la société de production et le réalisateur.

Notes

• "†" indique un Oscar du meilleur film cette même année
• "‡" indique une nomination pour l'Oscar du meilleur film cette même année

Palmarès

les années 1980

• 1985: After Hours (Warner Bros.) – Martin Scorsese
  • Sang pour sang (Blood Simple) (Circle Films) – Joel et Ethan Coen
  • Smooth Talk - Joyce Chopra
  • Mémoires du Texas (The Trip to Bountiful) - Peter Masterson

• 1986: Platoon † (Orion) – Oliver Stone
  • Blue Velvet – David Lynch
  • Down by Law - Jim Jarmusch
  • True Stories - David Byrne
  • Salvador – Oliver Stone
  • Stand by Me (Columbia) – Rob Reiner

• 1987: Le Fleuve de la mort (River's Edge) (Island Pictures) – Tim Hunter
  • Big Easy : Le Flic de mon cœur (The Big Easy) - Jim McBride
  • Gens de Dublin (The Dead) – John Huston
  • Matewan - John Sayles
  • Swimming to Cambodia – Jonathan Demme
  • Les vrais durs ne dansent pas (Tough Guys Don't Dance) (Cannon) – Norman Mailer

• 1988: Envers et contre tous (Stand and Deliver) (Warner Bros.) – Ramón Menéndez
  • Hairspray (New Line Cinema) – John Waters
  • Patti Rocks - David Burton Morris
  • Le Dossier Adams (The Thin Blue Line) (Miramax) - Errol Morris
  • Torch Song Trilogy (New Line Cinema) - Paul Bogart

• 1989: Sexe, Mensonges et Vidéo (Sex, Lies, and Videotape) (Miramax) – Steven Soderbergh
  • Drugstore Cowboy – Gus Van Sant
  • Heat and Sunlight - Rob Nilsson
  • Mystery Train - Jim Jarmusch
  • True Love - Nancy Savoca

les années 1990

• 1990: Les Arnaqueurs (The Grifters) (Miramax) – Stephen Frears
  • Henry, portrait d'un serial killer (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) - John McNaughton
  • Harry Plotnick seul contre tous (The Plot Against Harry) - Michael Roemer
  • Pump Up the Volume (New Line Cinema) - Allan Moyle
  • To Sleep with Anger - Charles Burnett

• 1991: Rambling Rose – Martha Coolidge
  • City of Hope - John Sayles
  • Hangin' with the Homeboys - Joseph Vásquez
  • Homicide - David Mamet
  • 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 - Allison Anders
  • Mississippi Masala - Mira Nair
  • Un faux mouvement (One False Move) – Carl Franklin

• 1993: Short Cuts (Fine Line Features) – Robert Altman
  • Equinox - Alan Rudolph
  • Beaucoup de bruit pour rien (Much Ado About Nothing) (Samuel Goldwyn Company) – Kenneth Branagh
  • Ruby in Paradise - Victor Nuñez
  • Garçon d'honneur (The Wedding Banquet) - Ang Lee

• 1994: Pulp Fiction ‡ (Miramax) – Quentin Tarantino
  • Coups de feu sur Broadway (Bullets over Broadway) (Miramax) – Woody Allen
  • Salé, Sucré (Eat Drink Man Woman) - Ang Lee
  • Mrs Parker et le Cercle vicieux (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle) (Fine Line Features) - Alan Rudolph
  • Freddy sort de la nuit (Wes Craven's New Nightmare) (New Line Cinema) – Wes Craven

• 1995: Leaving Las Vegas (United Artists) – Mike Figgis
  • The Addiction - Abel Ferrara
  • Ça tourne à Manhattan (Living in Oblivion) - Tom DiCillo
  • Safe - Todd Haynes
  • Le Secret de Roan Inish (The Secret of Roan Inish) (Sony Pictures Classics) – John Sayles

• 1996: Fargo ‡ (PolyGram) – Joel et Ethan Coen
  • Dead Man (Miramax) – Jim Jarmusch
  • Nos funérailles (The Funeral) - Abel Ferrara
  • Lone Star (Columbia / Castle Rock) – John Sayles
  • Bienvenue dans l'âge ingrat (Welcome to the Dollhouse) (Sony Pictures Classics) - Todd Solondz

• 1997: Le Prédicateur (The Apostle) (October Films) – Robert Duvall
  • Méprise multiple (Chasing Amy) (Miramax) – Kevin Smith
  • Loved - Erin Dignam
  • L'Or de la vie (Ulee's Gold) (Orion) - Victor Nuñez
  • Waiting for Guffman (Columbia / Castle Rock) – Christopher Guest

• 1998: Ni Dieux ni Démons (Gods and Monsters) – Bill Condon
  • Affliction – Paul Schrader
  • Claire Dolan - Lodge Kerrigan
  • La fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais (A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries) - James Ivory
  • Velvet Goldmine - Todd Haynes

• 1999: L'Arriviste (Election) (Paramount) – Alexander Payne
  • Cookie's Fortune (October Films) – Robert Altman
  • L'Anglais (The Limey) – Steven Soderbergh
  • Une histoire vraie (The Straight Story) (Disney) – David Lynch
  • Sugar Town - Allison Anders et Kurt Voss

les années 2000

• 2000: Tigre et Dragon ‡ (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (Sony Pictures Classics) – Ang Lee
  • Avant la nuit (Before Night Falls) (Fine Line Features) - Julian Schnabel
  • George Washington (ContentFilm International) - David Gordon Green
  • Ghost Dog : La Voie du samouraï (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. Long Island Expressway (New Yorker Films) - Michael Cuesta
  • Things Behind the Sun (Showtime Networks) - Allison Anders
  • Waking Life (Fox Searchlight) - Richard Linklater

• 2002: Loin du paradis (Far from Heaven) (Focus Features) - Todd Haynes
  • The Good Girl (Fox Searchlight) Miguel Arteta
  • Lovely and Amazing (Lions Gate Films) - Nicole Holofcener
  • La Secrétaire (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 et Robert Pulcini
  • In America (Fox Searchlight) - Jim Sheridan
  • Long Way Home (Raising Victor Vargas) (Samuel Goldwyn Films) - Peter Sollett
  • Le Mystificateur (Shattered Glass) (Lions Gate Films) - Billy Ray

• 2004: Sideways ‡ (Fox Searchlight) - Alexander Payne
  • Baadasssss! (Sony Pictures Classics) - Mario Van Peebles
  • Dr Kinsey (Kinsey) (Fox Searchlight) - Bill Condon
  • Maria, pleine de grâce (Maria Full of Grace) (Fine Line Features) - Joshua Marston
  • Primer (THINKFilm) - Shane Carruth

• 2005: Le Secret de Brokeback Mountain (Brokeback Mountain) ‡ (Focus Features)- Ang Lee
  • Truman Capote ‡ (Capote) (Sony Pictures Classics) - Bennett Miller
  • Good Night and Good Luck ‡ (Warner Independent Pictures) - George Clooney
  • Les Berkman se séparent (The Squid and the Whale) (Samuel Goldwyn Films) - Noah Baumbach
  • Trois enterrements (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) (Sony Pictures Classics) - Tommy Lee Jones

• 2006: Little Miss Sunshine ‡ (Fox Searchlight) - Jonathan Dayton et Valerie Faris
  • American Gun (IFC Films) - Aric Avelino
  • The Dead Girl (First Look International) - Karen Moncrieff
  • Half Nelson (THINKFilm) - Ryan Fleck
  • Le Labyrinthe de Pan (Pan's Labyrinth) (Picturehouse) - Guillermo del Toro

• 2007: Juno ‡ (Fox Searchlight) - Jason Reitman
  • Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (Miramax Films) - Julian Schnabel
  • I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company) - Todd Haynes
  • Un cœur invaincu (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 se marie (Rachel Getting Married) (Sony Pictures Classics) - Jonathan Demme
  • Wendy et Lucy (Wendy and Lucy) (Oscilloscope Pictures) - Kelly Reichardt

• 2009: Precious ‡ (Lionsgate) - Lee Daniels
  • (500) jours ensemble (500 Days of Summer) (Fox Searchlight) - Marc Webb
  • Amerrika (Amreeka) (Virgil Films & Entertainment) - Cherien Dabis
  • Tolstoï, le dernier automne (The Last Station) (Sony Pictures Classics) - Michael Hoffman
  • Sin nombre (Focus Features) - Cary Joji Fukunaga

les années 2010

• 2010: Black Swan ‡ (Fox Searchlight) – Darren Aronofsky
  • 127 heures (127 Hours) ‡ (Fox Searchlight) - Danny Boyle
  • Greenberg (Focus Features) - Noah Baumbach
  • Tout va bien ! The Kids Are All Right (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: Happiness Therapy (Silver Linings Playbook) ‡ (The Weinstein Company) - David O. Russell
  • Les Bêtes du Sud sauvage (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: Twelve 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 et Ethan Coen
  • Nebraska ‡ (Paramount Vantage) - Alexander Payne

• 2014: Birdman † (Fox Searchlight) - Alejandro González 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 et 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

• 2016: Moonlight (A24) - Barry Jenkins
  • American Honey (A24) - Andrea Arnold
  • Chronic (Wild Bunch) - Michel Franco
  • Jackie (Fox Searchlight) - Pablo Larraín
  • Manchester by the Sea ‡ (Roadside Attractions) - Kenneth Lonergan

• 2017 : Get Out ‡ (Universal Pictures) - Jordan Peele
  • Call Me by Your Name ‡ (Sony Pictures Classics) - Luca Guadagnino
  • The Florida Project (A24) - Sean S. Baker
  • Lady Bird ‡ (A24) - Greta Gerwig
  • The Rider (Sony Pictures Classics) - Chloé Zhao

• 2018: Si Beale Street pouvait parler (If Beale Street Could Talk) (Annapurna Pictures) - Barry Jenkins
  • Eighth Grade (A24) - Bo Burnham
  • Sur le chemin de la rédemption (First Reformed) (A24) - Paul Schrader
  • Leave No Trace (Bleecker Street) - Debra Granik
  • A Beautiful Day (You Were Never Really Here) (Amazon Studios) - Lynne Ramsay

• 2018: L'Adieu (The Farewell) (A24) - Lulu Wang
  • Une vie cachée (A Hidden Life) (Fox Searchlight) - Terrence Malick
  • Clemency (Neon) - Chinonye Chukwu
  • Marriage Story (Netflix) - Noah Baumbach
  • Uncut Gems (A24) - Joshua et Ben Safdie