Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
A Fantastic Woman
Sebastián Lelio
2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Son of Saul
László Nemes
2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Ida
Pawel Pawlikowski
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Abdellatif Kechiche
2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Amour
Michael Haneke
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The King’s Speech
Tom Hooper
2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
An Education
Lone Scherfig
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Class
Laurent Cantet
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Once
John Carney
2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Lives of Others
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Paradise Now
Hany Abu-Assad
2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Sea Inside
Alejandro Amenábar
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Whale Rider
Niki Caro
2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Y tu mamá también
Alfonso Cuarón
2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Amélie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Dancer in the Dark
Lars von Trier
2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Run Lola Run
Tom Tykwer
1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Celebration
Thomas Vinterberg
1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan
1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Before the Rain
Milcho Manchevski
1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Three Colors: Red
Krzysztof Kieslowski
1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Piano
Jane Campion
1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
The Crying Game
Neil Jordan
1992 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
An Angel at My Table
Jane Campion
1991 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Sweetie
Jane Campion
1990 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan
1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders
1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film
