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Independent Spirit Award – Best Film Winners: All 39 Movies
This list compiles the films that have received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film, the top honor recognizing outstanding independent cinema each year.
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- 1985–2024
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39 films
Every Film in Independent Spirit Award – Best Film Winners
39 films from 1985 to 2024, mostly drama and biography, newest first.
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Anora 2024 · Comedy -
Past Lives 2023 · Drama -
Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022 · Action -
The Lost Daughter 2021 · Drama -
Nomadland 2020 · Drama -
The Farewell 2019 · Drama -
If Beale Street Could Talk 2018 · Drama -
Eat Me 2018 · Drama -
Moonlight 2016 · Drama -
Spotlight 2015 · Biography -
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014 · Comedy -
Salvo 2014 · Drama -
Silver Linings Playbook 2012 · Drama -
The Artist 2011 · Romance -
Black Swan 2010 · Drama -
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire 2009 · Drama -
The Wrestler 2008 · Drama -
Juno 2007 · Drama -
Little Miss Sunshine 2006 · Adventure -
Brokeback Mountain 2005 · Drama -
Lost in Translation 2003 · Drama -
Far From Heaven 2002 · Drama -
Memento 2001 · Mystery -
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 · Action -
Election 1999 · Drama -
Gods and Monsters 1998 · Biography -
The Apostle 1997 · Drama -
Fargo 1996 · Drama -
Leaving Las Vegas 1995 · Drama -
Pulp Fiction 1994 · Drama -
Short Cuts 1993 · Drama -
The Player 1992 · Drama -
Rambling Rose 1991 · Drama -
The Grifters 1990 · Drama -
sex, lies, and videotape 1989 · Drama -
Stand and Deliver 1988 · Biography -
River's Edge 1987 · Drama -
Platoon 1986 · Drama -
After Hours 1985 · Thriller
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