# European Film Award for Best Film

European Film Award for Best Film is one of the annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize the best in European filmmaking. It was first awarded in 1988 with Polish film A Short Film About Killing, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, being the first recipient of the award.
Directors Gianni Amelio, Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke have received the most wins in this category with three wins each, while Pedro Almodóvar is the most nominated director with seven nominations, winning twice. Maren Ade was the first female director to win the award, receiving it for Toni Erdmann in 2016.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 1988 (1st) |
| 1988 (1st) | A Short Film About Killing | Krótki film o zabijaniu | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| 1988 (1st) | Goodbye Children | Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle | France, West Germany |
| 1988 (1st) | The Animated Forest | El bosque animado | José Luis Cuerda | Spain |
| 1988 (1st) | Distant Voices, Still Lives | Distant Voices, Still Lives | Terence Davies | United Kingdom |
| 1988 (1st) | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | Wim Wenders | West Germany, France |
| 1988 (1st) | Jacob | Iacob | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania |
| 1988 (1st) | Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren / Pelle Erövraren | Bille August | Denmark, Sweden |
| 1989 (2nd) |
| 1989 (2nd) | Landscape in the Mist | Topio stin omichli | Theodoros Angelopoulos | Greece, France, Italy |
| 1989 (2nd) | The Midas Touch | Eldorádó | Géza Bereményi | Hungary |
| 1989 (2nd) | Magnus | Magnus | Þráinn Bertelsson | Iceland |
| 1989 (2nd) | Recollections of the Yellow House | Recordações da Casa Amarela | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| 1989 (2nd) | High Hopes | High Hopes | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| 1989 (2nd) | Little Vera | Malenkaya Vera | Vasili Pichul | Soviet Union |

### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 1990 (3rd) |
| 1990 (3rd) | Open Doors | Porte aperte | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| 1990 (3rd) | The Match Factory Girl | Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| 1990 (3rd) | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France |
| 1990 (3rd) | Interrogation | Przesłuchanie | Ryszard Bugajski | Poland |
| 1990 (3rd) | ¡Ay Carmela! | ¡Ay Carmela! | Carlos Saura | Spain |
| 1990 (3rd) | The Guardian Angel | Skyddsängeln | Suzanne Osten | Sweden |
| 1990 (3rd) | Mother | Мать | Gleb Panfilov | Soviet Union |
| 1991 (4th) |
| 1991 (4th) | Riff-Raff | Riff-Raff | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| 1991 (4th) | The Voyager | Homo Faber | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany |
| 1991 (4th) | The Little Gangster | Le petit criminel | Jacques Doillon | France |
| 1991 (4th) | Toto the Hero | Toto le héros | Jaco Van Dormael | Belgium |
| 1991 (4th) | Delicatessen | Delicatessen | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France |
| 1991 (4th) | Ultra | Ultrà | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy |
| 1992 (5th) |
| 1992 (5th) | The Stolen Children | Il ladro di bambini | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| 1992 (5th) | La Vie de Bohème | La Vie de Bohème | Aki Kaurismäki | France |
| 1992 (5th) | The Lovers on the Bridge | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Leos Carax | France |
| 1992 (5th) | North | Nord | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| 1992 (5th) | Three Days | Trys dienos | Šarūnas Bartas | Lithuania |
| 1992 (5th) | The Northerners | De Noorderlingen | Alex van Warmerdam | Netherlands |
| 1993 (6th) |
| 1993 (6th) | Close to Eden | Урга — территория любви | Nikita Mikhalkov | Russia |
| 1993 (6th) | Benny's Video | Benny's Video | Michael Haneke | Austria |
| 1993 (6th) | A Heart in Winter | Un cœur en hiver | Claude Sautet | France |
| 1993 (6th) | Man Bites Dog | C'est arrivé près de chez vous | Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Belgium |
| 1993 (6th) | Orlando | Orlando | Sally Potter | United Kingdom |
| 1993 (6th) | Antonio's Girlfriend | La petite amie d'Antonio | Manuel Poirier | France |
| 1994 (7th) |
| 1994 (7th) | Lamerica | Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| 1994 (7th) | In the Name of the Father | In the Name of the Father | Jim Sheridan | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| 1994 (7th) | Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: White, Three Colors: Red | Trois couleurs: Bleu, Trois couleurs: Blanc, Trois couleurs: Rouge | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Poland, Switzerland |
| 1994 (7th) | Kosh ba kosh | Кош ба кош | Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Russia |
| 1994 (7th) | Son of the Shark | Le Fils du requin | Agnès Merlet | France |
| 1994 (7th) | Woyzeck | Woyzeck | János Szász | Hungary |
| 1995 (8th) |
| 1995 (8th) | Land and Freedom | Land and Freedom | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| 1995 (8th) | Rendez-Vous in Paris | Les Rendez-vous de Paris | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 1995 (8th) | Ulysses' Gaze | Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| 1995 (8th) | Butterfly Kiss | Butterfly Kiss | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom |
| 1995 (8th) | Deathmaker | Der Totmacher | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
| 1995 (8th) | La Haine | La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz | France |
| 1996 (9th) |
| 1996 (9th) | Breaking the Waves | Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 1996 (9th) | Kolya | Kolja | Jan Svěrák | Czech Republic |
| 1996 (9th) | Secrets & Lies | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| 1996 (9th) | Lea | Lea | Ivan Fila | Germany |
| 1996 (9th) | Some Mother's Son | Some Mother's Son | Terry George | Ireland |
| 1997 (10th) |
| 1997 (10th) | The Full Monty | The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | United Kingdom |
| 1997 (10th) | Captain Conan | Capitaine Conan | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| 1997 (10th) | The Fifth Element | Le Cinquième Élément | Luc Besson | France |
| 1997 (10th) | The Perfect Circle | Savršeni krug | Ademir Kenović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1997 (10th) | The English Patient | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | United States, United Kingdom |
| 1997 (10th) | The Thief | Вор | Pavel Chukhrai | Russia |
| 1998 (11th) |
| 1998 (11th) | Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Roberto Benigni | Italy |
| 1998 (11th) | The Butcher Boy | The Butcher Boy | Neil Jordan | Ireland |
| 1998 (11th) | Live Flesh | Carne trémula | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 1998 (11th) | The Celebration | Festen | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |
| 1998 (11th) | The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges | Erick Zonca | France |
| 1998 (11th) | Run Lola Run | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
| 1998 (11th) | My Name Is Joe | My Name Is Joe | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| 1999 (12th) |
| 1999 (12th) | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 1999 (12th) | Show Me Love | Fucking Åmål | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden |
| 1999 (12th) | Mifune's Last Song | Mifunes sidste sang | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark |
| 1999 (12th) | Moloch | Молох | Alexander Sokurov | Russia |
| 1999 (12th) | Notting Hill | Notting Hill | Roger Michell | United Kingdom |
| 1999 (12th) | Rosetta | Rosetta | Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Belgium |
| 1999 (12th) | Sunshine | Sunshine | István Szabó | Canada, Hungary, Austria, Germany |
| 1999 (12th) | The War Zone | The War Zone | Tim Roth | United Kingdom |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2000 (13th) |
| 2000 (13th) | Dancer in the Dark | Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 2000 (13th) | Billy Elliot | Billy Elliot | Stephen Daldry | United Kingdom |
| 2000 (13th) | Chicken Run | Chicken Run | Peter Lord, Nick Park | United Kingdom |
| 2000 (13th) | Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Dominik Moll | France |
| 2000 (13th) | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres | Agnès Jaoui | France |
| 2000 (13th) | Bread and Tulips | Pane e tulipani | Silvio Soldini | Italy |
| 2000 (13th) | Faithless | Trolösa | Liv Ullmann | Sweden |
| 2001 (14th) |
| 2001 (14th) | Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France |
| 2001 (14th) | Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget Jones's Diary | Sharon Maguire | United Kingdom |
| 2001 (14th) | The Experiment | Das Experiment | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany |
| 2001 (14th) | Intimacy | Intimacy | Patrice Chéreau | France, Italy |
| 2001 (14th) | Italian for Beginners | Italiensk for begyndere | Lone Scherfig | Denmark |
| 2001 (14th) | The Piano Teacher | La Pianiste | Michael Haneke | France, Austria |
| 2001 (14th) | The Son's Room | La stanza del figlio | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
| 2001 (14th) | The Others | The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain |
| 2002 (15th) |
| 2002 (15th) | Talk to Her | Hable con ella | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2002 (15th) | Bend It Like Beckham | Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | United Kingdom |
| 2002 (15th) | Bloody Sunday | Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom |
| 2002 (15th) | 8 Women | 8 femmes | François Ozon | France |
| 2002 (15th) | Lilya 4-ever | Lilya 4-ever | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden |
| 2002 (15th) | The Man Without a Past | Mies vailla menneisyyttä | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany, France |
| 2002 (15th) | The Magdalene Sisters | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan | United Kingdom |
| 2002 (15th) | The Pianist | The Pianist | Roman Polanski | Poland, France, Germany, United Kingdom |
| 2003 (16th) |
| 2003 (16th) | Good Bye, Lenin! | Good Bye, Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
| 2003 (16th) | Dirty Pretty Things | Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| 2003 (16th) | Dogville | Dogville | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| 2003 (16th) | In This World | In This World | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom |
| 2003 (16th) | My Life Without Me | Mi vida sin mí | Isabel Coixet | Spain, Canada |
| 2003 (16th) | Swimming Pool | Swimming Pool | François Ozon | France, United Kingdom |
| 2004 (17th) |
| 2004 (17th) | Head-On | Gegen die Wand | Fatih Akın | Germany, Turkey |
| 2004 (17th) | A Hole in My Heart | Ett hål i mitt hjärta | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark |
| 2004 (17th) | Bad Education | La mala educación | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2004 (17th) | The Chorus | Les choristes | Christophe Barratier | France, Switzerland |
| 2004 (17th) | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain, France, Italy |
| 2004 (17th) | Vera Drake | Vera Drake | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom, France |
| 2005 (18th) |
| 2005 (18th) | Hidden | Caché | Michael Haneke | France, Austria, Germany, Italy |
| 2005 (18th) | Brothers | Brødre | Susanne Bier | Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway |
| 2005 (18th) | Don't Come Knocking | Don't Come Knocking | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| 2005 (18th) | The Child | L'enfant | Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Belgium, France |
| 2005 (18th) | My Summer of Love | My Summer of Love | Pawel Pawlikowski | United Kingdom |
| 2005 (18th) | Sophie Scholl – The Final Days | Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage | Marc Rothemund | Germany |
| 2006 (19th) |
| 2006 (19th) | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany |
| 2006 (19th) | Breakfast on Pluto | Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| 2006 (19th) | Grbavica: Esma's Secret | Grbavica | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Hercegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia |
| 2006 (19th) | The Road to Guantanamo | The Road to Guantanamo | Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross | United Kingdom |
| 2006 (19th) | Volver | Volver | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2006 (19th) | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain |
| 2007 (20th) |
| 2007 (20th) | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Cristian Mungiu | Romania |
| 2007 (20th) | The Edge of Heaven | Auf der anderen Seite | Fatih Akın | Germany, Turkey |
| 2007 (20th) | The Last King of Scotland | The Last King of Scotland | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | La Vie En Rose | La Môme | Olivier Dahan | France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Persepolis | Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | France |
| 2007 (20th) | The Queen | The Queen | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom, France, Italy |
| 2008 (21st) |
| 2008 (21st) | Gomorrah | Gomorra | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| 2008 (21st) | Il Divo | Il Divo | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| 2008 (21st) | The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | France |
| 2008 (21st) | Happy-Go-Lucky | Happy-Go-Lucky | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (21st) | The Orphanage | El orfanato | Juan Antonio Bayona | Spain |
| 2008 (21st) | Waltz with Bashir | ואלס עם באשיר | Ari Folman | Israel, France, Germany |
| 2009 (22nd) |
| 2009 (22nd) | The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Michael Haneke | Germany, Austria, France, Italy |
| 2009 (22nd) | Fish Tank | Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom |
| 2009 (22nd) | Let the Right One In | Låt den rätte komma in | Tomas Alfredson | Sweden |
| 2009 (22nd) | A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard | France |
| 2009 (22nd) | The Reader | The Reader | Stephen Daldry | United Kingdom, Germany |
| 2009 (22nd) | Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2010 (23rd) |
| 2010 (23rd) | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, United Kingdom |
| 2010 (23rd) | Honey | Bal | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
| 2010 (23rd) | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| 2010 (23rd) | Lebanon | לבנון | Samuel Maoz | Israel, Germany, France, United Kingdom |
| 2010 (23rd) | The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Argentina, Spain |
| 2010 (23rd) | Soul Kitchen | Soul Kitchen | Fatih Akın | Germany |
| 2011 (24th) |
| 2011 (24th) | Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany |
| 2011 (24th) | The Artist | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| 2011 (24th) | The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo | Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Belgium, France, Italy |
| 2011 (24th) | In a Better World | Hævnen | Susanne Bier | Denmark |
| 2011 (24th) | The King's Speech | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | United Kingdom |
| 2011 (24th) | Le Havre | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, France, Germany |
| 2012 (25th) |
| 2012 (25th) | Amour | Amour | Michael Haneke | France, Austria, Germany |
| 2012 (25th) | Barbara | Barbara | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| 2012 (25th) | The Hunt | Jagten | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |
| 2012 (25th) | The Intouchables | Intouchables | Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache | France |
| 2012 (25th) | Shame | Shame | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom |
| 2012 (25th) | Caesar Must Die | Cesare deve morire | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| 2013 (26th) |
| 2013 (26th) | The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France |
| 2013 (26th) | Blancanieves | Blancanieves | Pablo Berger | Spain |
| 2013 (26th) | The Broken Circle Breakdown | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Felix Van Groeningen | Belgium |
| 2013 (26th) | The Best Offer | La Migliore Offerta | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| 2013 (26th) | A Coffee in Berlin | Oh Boy! | Jan Ole Gerster | Germany |
| 2013 (26th) | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche | France |
| 2014 (27th) |
| 2014 (27th) | Ida | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, Denmark |
| 2014 (27th) | Force Majeure | Turist | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France |
| 2014 (27th) | Leviathan | Левиафан | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| 2014 (27th) | Nymphomaniac – Director's Cut | Nymphomaniac – Director's Cut | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom |
| 2014 (27th) | Winter Sleep | Kış Uykusu | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
| 2015 (28th) |
| 2015 (28th) | Youth | Youth – La giovinezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland |
| 2015 (28th) | The Lobster | The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands |
| 2015 (28th) | Mustang | Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | France, Turkey, Germany |
| 2015 (28th) | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Norway, France, Germany |
| 2015 (28th) | Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland, Denmark |
| 2015 (28th) | Victoria | Victoria | Sebastian Schipper | Germany |
| 2016 (29th) |
| 2016 (29th) | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria |
| 2016 (29th) | Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | France, Germany |
| 2016 (29th) | I, Daniel Blake | I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France |
| 2016 (29th) | Julieta | Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2016 (29th) | Room | Room | Lenny Abrahamson | Ireland, Canada |
| 2017 (30th) |
| 2017 (30th) | The Square | The Square | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark |
| 2017 (30th) | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo | France |
| 2017 (30th) | Loveless | Nelyubov | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia, Belgium, Germany, France |
| 2017 (30th) | On Body and Soul | Testről és lélekről | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
| 2017 (30th) | The Other Side of Hope | Toivon tuolla puolen | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| 2018 (31st) |
| 2018 (31st) | Cold War | Zimna wojna | Pawel Pawlikowski | Poland, France, United Kingdom |
| 2018 (31st) | Border | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Sweden, Denmark |
| 2018 (31st) | Dogman | Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Italy, France |
| 2018 (31st) | Girl | Girl | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, Netherlands |
| 2018 (31st) | Happy as Lazzaro | Lazzaro felice | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland |
| 2019 (32nd) |
| 2019 (32nd) | The Favourite | The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | UK, Ireland |
| 2019 (32nd) | Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France |
| 2019 (32nd) | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Roman Polanski | France, Italy |
| 2019 (32nd) | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2019 (32nd) | System Crasher | Systemsprenger | Nora Fingscheidt | Germany |
| 2019 (32nd) | The Traitor | Il traditore | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, Germany, France, Brazil |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2020 (33rd) |
| 2020 (33rd) | Another Round | Druk | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |
| 2020 (33rd) | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | Germany, Netherlands |
| 2020 (33rd) | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | Jan Komasa | Poland, France |
| 2020 (33rd) | Martin Eden | Martin Eden | Pietro Marcello | Italy, France |
| 2020 (33rd) | The Painted Bird | Nabarvené ptáče | Václav Marhoul | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine |
| 2020 (33rd) | Undine | Undine | Christian Petzold | Germany, France |
| 2021 (34th) |
| 2021 (34th) | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Netherlands, France, Poland, Norway, Germany, Romania, Turkey |
| 2021 (34th) | Compartment No. 6 | Hytti nro 6 | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Estonia, Germany |
| 2021 (34th) | The Father | The Father | Florian Zeller | UK, France |
| 2021 (34th) | The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| 2021 (34th) | Titane | Titane | Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium |
| 2022 (35th) |
| 2022 (35th) | Triangle of Sadness | Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Germany, France, UK |
| 2022 (35th) | Alcarràs | Alcarràs | Carla Simón | Spain, Italy |
| 2022 (35th) | Close | Close | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| 2022 (35th) | Corsage | Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France |
| 2022 (35th) | Holy Spider | Holy Spider | Ali Abbasi | Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France |
| 2023 (36th) | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| 2023 (36th) | Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| 2023 (36th) | Green Border | Zielona granica | Agnieszka Holland | Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Poland |
| 2023 (36th) | Io Capitano | Io Capitano | Matteo Garrone | Belgium, Italy |
| 2023 (36th) | The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | Poland, United Kingdom, United States |
| 2024 (37th) | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France |
| 2024 (37th) | Bye Bye Tiberias | Bye Bye Tiberiade | Lina Soualem | France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar |
| 2024 (37th) | Dahomey | Dahomey | Mati Diop | France, Senegal |
| 2024 (37th) | Flow | Straume | Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia, France, Belgium |
| 2024 (37th) | In Limbo | W Zawieszeniu | Alina Maksimenko | Poland |
| 2024 (37th) | Living Large | Život K Sežrání | Kristina Dufková | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia |
| 2024 (37th) | No Other Land | No Other Land | Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal | Palestine, Norway |
| 2024 (37th) | Savages | Sauvages | Claude Barras | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| 2024 (37th) | Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat | Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat | Johan Grimonprez | France, Belgium, Netherlands |
| 2024 (37th) | Sultana's Dream | El Sueño de La Sultana | Isabel Herguera | Spain, Germany, India |
| 2024 (37th) | The Room Next Door | The Room Next Door | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2024 (37th) | The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Danaye Anjir-e Moabad | Mohammad Rasoulof | Germany, France |
| 2024 (37th) | The Substance | The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| 2024 (37th) | They Shot the Piano Player | They Shot the Piano Player | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru |
| 2024 (37th) | Vermiglio | Vermiglio | Maura Delpero | Italy, France, Belgium |

## Record holders

| Achievement | Holder | Years |
| Most wins (by country) | Italy (7) | 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2008, 2013, 2015 |
| Most wins (by country) including co-productions | Germany (11) | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2021 |
| Most nominations (by country) | France (38) | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| Most nominations (by country) including co-productions | France (63) | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Most wins for Best Film (by director) | Gianni Amelio (3) Lars von Trier (3) Michael Haneke (3) | 1990, 1992, 1994 1996, 2000, 2011 2005, 2009, 2012 |
| Most nominations for Best Film (by director) | Pedro Almodóvar (8) | 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2016, 2019, 2024 |