| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| 1990 | Sweetie | Sweetie | Jane Campion | {{flag|Australia}} |
| Black Rain | Kuroi ame | Shohei Imamura | Japan}} |
| A City of Sadness | Bei qing cheng shi | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan}} |
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Peter Greenaway | France}}/{{flag|UK}} |
| Freeze Die Come to Life | Zamri, umri, voskresni! | Vitali Kanevsky | Soviet Union}} |
| 1991 | An Angel at My Table | An Angel at My Table | Jane Campion | {{fb|New Zealand}}/{{flag|UK}}/{{flag|Australia}} |
| The Double Life of Véronique | La double vie de Véronique | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France}}/{{flag|Poland}} |
| Life is Sweet | Life is Sweet | Mike Leigh | UK}} |
| Requiem for Dominic | Requiem für Dominik | Robert Dornhelm | Austria}}/{{flag|France}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
| Taxi Blues | Taksi-Blyuz | Pavel Lungin | Soviet Union}} |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | {{flag|UK}} |
| Close to Eden | Urga | Nikita Mikhalkov | Soviet Union}} |
| Danzon | Danzon | Maria Novaro | Mexico}}/{{flag|Spain}} |
| Howards End | Howards End | James Ivory | UK}} |
| Raise the Red Lantern | Da hong deng long gao gao gua | Zhang Yimou | China}}/{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}/{{flag|Taiwan}} |
| 1993 | The Piano | The Piano | Jane Campion | {{flag|Australia}} |
| Naked | Naked | Mike Leigh | UK}} |
| Like Water for Chocolate | Como agua para chocolate | Alfonso Arau | Mexico}} |
| Orlando | Orlando | Sally Potter | UK}} |
| The Story of Qiu Ju | Qiu Ju da guan si | Zhang Yimou | China}}/{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} |
| 1994 | Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge | Krzysztof Kieślowski | {{flag|France}}/{{flag|Poland}} |
| The Blue Kite | Lan feng zheng | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China}}/{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} |
| The Boys of St. Vincent | The Boys of St. Vincent | John N. Smith | Canada}} |
| Ladybird, Ladybird | Ladybird, Ladybird | Ken Loach | UK}} |
| Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | François Girard | Canada}} |
| 1995 | Before the Rain | Pred doždot | Milcho Manchevski | {{flag|Macedonia}}/{{flag|UK}} |
| The City of Lost Children | La cité des enfants perdus | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France}} |
| Exotica | Exotica | Atom Egoyan | Canada}} |
| I Am Cuba | Soy Cuba | Mikhail Kalatozov | Cuba}}/{{flag|Soviet Union}} |
| Through the Olive Trees | Zire darakhatan zeyton | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran}} |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | {{flag|UK}} |
| Breaking the Waves | Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | Denmark}} |
| Chungking Express | Chung Hing sam lam | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong|1959}} |
| Lamerica | Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy}} |
| Trainspotting | Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | UK}} |
| 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan | {{flag|Canada}} |
| Happy Together | Chun gwong cha sit | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong|1959}} |
| Mouth to Mouth | Boca a boca | Manuel Gómez Pereira | Spain}} |
| Nenette and Boni | Nénette et Boni | Claire Denis | France}} |
| Underground | Podzemlje | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia}}/{{flag|France}}/{{flag|Germany}} |
| 1998 | The Celebration | Festen | Thomas Vinterberg | {{flag|Denmark}} |
| Central Station | Central do Brasil | Walter Salles | Brazil}} |
| The Eel | Unagi | Shohei Imamura | Japan}} |
| The General | The General | John Boorman | Ireland}}/{{flag|UK}} |
| Fireworks | Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | Japan}} |
| 1999 | Run Lola Run | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | {{flag|Germany}} |
| All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain}} |
| My Son the Fanatic | My Son the Fanatic | Udayan Prasad | UK}} |
| Rosetta | Rosetta | Dardenne brothers | Belgium}}/{{flag|France}} |
| Topsy-Turvy | Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh | UK}} |
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| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Danser i mørket | Lars von Trier | {{flag|Denmark}} |
| In the Mood for Love | Fa yeung nin wa | Wong Kar-wai | France}}/{{flag|Hong Kong}} |
| Malli | Malli | Santosh Sivan | India}} |
| A Time for Drunken Horses | Zamani barayé masti asbha | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran}} |
| The War Zone | The War Zone | Tim Roth | UK}} |
| 2001 | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | {{flag|France}} |
| Amores perros | Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Mexico}} |
| Lumumba | Lubumba | Raoul Peck | Belgium}}/{{flag|France}}/{{flag|Germany}}/{{flag|Haiti}} |
| Sexy Beast | Sexy Beast | Jonathan Glazer | UK}}/{{flag|Spain}} |
| Together | Tillsammans | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden}}/{{flag|Denmark}}/{{flag|Italy}} |
| 2002 | Y Tu Mamá También | Y Tu Mamá También | Alfonso Cuarón | {{flag|Mexico}} |
| The Fast Runner | Atanarjuat | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada}} |
| Time Out | L'emploi du temps | Laurent Cantet | France}} |
| Bloody Sunday | Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | Ireland}}/{{flag|UK}} |
| The Piano Teacher | La pianiste | Michael Haneke | France}} |
| 2003 | Whale Rider | Whale Rider | Niki Caro | {{flag|New Zealand}}/{{flag|Germany}} |
| City of God | Cidade de Deus | Fernando Meirelles | Brazil}} |
| Lilya 4-Ever | Lilja 4-ever | Lukas Moodysson | Denmark}} |
| The Magdalene Sisters | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan | UK}}/{{flag|Ireland}} |
| The Triplets of Belleville | Les triplettes de Belleville | Sylvain Chomet | France}}/{{flag|Canada}}/{{flag|Belgium}} |
| 2004 | The Sea Inside | Mar Adentro | Alejandro Amenabar | {{flag|Spain}} |
| Oasis | Oasiseu | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea}} |
| Bad Education | La mala educación | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain}} |
| Red Lights | Feux rouges | Cédric Kahn | France}} |
| Yesterday | Yesterday | Darrell Roodt | South Africa}} |
| 2005 | Paradise Now | Paradise Now | Hany Abu-Assad | {{flag|Palestine}}/{{flag|Netherlands}}/{{flag|Germany}}/{{flag|France}} |
| The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lazarescu | Cristi Puiu | Romania}} |
| Duck Season | Temporada de patos | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico}} |
| Head-On | Gegen die Wand | Fatih Akın | Germany}}/{{flag|Turkey}} |
| Tony Takitani | Tony Takitani | Jun Ichikawa | Japan}} |
| 2006 | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | {{flag|Germany}} |
| 08 East of Bucharest | A fost sau n-a fost? | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania}} |
| The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros | Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros | Auraeus Solito | Philippines}} |
| Chronicle of an Escape | Crónica de una fuga | Israel Adrián Caetano | Argentina}} |
| Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb | France}}/{{flag|Morocco}}/{{flag|Algeria}}/{{flag|Belgium}}/{{flag|Japan}} |
| 2007 | Once | Once | John Carney | {{flag|Ireland}} |
| 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Cristian Mungiu | Romania}} |
| The Band's Visit | Bikur Ha-Tizmoret | Eran Kolirin | France}}/{{flag|Israel}}/{{flag|USA}} |
| Lady Chatterley | Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | Belgium}}/{{flag|France}} |
| Persepolis | Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud | France}}/{{flag|USA}} |
| 2008 | The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | {{flag|France}} |
| Gomorrah | Gomorra | Matteo Garrone | Italy}} |
| Hunger | Hunger | Steve McQueen | Ireland}}/{{flag|UK}} |
| The Secret of the Grain | La graine et le mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche | France}} |
| Silent Light | Stellet licht | Carlos Reygadas | France}}/{{flag|Germany}}/{{flag|Netherlands}}/{{flag|Mexico}} |
| 2009 | An Education | An Education | Lone Scherfig | {{flag|UK}} |
| Everlasting Moments | Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick | Jan Troell | Sweden}} |
| The Maid | La nana | Sebastián Silva | Chile}} |
| Mother | Madeo | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea}} |
| A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France}} |
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| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| 2010 | The King's Speech | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | {{flag|UK}} |
| Kisses | Kisses | Lance Daly | Ireland}} |
| Mademoiselle Chambon | Mademoiselle Chambon | Stéphane Brizé | France}} |
| Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | Morocco}}/{{flag|France}} |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | Loong Boonmee raleuk chat | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand}} |
| 2011 | A Separation | Jodaeiye Nader az Simin | Asghar Farhadi | {{flag|Iran}} |
| The Kid with a Bike | Le gamin au vélo | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Belgium}} |
| Shame | Shame | Steve McQueen | UK}} |
| Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark}} |
| Tyrannosaur | Tyrannosaur | Paddy Considine | UK}} |
| 2012 | Amour | Amour | Michael Haneke | {{flag|Austria}}/{{flag|France}}/{{flag|Germany}} |
| Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey}}/{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} |
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | France}}/{{flag|Belgium}} |
| Sister | L'enfant d'en haut | Ursula Meier | France}}/{{flag|Switzerland}} |
| War Witch | Rebelle | Kim Nguyen | Canada}} |
| 2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La vie d'Adèle | Abdellatif Kechiche | {{flag|France}} |
| Gloria | Gloria | Sebastian Lelio | Chile}} |
| The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy}} |
| The Hunt | Jagten | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark}} |
| A Touch of Sin | Tian zhu ding | Jia Zhangke | China}} |
| 2014 | Ida | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | {{flag|Poland}} |
| Force Majeure | Turist | Ruben Östlund | Sweden}} |
| Leviathan | Leviafan | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia}} |
| Mommy | Mommy | Xavier Dolan | Canada}} |
| Norte, the End of History | Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan | Lav Diaz | Philippines}} |
| Under the Skin | Under the Skin | Jonathan Glazer | UK}} |
| 2015[1] | Son of Saul | Saul Fia | László Nemes | {{flag|Hungary}} |
| Embrace of the Serpent | El abrazo de la serpiente | Ciro Guerra | Colombia}} |
| Girlhood | Bande de fillies | Céline Sciamma | France}} |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson | Sweden}} |
| Mustang | Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France}}/{{flag|Turkey}} |
| 2016[2] | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | {{flag|Germany}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
| Aquarius | Aquarius | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil}} |
| Chevalier | Chevalier | Athina Rachel Tsangari | Greece}} |
| My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Arnaud Desplechin | France}} |
| Under the Shadow | Zir-e Sayeh | Babak Anvari | Iran}}/{{flag|UK}} |
| 2017[3] | A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica | Sebastián Lelio | {{flag|Chile}} |
| BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo | France}} |
| I Am Not a Witch | I Am Not a Witch | Rungano Nyoni | UK}} |
| Lady Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | William Oldroyd | UK}} |
| Loveless | Nelyubov | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia}} |
| 2018 | Roma | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | {{flag|Mexico}} |
| Burning | Beoning | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea}} |
| Happy as Lazzaro | Lazzaro felice | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy}} |
| The Favourite | The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | UK}} |
| Shoplifters | Manbiki Kazoku | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan}} |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/spirit-awards-nominees-2016-carol-1201647728/|title='Carol,' 'Spotlight,' 'Beasts of No Nation' Lead Spirit Awards Nominations|date=2015-11-24|work=Film Independent|accessdate=2015-11-24}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmindependent.org/blog/film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/|title=2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced!|last=Warren|first=Matt|date=November 22, 2016|publisher=Independent Spirit Awards|accessdate=November 22, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/2018-independent-spirit-award-nominations-1201899835/|title=2018 Independent Spirit Award Nominations: 'Get Out' and 'Call Me by Your Name' Dominate|work=Indiewire|date=10 October 2017|accessdate=14 November 2017}}
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