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Total: 139  
Seen: 19 (13.7%)
See Again: 1 (0.7%)
Unseen: 119 (85.6%)

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Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Film Winners

Winners

 
1. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
2. Dirty Dancing (1987)
3. Mystic Pizza (1988)
4. Heathers (1989)
5. Metropolitan (1990)
6. Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
7. The Waterdance (1992)
8. El Mariachi (1992)
9. Spanking the Monkey (1994)
10. The Brothers Mcmullen (1995)
11. Sling Blade (1996)
12. Eve's Bayou (1997)
13. The Opposite of Sex (1998)
14. Being John Malkovich (1999)
15. You Can Count On Me (2000)
16. In the Bedroom (2001)
17. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
18. Monster (2003)
19. Garden State (2004)
20. Crash (2005)
21. Sweet Land (2005)
22. The Lookout (2007)
23. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
24. Crazy Heart (2009)
25. Get Low (2009)
26. Margin Call (2011)
27. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
28. Fruitvale Station (2013)

Nominees

 
29. Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
30. The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986)
31. Hoosiers (1986)
32. True Stories (1986)
33. Anna (1987)
34. Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
35. Siesta (1987)
36. Waiting For the Moon (1987)
37. Border Radio (1987)
38. The Chocolate War (1988)
39. The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
40. The Wash (1988)
41. 84 Charlie Mopic (1989)
42. Powwow Highway (1989)
43. Sidewalk Stories (1989)
44. Talking To Strangers (1988)
45. House Party (1990)
46. Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy (1988)
47. The Natural History of Parking Lots (1990)
48. Twister (1989)
49. Chameleon Street (1989)
50. Poison (1991)
51. The Rapture (1991)
52. Slacker (1991)
53. Laws of Gravity (1992)
54. My New Gun (1992)
55. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
56. Swoon (1992)
57. American Heart (1992)
58. Combination Platter (1993)
59. Mac (1992)
60. Menace II Society (1993)
61. Clean, Shaven (1993)
62. Clerks (1994)
63. I Like It Like That (1994)
64. Suture (1993)
65. Kids (1995)
66. Little Odessa (1994)
67. Picture Bride (1994)
68. River of Grass (1994)
69. Big Night (1996)
70. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
71. Manny & Lo (1996)
72. Trees Lounge (1996)
73. Hard Eight (1997)
74. In the Company of Men (1997)
75. Star Maps (1997)
76. Buffalo 66 (1998)
77. High Art (1998)
78. Pi (1998)
79. Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
80. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
81. Three Seasons (1999)
82. Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
83. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
84. Boiler Room (2000)
85. Girlfight (2000)
86. Love and Basketball (2000)
87. The Visit (2000)
88. The Anniversary Party (2001)
89. The Believer (2001)
90. Donnie Darko (2001)
91. Ghost World (2001)
92. Interview With the Assassin (2002)
93. Manito (2002)
94. Paid In Full (2002)
95. Roger Dodger (2002)
96. Bomb the System (2002)
97. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
98. Quattro Noza (2003)
99. Thirteen (2003)
100. Brother To Brother (2004)
101. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
102. Saints and Soldiers (2003)
103. The Woodsman (2004)
104. Lackawanna Blues (2005)
105. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
106. Thumbsucker (2005)
107. Transamerica (2005)
108. Day Night Day Night (2006)
109. Man Push Cart (2005)
110. The Motel (2005)
111. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
112. 2 Days In Paris (2007)
113. Great World of Sound (2007)
114. Rocket Science (2007)
115. Vanaja (2006)
116. Afterschool (2008)
117. Medicine For Melancholy (2008)
118. Sangre De Mi Sangre (2007)
119. Sleep Dealer (2008)
120. Easier With Practice (2009)
121. The Messenger (2009)
122. Paranormal Activity (2009)
123. A Single Man (2009)
124. Everything Strange and New (2009)
125. The Last Exorcism (2010)
126. Night Catches Us (2010)
127. Tiny Furniture (2010)
128. Another Earth (2011)
129. In the Family (2011)
130. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
131. Natural Selection (2011)
132. Fill the Void (2012)
133. Gimme the Loot (2012)
134. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
135. Sound of My Voice (2011)
136. Blue Caprice (2013)
137. Concussion (2013)
138. One Night (2012)
139. Wadjda (2012)