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Spirit Awards 1990 Winners & Nominees

The 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990) took place on March 24, 1990. sex, lies, and videotape won Best Feature and 3 more awards. Drugstore Cowboy matched it with 4 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 10 categories is below.

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Best Feature
sex, lies, and videotape
Headline winners

Spirit Awards 1990: The Winners

sex, lies, and videotape won Best Feature against 2 other nominees. Steven Soderbergh (Best Director), Matt Dillon (Best Actor) and Andie MacDowell (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

sex, lies, and videotape (1989) movie poster Best Feature

Best Feature

sex, lies, and videotape

1989 · Drama · $24.7M worldwide

4 wins from 5 nominations at the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)

  • Best Director
  • Best Actress
  • Best Supporting Actress

A man returns to his hometown and, grappling with personal trauma, begins recording the private lives of his friends and family. His actions trigger a chain of revelations, exposing hidden desires, betrayals, and long-held secrets within the group. As the lines between observer and participant blur, the consequences of his actions force everyone to confront uncomfortable truths about themselves and their relationships.

About sex, lies, and videotape
Scoreboard

Spirit Awards 1990: Which Films Won the Most

Drugstore Cowboy and sex, lies, and videotape won 4 awards each. 4 films won at least once, while Mystery Train went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) movie poster
    Drugstore Cowboy 4 / 8
    1989 · Drama, Crime · 4 wins from 8 nominations
  2. sex, lies, and videotape (1989) movie poster
    sex, lies, and videotape 4 / 5
    1989 · Drama · 4 wins from 5 nominations
  3. Heathers (1989) movie poster
    Heathers 1 / 3
    1989 · Comedy, Crime · 1 win from 3 nominations
  4. My Left Foot (1989) movie poster
    My Left Foot 1 / 1
    1989 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  5. Mystery Train (1989) movie poster
    Mystery Train 0 / 7
    1989 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 7 nominations
  6. Sidewalk Stories (1990) movie poster
    Sidewalk Stories 0 / 3
    1990 · Comedy · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  7. Shag (1989) movie poster
    Shag 0 / 2
    1989 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  8. Vampire's Kiss (1989) movie poster
    Vampire's Kiss 0 / 1
    1989 · Fantasy, Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  9. Parents (1989) movie poster
    Parents 0 / 1
    1989 · Mystery, Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) movie poster
    Earth Girls Are Easy 0 / 1
    1989 · Sci-Fi, Comedy · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 10 Spirit Awards 1990 Categories: Winners & Nominees

10 categories and 34 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

10 categories · 34 nominations

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By genre

The Genres Behind the Spirit Awards 1990 Winners

Drama led with 25 nominations across 7 films and won 9. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 9 wins · 25 nominations · 36%
  2. Comedy 1 win · 19 nominations · 5%
  3. Crime 5 wins · 18 nominations · 28%
  4. Romance 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  5. Horror 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  6. Biography 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  7. Fantasy 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  8. Mystery 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  9. Sci-Fi 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  10. Musical 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
1990 season

How the Rest of the 1990 Awards Season Voted

The other 5 ceremonies of 1990, with the winner of each top prize. Born on the Fourth of July won the most of them: 2.

All 1990 awards
Earlier years

Previous Spirit Awards Ceremonies

The 4 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.

Every Spirit Awards ceremony

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Spirit Awards 1990: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Feature at the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)?

sex, lies, and videotape (1989) won Best Feature. The other nominees were Drugstore Cowboy and Mystery Train.

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Which film won the most awards at the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)?

Drugstore Cowboy and sex, lies, and videotape each won 4 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)?

Drugstore Cowboy (1989) led with 8 nominations and won 4 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)?

Best Director: Steven Soderbergh for sex, lies, and videotape. Best Actor: Matt Dillon for Drugstore Cowboy. Best Actress: Andie MacDowell for sex, lies, and videotape. Best Supporting Actor: Max Perlich for Drugstore Cowboy. Best Supporting Actress: Laura San Giacomo for sex, lies, and videotape.

When was the 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)?

The 5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990) took place on March 24, 1990. The database has 10 categories and 34 nominations for it.