Chlotrudis Award for Best Movie

Chlotrudis Award for Best Movie
Awarded for	Best Movie
Location	United States
First awarded	1995; 28 years ago
Currently held by	After Yang
Website	chlotrudis.org

The Chlotrudis Award for Best Movie is an annual award presented by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films, a non-profit organization, founded in 1994, that recognizes achievements in independent and world cinema. The awards were first presented in 1995, and were named after founder Michael Colford and his boyfriend Trent's two cats, Chloe and Gertrudis.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Film	Director	Producer(s)	Country
1995 (1st)
	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Stephan Elliott	Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn	Australia
	Bullets Over Broadway	Woody Allen	Robert Greenhut	United States
	Little Women	Gillian Armstrong	Denise Di Novi	United States
	Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino	Lawrence Bender	United States
	Vanya on 42nd Street	Louis Malle	Fred Berner	United States
1996 (2nd)
	Dead Man Walking	Tim Robbins	Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins, Rudd Simmons	United States
	Amateur	Hal Hartley	Hal Hartley, Ted Hope	United States United Kingdom France
	Babe	Chris Noonan	Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell	Australia United States United Kingdom
	Jeffrey	Christopher Ashley	Mark Balsam, Victoria Maxwell, Mitchell Maxwell, Paul Rudnick	United States
	The Secret of Roan Inish	John Sayles	Sarah Green, Maggie Renzi	United States Ireland
	Sense and Sensiblity	Ang Lee	Lindsay Doran, James Schamus	United Kingdom
1997 (3rd)
	Sling Blade	Billy Bob Thornton	Larry Meistrich, David L. Bushell, Brandon Rosser	United States
	Beautiful Thing	Hettie McDonald	Tony Garnett, Bill Shapter	United Kingdom
	Big Night	Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci	David Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Filley	United States
	Fargo	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	Ethan Coen	United States
	Marvin's Room	Jerry Zaks	Scott Rudin, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro	United States
	Secrets & Lies	Mike Leigh	Simon Channing Williams	United Kingdom
1998 (4th)
	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson	Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael Nathanson	United States
	The Full Monty	Peter Cattaneo	Uberto Pasolini	United Kingdom
	Hollow Reed	Angela Pope	Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell, Stephen Woolley	United Kingdom
	Shall We Dance?	Masayuki Suo	Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Yasushi Urushido, Shigeru Ono, Kazuhiro Igarashi	Japan
	The Sweet Hereafter	Atom Egoyan	Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg	Canada
	The Winter Guest	Alan Rickman	Steve Clark-Hall, Edward R. Pressman	United Kingdom
1999 (5th)
	Gods and Monsters	Bill Condon	Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, Mark R. Harris	United Kingdom, United States
	Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Alison Owen	United Kingdom
	Happiness	Todd Solondz	Ted Hope, Christine Vachon	United States
	High Art	Lisa Cholodenko	Jeff Levy-Hinte, Susan A. Stover, Dolly Hall	United States Canada
	Life is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni	Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri	Italy
	The Opposite of Sex	Don Roos	David Kirkpatrick, Michael Besman	United States

2000s

Year	Film	Director	Producer(s)	Country
2000 (6th)
	Magnolia	Paul Thomas Anderson	JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson	United States
	After Life	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Masayuki Akieda, Shiho Sato	Japan
	American Beauty	Sam Mendes	Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks	United States
	Being John Malkovich	Spike Jonze	Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay	United States
	Boys Don't Cry	Kimberly Peirce	Jeffrey Sharp, John Hart, Eva Kolodner, Christine Vachon	United States
	The Iron Giant	Brad Bird	Allison Abbate, Des McAnuff	United States
	Rushmore	Wes Anderson	Barry Mendel, Paul Schiff	United States
	The Winslow Boy	David Mamet	Sarah Green	United Kingdom
2001 (7th)
	Requiem for a Dream	Darren Aronofsky	Eric Watson, Palmer West	United States
	Beau Travail	Claire Denis	Patrick Grandperret	France
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Ang Lee	Bill Kong, Hsu Li-kong, Ang Lee	China Taiwan Hong Kong United States
	Dancer in the Dark	Lars von Trier	Vibeke Windeløv	Denmark
	The Five Senses	Jeremy Podeswa	Camelia Frieberg, Jeremy Podeswa	Canada
	Judy Berlin	Eric Mendelsohn	Rocco Caruso	United States
	Traffic	Steven Soderbergh	Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford	Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford
2002 (8th)
	In the Mood for Love (TIE)	Wong Kar-wai	Wong Kar-wai	Hong Kong France
	Mulholland Drive (TIE)	David Lynch	Mary Sweeney, Alain Sarde, Neal Edelstein, Michael Polaire, Tony Krantz	United States France
	Amelie	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Jean-Marc Deschamps, Claudie Ossard	France
	Amores perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Mexico
	The Circle	Jafar Panahi	Jafar Panahi	Iran Italy Switzerland
	In the Bedroom	Todd Field	Todd Field, Ross Katz, Graham Leader	United States
	Memento	Christopher Nolan	Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd	United States
	Yi Yi	Edward Yang	Shinya Kawai	Taiwan Japan
2003 (9th)
	Far From Heaven	Todd Haynes	Jody Allen, Christine Vachon	United States France
	Donnie Darko	Richard Kelly	Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Adam Fields	United States
	Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson	JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson	United States
	The Piano Teacher	Michael Haneke	Veit Heiduschka	France Austria Germany
	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Jill Sprecher	Beni Tadd Atoori, Gina Resnick	United States
	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Phillip Noyce	Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter	Australia
	Y tu mamá también	Alfonso Cuarón	Alfonso Cuarón, Jorge Vergara	Mexico
2004 (10th)
	Lost in Translation	Sofia Coppola	Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola	United States Japan
	28 Days Later	Danny Boyle	Andrew McDonald	United Kingdom
	American Splendor	Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini	Ted Hope, Christine Kunewa Walker, Julia King, Declan Baldwin	United States
	Lilya 4-ever	Lukas Moodysson	Lars Jönsson	Sweden Denmark
	Spellbound	Jeffrey Blitz	Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch	United States
	The Station Agent	Tom McCarthy	Mary Jane Skalski, Robert May, Kathryn Tucker	United States
	The Triplets of Belleville	Sylvain Chomet	Viviane Vanfleteren, Regis Ghezelbash, Colin Rose	France, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom
2005 (11th)
	The Trilogy (TIE)	Lucas Belvaux	Diana Elbaum, Patrick Sobelman	France
	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (TIE)	Kim Ki-duk	Karl Baumgartner, Lee Seung-jae	South Korea, Germany
	Bad Education	Pedro Almodóvar	Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	Goodbye, Dragon Inn	Tsai Ming-liang	Hung-Chih Liang, Vincent Wang	Taiwan
	Last Life in the Universe	Pen-ek Ratanaruang	Wouter Barendrecht, Nonzee Nimibutr	Thailand, Japan, Netherlands
	Moolaadé	Ousmane Sembène	Ousmane Sembène, Thierry Lenouvel	Senegal France Burkino Faso
	The Return	Andrey Zvyagintsev	Yelena Kovalyova, Dmitry Lesnevsky	Russia
2006 (12th)
	Capote	Bennett Miller	Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven	United States
	2046	Wong Kar-wai	Wong Kar-wai	Hong Kong France Italy China Germany
	The Best of Youth	Marco Tullio Giordana	Angelo Barbagallo	Italy
	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee	Diana Ossana, James Schamus	United States
	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Miranda July	Gina Kwon	United States
	Mysterious Skin	Gregg Araki	Gregg Araki	United States, Netherlands
2007 (13th)
	Caché	Michael Haneke	Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Ménégoz	France
	Duck Season	Fernando Eimbcke	Jaime Bernardo Ramos, Frida Torresblanco	Mexico
	Half Nelson	Ryan Fleck	Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden	United States
	Inland Empire	David Lynch	Mary Sweeney, David Lynch	France, Poland, United States
	Shortbus	John Cameron Mitchell	Howard Gertler, John Cameron Mitchell, Tim Perell, Alexis Fish	United States
	Sorry, Haters	Jeff Stanzler	Jake Abraham, Karen Jaroneski, Jeff Stanzler, Gary Winick	United States
2008 (14th)
	Once	John Carney	Martina Niland	Ireland
	Linda Linda Linda	Nobuhiro Yamashita	Hiroyuki Negishi, Yuji Sadai	Japan
	The Lives of Others	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Max Weidemann, Quirin Berg	Germany
	No Country for Old Men	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen	United States
	Protagonist	Jessica Yu	Elise Pearlstein, Susan West, Jessica Yu	United States
2009 (15th)
	The Edge of Heaven	Fatih Akin	Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Jeanette Würl	Germany Turkey
	4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days	Cristian Mungiu	Cristian Mungiu, Oleg Mutu	Romania
	Happy-Go-Lucky	Mike Leigh	Simon Channing Williams	United Kingdom
	Let the Right One In	Tomas Alfredson	Carl Molinder, John Nordling	Sweden
	My Winnipeg	Guy Maddin	Michael Burns, Phyllis Laing, Guy Maddin, Jody Shapiro	Canada

2010s

Year	Film	Director	Producer(s)	Country
2010 (16th)
	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow	Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro	United States
	35 Shots of Rum	Claire Denis	Bruno Pésery	France Germany
	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Werner Herzog	Stephen Belafonte, Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky, Edward R. Pressman	United States
	Still Walking	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Yoshihiro Kato, Satoshi Kōno, Hijiri Taguchi, Masahiro Yasuda	Japan
	The White Ribbon	Michael Haneke	Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Ménégoz, Andrea Occhipinti	Germany
2011 (17th)
	Winter's Bone	Debra Granik	Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin	United States
	I Killed My Mother	Xavier Dolan	Xavier Dolan, Carole Mondello, Daniel Morin	Canada
	Jack Goes Boating	Philip Seymour Hoffman	Emily Ziff Griffin, Beth O'Neil, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub	United States
	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper	Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin	United Kingdom Australia
	Mother	Bong Joon-ho	Choi Jae-won, Seo Woo-sik	South Korea
	Undertow	Javier Fuentes-León	Javier Fuentes-León	Peru Colombia France Germany
2012 (18th)
	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius	Thomas Langmann	France
	Another Year	Mike Leigh	Georgina Lowe	United Kingdom
	Pariah	Dee Rees	Nekisa Cooper	United States
	Poetry	Lee Chang-dong	Lee Joon-dong	South Korea France
	Weekend	Andrew Haigh	Tristan Goligher	United Kingdom
2013 (19th)
	Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, John Malkovich	United States
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Benh Zeitlin	Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald	United States
	Bullhead	Michaël R. Roskam	Savage Film	Belgium
	Monsieur Lazhar	Philippe Falardeau	Luc Déry, Kim McCraw	Canada
	Tyrannosaur	Paddy Considine	Diarmid Scrimshaw, Mark Herbert	United Kingdom
2014 (20th)
	The Past	Asghar Farhadi	Alexandre Mallet-Guy	France Italy Iran
	The Act of Killing	Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn	Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joram ten Brink, Michael Uwemedimo	Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom
	Frances Ha	Noah Baumbach	Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Lila Yacoub, Rodrigo Teixeira	United States
	The Hunt	Thomas Vinterberg	Morten Kaufmann, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark
	Paradise: Faith	Ulrich Seidl	Ulrich Seidl	Austria
	Short Term 12	Destin Daniel Cretton	Maren Olson, Asher Goldstein, Joshua Astrachan, Ron Najor	United States
2015 (21st)
	Boyhood	Richard Linklater	Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss	United States
	Birdman	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole	United States
	A Coffee in Berlin	Jan-Ole Gerster	Jan-Ole Gerster	Germany
	Ida	Paweł Pawlikowski	Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczyńska	Poland Denmark France United Kingdom
	Like Father, Like Son	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi	Japan
	Mommy	Xavier Dolan	Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant	Canada
2016 (22nd)
	Spotlight	Tom McCarthy	Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar	United States
	The Assassin	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Wen-Ying Huang, Liao Ching-Sung	Taiwan China Hong Kong
	The Duke of Burgundy	Peter Strickland	Andy Starke	United Kingdom
	Girlhood	Céline Sciamma	Bénédicte Couvreur	France
	Tangerine	Sean Baker	Sean Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou	United States
	Timbuktu	Abderrahmane Sissako	Sylvie Pialat, Étienne Comar, Remi Burah, Oliver Pere	Mauritania France
	White God	Kornél Mundruczó	Eszter Gyárfás, Viktória Petrányi	Hungary Germany Sweden
	Wild Tales	Damián Szifron	Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García, Matías Mosteirín, Felipe Photiades, Gerardo Rozín, Hugo Sigman	Argentina Spain
2017 (23rd)
	Moonlight	Barry Jenkins	Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner	United States
	The Handmaiden	Park Chan-wook	Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim	South Korea
	Little Men	Ira Sachs	Lucas Joaquin, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Jim Lande, Ira Sachs, L. A. Teodosio	United States Greece
	Manchester by the Sea	Kenneth Lonergan	Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin J. Walsh	United States
	Mountains May Depart	Jia Zhangke	Ren Zhonglun, Nathanaël Karmitz, Liu Shiyu, Shozo Ichiyama	China France Japan
	Our Little Sister	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi	Japan
2018 (24th)
	Call Me By Your Name	Luca Guadagnino	Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman	Italy United States France Brazil
	After the Storm	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Kaoru Matsuzaki, Akihiko Yose, Hijiri Taguchi	Japan
	I, Tonya	Craig Gillespie	Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Steven Rogers, Bryan Unkeless	United States
	Little Boxes	Rob Meyer	Jared Ian Goldman, Jordan Horowitz, Ken H. Keller, Caron Rudner	United States
	Paterson	Jim Jarmusch	Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan	United States
2019 (25th)
	Shoplifters	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, Taguchi Hijiri	Japan
	Burning	Lee Chang-dong	Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong	South Korea Japan
	Leave No Trace	Debra Granik	Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini	United States
	Madeline's Madeline	Josephine Decker	Krista Parris, Elizabeth Rao	United States
	The Rider	Chloé Zhao	Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche	United States
	Suspiria	Luca Guadagnino	Marco Morabito, Bradley J. Fischer, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Francesco Melzi d'Eril	Italy United States

2020s

Year	Film	Director	Producer(s)	Country
2020 (26th)
	Parasite	Bong Joon-ho	Kwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Young-hwan	South Korea
	And Breathe Normally	Ísold Uggadóttir	Skúli Malmquist	Iceland Sweden Belgium
	Clemency	Chinonye Chukwu	Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley, Peter Wong, Timur Bekbosunov	United States
	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	Joe Talbot	Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh	United States
	The Mustang	Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre	Alain Goldman, Molly Hallam	France Belgium United States
	Woman at War	Benedikt Erlingsson	Benedikt Erlingsson, Carine Leblanc, Marianne Slot	Iceland France Ukraine
2021 (27th)
	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Céline Sciamma	Bénédicte Couvreur	France
	And Then We Danced	Levan Akin	Mathilde Dedye, Ketie Danelia	Sweden Georgia France
	First Cow	Kelly Reichardt	Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani	United States
	Never Rarely Sometimes Always	Eliza Hittman	Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy	United States United Kingdom
	Sound of Metal	Darius Marder	Bill Benz, Kathy Benz, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche	United States
2022 (28th)
	Quo Vadis, Aida?	Jasmila Žbanić	Damir Ibrahimović, Jasmila Žbanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	The Card Counter	Paul Schrader	Braxton Pope, Lauren Mann, David Wulf	United States
	The Killing of Two Lovers	Robert Machoian	Robert Machoian, Clayne Crawford, Scott Christopherson	United States
	Red Post on Escher Street	Sion Sono	Masaya Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ogasawara	Japan
	Titane	Julia Ducournau	Jean-Christophe Reymond	France
2023 (28th)
	After Yang	Kogonada	Theresa Park, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey	United States
	Aftersun	Charlotte Wells	Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak	United Kingdom
	Drive My Car	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Teruhisa Yamamoto	Japan
	Petite Maman	Celine Sciamma	Bénédicte Couvreur	France
	Triangle of Sadness	Ruben Östlund	Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober	Sweden Germany France United Kingdom