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1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerPulp FictionLawrence BenderThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Amazon1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesBullets Over BroadwayRobert GreenhutAmazonEat Drink Man WomanTed HopeAmazonMrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleRobert AltmanAmazonNew NightmareMarianne MaddalenaAmazon

1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerLeaving Las VegasLila CazèsBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera..Amazon1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesLiving in OblivionMichael GriffithsAmazonSafeChristine VachonAmazonThe AddictionDenis HannAmazonThe Secret of Roan InishSarah GreenAmazon

1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerFargoEthan CoenJerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Amazon1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesDead ManDemetra J. MacBrideAmazonLone StarR. Paul MillerAmazonThe FuneralMary KaneAmazonWelcome to the DollhouseTodd SolondzAmazon

1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerThe ApostleRob CarlinerAfter his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.Amazon1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesChasing AmyScott MosierAmazonLovedPhilippe CalandAmazonUlee's GoldSam GowanAmazonWaiting for GuffmanKaren MurphyAmazon

1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerGods and MonstersPaul ColichmanThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored.Amazon1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesA Soldier's Daughter Never CriesIsmail MerchantAmazonAfflictionLinda ReismanAmazonClaire DolanAnn RuarkAmazonVelvet GoldmineChristine VachonAmazon

2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerElectionAlbert BergerA high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.Amazon2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesCookie's FortuneRobert AltmanAmazonSugar TownDaniel HassidAmazonThe LimeyJohn HardyAmazonThe Straight StoryMary SweeneyAmazon

2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonWilliam KongA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.Amazon2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesBefore Night FallsJon KilikAmazonGeorge WashingtonDavid Gordon GreenAmazonGhost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiJim JarmuschAmazonRequiem for a DreamEric WatsonAmazon

2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerMementoJennifer ToddA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.Amazon2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesHedwig and the Angry InchChristine VachonAmazonL.I.E.Rene BastianAmazonThings Behind the SunDaniel HassidAmazonWaking LifeAnne Walker-McBayAmazon

2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerFar from HeavenJody AllenIn 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.Amazon2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesLovely & AmazingAnthony BregmanAmazonSecretaryAndrew FierbergAmazonThe Good GirlMatthew GreenfieldAmazonTullyHilary BirminghamAmazon

2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature WinnerLost in TranslationSofia CoppolaA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.Amazon2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Feature NomineesAmerican SplendorTed HopeAmazonIn AmericaJim SheridanAmazonRaising Victor VargasAlain de la MataAmazonShattered GlassCraig BaumgartenAmazon