1985 SANGRE FACIL (Joel Coen)
1986 SMOOTH TALK (Joyce Chopra)
1987 THE TROUBLE WITH DICK (Gary Walkow)
WAITING FOR THE MOON (Jill Godmilow)
1988 HEAT AND SUNLIGHT (Rob Nilsson)
1989 TRUE LOVE (Nancy Savoca)
1990 CHAMELEON STREET (Wendell B. Harris Jr.)
1991 VENENO (Todd Haynes)
1992 EN LA SOPA (Alexandre Rockwell)
1993 PUBLIC ACCESS (Bryan Singer)
RUBY EN EL PARAISO (Victor Nuñez)
1994 WHAT HAPPENED WAS... (Tom Noonan)
1995 LOS HERMANOS MCMULLEN (Edward Burns)
1996 BIENVENIDO A LA CASA DE MUÑECAS (Todd Solondz)
1997 SUNDAY (Jonathan Nossiter)
1998 SLAM (Marc Levin)
1999 TRES ESTACIONES (Tony Bui)
2000 GIRLFIGHT (Karyn Kusama)
PUEDES CONTAR CONMIGO (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 EL CREYENTE (Henry Bean)
2002 INTIMIDADES (Rebecca Miller)
2003 ESPLENDOR AMERICANO (Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini)
2004 PRIMER (Shane Carruth)
2005 FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (Ira Sachs)
2006 QUINCEAÑERA (Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland)
2007 PADRE NUESTRO (Christopher Zalla)
2008 FROZEN RIVER (Courtney Hunt)
2009 PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE PUSH BY SAPPHIRE (Lee Daniels)
2010 WINTER'S BONE (Debra Granik)
ANIMAL KINGDOM (David Michod)
2011 LIKE CRAZY (Drake Doremus)
2012 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Benh Zeitlin)