Giải Tinh thần độc lập cho phim hay nhất

**Giải Tinh thần độc lập cho phim hay nhất** là một trong các giải Tinh thần độc lập được trao hàng năm cho một phim độc lập, được bầu chọn là hay nhất. Giải này được lập từ năm 1985.

## Các phim đoạt giải & được đề cử
### Thập niên 1980
***1985: ''[[After Hours (phim)|After Hours]]''
**''[[Blood Simple.]]''
**''[[Smooth Talk]]''
**''[[The Trip to Bountiful]]''
***1986: *[[Platoon (phim)|Platoon]]*
***[[Blue Velvet]]*
***[[Down by Law (phim)|Down by Law]]*
***[[On Valentine's Day]]*
***[[Salvador (phim)|Salvador]]*
***[[Stand by Me (phim)|Stand by Me]]*
***1987: ''[[River's Edge]]''
**''[[The Big Easy (phim)|The Big Easy]]''
**''[[Matewan]]''
**''[[Swimming to Cambodia]]''
**''[[Tough Guys Don't Dance (phim)|Tough Guys Don't Dance]]''
***1988: *[[Stand and Deliver]]*
***[[Hairspray (phim 1988)|Hairspray]]*
***[[Patti Rocks]]*
***[[The Thin Blue Line (documentary)|The Thin Blue Line]]*
***[[Torch Song Trilogy]]*
***1989: ''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]''
**''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]''
**''[[Heat and Sunlight]]''
**''[[Mystery Train (phim)|Mystery Train]]''
**''[[True Love (phim 1989)|True Love]]''

===Thập niên 1990===
***1990: *[[The Grifters (phim)|The Grifters]]*
****'
**''[[The Plot Against Harry]]''
**''[[Pump Up the Volume (phim)|Pump Up the Volume]]''
**''[[To Sleep with Anger]]''
***1991: *[[Rambling Rose (phim)|Rambling Rose]]*
***[[City of Hope (phim)|City of Hope]]*
***[[Hangin' with the Homeboys]]*
***[[Homicide (phim)|Homicide]]*
***[[My Own Private Idaho]]*
***1992: ''[[The Player]]''
**''[[Bad Lieutenant]]''
**''[[Gas, Food Lodging]]''
**''[[Mississippi Masala]]''
**''[[One False Move]]''
***1993: *[[Short Cuts]]*
***[[Equinox (phim)|Equinox]]*
***[[The Wedding Banquet|Hsi yen (The Wedding Banquet)]]*
***[[Much Ado About Nothing (phim)|Much Ado About Nothing]]*
***[[Ruby in Paradise]]*
***1994: ''[[Pulp Fiction (phim)|Pulp Fiction]]''
**''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]''
**''[[Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle]]''
**''[[New Nightmare]]''
**''[[Ẩm thực nam nữ|Yin shi nan nu (Eat Drink Man Woman)]]''
***1995: *[[Leaving Las Vegas]]*
***[[The Addiction]]*
***[[Living in Oblivion]]*
***[[Safe (phim)|Safe]]*
***[[The Secret of Roan Inish]]*
***1996: ''[[Fargo (phim)|Fargo]]''
**''[[Dead Man]]''
**''[[The Funeral (phim 1996)|The Funeral]]''
**''[[Lone Star (phim)|Lone Star]]''
**''[[Welcome to the Dollhouse]]''
***1997: *[[The Apostle]]*
***[[Chasing Amy]]*
***[[Loved (phim)|Loved]]*
***[[Ulee's Gold]]*
***[[Waiting for Guffman]]*
***1998: ''[[Gods and Monsters]]''
**''[[Affliction (phim)|Affliction]]''
**''[[Claire Dolan]]''
**''[[A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries]]''
**''[[Velvet Goldmine]]''
***1999: *[[Election (phim 1999)|Election]]*
***[[Cookie's Fortune]]*
***[[The Limey]]*
***[[The Straight Story]]*
***[[Sugar Town]]*

### Thập niên 2000
***2000: ''[[Ngọa hổ tàng long (phim 2000)|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)]]''
**''[[Before Night Falls]]''
**''[[George Washington (phim)|George Washington]]''
**''[[Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai]]''
**''[[Requiem for a Dream]]''
***2001: *[[Memento (phim)|Memento]]*
***[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (phim)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]*
***[[L.I.E.]]*
***[[Things Behind the Sun]]*
***[[Waking Life]]*
***2002: ''[[Far From Heaven]]''
**''[[The Good Girl]]''
**''[[Lovely & Amazing]]''
**''[[Secretary (phim)|Secretary]]''
**''[[Tully (phim)|Tully]]''
***2003: *[[Lost in Translation (phim)|Lost in Translation]]*
***[[American Splendor (phim)|American Splendor]]*
***[[In America]]*
***[[Raising Victor Vargas]]*
***[[Shattered Glass]]*
***2004: ''[[Sideways (phim)|Sideways]]''
**''[[How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass]]''
**''[[Kinsey (phim)|Kinsey]]''
**''[[Maria Full of Grace|Maria Full of Grace (Maria, eres llena de gracia)]]''
**''[[Primer (phim)|Primer]]''
***2005: *[[Brokeback Mountain (phim)|Brokeback Mountain]]*
***[[Capote (phim)|Capote]]*
***[[Good Night, and Good Luck.]]*
***[[The Squid and the Whale]]*
***[[The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]]*
***2006: ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]''
**''[[American Gun]]''
**''[[The Dead Girl]]''
**''[[Half Nelson (phim)|Half Nelson]]''
**''[[Pan's Labyrinth|Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)]]''
***2007: *[[Juno (phim)|Juno]]*
***[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (phim)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)]]*
***[[I'm Not There]]*
***[[Trái tim quả cảm|A Mighty Heart]]*
***[[Paranoid Park (phim)|Paranoid Park]]*
**'2008: *The Wrestler*
***Ballast*
***Frozen River*
***Rachel Getting Married*
***Wendy and Lucy''

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