| 2025 |
It Was Just an Accident |
Jafar Panahi |
| 2024 |
Anora |
Sean Baker |
| 2023 |
Anatomy of a Fall |
Justine Triet |
| 2022 |
Triange of Sadness |
Ruben Ostlund |
| 2021 |
Titane |
Julia Ducournau |
| 2019 |
Parasite |
Bong Joon-ho |
| 2018 |
Shoplifters |
Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2017 |
The Square |
Ruben Ostlund |
| 2016 |
I, Daniel Blake |
Ken Loach |
| 2015 |
Dheepan |
Jacques Audiard |
| 2014 |
Winter Sleep |
Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
| 2013 |
Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2012 |
Love (Amour) |
Michael Haneke |
| 2011 |
The Tree of Life |
Terrence Malick |
| 2010 |
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives |
Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| 2009 |
The White Ribbon |
Michael Haneke |
| 2008 |
The Class |
Laurent Cantet |
| 2007 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days |
Cristian Mungiu |
| 2006 |
The Wind That Shakes The Barley |
Ken Loach |
| 2005 |
L'enfant |
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2004 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Michael Moore |
| 2003 |
Elephant |
Gus Van Sant |
| 2002 |
The Pianist |
Roman Polanski |
| 2001 |
The Son's Room |
Nanni Moretti |
| 2000 |
Dancer in the Dark |
Lars von Trier |
| 1999 |
Rosetta |
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 1998 |
Eternity and a Day |
Theo Angelopoulos |
| 1997 |
Unagi (The Eel) |
Shohei Imamura |
| 1997 |
Taste of Cherries |
Abbas Kiarostami |
| 1996 |
Secrets and Lies |
Mike Leigh |
| 1995 |
Underground |
Emir Kusturica |
| 1994 |
Pulp Fiction |
Quentin Tarantino |
| 1993 |
Farewell My Concubine |
Chen Kaige |
| 1993 |
The Piano |
Jan Campion |
| 1992 |
The Best Intentions |
Bille August |
| 1991 |
Barton Fink |
Joel Coen |
| 1990 |
Wild at Heart |
David Lynch |
| 1989 |
sex, lies and videotape |
Steven Soderbergh |
| 1988 |
Pelle the Conqueror |
Bille August |
| 1987 |
Under Satan's Sun |
Maurice Pialat |
| 1986 |
The Mission |
Roland Joffé |
| 1985 |
When Father Was Away on Business |
Emir Kusturica |
| 1984 |
Paris, Texas |
Wim Wenders |
| 1983 |
The Ballad of Narayama |
Shohei Imamura |
| 1982 |
Yol |
Yilmar Güney |
| 1982 |
Missing |
Costa-Gavras |
| 1981 |
Man of Iron |
Andrzej Wajda |
| 1980 |
Kagemusha |
Akira Kurosawa |
| 1979 |
The Tin Drum |
Volker Schlöndorff |
| 1978 |
The Tree of Wooden Clogs |
Ermanno Olmi |
| 1977 |
Padre Padrone |
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
| 1976 |
Taxi Driver |
Martin Scorsese |
| 1975 |
Chronique des Années de Braise |
M. Lakhdar Hamina |
| 1974 |
The Conversation |
Francis Ford Coppola |
| 1973 |
The Hireling |
Alan Bridges |
| 1973 |
Scarecrow |
Jerry Schatzberg |
| 1972 |
The Mattei Affair |
Francesco Rosi |
| 1972 |
The Working Class Goes to Heaven |
Elio Petri |
| 1971 |
The Go-Between |
Joseph Losey |
| 1970 |
M*A*S*H |
Robert Altman |
| 1969 |
If … |
Lindsay Anderson |
| 1968 |
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| 1967 |
Blow-Up |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
| 1966 |
A Man and a Woman |
Claude Lelouch |
| 1965 |
The Knack, and How to Get It |
Richard Lester |
| 1964 |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
Jacques Demy |
| 1963 |
The Leopard |
Luchino Visconti |
| 1962 |
The Given Word |
Anselmo Duarte |
| 1961 |
Viridiana |
Luis Buñuel |
| 1960 |
La Dolce Vita |
Federico Fellini |
| 1959 |
Black Orpheus |
Marcel Camus |
| 1958 |
The Cranes are Flying |
Mikhail Kalatozov |
| 1957 |
Friendly Persuasion |
William Wyler |
| 1956 |
The Silent World |
Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle |
| 1955 |
Marty |
Delbert Mann |
| 1954 |
Gate of Hell |
Teinosuke Kinugasa |
| 1953 |
The Wages of Fear |
Georges Clouzot |
| 1952 |
Othello |
Orson Welles |
| 1952 |
Two Cents Worth of Hope |
Renato Castellani |
| 1951 |
Miss Julie |
Alf Sjöberg |
| 1951 |
Miracle in Milan |
Vittorio De Sica |
| 1950 |
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| 1949 |
The Third Man |
Carol Reed |
| 1948 |
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| 1946 |
La Bataille du Rail |
René Clément |
