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(Top) 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Films with multiple nominations and awards 1.1.1 Films that received multiple nominations 1.1.2 Films that won multiple awards 2 Special Distinction Award 3 References 4 External links

5th Independent Spirit Awards

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5th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 24, 1990
Site	Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Los Angeles, California U.S.
Hosted by	Buck Henry
Highlights
Best Film	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Most awards	Sex, Lies, and Videotape (4) Drugstore Cowboy (4)
Most nominations	Drugstore Cowboy (8)
← 4th Independent Spirit Awards 6th →

The 5th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1989, were announced on March 24, 1990^[1] at the Hollywood Roosevelt HotelinLos Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.^[2]

Winners and nominees[edit]

Steven Soderbergh, Best Director winner

Matt Dillon, Best Male Lead winner

Andie MacDowell, Best Female Lead winner

Laura San Giacomo, Best Supporting Female winner

Gus Van Sant, Best Screenplay co-winner

Best Feature	Best Director
Sex, Lies, and Videotape^[3] Drugstore Cowboy Heat and Sunlight Mystery Train True Love	Steven Soderbergh – Sex, Lies, and Videotape Jim Jarmusch – Mystery Train Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories Nancy Savoca – True Love Gus Van Sant – Drugstore Cowboy
Best Actor	Best Actress
Matt Dillon – Drugstore Cowboy^[4] Nicolas Cage – Vampire's Kiss Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories Randy Quaid – Parents James Spader – Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Andie MacDowell – Sex, Lies, and Videotape Youki Kudoh – Mystery Train Kelly Lynch – Drugstore Cowboy Winona Ryder – Heathers Annabella Sciorra – True Love
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Max Perlich – Drugstore Cowboy Steve Buscemi – Mystery Train Scott Coffey – Shag Gary Farmer – Powwow Highway Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Mystery Train	Laura San Giacomo – Sex, Lies, and Videotape Bridget Fonda – Shag Heather Graham – Drugstore Cowboy Mare Winningham – Miracle Mile Mary Woronov – Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Best Screenplay	Best First Feature
Drugstore Cowboy – Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost 84 Charlie Mopic – Patrick S. Duncan Heathers – Daniel Waters Miracle Mile – Steve De Jarnatt Mystery Train – Jim Jarmusch	Heathers 84 Charlie Mopic Powwow Highway Sidewalk Stories Talking to Strangers
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Drugstore Cowboy – Robert Yeoman Earth Girls Are Easy – Oliver Stapleton Mystery Train – Robby Müller Powwow Highway – Toyomichi Kurita Talking to Strangers – Robert Tregenza	My Left Foot • Ireland/UK Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK Hanussen • Hungary/West Germany/Austria High Hopes • UK Rouge • Hong Kong

Films with multiple nominations and awards[edit]

Films that received multiple nominations[edit]

Nominations	Film
8	Drugstore Cowboy
7	Mystery Train
5	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
3	Heathers
	Powwow Highway
	Sidewalk Stories
	True Love
2	84 Charlie Mopic
	Miracle Mile
	Talking to Strangers
	Shag