Independent Spirit Best First Feature

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The Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards. It is usually given to the director (or directors) and producer (or producers). The "first feature" designation is applied to the director not the producer(s). Therefore, producers have been nominated multiple times.

Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization whose Members include filmmakers, film industry leaders and film lovers, is responsible for the Film Independent Spirit Awards, dedicated to awarding independent filmmakers since 1984. The Best First Feature Award has been awarded since the ceremony's second year.

Anyone can join Film Independent. Anyone passionate about the art of film can become a Member and vote for the winners of the Spirit Awards.

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    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
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    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
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    Mystic Pizza

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
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    Metropolitan

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
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    Straight Out of Brooklyn

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Waterdance

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
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    Spanking the Monkey

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Brothers McMullen

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    Sling Blade

    1996, in 1 top list Check
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    Eve's Bayou

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Opposite of Sex

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
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    You Can Count on Me

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    In the Bedroom

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Monster

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Garden State

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
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    Crash

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    Sweet Land

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Lookout

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
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    Crazy Heart

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Get Low

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Margin Call

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
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    Fruitvale Station

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
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    Nightcrawler

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Diary of a Teenage Girl

    2015, in 1 top list Check
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    The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

    2015 — a.k.a. The Witch, in 4 top lists Check
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    Ingrid Goes West

    2017, in 0 top lists
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    Sorry to Bother You

    2018, in 4 top lists
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    Booksmart

    2019, in 3 top lists
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