# César Award for Best Editing

The César Award for Best Editing (French: César du meilleur montage) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1976.

## Winners and nominees
### 1970s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Editor(s) |
| 1976 (1st) | Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance | Geneviève Winding |
| 1976 (1st) | Call me Savage | Le sauvage | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
| 1976 (1st) | The French Detective | Adieu poulet | Jean Ravel |
| 1976 (1st) | The Important Thing Is To Love | L'important c'est d'aimer | Christiane Lack |
| 1976 (1st) | The Old Gun | Le vieux fusil | Eva Zora |
| 1977 (2nd) | Police Python 357 | Police Python 357 | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
| 1977 (2nd) | Barocco | Barocco | Claudine Merlin |
| 1977 (2nd) | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Henri Lanoë |
| 1977 (2nd) | A Woman at Her Window | Une femme à sa fenêtre | Jean Ravel |
| 1978 (3rd) | Providence | Providence | Albert Jurgenson |
| 1978 (3rd) | The Base of the Air Is Red | Le fond de l'air est rouge | Chris Marker |
| 1978 (3rd) | The Simple Past | Le passé simple | Françoise Bonnot |
| 1978 (3rd) | The Threat | La menace | Henri Lanoë |
| 1979 (4th) | Dossier 51 | Le dossier 51 | Raymonde Guyot |
| 1979 (4th) | Butterfly on the Shoulder | Un papillon sur l'épaule | Henri Lanoë |
| 1979 (4th) | Other People's Money | L'argent des autres | Jean Ravel |
| 1979 (4th) | The Savage State | L'état sauvage | Geneviève Winding |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Editor(s) |
| 1980 (5th) | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Reginald Beck |
| 1980 (5th) | The Brontë Sisters | Les Soeurs Brontë | Claudine Merlin |
| 1980 (5th) | Le cavaleur | Le cavaleur | Henri Lanoë |
| 1980 (5th) | Cold Cuts | Buffet froid | Claudine Merlin |
| 1980 (5th) | Série noire | Série noire | Thierry Derocles |
| 1981 (6th) | The Last Metro | Le dernier métro | Martine Barraqué-Currie |
| 1981 (6th) | Death Watch | La mort en direct | Michael Ellis and Armand Psenny |
| 1981 (6th) | Umbrella Coup | Le coup du parapluie | Albert Jurgenson |
| 1981 (6th) | The Woman Banker | La banquière | Geneviève Winding |
| 1982 (7th) | Under Suspicion | Garde à vue | Albert Jurgenson |
| 1982 (7th) | Clean Up | Coup de torchon | Armand Psenny |
| 1982 (7th) | Dance of Life | Les uns et les autres | Sophie Bhaud and Hugues Darmois |
| 1982 (7th) | Malevil | Malevil | Henri Lanoë |
| 1983 (8th) | What Makes David Run? | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David | Noëlle Boisson |
| 1983 (8th) | The Balance | La balance | Françoise Javet |
| 1983 (8th) | The North Star | L'Étoile du Nord | Jean Ravel |
| 1983 (8th) | The Roaring Forties | Les quarantièmes rugissants | Henri Lanoë |
| 1983 (8th) | Tir groupé | Tir groupé | Armand Psenny |
| 1984 (9th) | One Deadly Summer | L'été meurtrier | Jacques Witta |
| 1984 (9th) | Hanna K. | Hanna K. | Françoise Bonnot |
| 1984 (9th) | Les mots pour le dire | Les mots pour le dire | Claire Pinheiro |
| 1984 (9th) | News Items | Faits divers | Françoise Prenant |
| 1984 (9th) | The Wounded Man | L'homme blessé | Denise de Casabianca |
| 1985 (10th) | My New Partner | Les ripoux | Nicole Saunier |
| 1985 (10th) | Our Story | Notre histoire | Claudine Merlin |
| 1985 (10th) | Souvenirs souvenirs | Souvenirs souvenirs | Geneviève Winding |
| 1985 (10th) | A Sunday in the Country | Un dimanche à la campagne | Armand Psen |
| 1986 (11th) | Death in a French Garden | Péril en la demeure | Raymonde Guyot |
| 1986 (11th) | He Died with His Eyes Open | On ne meurt que 2 fois | Henri Lanoë |
| 1986 (11th) | Police | Police | Yann Dedet |
| 1986 (11th) | Subway | Subway | Sophie Schmit |
| 1987 (12th) | Thérèse | Thérèse | Isabelle Dedieu |
| 1987 (12th) | Betty Blue | 37°2 le matin | Monique Prim |
| 1987 (12th) | Ménage | Tenue de soirée | Claudine Merlin |
| 1987 (12th) | Round Midnight | Round Midnight | Armand Psenny |
| 1988 (13th) | Goodbye, Children | Au revoir les enfants | Emmanuelle Castro |
| 1988 (13th) | The Grand Highway | Le grand chemin | Raymonde Guyot |
| 1988 (13th) | Under the Sun of Satan | Sous le soleil de Satan | Yann Dedet |
| 1989 (14th) | The Bear | L'ours | Noëlle Boisson |
| 1989 (14th) | Camille Claudel | Camille Claudel | Joëlle Hache and Jeanne Kef |
| 1989 (14th) | The Reader | La lectrice | Raymonde Guyot |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Editor(s) |
| 1990 (15th) | Too Beautiful for You | Trop belle pour toi | Claudine Merlin |
| 1990 (15th) | Life and Nothing But | La vie et rien d'autre | Armand Psenny |
| 1990 (15th) | Mr. Hire | Monsieur Hire | Joëlle Hache and Claudine Merlin |
| 1991 (16th) | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | Noëlle Boisson |
| 1991 (16th) | The Hairdresser's Husband | Le mari de la coiffeuse | Joëlle Hache |
| 1991 (16th) | La Femme Nikita | Nikita | Olivier Mauffroy |
| 1992 (17th) | Delicatessen | Delicatessen | Hervé Schneid |
| 1992 (17th) | All the Mornings of the World | Tous les matins du monde | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
| 1992 (17th) | Thank You Life | Merci la vie | Claudine Merlin |
| 1993 (18th) | Savage Nights | Les nuits fauves | Lise Beaulieu |
| 1993 (18th) | Indochine | Indochine | Geneviève Winding |
| 1993 (18th) | The Lover | L'amant | Noëlle Boisson |
| 1994 (19th) | Three Colors: Blue | Trois couleurs: Bleu | Jacques Witta |
| 1994 (19th) | Germinal | Germinal | Hervé de Luze |
| 1994 (19th) | Smoking/No Smoking | Smoking/No Smoking | Albert Jurgenson |
| 1994 (19th) | The Visitors | Les visiteurs | Catherine Kelber |
| 1995 (20th) | See How They Fall | Regarde les hommes tomber | Juliette Welfling |
| 1995 (20th) | Léon | Léon | Sylvie Landra |
| 1995 (20th) | Queen Margot | La reine Margot | François Gédigier and Hélène Viard |
| 1996 (21st) | Hate | La haine | Mathieu Kassovitz and Scott Stevenson |
| 1996 (21st) | The Horseman on the Roof | Le hussard sur le toit | Noëlle Boisson |
| 1996 (21st) | Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud | Jacqueline Thiédot |
| 1997 (22nd) | Microcosmos | Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe | Florence Ricard and Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
| 1997 (22nd) | Ridicule | Ridicule | Joëlle Hache |
| 1997 (22nd) | A Self Made Hero | Un héros très discret | Juliette Welfling |
| 1998 (23rd) | Same Old Song | On connaît la chanson | Hervé de Luze |
| 1998 (23rd) | The Fifth Element | The Fifth Element | Sylvie Landra |
| 1998 (23rd) | On Guard | Le bossu | Henri Lanoë |
| 1999 (24th) | Taxi | Taxi | Véronique Lange |
| 1999 (24th) | Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme | Luc Barnier and Françoise Bonnot |
| 1999 (24th) | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train | François Gédigier |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Editor(s) |
| 2000 (25th) | Tracks | Voyages | Emmanuelle Castro |
| 2000 (25th) | Girl on the Bridge | La fille sur le pont | Joëlle Hache |
| 2000 (25th) | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Sylvie Landra |
| 2001 (26th) | Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Yannick Kergoat |
| 2001 (26th) | The Crimson Rivers | Les rivières pourpres | Maryline Monthieux |
| 2001 (26th) | The Taste of Others | Le goût des autres | Hervé de Luze |
| 2002 (27th) | Winged Migration | Le Peuple migrateur | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
| 2002 (27th) | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Hervé Schneid |
| 2002 (27th) | Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres | Juliette Welfling |
| 2003 (28th) | To Be and to Have | Être et avoir | Nicolas Philibert |
| 2003 (28th) | The Pianist (nominated for the Academy Award) | The Pianist (nominated for the Academy Award) | Hervé de Luze |
| 2003 (28th) | The Spanish Apartment | L'auberge espagnole | Francine Sandberg |
| 2004 (29th) | One: On the Run Two: An Amazing Couple Three: After Life | Cavale Un couple épatant Après la vie | Danielle Anezin, Valérie Loiseleux, Ludo Troch |
| 2004 (29th) | Bon voyage | Bon voyage | Maryline Monthieux |
| 2004 (29th) | Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche | Hervé de Luze |
| 2005 (30th) | Two Brothers | Deux frères | Noëlle Boisson |
| 2005 (30th) | Département 36 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Hachdé |
| 2005 (30th) | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Hervé Schneid |
| 2006 (31st) | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté | Juliette Welfling |
| 2006 (31st) | March of the Penguins | La marche de l'empereur | Sabine Emiliani |
| 2006 (31st) | The Russian Dolls | Les poupées russes | Francine Sandberg |
| 2007 (32nd) | Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne | Hervé de Luze |
| 2007 (32nd) | Days of Glory | Indigènes | Yannick Kergoat |
| 2007 (32nd) | Orchestra Seats | Fauteuils d'orchestre | Sylvie Landra |
| 2007 (32nd) | Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | Hervé de Luze |
| 2007 (32nd) | When I Was a Singer | Quand j'étais chanteur | Martine Giordano |
| 2008 (33rd) | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (nominated for the Academy Award) | Le Scaphandre et le papillon | Juliette Welfling |
| 2008 (33rd) | Persepolis | Persepolis | Stéphane Roche |
| 2008 (33rd) | A Secret | Un secret | Véronique Lange |
| 2008 (33rd) | The Secret of the Grain | La graine et le mulet | Camille Toubkis and Ghalya Lacroix |
| 2008 (33rd) | La Vie en Rose | La môme | Richard Marizy and Yves Beloniak |
| 2009 (34th) | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Le Pemier Jour du reste de ta vie | Sophie Reine |
| 2009 (34th) | A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | Laurence Briaud |
| 2009 (34th) | The Class | Entre les murs | Robin Campillo and Stephanie Leger |
| 2009 (34th) | Paris | Paris | Francine Sandberg |
| 2009 (34th) | Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 | L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1 | Bill Pankow and Hervé Schneid |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Editor(s) |
| 2010 (35th) | A Prophet | Un prophète | Juliette Welfling |
| 2010 (35th) | In the Beginning | À l'origine | Célia Lafitedupont |
| 2010 (35th) | Wild Grass | Les Herbes folles | Hervé de Luze |
| 2010 (35th) | Welcome | Welcome | Andrea Sedlackova |
| 2010 (35th) | Le Concert | Le Concert | Ludo Troch |
| 2011 (36th) | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Hervé de Luze |
| 2011 (36th) | Carlos | Carlos | Luc Barnier |
| 2011 (36th) | On Tour | Tournée | Annette Dutertre |
| 2011 (36th) | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Marie-Julie Maille |
| 2011 (36th) | Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) | Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) | Marilyne Monthieux |
| 2012 (37th) | Polisse | Polisse | Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet |
| 2012 (37th) | The Artist | The Artist | Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius |
| 2012 (37th) | The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État | Laurence Briaud |
| 2012 (37th) | Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée | Pauline Gaillard |
| 2012 (37th) | The Intouchables | Intouchables | Dorian Rigal-Ansous |
| 2013 (38th) | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Juliette Welfling |
| 2013 (38th) | Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Luc Barnier |
| 2013 (38th) | Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble | Annette Dutertre and Michel Klochendler |
| 2013 (38th) | Holy Motors | Holy Motors | Nelly Quettier |
| 2013 (38th) | Amour | Amour | Monika Willi |
| 2014 (39th) | Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table | Valérie Deseine |
| 2014 (39th) | Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | Jean-Christophe Hym |
| 2014 (39th) | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Albertine Lastera, Jean-Marie Lengellé and Camille Toubkis |
| 2014 (39th) | 9 Month Stretch | Neuf mois ferme | Christophe Pinel |
| 2014 (39th) | The Past | Le Passé | Juliette Welfling |
| 2015 (40th) | Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Nadia Ben Rachid |
| 2015 (40th) | Love at First Fight | Les Combattants | Lilian Corbeille |
| 2015 (40th) | Hippocrates | Hippocrate | Christel Dewynter |
| 2015 (40th) | Party Girl | Party Girl | Frédéric Baillehaiche |
| 2015 (40th) | Saint Laurent | Saint Laurent | Fabrice Rouaud |
| 2016 (41st) | Mustang | Mustang | Mathilde Van de Moortel |
| 2016 (41st) | Dheepan | Dheepan | Juliette Welfling |
| 2016 (41st) | Marguerite | Marguerite | Cyril Nakache |
| 2016 (41st) | Mon roi | Mon roi | Simon Jacquet |
| 2016 (41st) | My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Laurence Briaud |
| 2017 (42nd) | It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde | Xavier Dolan |
| 2017 (42nd) | Divines | Divines | Loïc Lallemand and Vincent Tricon |
| 2017 (42nd) | Elle | Elle | Job ter Burg |
| 2017 (42nd) | Frantz | Frantz | Laure Gardette |
| 2017 (42nd) | From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres | Simon Jacquet |
| 2018 (43rd) | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo |
| 2018 (43rd) | See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut | Christophe Pinel |
| 2018 (43rd) | Barbara | Barbara | François Gédigier |
| 2018 (43rd) | Bloody Milk | Petit Paysan | Julie Lena, Lilian Corbeille & Grégoire Pontécaille |
| 2018 (43rd) | C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête | Dorian Rigal-Ansous |
| 2019 (44th) | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde | Yorgos Lamprinos |
| 2019 (44th) | The Trouble with You | En liberté! | Isabelle Devinck |
| 2019 (44th) | The Sisters Brothers | Les Frères Sisters | Juliette Welfling |
| 2019 (44th) | Little Tickles | Les Chatouilles | Valérie Deseine |
| 2019 (44th) | Sink or Swim | Le Grand Bain | Simon Jacquet |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Editor(s) |
| 2020 (45th) | Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Flora Volpelière |
| 2020 (45th) | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | Laure Gardette |
| 2020 (45th) | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Hervé de Luze |
| 2020 (45th) | La Belle Époque | La Belle Époque | Anny Danché and Florent Vassault |
| 2020 (45th) | The Specials | Hors normes | Dorian Rigal-Ansou |
| 2021 (46th) | Adolescents | Adolescentes | Tina Baz |
| 2021 (46th) | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Christophe Pinel |
| 2021 (46th) | My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Annette Dutertre |
| 2021 (46th) | Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Marital Salomon |
| 2021 (46th) | Summer of 85 | Été 85 | Laure Gardette |
| 2022 (47th) | Annette | Annette | Nelly Quettier |
| 2022 (47th) | BAC Nord | BAC Nord | Simon Jacquet |
| 2022 (47th) | Black Box | Boîte noire | Valentin Féron |
| 2022 (47th) | The Divide | La Fracture | Frédéric Baillehaiche |
| 2022 (47th) | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Cyril Nakache |
| 2023 (48th) | Full Time | À plein temps | Mathilde Van de Moortel |
| 2023 (48th) | Rise | En corps | Anne-Sophie Bion |
| 2023 (48th) | The Innocent | L'Innocent | Pierre Deschamps |
| 2023 (48th) | November | Novembre | Laure Gardette |
| 2023 (48th) | The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Laurent Rouan |
| 2024 (49th) | Anatomy of a Fall (nominated for the Academy Award) | Anatomie d'une chute | Laurent Sénéchal |
| 2024 (49th) | All Your Faces | Je verrai toujours vos visages | Francis Vesin |
| 2024 (49th) | The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Lilian Corbeille |
| 2024 (49th) | The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Yann Dedet |
| 2024 (49th) | Little Girl Blue | Little Girl Blue | Valerie Loiseleux |
| 2025 (50th) | Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Xavier Sirven |
| 2025 (50th) | Beating Hearts | L'Amour ouf | Simon Jacquet |
| 2025 (50th) | The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Célia Lafitedupont |
| 2025 (50th) | Emilia Pérez (nominated for the Academy Award) | Emilia Pérez (nominated for the Academy Award) | Juliette Welfling |
| 2025 (50th) | The Marching Band | En Fanfare | Guerric Catala |