Watch the Nominees

Get your remote ready... here's where you can watch this year's Spirit Award nominees.

The 2024 Spirit Award-nominated films and television series are more than just italicized names on a list – they represent the best in independent TV and cinema, and they’re out there right now, just waiting to be watched.

The following list includes nominated films and series that are available to stream, rent or watch in theaters. Availability is subject to change; we’ll do our best to keep this list updated as Spirit Awards season progresses.

And of course, don’t forget why you’re binge-watching all of this exceptional entertainment in the first place…

Watch the Film Independent Spirit Awards live on Sunday, February 25, 2024 to see which nominees become winners, and so much more.
 

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Nominated for Best First Feature and Best Cinematography
Currently in theaters

All of Us Strangers

Nominated for Best Feature, Best Director and Best Lead Performance
Coming soon to theaters

All the Light We Cannot See

Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 4)
Streaming on Netflix

American Fiction

Nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance
Coming soon to theaters

Anatomy of a Fall

Nominated for Best International Film
Currently in theaters

The Artifice Girl

Nominated for John Cassavetes Award
Streaming on Hoopla and Tubi; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Beef

Nominated for Best New Scripted Series (Episode 1) and Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Steven Yeun, Episode 3; Ali Wong, Episode 7)
Streaming on Netflix

Birth/Rebirth

Nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Lead Performance and Someone to Watch Award
Streaming on AMC+ and Shudder; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

BlackBerry

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance
Streaming on AMC+; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Bottoms

Nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Breakthrough Performance
Streaming on Fubo and MGM+; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Bye Bye Tiberias

Nominated for Best Documentary
Coming soon to theaters

Cadejo Blanco

Nominated for John Cassavetes Award
Streaming on Hoopla; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

The Changeling

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 7) and Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 3)
Streaming on Apple TV+

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Nominated for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Cinematography
Not currently available to watch/stream

The Curse

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on SHOWTIME via Paramount+

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Nominated for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on SHOWTIME via Paramount+

Dear Mama

Nominated for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Hulu

Dreaming Whilst Black

Nominated for Best New Scripted Series (Episode 1) and Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on SHOWTIME via Paramount+

Earth Mama

Nominated for Best First Feature and Best Breakthrough Performance
Streaming on Fubo, Paramount+ and AppleTV+; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Eileen

Nominated for Best Director and Best Supporting Performance
Currently in theaters

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

Nominated for Someone to Watch Award
Not currently available to watch/stream

Four Daughters

Nominated for Best Documentary
Currently in theaters

Fremont

Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance and John Cassavetes Award
Coming soon to theaters; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Godland

Nominated for Best International Film
Streaming on the Criterion Channel; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Nominated for Best Documentary
Streaming on Max

The Holdovers

Nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Performance, Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Cinematography
Currently in theaters

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Nominated for Best Editing
Streaming on Hulu

I’m a Virgo

Nominated for Best New Scripted Series (Episode 1), Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1), Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 3) and Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 7)
Streaming on Prime Video

Joonam

Nominated for Truer Than Fiction Award
Currently in theaters

Jury Duty

Nominated for Best New Non-Scripted Series (Episode 4); winner of Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series (Episode 4)
Streaming on Amazon Freevee

Kokomo City

Nominated for Best Documentary
Available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Nominated for Truer Than Fiction Award
Streaming on AMC+; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

The Last of Us

Nominated for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1) and Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 3)
Streaming on Max

Lessons in Chemistry

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Apple TV+

Mami Wata

Nominated for Best International Film
Not currently available to watch/stream

May December

Nominated for Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance
Streaming on Netflix

Memory

Nominated for Best Lead Performance
Coming soon to theaters

Monica

Nominated for Best Lead Performance and Best Cinematography
Streaming on AMC+; available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

The Mother of All Lies

Nominated for Best Documentary
Not currently available to watch/stream

Mountains

Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance and Someone to Watch Award
Not currently available to watch/stream

Mrs. Davis

Nominated for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Peacock

A Murder at the End of the World

Nominated for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Hulu

Murder in Big Horn

Nominated for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on SHOWTIME via Paramount+

Passages

Nominated for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance
Streaming on Mubi

Past Lives

Nominated for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Lead Performance
Available to rent/purchase on major streaming platforms

Rain Dogs

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Max

Rotting in the Sun

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance, Best Editing and John Cassavetes Award
Streaming on Mubi

Showing Up

Winner of Robert Altman Award
Streaming on HBO Max

Shrinking

Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Luke Tennie, Episode 1; Jessica Williams, Episode 9)
Streaming on Apple TV+

Slip

Nominated for Best New Scripted Series (Episode 1) and Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 7)
Not currently available to watch/stream

A Small Light

Nominated for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu

The Starling Girl

Nominated for Best First Screenplay
Streaming on Fubo and Paramount+

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

Nominated for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series (Episode 3)
Streaming on Hulu

Swarm

Nominated for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1) and Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 4)
Streaming on Prime Video

Theater Camp

Nominated for Best First Screenplay, Best Supporting Performance and Best Editing
Streaming on Hulu

A Thousand and One

Nominated for Best First Feature and Best Lead Performance
Streaming on Prime Video

Tótem

Nominated for Best International Film
Coming soon to theaters

The Unknown Country

Nominated for John Cassavetes Award
Streaming on Mubi

unseen

Nominated for Truer Than Fiction Award
Not currently available to watch/stream

Upon Entry

Nominated for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Editing
Streaming on Tubi

We Grown Now

Nominated for Best Feature, Best Cinematography and Best Editing
Not currently available to watch/stream

Will Trent

Nominated for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Episode 1)
Streaming on Hulu

Wrestlers

Nominated for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series (Episode 5)
Streaming on Netflix

The Zone of Interest

Nominated for Best International Film
Currently in theaters