Giải Tinh thần độc lập cho phim đầu tay hay nhất

**Giải Tinh thần độc lập cho phim đầu tay hay nhất** là một trong các giải Tinh thần độc lập dành cho phim đầu tay ngoài Hollywood, được bầu chọn là hay nhất. Giải này được lập từ năm 1987.

## Các phim đoạt giải & được đề cử
### Thập niên 1980
***1987: ''[[She's Gotta Have It]]''
**''[[A Great Wall (phim)|A Great Wall]]''
**''[[Belizaire the Cajun]]''
**''[[Hoosiers]]''
**''[[True Stories (phim)|True Stories]]''
***1988: *[[Dirty Dancing]]*
***[[Anna (phim)|Anna]]*
***[[Hollywood Shuffle]]*
***[[Siesta (phim)|Siesta]]*
***[[Waiting for the Moon]]*
***1989: ''[[Mystic Pizza]]''
**''[[Border Radio]]''
**''[[The Prince of Pennsylvania]]''
**''[[The Chocolate War (phim)|The Chocolate War]]''
**''[[The Wash (phim 1988)|The Wash]]''

===Thập niên 1990===
***1990: *[[Heathers]]*
***[[84C MoPic|84 Charlie Mopic]]*
***[[Powwow Highway]]*
***[[Sidewalk Stories]]*
***[[Talking To Strangers]]*
***1991: ''[[Metropolitan (phim)|Metropolitan]]''
**''[[House Party (phim)|House Party]]''
**''[[Lightning Over Braddock]]''
**''[[The Natural History of Parking Lots]]''
**''[[Twister (phim 1989)|Twister]]''
***1992: *[[Straight Out of Brooklyn]]*
***[[Chameleon Street]]*
***[[Poison (phim)|Poison]]*
***[[Slacker (phim)|Slacker]]*
***[[The Rapture (phim)|The Rapture]]*
***1993: ''[[The Waterdance]]''
**''[[Laws of Gravity]]''
**''[[My New Gun]]''
**''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''
**''[[Swoon (phim)|Swoon]]''
***1994: *[[El Mariachi]]*
***[[American Heart]]*
***[[Combination Platter]]*
***[[Mac (phim)|Mac]]*
***[[Menace II Society]]*
***1995: ''[[Spanking the Monkey]]''
**''[[Clean, Shaven]]''
**''[[Clerks]]''
**''[[I Like It Like That]]''
**''[[Suture (phim)|Suture]]''
***1996: *[[The Brothers McMullen]]*
***[[Kids (phim)|Kids]]*
***[[Little Odessa]]*
***[[Picture Bride (phim)|Picture Bride]]*
***[[River of Grass]]*
***1997: ''[[Sling Blade]]''
**''[[Big Night]]''
**''[[I Shot Andy Warhol]]''
**''[[Manny & Lo]]''
**''[[Trees Lounge]]''
***1998: *[[Eve's Bayou]]*
***[[Hard Eight (phim)|Hard Eight]]*
***[[In the Company of Men]]*
***[[Star Maps]]*
***[[The Bible And Gun Club]]*
***1999: ''[[The Opposite of Sex]]''
**''[[Buffalo '66]]''
**''[[High Art]]''
**''[[π (phim)|π]]''
**''[[Slums of Beverly Hills]]''

===Thập niên 2000===
***2000: *[[Being John Malkovich]]*
***[[Boys Don't Cry (phim)|Boys Don't Cry]]*
***[[Three Seasons]]*
***[[Twin Falls Idaho (phim)|Twin Falls Idaho]]*
***[[Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl]]*
***2001: ''[[You Can Count on Me]]''
**''[[Boiler Room (phim)|Boiler Room]]''
**''[[Girlfight]]''
**''[[Love & Basketball (phim)|Love & Basketball]]''
**''[[The Visit (phim 2000)|The Visit]]''
***2002: *[[In the Bedroom]]*
***[[Donnie Darko]]*
***[[Ghost World (phim)|Ghost World]]*
***[[The Anniversary Party]]*
***[[The Believer (phim)|The Believer]]*
***2003: ''[[The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys]]''
**''[[Interview with the Assassin]]''
**''[[Manito (phim)|Manito]]''
**''[[Paid in Full (phim)|Paid in Full]]''
**''[[Roger Dodger (phim)|Roger Dodger]]''
***2004: *[[Monster (phim)|Monster]]*
***[[Bomb the System]]*
***[[House of Sand and Fog]]*
***[[Quattro Noza]]*
***[[Thirteen (phim)|Thirteen]]*
***2005: ''[[Garden State (phim)|Garden State]]''
**''[[Brother to Brother]]''
**''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]''
**''[[Saints and Soldiers]]''
**''[[The Woodsman]]''
***2006: *[[Crash]]*
***[[Lackawanna Blues]]*
***[[Me and You and Everyone We Know]]*
***[[Thumbsucker (phim)|Thumbsucker]]*
***[[Transamerica (phim)|Transamerica]]*
***2007: ''[[Sweet Land]]''
**''[[Day Night Day Night]]''
**''[[Man Push Cart]]''
**''[[The Motel (phim)|The Motel]]''
**''[[Wristcutters: A Love Story]]''
***2008: *[[The Lookout]]*
***[[2 Days in Paris]]*
***[[Great World of Sound]]*
***[[Rocket Science (phim 2007)|Rocket Science]]*
***[[Vanaja (phim 2006)|Vanaja]]*
**'2009: *Synecdoche, New York*
***Afterschool*
***Medicine for Melancholy*
***Sleep Dealer*
***Sangre De Mi Sangre''

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