• Source: Film Pertama Terbaik (Independent Spirit Award)




Pemenang dan nominee






= 1980an

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1986: She's Gotta Have It – Spike Lee, sutradara dan produser
Belizaire the Cajun – Glen Pitre, sutradara; Allan L. Durand, produser
A Great Wall – Peter Wang, sutradara
Hoosiers – David Anspaugh, sutradara; John Daly, Carter DeHaven, Derek Gibson dan Angelo Pizzo, produser
True Stories – David Byrne, sutradara; Gary Kurfirst, produser
1987: Dirty Dancing – Emile Ardolino, sutradara; Linda Gottlieb, produser
Anna – Yurek Bogayevicz, sutradara; Zanne Devine, produser
Hollywood Shuffle – Robert Townsend, sutradara dan produser; Carl Craig, produser
Siesta – Mary Lambert, sutradara; Gary Kurfirst, produser
Waiting for the Moon – Jill Godmilow, sutradara; Sandra Schulberg, produser
1988: Mystic Pizza – Donald Petrie, sutradara; Mark Levinson dan Scott M. Rosenfelt, produser
Border Radio – Allison Anders, Dean Lent dan Kurt Voss; Marcus DeLeon, produser
The Chocolate War, Keith Gordon, sutradara; Jonathan D. Krane, produser
The Prince of Pennsylvania – Ron Nyswaner, sutradara; Jonathan D. Krane, produser
The Wash – Michael Toshiyuki Uno, sutradara; Calvin Skaggs, produser
1989: Heathers – Michael Lehmann, sutradara; Denise Di Novi, produser
84 Charlie Mopic – Patrick Sheane Duncan, sutradara; Michael Nolan, producer
Powwow Highway – Jonathan Wacks, director; Jan Wieringa, producer
Sidewalk Stories – Charles Lane, director; Howard M. Brickner, produser
Talking to Strangers – Rob Tregenza, sutradara; J.K. Eareckson, produser




= 1990an

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1990: Metropolitan – Whit Stillman, sutradara dan produser
House Party – Reginald Hudlin, sutradara; Warrington Hudlin, produser
Lightning Over Braddock – Tony Buba, sutradara dan produser
The Natural History of Parking Lots – Everett Lewis, sutradara; Aziz Ghazal, produser
Twister – Michael Almereyda, sutradara; Wieland Schulz-Keil, produser
1991: Straight Out of Brooklyn – Matty Rich, sutradara dan produser
Chameleon Street – Wendell B. Harris Jr., sutradara dan produser
Poison – Todd Haynes, sutradara; Christine Vachon, produser
The Rapture – Michael Tolkin, sutradara; Karen Koch, Nancy Tenenbaum dan Nick Wechsler, produser
Slacker – Richard Linklater, sutradara dan produser
1992: The Waterdance – Neal Jimenez dan Michael Steinberg, sutradara; Gale Anne Hurd, Marie Cantin dan Guy Riedel, produser eksekutif
Laws of Gravity – Nick Gomez, sutradara; Bob Gosse dan Larry Meistrich, produser
My New Gun – Stacy Cochran, sutradara; Michael Flynn, produser
Reservoir Dogs – Quentin Tarantino, sutradara; Lawrence Bender, produser
Swoon – Tom Kalin, sutradara; Christine Vachon, produser
1993: El Mariachi – Robert Rodriguez, sutradara dan produser; Carlos Gallardo, produser
American Heart – Martin Bell, sutradara; Jeff Bridges dan Rosilyn Heller, produser
Combination Platter – Tony Chan, sutradara dan produser; Judy Moy, produser
Mac – John Turturro, sutradara; Brenda Goodman dan Nancy Tenenbaum, produser
Menace II Society – Allen dan Albert Hughes, sutradara; Darin Scott, produser
1994: Spanking the Monkey – David O. Russell, sutradara; Dean Silvers, produser
Clean, Shaven – Lodge Kerrigan, sutradara dan produser
Clerks – Kevin Smith, sutradara dan produser; Scott Mosier, produser
I Like It Like That – Darnell Martin, sutradara; Lane Janger, produser
Suture – David Siegel dan Scott McGehee, sutradara dan produser; Michele Petin, produser
1995: The Brothers McMullen – Edward Burns, sutradara; Dick Fisher, produser
Kids – Larry Clark, sutradara; Cary Woods, produser
Little Odessa – James Gray, sutradara; Paul Webster, produser
Picture Bride – Kayo Hatta, sutradara; Diane Mei Lin Mark dan Lisa Onodera, produser
River of Grass – Kelly Reichardt, sutradara
1996: Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton, sutradara; David L. Bushell dan Brandon Rosser, produser
Big Night – Campbell Scott dan Stanley Tucci, sutradara; Jonathan Filley, produser
I Shot Andy Warhol – Mary Harron, sutradara; Tom Kalin dan Christine Vachon, produser
Manny & Lo – Lisa Krueger, sutradara; Marlen Hecht dan Dean Silvers, produser
Trees Lounge – Steve Buscemi, sutradara; Chris Hanley dan Brad Wyman, produser
1997: Eve's Bayou – Kasi Lemmons, sutradara; Caldecot Chubb dan Samuel L. Jackson, produser
The Bible and Gun Club – Daniel J. Harris, sutradara dan produser
Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson, sutradara; Robert Jones dan John S. Lyons, produser
In the Company of Men – Neil LaBute, sutradara; Mark Archer dan Stephen Pevner, produser
Star Maps – Miguel Arteta, sutradara; Matthew Greenfield, produser
1998: The Opposite of Sex – Don Roos, sutradara; David Kirkpatrick dan Michael Besman, produser
Buffalo '66 – Vincent Gallo, sutradara; Chris Hanley, produser
High Art – Lisa Cholodenko, sutradara; Dolly Hall, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte dan Susan A. Stover, produser
π – Darren Aronofsky, sutradara; Eric Watson, produser
Slums of Beverly Hills – Tamara Jenkins, sutradara; Michael Nozik dan Stan Wlodkowski, produser
1999: Being John Malkovich – Spike Jonze, sutradara; Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin dan Vincent Landay, produser
Boys Don't Cry – Kimberly Peirce, director; Jeffrey Sharp, John Hart, Eva Kolodner dan Christine Vachon, producers
Three Seasons – Tony Bui, director; Jason Kliot and Joana Vicente, produser
Twin Falls Idaho – Michael Polish, sutradara; Marshall Persinger, Rena Ronson dan Steven J. Wolfe, produser
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl – Joan Chen, sutradara dan produser; Wai-Chung Chan, produser




= 2000an

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2000: You Can Count On Me – Kenneth Lonergan, sutradara; John Hart, Jeffrey Sharp, Barbara De Fina dan Larry Meistrich, produser
Boiler Room – Ben Younger, sutradara; Jennifer Todd dan Suzanne Todd, produser
Girlfight – Karyn Kusama, sutradara; Maggie Renzi, Sarah Green dan Martha Griffin, produser.
Love & Basketball – Gina Prince-Bythewood, sutradara; Spike Lee dan Sam Kitt, produser
The Visit – Jordan Walker-Pearlman, sutradara dan produser
2001: In the Bedroom – Todd Field, sutradara
The Anniversary Party – Alan Cumming dan Jennifer Jason Leigh, sutradara
The Believer – Henry Bean, sutradara
Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly, sutradara
Ghost World – Terry Zwigoff, sutradara
2002: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys – Peter Care, sutradara
Interview with the Assassin – Neil Burger, sutradara
Manito – Eric Eason, sutradara
Paid in Full – Charles Stone III, sutradara
Roger Dodger – Dylan Kidd, sutradara
2003: Monster – Patty Jenkins, sutradara; Mark Damon, Donald Kushner, Clark Peterson, Charlize Theron dan Brad Wyman, produser
Bomb the System – Adam Bhala Lough, sutradara; Ben Rekhi dan Sol Tryon, produser
House of Sand and Fog – Vadim Perelman, sutradara dan produser; Michael London, produser
Quattro Noza – Joey Curtis, sutradara; Fredric King, producer
Thirteen – Catherine Hardwicke, sutradara; Jeffrey Levy-Hinte dan Michael London, produser
2004: Garden State – Zach Braff, sutradara; Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted dan Richard Klubeck, produser
Brother to Brother – Rodney Evans, sutradara dan produser; Jim McKay, Isen Robbins dan Aimee Schoof, produser
Napoleon Dynamite – Jared Hess, sutradara; Jeremy Coon, Sean Covel dan Chris Wyatt, produser
Saints and Soldiers – Ryan Little, sutradara dan produser; Adam Abel, produser
The Woodsman – Nicole Kassell, sutradara; Lee Daniels, produser
2005: Crash – Paul Haggis, sutradara dan produser; Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris dan Bobby Moresco, produser
Lackawanna Blues – George C. Wolfe, sutradara; Halle Berry, Vince Cirrincione, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Nellie Nugiel dan Shelby Stone
Me and You and Everyone We Know – Miranda July, sutradara; Gina Kwon, produser
Thumbsucker – Mike Mills, sutradara; Anthony Bregman dan Bob Stephenson, produser
Transamerica – Duncan Tucker, sutradara; Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran dan Rene Bastian, produser
2006: Sweet Land – Ali Selim, sutradara; Alan Cumming dan James Bigham, produser
Day Night Day Night – Julia Loktev, sutradara; Melanie Judd dan Jessica Levin, produser
Man Push Cart – Ramin Bahrani, sutradara; Pradip Ghosh dan Bedford T. Bentley, produser
The Motel – Michael Kang, sutradara; Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon dan Karin Chien, produser
Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić, sutradara; Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly dan Mikal P. Lazarev, produser
2007: The Lookout – Scott Frank, sutradara; Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark dan Walter F. Parkes, produser
2 Days in Paris – Julie Delpy, sutradara; Christophe Mazodier dan Thierry Potok, produser
Great World of Sound – Craig Zobel, sutradara dan produser; Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green dan Richard A. Wright, produser
Rocket Science – Jeffrey Blitz, sutradara; Effie Brown dan Sean Welch, produser
Vanaja – Rajnesh Domalpalli, sutradara; Latha R. Domalapalli, produser
2008: Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman, sutradara dan produser; Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze and Sidney Kimmel, produser
Afterschool – Antonio Campos, sutradara; T. Sean Durkin dan Josh Mond, produser
Medicine for Melancholy – Barry Jenkins, sutradara; Justin Barber, produser
Sangre de Mi Sangre – Christopher Zalla, sutradara; Per Melita dan Ben Odell, produser
Sleep Dealer – Alex Rivera, sutradara; Anthony Bregman, produser
2009: Crazy Heart – Scott Cooper, sutradara dan produser; Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo dan T-Bone Burnett, produser
Easier with Practice – Kyle Patrick Alvarez, sutradara; Cookie Carosella, produser
The Messenger – Oren Moverman, sutradara; Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee and Zach Miller, produser
Paranormal Activity – Oren Peli, sutradara dan produser; Jason Blum, produser
A Single Man – Tom Ford, sutradara dan produser; Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano dan Robert Salerno, produser




= 2010an

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2010: Get Low – Aaron Schneider, sutradara; Dean Zanuck dan David Gundlach, produser
Everything Strange and New – Frazer Bradshaw, sutradara; Laura Techera Francia dan A.D. Liano, produser
The Last Exorcism – Daniel Stamm, sutradara; Eric Newman, Eli Roth, Marc Abraham dan Thomas A. Bliss, produser
Night Catches Us – Tanya Hamilton, sutradara; Ronald Simon, Sean Costello dan Jason Orans, produser
Tiny Furniture – Lena Dunham, sutradara; Kyle Martin dan Alicia Van Couvering, produser
2011: Margin Call – J. C. Chandor, sutradara; Joe Jenckes, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson dan Zachary Quinto, produser
Another Earth – Mike Cahill, sutradara; Hunter Gray, Mike Cahill, Brit Marling dan Nicholas Shumaker, produser
In the Family – Patrick Wang, sutradara; Patrick Wang, Andrew van den Houten dan Robert Tonino, produser
Martha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin, sutradara; Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach dan Patrick Cunningham, produser
Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering, sutradara; Brion Hambell dan Paul Jensen, produser
2012: The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky, sutradara
Fill the Void – Rama Burshtein, sutradara
Gimme the Loot – Adam Leon, sutradara
Safety Not Guaranteed – Colin Trevorrow, sutradara
Sound of My Voice – Zal Batmanglij, sutradara
2013: Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler, sutradara
Blue Caprice – Alexandre Moors, sutradara
Concussion – Stacie Passon, sutradara
Una Noche – Lucy Mulloy, sutradara
Wadjda – Haifaa al-Mansour, sutradara
2014: Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy, sutradara
Dear White People – Justin Simien, sutradara
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Ana Lily Amirpour, sutradara
Obvious Child – Gillian Robespierre, sutradara
She's Lost Control – Anja Marquardt, sutradara
2015: The Diary of a Teenage Girl – Marielle Heller, sutradara; Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, dan Madeline Samit, produser
James White – Josh Mond, sutradara; Max Born, Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Melody Roscher, dan Eric Schultz, produser
Manos Sucias – Josef Kubota Wladyka, sutradara; Elena Greenlee and Márcia Nunes, produser
Mediterranea – Jonas Carpignano, sutradara; Jason Michael Berman, Chris Columbus, Jon Coplon, Christoph Daniel, Andrew Kortschak, John Lesher, Ryan Lough, Justin Nappi, Alain Peyrollaz, Gwyn Sannia, Marc Schmidheiny, Victor Shapiro, dan Ryan Zacarias, produser
Songs My Brother Taught Me – Chloé Zhao, sutradara/produser; Mollye Asher, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Angela C. Lee, dan Forest Whitaker, produser
2016: The Witch – Robert Eggers, sutradara/produser; Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, dan Rodrigo Teixeira, produser
The Childhood of a Leader – Brady Corbet, sutradara; Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major, produser
The Fits – Anna Rose Holmer, sutradara/produser; Lisa Kjerulff, producer
Other People – Chris Kelly, sutradara; Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, dan Naomi Scott, produser
Swiss Army Man – Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, sutradara; Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, dan Jonathan Wang, produser
2017: Ingrid Goes West – Matt Spicer, sutradara; Jared Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza, Tim White, Trevor White, produser
Columbus – Kogonada, sutradara; Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Aaron Boyd, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz, produser
Menashe – Joshua Z. Weinstein, sutradara; Yoni Brook, Traci Carlson, Daniel Finkelman, Alex Lipschultz, produser
Oh Lucy! – Atsuko Hirayanagi, sutradara; Jessica Elbaum, Yukie Kito, Han West, produser
Patti Cake$ – Geremy Jasper, sutradara; Chris Columbus, Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Noah Stahl, Rodrigo Teixeira, produser

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Film Pertama Terbaik (Independent Spirit Award)
• Independent Spirit Awards
• Natalie Portman
• Jennifer Lawrence
• Golden Globe Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik - Film
• Emma Stone
• Saoirse Ronan
• Cate Blanchett
• Senyap
• Scarlett Johansson
• Tiara Andini
• Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
• Siti Nurhaliza