# Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film

The Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film (French: Prix Lumières du meilleur film francophone) is a discontinued award given by the Académie des Lumières from 2003 to 2019. It rewarded the best French-language film made outside France each year. It replaced the Lumière Award for Best Foreign Film (French: Prix Lumières du meilleur film étranger) that was awarded from 1996 to 2002. It was replaced in 2020 by the Lumière Award for Best International Co-Production.

## Winners and nominees

In the following lists, the titles and names with a blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
| 2003 (8th) | The Son | Le Fils | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| 2004 (9th) | The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Denys Arcand |
| 2005 (10th) | Tomorrow We Move | Demain on déménage | Chantal Akerman |
| 2006 (11th) | L'Enfant | L'Enfant | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| 2007 (12th) | Bamako | Bamako | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| 2007 (12th) | The United States of Albert | Les États-Unis d'Albert | André Forcier |
| 2007 (12th) | C.R.A.Z.Y. | C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée |
| 2007 (12th) | Bunker Paradise | Bunker Paradise | Stefan Liberski |
| 2007 (12th) | Barakat! | Barakat! | Djamila Sahraoui |
| 2008 (13th) | Délice Paloma | Délice Paloma | Nadir Moknèche |
| 2008 (13th) | Cowboy | Cowboy | Benoît Mariage |
| 2008 (13th) | Gone for a Dance | J'aurais voulu être un danseur | Alain Berliner |
| 2008 (13th) | In the Arms of My Enemy | Voleurs de chevaux | Micha Wald |
| 2008 (13th) | Days of Darkness | L'Age des ténèbres | Denys Arcand |
| 2008 (13th) | Africa Paradis | Africa Paradis | Sylvestre Amoussou |
| 2009 (14th) | Lorna's Silence | Le Silence de Lorna | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| 2009 (14th) | Johnny Mad Dog | Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire |
| 2009 (14th) | Home | Home | Ursula Meier |
| 2009 (14th) | Rumba | Rumba | Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy |
| 2009 (14th) | Faro: Goddess of the Waters | Faro, la reine des eaux | Salif Traore |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
| 2010 (15th) | I Killed My Mother | J'ai tué ma mère | Xavier Dolan |
| 2010 (15th) | Les Saignantes | Les Saignantes | Jean-Pierre Bekolo |
| 2010 (15th) | That Day | 1 journée | Jacob Berger |
| 2010 (15th) | Hand of the Headless Man | Où est la main de l'homme sans tête | Guillaume Malandrin and Stéphane Malandrin |
| 2010 (15th) | Private Lessons | Elève libre | Joachim Lafosse |
| 2010 (15th) | Beyond the Ocean | Les Oiseaux du ciel | Eliane de Latour |
| 2011 (16th) | A Screaming Man | Un Homme qui crie | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
| 2011 (16th) | Orly | Orly | Angela Schanelec |
| 2011 (16th) | Amer | Amer | Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani |
| 2011 (16th) | Illegal | Illégal | Olivier Masset-Depasse |
| 2011 (16th) | Heartbeats | Les Amours Imaginaires | Xavier Dolan |
| 2012 (17th) | Incendies | Incendies | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2012 (17th) | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| 2012 (17th) | The Giants | Les Géants | Bouli Lanners |
| 2012 (17th) | Curling | Curling | Denis Côté |
| 2012 (17th) | Where Do We Go Now? | Et maintenant on va où ? | Nadine Labaki |
| 2013 (18th) | The Pirogue | La Pirogue | Moussa Touré |
| 2013 (18th) | Monsieur Lazhar | Monsieur Lazhar | Philippe Falardeau |
| 2013 (18th) | Laurence Anyways | Laurence Anyways | Xavier Dolan |
| 2013 (18th) | Sister | L'Enfant d'en Haut | Ursula Meier |
| 2013 (18th) | Our Children | A perdre la raison | Joachim Lafosse |
| 2014 (19th) | Horses of God | Les Chevaux de Dieu | Nabil Ayouch |
| 2014 (19th) | Today | Aujourd'hui | Alain Gomis |
| 2014 (19th) | The Repentant | El Taaib (Le Repenti) | Merzak Allouache |
| 2014 (19th) | Dead Man Talking | Dead Man Talking | Patrick Ridremont |
| 2014 (19th) | Gabrielle | Gabrielle | Louise Archambault |
| 2014 (19th) | The Dismantling | Le Démantèlement | Sébastien Pilote |
| 2015 (20th) | Two Days, One Night | Deux jours, une nuit | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2015 (20th) | C'est eux les chiens... | C'est eux les chiens... | Hisham Lasri |
| 2015 (20th) | Fièvres | Fièvres | Hicham Ayouch |
| 2015 (20th) | L'Oranais | L'Oranais | Lyès Salem |
| 2015 (20th) | Mommy | Mommy | Xavier Dolan |
| 2015 (20th) | Run | Run | Philippe Lacôte |
| 2016 (21st) |
| 2016 (21st) | Much Loved | Much Loved | Nabil Ayouch |
| 2016 (21st) | As I Open My Eyes | À peine j'ouvre les yeux | Leyla Bouzid |
| 2016 (21st) | Next Year | L'Année prochaine | Vania Leturcq |
| 2016 (21st) | The Rooftops | Les Terrasses | Merzak Allouache |
| 2016 (21st) | The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament | Jaco Van Dormael |
| 2016 (21st) | La Vanité | La Vanité | Lionel Baier |
| 2017 (22nd) |
| 2017 (22nd) | Hedi | Hedi | Mohammed Ben Attia |
| 2017 (22nd) | Belgica | Belgica | Felix Van Groeningen |
| 2017 (22nd) | The Unknown Girl | La Fille inconnue | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2017 (22nd) | It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde | Xavier Dolan |
| 2017 (22nd) | Mimosas | Mimosas | Oliver Laxe |
| 2017 (22nd) | The First, the Last | Les Premiers, les Derniers | Bouli Lanners |
| 2018 (23rd) |
| 2018 (23rd) | Insyriated | Une famille syrienne | Philippe Van Leeuw |
| 2018 (23rd) | Before Summer Ends | Avant la fin de l’été | Maryam Goormaghtigh |
| 2018 (23rd) | Beauty and the Dogs | La Belle et la Meute | Kaouther Ben Hania |
| 2018 (23rd) | A Wedding | Noces | Stephan Streker |
| 2018 (23rd) | Lost in Paris | Paris pieds nus | Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon |
| 2019 (24th) |
| 2019 (24th) | Girl | Girl | Lukas Dhont |
| 2019 (24th) | Capernaum | Capernaum | Nadine Labaki |
| 2019 (24th) | Chris the Swiss | Chris the Swiss | Anja Kofmel |
| 2019 (24th) | The Insult | L'Insulte | Ziad Doueiri |
| 2019 (24th) | Our Struggles | Nos batailles | Guillaume Senez |