Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature

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CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Gotham Film & Media Institute
First award2004
Currently held byOne Battle After Another (2025)
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Gotham Film & Media Institute
First award2004
Currently held byOne Battle After Another (2025)
Websiteawards.thegotham.org

The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and was first awarded in 2004 with Alexander Payne's Sideways being the first recipient of the award.

2000s

Year Film Distributing company(s) Director(s) Ref.
2004 Sideways Fox Searchlight Pictures Alexander Payne [1]
Before SunsetWarner Independent PicturesRichard Linklater
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindFocus FeaturesMichel Gondry
I Heart HuckabeesFox Searchlight PicturesDavid O. Russell
PrimerTH!NKFilmShane Carruth
2005 Capote Sony Pictures Classics Bennett Miller [2]
Brokeback MountainFocus FeaturesAng Lee
A History of ViolenceNew Line CinemaDavid Cronenberg
KeaneMagnolia PicturesLodge Kerrigan
Me and You and Everyone We KnowIFC FilmsMiranda July
2006 Half Nelson TH!NKFilm Ryan Fleck [3]
The DepartedWarner Bros.Martin Scorsese
Little ChildrenNew Line CinemaTodd Field
Marie AntoinetteColumbia PicturesSofia Coppola
Old JoyKino InternationalKelly Reichardt
2007 Into the Wild Paramount Vantage Sean Penn [4]
Great World of SoundMagnolia PicturesCraig Zobel
I'm Not ThereThe Weinstein CompanyTodd Haynes
Margot at the WeddingParamount VantageNoah Baumbach
The NamesakeFox Searchlight PicturesMira Nair
2008 Frozen River Sony Pictures Classics Courtney Hunt [5]
BallastAlluvial Film CompanyLance Hammer
Synecdoche, New YorkSony Pictures ClassicsCharlie Kaufman
The VisitorOverture FilmsTom McCarthy
The WrestlerFox Searchlight PicturesDarren Aronofsky
2009 The Hurt Locker Summit Entertainment Kathryn Bigelow [6]
AmreekaVirgil Films & EntertainmentCherien Dabis
Big FanFirst Independent PicturesRobert D. Siegel
The MaidElephant Eye FilmsSebastián Silva
A Serious ManFocus FeaturesJoel Coen and Ethan Coen

2010s

Year Film Distributing company(s) Director(s) Ref.
2010 Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions Debra Granik [7]
Black SwanFox Searchlight PicturesDarren Aronofsky
Blue ValentineThe Weinstein CompanyDerek Cianfrance
The Kids Are All RightFocus FeaturesLisa Cholodenko
Let Me InOverture FilmsMatt Reeves
2011 Beginners Focus Features Mike Mills [8]
The Tree of Life Fox Searchlight Pictures Terrence Malick
The DescendantsFox Searchlight PicturesAlexander Payne
Meek's CutoffOscilloscope LaboratoriesKelly Reichardt
Take ShelterSony Pictures ClassicsJeff Nichols
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Focus Features Wes Anderson [9]
[10]
BernieMillennium EntertainmentRichard Linklater
The Loneliest PlanetIFC FilmsJulia Loktev
The MasterThe Weinstein CompanyPaul Thomas Anderson
Middle of NowhereParticipant MediaAva DuVernay
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis CBS Films Joel Coen and Ethan Coen [11]
12 Years a SlaveFox Searchlight PicturesSteve McQueen
Ain't Them Bodies SaintsIFC FilmsDavid Lowery
Before MidnightSony Pictures ClassicsRichard Linklater
Upstream ColorVHXShane Carruth
2014 Birdman Fox Searchlight Pictures Alejandro G. Iñárritu [12]
BoyhoodIFC FilmsRichard Linklater
The Grand Budapest HotelFox Searchlight PicturesWes Anderson
Love Is StrangeSony Pictures ClassicsIra Sachs
Under the SkinA24Jonathan Glazer
2015 Spotlight Open Road Films Tom McCarthy [13]
CarolStudioCanal / The Weinstein CompanyTodd Haynes
The Diary of a Teenage GirlSony Pictures ClassicsMarielle Heller
Heaven Knows WhatRADiUS-TWCJosh Safdie and Benny Safdie
TangerineMagnolia PicturesSean Baker
2016 Moonlight A24 Barry Jenkins [14]
Certain WomenIFC FilmsKelly Reichardt
Everybody Wants Some!!Paramount PicturesRichard Linklater
Manchester by the SeaAmazon Studios / Roadside AttractionsKenneth Lonergan
PatersonAmazon Studios / Bleecker StreetJim Jarmusch
2017 Call Me by Your Name Sony Pictures Classics Luca Guadagnino [15]
The Florida ProjectA24Sean Baker
Get OutUniversal Pictures/BlumhouseJordan Peele
Good TimeA24Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
I, TonyaNeonCraig Gillespie
2018 The Rider Sony Pictures Classics Chloé Zhao [16]
The FavouriteFox Searchlight PicturesYorgos Lanthimos
First ReformedA24Paul Schrader
If Beale Street Could TalkAnnapurna PicturesBarry Jenkins
Madeline's MadelineOscilloscope LaboratoriesJosephine Decker
2019 Marriage Story Netflix Noah Baumbach [17]
The FarewellA24Lulu Wang
HustlersSTX EntertainmentLorene Scafaria
Uncut GemsA24Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
WavesTrey Edward Shults

2020s

Year Film Distributing company(s) Director(s) Ref.
2020 Nomadland Searchlight Pictures Chloé Zhao [18][19]
The AssistantBleecker StreetKitty Green
First CowA24Kelly Reichardt
Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysFocus FeaturesEliza Hittman
RelicIFC MidnightNatalie Erika James
2021 The Lost Daughter Netflix Maggie Gyllenhaal [20][21]
The Green KnightA24David Lowery
PassingNetflixRebecca Hall
PigNeonMichael Sarnoski
Test PatternKino LorberShatara Michelle Ford
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once A24 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert [22]
AftersunA24Charlotte Wells
The CathedralMUBIRicky D'Ambrose
Dos EstacionesThe Cinema GuildJuan Pablo González
TárFocus FeaturesTodd Field
2023 Past Lives A24 Celine Song [23]
PassagesMUBIIra Sachs
RealityHBO FilmsTina Satter
Showing UpA24Kelly Reichardt
A Thousand and OneFocus FeaturesA. V. Rockwell
2024 A Different Man A24 Aaron Schimberg [24]
AnoraNeonSean Baker
BabygirlA24Halina Reijn
ChallengersAmazon MGM StudiosLuca Guadagnino
Nickel BoysAmazon MGM Studios / Orion PicturesRaMell Ross
2025 One Battle After AnotherWarner Bros.Paul Thomas Anderson [25]
BugoniaFocus FeaturesYorgos Lanthimos
East of WallSony Pictures ClassicsKate Beecroft
Familiar TouchMusic Box FilmsSarah Friedland
HamnetFocus FeaturesChloé Zhao
If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouA24Mary Bronstein
LurkerMUBIAlex Russell
Sorry, BabyA24Eva Victor
The Testament of Ann LeeSearchlight PicturesMona Fastvold
Train DreamsNetflixClint Bentley

Studios with most wins and nominations (3 or more)

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