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2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerSilver Linings PlaybookDavid O. RussellAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.Amazon2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesKeep the Lights OnIra SachsAmazonMoonrise KingdomWes AndersonAmazonRuby SparksZoe KazanAmazonSeven PsychopathsMartin McDonaghAmazon

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay Winner12 Years a SlaveJohn RidleyIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Amazon2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesBefore MidnightJulie DelpyAmazonBlue JasmineWoody AllenAmazonEnough SaidNicole HolofcenerAmazonThe Spectacular NowScott NeustadterAmazon

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerNightcrawlerDan GilroyWhen Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.Amazon2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesA Most Violent YearJ.C. ChandorAmazonBig EyesScott AlexanderAmazonLove Is StrangeIra SachsAmazonOnly Lovers Left AliveJim JarmuschAmazon

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerSpotlightTom McCarthyThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.Amazon2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesAnomalisaCharlie KaufmanAmazonBone TomahawkS. Craig ZahlerAmazonCarolPhyllis NagyAmazonThe End of the TourDonald MarguliesAmazon

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerMoonlightBarry JenkinsA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Amazon2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay Nominees20th Century WomenMike MillsAmazonHell or High WaterTaylor SheridanAmazonLittle MenIra SachsAmazonManchester by the SeaKenneth LonerganAmazon

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerLady BirdGreta GerwigIn 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.Amazon2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesBeatriz at DinnerMike WhiteAmazonGet OutJordan PeeleAmazonThe LoversAzazel JacobsAmazonThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonaghAmazon

2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerCan You Ever Forgive Me?Jeff WhittyWhen Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.Amazon2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesColetteRichard GlatzerAmazonFirst ReformedPaul SchraderAmazonPrivate LifeTamara JenkinsAmazonSorry to Bother YouBoots RileyAmazon

2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay WinnerMarriage StoryNoah BaumbachNoah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.Amazon2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay NomineesClemencyChinonye ChukwuAmazonHigh Flying BirdTarell Alvin McCraneyAmazonTo DustJason BegueAmazonUncut GemsRonald BronsteinAmazon

1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerBlood SimpleM. Emmet WalshA rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.Amazon1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesCrossover DreamsRubén BladesAmazonSmooth TalkTreat WilliamsAmazonWildroseTom BowerAmazon

1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead WinnerSalvadorJames WoodsAn American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.Amazon1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead NomineesBlue VelvetDennis HopperAmazonDown by LawRoberto BenigniAmazonNative SonVictor LoveAmazonPlatoonWillem DafoeAmazon