# Lumière Award for Best Film

The Lumière Award for Best Film (French: Lumière du meilleur film) is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996.

## Winners and nominees

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

### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
| 1996 (1st) | La Haine | La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| 1997 (2nd) | Ridicule | Ridicule | Patrice Leconte |
| 1998 (3rd) | Marius and Jeannette | Marius et Jeannette | Robert Guédiguian |
| 1999 (4th) | The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges | Erick Zonca |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
| 2000 (5th) | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Jeanne d'Arc | Luc Besson |
| 2001 (6th) | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres | Agnès Jaoui |
| 2002 (7th) | Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 2003 (8th) | Amen. | Amen. | Costa-Gavras |
| 2004 (9th) | The Triplets of Belleville | Les Triplettes de Belleville | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2005 (10th) | The Chorus | Les Choristes | Christophe Barratier |
| 2006 (11th) | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté | Jacques Audiard |
| 2007 (12th) | Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne | Guillaume Canet |
| 2007 (12th) | Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb |
| 2007 (12th) | Comedy of Power | L'Ivresse du pouvoir | Claude Chabrol |
| 2007 (12th) | Lady Chatterley | Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran |
| 2007 (12th) | Flanders | Flandres | Bruno Dumont |
| 2008 (13th) | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le Scaphandre et le Papillon | Julian Schnabel |
| 2008 (13th) | La Vie en Rose | La môme | Olivier Dahan |
| 2008 (13th) | The Secret of the Grain | La Graine et le Mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2008 (13th) | Persepolis | Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud |
| 2008 (13th) | Room of Death | La Chambre des morts | Alfred Lot |
| 2009 (14th) | The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet |
| 2009 (14th) | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | Mesrine: L'Instinct de mort | Jean-Francois Richet |
| 2009 (14th) | Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One | Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n° 1 | Jean-Francois Richet |
| 2009 (14th) | A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2009 (14th) | Séraphine | Séraphine | Martin Provost |
| 2009 (14th) | With a Little Help from Myself | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera | François Dupeyron |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
| 2010 (15th) | Welcome | Welcome | Philippe Lioret |
| 2010 (15th) | A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard |
| 2010 (15th) | In the Electric Mist | Dans la brume électrique | Bertrand Tavernier |
| 2010 (15th) | Coco Before Chanel | Coco avant Chanel | Anne Fontaine |
| 2010 (15th) | In the Beginning | À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli |
| 2011 (16th) | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois |
| 2011 (16th) | The Illusionist | L'Illusionniste | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2011 (16th) | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski |
| 2011 (16th) | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Gainsbourg, vie héroïque | Joann Sfar |
| 2011 (16th) | Carlos | Carlos | Olivier Assayas |
| 2012 (17th) | The Artist | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius |
| 2012 (17th) | Le Havre | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki |
| 2012 (17th) | The Minister | L'Exercice de l'Etat | Pierre Schöller |
| 2012 (17th) | The Intouchables | Intouchables | Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano |
| 2012 (17th) | House of Tolerance | L'Apollonide : Souvenirs de la maison close | Bertrand Bonello |
| 2013 (18th) | Amour | Amour | Michael Haneke |
| 2013 (18th) | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard |
| 2013 (18th) | Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot |
| 2013 (18th) | Camille Rewinds | Camille Redouble | Noémie Lvovsky |
| 2013 (18th) | Holy Motors | Holy Motors | Leos Carax |
| 2014 (19th) | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2014 (19th) | Mood Indigo | L'Ecume des jours | Michel Gondry |
| 2014 (19th) | The French Minister | Quai d'Orsay | Bertrand Tavernier |
| 2014 (19th) | Renoir | Renoir | Gilles Bourdos |
| 2014 (19th) | Grand Central | Grand Central | Rebecca Zlotowski |
| 2014 (19th) | 9 Month Stretch | 9 mois ferme | Albert Dupontel |
| 2015 (20th) | Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| 2015 (20th) | Girlhood | Bande de filles | Céline Sciamma |
| 2015 (20th) | The Bélier Family | La Famille Bélier | Éric Lartigau |
| 2015 (20th) | Not My Type | Pas son genre | Lucas Belvaux |
| 2015 (20th) | Saint Laurent | Saint Laurent | Bertrand Bonello |
| 2015 (20th) | Three Hearts | 3 cœurs | Benoît Jacquot |
| 2016 (21st) |
| 2016 (21st) | Mustang | Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven |
| 2016 (21st) | Summertime | La Belle Saison | Catherine Corsini |
| 2016 (21st) | Dheepan | Dheepan | Jacques Audiard |
| 2016 (21st) | Courted | L'Hermine | Christian Vincent |
| 2016 (21st) | Marguerite | Marguerite | Xavier Giannoli |
| 2016 (21st) | My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2017 (22nd) |
| 2017 (22nd) | Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven |
| 2017 (22nd) | The Death of Louis XIV | La Mort de Louis XIV | Albert Serra |
| 2017 (22nd) | Nocturama | Nocturama | Bertrand Bonello |
| 2017 (22nd) | Les Ogres | Les Ogres | Léa Fehner |
| 2017 (22nd) | Staying Vertical | Rester vertical | Alain Guiraudie |
| 2017 (22nd) | A Woman's Life | Une vie | Stéphane Brizé |
| 2018 (23rd) |
| 2018 (23rd) | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo |
| 2018 (23rd) | See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut | Albert Dupontel |
| 2018 (23rd) | Barbara | Barbara | Mathieu Amalric |
| 2018 (23rd) | Félicité | Félicité | Alain Gomis |
| 2018 (23rd) | Orphan | Orpheline | Arnaud des Pallières |
| 2018 (23rd) | C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache |
| 2019 (24th) |
| 2019 (24th) | The Sisters Brothers | Les Frères Sisters | Jacques Audiard |
| 2019 (24th) | Amanda | Amanda | Mikhael Hers |
| 2019 (24th) | Guy | Guy | Alex Lutz |
| 2019 (24th) | Lady J | Mademoiselle de Joncquières | Emmanuel Mouret |
| 2019 (24th) | In Safe Hands | Pupille | Jeanne Herry |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
| 2020 (25th) | Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly |
| 2020 (25th) | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | François Ozon |
| 2020 (25th) | An Officer and a Spy | J'Accuse | Roman Polanski |
| 2020 (25th) | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma |
| 2020 (25th) | Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2021 (26th) | Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Emmanuel Mouret |
| 2021 (26th) | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Albert Dupontel |
| 2021 (26th) | The Girl with a Bracelet | La Fille au bracelet | Stéphane Demoustier |
| 2021 (26th) | Summer of 85 | Été 85 | François Ozon |
| 2021 (26th) | Two of Us | Deux | Filippo Meneghetti |
| 2022 (27th) | Happening | L'Événement | Audrey Diwan |
| 2022 (27th) | Annette | Annette | Leos Carax |
| 2022 (27th) | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Xavier Giannoli |
| 2022 (27th) | Peaceful | De son vivant | Emmanuelle Bercot |
| 2022 (27th) | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Arthur Harari |
| 2023 (28th) | The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Dominik Moll |
| 2023 (28th) | Other People's Children | Les Enfants des autres | Rebecca Zlotowski |
| 2023 (28th) | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra |
| 2023 (28th) | Paris Memories | Revoir Paris | Alice Winocour |
| 2023 (28th) | Saint Omer | Saint Omer | Alice Diop |
| 2024 (29th) | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet |
| 2024 (29th) | Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat |
| 2024 (29th) | Sons of Ramses | Goutte d'or | Clément Cogitore |
| 2024 (29th) | The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Cédric Kahn |
| 2024 (29th) | The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley |
| 2025 (30th) | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard |
| 2025 (30th) | All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia |
| 2025 (30th) | Jim's Story | Le Roman de Jim | Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| 2025 (30th) | Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie |
| 2025 (30th) | Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine |