Coba ceritain soal Film Pertama Terbaik (Independent Spirit Award)

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

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

– 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