Anexo:Independent Spirit Award a la mejor película

El Independent Spirit Award a la mejor película es un premio anual otorgado en los Independent Spirit Awards a las mejores películas.

Ganadoras y nominadas

1980s

• 1985: After Hours
  • Blood Simple.
  • Smooth Talk
  • The Trip to Bountiful
• 1986: Platoon
  • Blue Velvet
  • Down by Law
  • On Valentine's Day
  • Salvador
  • Stand by Me
• 1987: River's Edge
  • The Big Easy
  • Matewan
  • Swimming to Cambodia
  • Tough Guys Don't Dance
• 1988: Stand and Deliver
  • Hairspray
  • Patti Rocks
  • The Thin Blue Line
  • Torch Song Trilogy
• 1989: Sexo, mentiras y cintas de vídeo
  • Drugstore Cowboy
  • Heat and Sunlight
  • Mystery Train
  • True Love

1990s

• 1990: Los timadores (The Grifters)
  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  • The Plot Against Harry
  • Pump Up the Volume
  • To Sleep with Anger
• 1991: Rambling Rose
  • City of Hope
  • Hangin' with the Homeboys
  • Homicide
  • My Own Private Idaho
• 1992: The Player
  • Bad Lieutenant
  • Gas, Food Lodging
  • Mississippi Masala
  • One False Move
• 1993: Vidas cruzadas (Short Cuts)
  • Equinox
  • The Wedding Banquet
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Ruby in Paradise
• 1994: Pulp Fiction
  • Bullets Over Broadway
  • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
  • New Nightmare
  • Eat Drink Man Woman
• 1995: Leaving Las Vegas
  • The Addiction
  • Living in Oblivion
  • Safe
  • The Secret of Roan Inish
• 1996: Fargo
  • Dead Man
  • The Funeral
  • Lone Star
  • Welcome to the Dollhouse
• 1997: El apóstol (The Apostle)
  • Chasing Amy
  • Loved
  • Ulee's Gold
  • Waiting for Guffman
• 1998: Dioses y monstruos
  • Affliction
  • Claire Dolan
  • A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
  • Velvet Goldmine
• 1999: Election
  • Cookie's Fortune
  • The Limey
  • The Straight Story
  • Sugar Town

2000s

• 2000: Wò hǔ cáng lóng
  • Antes que anochezca
  • George Washington
  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  • Requiem for a Dream
• 2001: Memento
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • L.I.E.
  • Things Behind the Sun
  • Despertando a la vida
• 2002: Far from Heaven
  • The Good Girl
  • Lovely & Amazing
  • Secretary
  • Tully
• 2003: Lost in Translation
  • American Splendor
  • In America
  • Raising Victor Vargas
  • Shattered Glass
• 2004: Entre copas
  • Baadasssss!
  • Kinsey
  • María, llena eres de gracia
  • Primer
• 2005: Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Buenas noches, y buena suerte
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada
• 2006: Little Miss Sunshine
  • American Gun
  • The Dead Girl
  • Half Nelson
  • El laberinto del fauno
• 2007: Juno
  • Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
  • I'm Not There
  • A Mighty Heart
  • Paranoid Park
• 2008: El luchador
  • Rachel Getting Married
  • Wendy and Lucy
  • Ballast
  • Frozen River
• 2009: Precious
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Amreeka
  • Sin nombre
  • La última estación

2010

• 2010: Black Swan
  • 127 horas
  • Greenberg
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • Winter's Bone
• 2011: The Artist (The Weinstein Company) - Michel Hazanavicius
  • 50/50
  • Beginners
  • Los descendientes (Fox Searchlight) - Alexander Payne
  • Drive (FilmDistrict)
  • Take Shelter
• 2012: Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company) - David O. Russell
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight) - Benh Zeitlin
  • Bernie - Richard Linklater
  • Keep the Lights On
  • Moonrise Kingdom (Focus Features) - Wes Anderson
• 2013: 12 años de esclavitud - Steve McQueen'
  • Inside Llewyn Davis - Joel CoenEthan Coen
  • Cuando todo está perdido - J.C. Chandor
  • Frances Ha
  • Nebraska - Alexander Payne
• 2014: Birdman o (la inesperada virtud de la ignorancia) (Regency Enterprises) - Alejandro González, John Lesher y Arnon Milchan
  • Boyhood
  • Whiplash
  • Selma
  • Love Is Strange
• 2015: Spotlight
  • Anomalisa
  • Beasts of No Nation
  • Carol
  • Tangerine
• 2016: Moonlight
  • American Honey
  • Chronic
  • Jackie
  • Manchester by the Sea
• 2017: Get Out
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • The Florida Project
  • Lady Bird
  • The Rider
• 2018: If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Eighth Grade
  • First Reformed
  • Leave No Trace
  • You Were Never Really Here
• 2019: The Farewell
  • A Hidden Life
  • Clemency
  • Historia de un matrimonio
  • Uncut Gems

2020

• 2020: Nomadland
  • First Cow
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Minari
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always