Nagrada nezavisnog duha (engleski Independent Spirit Awards) je američka filmska nagrada osnovana 1984., sa ciljem nagrađivanja i priznavanja nezavisnih filmova i redatelja koji su snimili filmske projekte na ograničenom budžetu, izvan Hollywooda. Nagrada se uglavnom dodjeljuje u Santa Monici, Kaliforniji, svake godine. Nominacije se objavljuju u studenom, a nagrade dodjeljuju krajem veljače ili početkom ožujka.
Među "otkrićima" festivala spadaju i kasniji hvaljeni redatelji, kao što su Joel i Ethan Coen, Oliver Stone, Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson i Quentin Tarantino.
Popis pobjednika za najbolji nezavisni film
1980-te
- 1985: After Hours (Warner Bros.) - Martin Scorsese
- Blood Simple (Universal) - Joel i Ethan Coen
- Smooth Talk
- The Trip to Bountiful
- 1986: Platoon (Orion) - Oliver Stone
- Blue Velvet - David Lynch
- Down by Law
- On Valentine's Day
- Salvador - Oliver Stone
- Stand by Me (Columbia) - Rob Reiner
- 1987: River's Edge (Island Pictures) - Tim Hunter
- 1988: Stand and Deliver (Warner Bros.) - Ramon Menendez
- Hairspray (New Line Cinema) - John Waters
- Patti Rocks
- The Thin Blue Line
- Torch Song Trilogy (New Line Cinema)
- 1989: Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Miramax) - Steven Soderbergh
1990-te
- 1990: The Grifters (Miramax) - Stephen Frears
- 1991: Rambling Rose - Martha Coolidge
- City of Hope
- Hangin' with the Homeboys
- Homicide
- My Own Private Idaho (Fine Line Features) - Gus Van Sant
- 1992: The Player (Fine Line Features) - Robert Altman
- 1993: Short Cuts (Fine Line Features) - Robert Altman
- Equinox
- Much Ado About Nothing (Samuel Goldwyn Company) - Kenneth Branagh
- Ruby in Paradise
- The Wedding Banquet
- 1994: Pulp Fiction (Miramax) - Quentin Tarantino
- Bullets Over Broadway (Miramax) - Woody Allen
- Eat Drink Man Woman
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Fine Line Features)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (New Line Cinema) - Wes Craven
- 1995: Leaving Las Vegas (United Artists) - Mike Figgis
- The Addiction
- Living in Oblivion
- Safe
- The Secret of Roan Inish (Sony Pictures Classics) - John Sayles
- 1996: Fargo (PolyGram) - Joel Coen
- Dead Man (Miramax) - Jim Jarmusch
- The Funeral
- Lone Star (Columbia / Castle Rock) - John Sayles
- Welcome to the Dollhouse (Sony Pictures Classics)
- 1997: The Apostle (October Films) - Robert Duvall
- Chasing Amy (Miramax) - Kevin Smith
- Loved
- Ulee's Gold (Orion)
- Waiting for Guffman (Columbia / Castle Rock) - Christopher Guest
- 1998: Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon
- 1999: Election (Paramount) - Alexander Payne
- Cookie's Fortune (October Films) - Robert Altman
- The Limey - Steven Soderbergh
- The Straight Story (Disney) - David Lynch
- Sugar Town
2000-te
- 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Sony Pictures Classics) - Ang Lee
- 2001: Memento - Christopher Nolan
- 2002: Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
- 2003: Lost in Translation (Focus Features) - Sofia Coppola
- American Splendor
- In America (Fox Searchlight) - Jim Sheridan
- Raising Victor Vargas
- Shattered Glass
- 2004: Sideways (Fox Searchlight) - Alexander Payne
- Baadasssss!
- Kinsey (Fox Searchlight) - Bill Condon
- Maria Full of Grace
- Primer
- 2005: Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features) - Ang Lee
- Capote (Sony Pictures Classics) - Bennett Miller
- Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent) - George Clooney
- The Squid and the Whale
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- 2006: Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
- 2007: Juno (Fox Searchlight) - Jason Reitman
- 2008: The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight) - Darren Aronofsky
- 2009: Precious (Lions Gate) - Lee Daniels
- (500) Days of Summer (Fox Searchlight) - Marc Webb
- Amreeka
- The Last Station
- Sin Nombre
2010-te
- 2010: Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) - Darren Aronofsky
- 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) - Danny Boyle
- Greenberg - Noah Baumbach
- The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) - Lisa Cholodenko
- Winter's Bone - Debra Granik
- 2011: The Artist (The Weinstein Company) - Michel Hazanavicius
- 50/50
- Beginners
- The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) - Alexander Payne
- Drive
- Take Shelter
- 2012: TBA