The 1991 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1991, were announced on March 28, 1992. It was hosted by Buck Henry.
Rambling Rose
City of Hope
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Homicide
My Own Private Idaho
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Chameleon Street
Poison
The Rapture
Slacker
Martha Coolidge – Rambling Rose
Todd Haynes – Poison
Richard Linklater – Slacker
Gus Van Sant – My Own Private Idaho
Joseph Vásquez – Hangin' with the Homeboys
River Phoenix – My Own Private Idaho
Doug E. Doug – Hangin' with the Homeboys
Robert Duvall – Rambling Rose
Gary Oldman – Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
William Russ – Pastime
Judy Davis – Impromptu
Patsy Kensit – Twenty-One
Mimi Rogers – The Rapture
Lili Taylor – Bright Angel
Lily Tomlin – The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
David Strathairn – City of Hope
William H. Macy – Homicide
John Malkovich – Queens Logic
George T. Odom – Straight Out of Brooklyn
Glenn Plummer – Pastime
Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose
Sheila McCarthy – Bright Angel
Deirdre O'Connell – Pastime
Emma Thompson – Impromptu
Mary B. Ward – Hangin' with the Homeboys
My Own Private Idaho – Gus Van Sant
Hangin' with the Homeboys – Joseph Vásquez
Kafka – Lem Dobbs
Mindwalk – Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra
The Rapture – Michael Tolkin
Kafka – Walt Lloyd
Homicide – Roger Deakins
My Own Private Idaho – Eric Alan Edwards and John J. Campbell
Pastime – Tom Richmond
Rambling Rose – Johnny E. Jensen
My Own Private Idaho – Bill Stafford
Hangin' with the Homeboys – David Chackler and Joel Sill
Kiss Me a Killer – Marcos Loya and Nigel Holton
A Matter of Degrees – Jim Dunbar and Randall Poster
Straight Out of Brooklyn – Harold Wheeler
An Angel at My Table • Australia/New Zealand/UK
The Double Life of Veronique • France/Poland/Norway
Life Is Sweet • UK
Requiem for Dominic • Austria/France/Romania
Taxi Blues • Soviet Union
