# Goya Award for Best European Film

The Goya Award for Best European Film (Spanish: Premio Goya a la mejor película europea) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The award was first presented at the seventh edition of the Goya Awards with the French film Indochine behind the first winner of the category.
For the 39th awards ceremony, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain introduced a modification consisting of the increase of the submissions by a given country up to a maximum of two.

## Winners and nominees

The films are listed by the year they received the award or nomination. The winners are in a blue background and in bold. The countries are the ones listed at the official site of the Goya Awards.

### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 1992 (7th) | Indochine | Indochine | Régis Wargnier | France |
| 1992 (7th) | Hidden Agenda | Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| United Kingdom ||
| 1993 (8th) | Three Colors: Blue | Trois couleurs: Bleu | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France Switzerland Poland |
| 1993 (8th) | The Crying Game | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom |
| 1993 (8th) | Peter's Friends | Peter's Friends | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom |
| 1994 (9th) | The Snapper | The Snapper | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| 1994 (9th) | Raining Stones | Raining Stones | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| 1994 (9th) | The Remains of the Day | The Remains of the Day | James Ivory | United Kingdom United States |
| 1995 (10th) | Lamerica | Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy France Switzerland |
| 1995 (10th) | Carrington | Carrington | Christopher Hampton | United Kingdom |
| 1995 (10th) | The Madness of King George | The Madness of King George | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom |
| 1996 (11th) | Secrets & Lies | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom France |
| 1996 (11th) | Breaking the Waves | Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 1996 (11th) | Ulysses' Gaze | Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα | Theodoros Angelopoulos | Greece Italy France |
| 1997 (12th) | The Full Monty | The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | United Kingdom |
| 1997 (12th) | Brassed Off | Brassed Off | Mark Herman | United Kingdom |
| 1997 (12th) | The English Patient | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | United Kingdom United States |
| 1998 (13th) | The Boxer | The Boxer | Jim Sheridan | Ireland |
| 1998 (13th) | April | Aprile | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 1998 (13th) | Marius and Jeannette | Marius et Jeannette | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| 1998 (13th) | The Thief | Vor | Pavel Chukhrai | Russia France |
| 1999 (14th) | Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Roberto Benigni | Italy |
| 1999 (14th) | Black Cat, White Cat | Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia France Germany Austria Greece |
| 1999 (14th) | The Dinner Game | Le Dîner de Cons | Francis Veber | France |
| 1999 (14th) | It All Starts Today | Ça commence aujourd'hui | Bertrand Tavernier | France |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2000 (15th) | Dancer in the Dark | Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 2000 (15th) | Chicken Run | Chicken Run | Peter Lord and Nick Park | United Kingdom |
| 2000 (15th) | East Is East | East Is East | Damien O'Donnell | United Kingdom |
| 2000 (15th) | Faithless | Trolösa | Liv Ullmann | Sweden |
| 2001 (16th) | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France |
| 2001 (16th) | Billy Elliot | Billy Elliot | Stephen Daldry | United Kingdom |
| 2001 (16th) | Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget Jones's Diary | Sharon Maguire | United Kingdom |
| 2001 (16th) | Chocolat | Chocolat | Lasse Hallström | United Kingdom |
| 2002 (17th) | The Pianist | The Pianist | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom |
| 2002 (17th) | Italian for Beginners | Italiensk for begyndere | Lone Scherfig | Denmark |
| 2002 (17th) | Mostly Martha | Bella Martha | Sandra Nettelbeck | Germany |
| 2002 (17th) | Gosford Park | Gosford Park | Robert Altman | United Kingdom |
| 2003 (18th) | Good Bye Lenin! | Good Bye Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
| 2003 (18th) | Dogville | Dogville | Lars von Trier | Denmark Sweden United Kingdom |
| 2003 (18th) | The Dreamers | The Dreamers | Bernardo Bertolucci | France United Kingdom |
| 2003 (18th) | The Flower of Evil | La fleur du mal | Claude Chabrol | France |
| 2004 (19th) | Head-On | Gegen die Wand | Fatih Akın | Germany |
| 2004 (19th) | Being Julia | Being Julia | István Szabó | United Kingdom Hungary |
| 2004 (19th) | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Peter Webber | United Kingdom |
| 2004 (19th) | Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | François Dupeyron | France Turkey |
| 2005 (20th) | Match Point | Match Point | Woody Allen | United Kingdom |
| 2005 (20th) | The Chorus | Les choristes | Christophe Barratier | France |
| 2005 (20th) | The Constant Gardener | The Constant Gardener | Fernando Meirelles | United Kingdom |
| 2005 (20th) | Downfall | Der Untergang | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany |
| 2006 (21st) | The Queen | The Queen | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| 2006 (21st) | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Ireland United Kingdom Germany Spain |
| 2006 (21st) | Copying Beethoven | Copying Beethoven | Agnieszka Holland | United Kingdom |
| 2006 (21st) | Scoop | Scoop | Woody Allen | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (22nd) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2008 (23rd) | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile | Cristian Mungiu | Romania |
| 2008 (23rd) | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Mark Herman | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (23rd) | The Dark Knight | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (23rd) | The Edge of Heaven | Auf der anderen Seite | Fatih Akın | Germany |
| 2009 (24th) | Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |
| 2009 (24th) | Welcome to the Land of Shtis | Bienvenue chez lez Ch'tis | Dany Boon | France |
| 2009 (24th) | The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | France |
| 2009 (24th) | Let the Right One In | Låt den rätte komma in | Tomas Alfredson | Sweden |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2010 (25th) | The King's Speech | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | United Kingdom Australia |
| 2010 (25th) | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | France |
| 2010 (25th) | A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France |
| 2010 (25th) | The White Ribbon | Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte | Michael Haneke | Germany |
| 2011 (26th) | The Artist | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| 2011 (26th) | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | United Kingdom |
| 2011 (26th) | Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars Von Trier | Denmark |
| 2011 (26th) | Carnage | Carnage | Roman Polanski | Germany France Spain Poland |
| 2012 (27th) | The Intouchables | Intouchables | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | France |
| 2012 (27th) | Shame | Shame | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom |
| 2012 (27th) | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | France Belgium |
| 2012 (27th) | In the House | Dans la maison | François Ozon | France |
| 2013 (28th) | Amour | Amour | Michael Haneke | Austria |
| 2013 (28th) | The Hunt | Jagten | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark Sweden |
| 2013 (28th) | The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy France |
| 2013 (28th) | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle | Abdellatif Kechiche | France Belgium Spain |
| 2014 (29th) | Ida | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland |
| 2014 (29th) | The Salt of the Earth | The Salt of the Earth | Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | France |
| 2014 (29th) | Serial (Bad) Weddings | Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? | Philippe de Chauveron | France |
| 2014 (29th) | The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared | Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann | Felix Herngren | Sweden |
| 2015 (30th) | Mustang | Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France |
| 2015 (30th) | Sur le chemin de l'école | Sur le chemin de l'école | Pascal Plisson | France |
| 2015 (30th) | Leviathan | Левиафан | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| 2015 (30th) | Macbeth | Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | United Kingdom |
| 2016 (31st) | Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | France |
| 2016 (31st) | Genius | Genius | Michael Grandage | United Kingdom |
| 2016 (31st) | Son of Saul | Saul fia | László Nemes | Hungary |
| 2016 (31st) | I, Daniel Blake | I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| 2017 (32nd) | The Square | The Square | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| 2017 (32nd) | C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | France |
| 2017 (32nd) | Lady Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | William Oldroyd | United Kingdom |
| 2017 (32nd) | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany |
| 2018 (33rd) | Cold War | Zimna wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland |
| 2018 (33rd) | Phantom Thread | Phantom Thread | Paul Thomas Anderson | United Kingdom |
| 2018 (33rd) | Girl | Girl | Lukas Dhont | Belgium |
| 2018 (33rd) | The Party | The Party | Sally Potter | United Kingdom |
| 2019 (34th) | Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France |
| 2019 (34th) | Border | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Sweden |
| 2019 (34th) | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma | France |
| 2019 (34th) | Yesterday | Yesterday | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2020 (35th) | The Father | The Father | Florian Zeller | United Kingdom |
| 2020 (35th) | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | Jan Komasa | Poland |
| 2020 (35th) | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Roman Polanski | France |
| 2020 (35th) | Falling | Falling | Viggo Mortensen | United Kingdom |
| 2021 (36th) | Another Round | Druk | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |
| 2021 (36th) | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Albert Dupontel | France |
| 2021 (36th) | Promising Young Woman | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell | United Kingdom |
| 2021 (36th) | I'm Your Man | Ich bin dein Mensch | Maria Schrader | Germany |
| 2022 (37th) | The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Joachim Trier | Norway |
| 2022 (37th) | Belfast | Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom |
| 2022 (37th) | The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| 2022 (37th) | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| 2022 (37th) | Playground | Un monde | Laura Wandel | Belgium |
| 2023 (38th) | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| 2023 (38th) | Aftersun | Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom |
| 2023 (38th) | The Eight Mountains | Le otto montagne | Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch [it] | Italy |
| 2023 (38th) | Safe Place | Sigurno mjesto | Juraj Lerotić | Croatia |
| 2023 (38th) | The Teachers' Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | İlker Çatak | Germany |
| 2024 (39th) | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France |
| 2024 (39th) | The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière | France |
| 2024 (39th) | Flow | Straume | Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia |
| 2024 (39th) | La chimera | La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| 2024 (39th) | The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom |

## Awards by nation

The following list excludes non-European countries that have received nominations for co-productions with European country. The list also excludes Spain.
| Country | Awards | Nominations |
| France | 12 | 38 |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 47 |
| Poland | 3 | 5 |
| Germany | 2 | 12 |
| Italy | 2 | 7 |
| Denmark | 2 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 | 7 |
| Austria | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 4 |
| Greece | 0 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 |