# Polish Academy Award for Best European Film

The Polish Academy Award for Best European Film is an annual award given to the best European film of the year.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Movie title | Director | Country |
| 2005 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Peter Webber | United Kingdom / Luxembourg |
| 2005 | The Return | Andrey Zvyaginstev | Russia |
| 2005 | Bad Education | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2006 | My Summer of Love | Paweł Pawlikowski | United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Buttoners | Petr Zelenka | Czech Republic |
| 2006 | Control | Nimród Antal | Hungary |
| 2007 | Volver | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2007 | Copying Beethoven | Agnieszka Holland | Germany / United States |
| 2007 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Germany / Italy / Spain / France / Republic of Ireland / United Kingdom |
| 2008 | The Lives of Others | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany |
| 2008 | The Queen | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom / France / Italy |
| 2008 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | Cristian Mungiu | Romania |
| 2009 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Julian Schnabel | France / United States |
| 2009 | Mamma mia! | Phyllida Lloyd | United Kingdom / Germany / United States |
| 2009 | Empties | Jan Svěrák | Czech Republic / United Kingdom |
| 2010 | The White Ribbon | Michael Haneke | Germany / Austria / France / Italy |
| 2010 | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Woody Allen | Spain / United States |
| 2011 | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | France / Germany / United Kingdom |
| 2011 | A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | France / Italy |
| 2011 | Death in Venice | Luchino Visconti | Italy / France |
| 2012 | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany |
| 2012 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tomas Alfredson | France / United Kingdom / Germany |
| 2013 | Amour | Michael Haneke | Austria / France / Germany |
| 2013 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | France / United States |
| 2013 | Intouchables | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | France |
| 2014 | Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul | Sweden / United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Abdellatif Kechiche | France / Belgium / Spain |
| 2014 | The Best Offer | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| 2015 | Leviathan | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| 2015 | The Great Beauty | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy / France |
| 2015 | Nymphomaniac | Lars von Trier | Denmark / Belgium / France / Germany |
| 2016 | Youth | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy / France / Switzerland / United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Mr.Turner | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom / Germany / France |
| 2016 | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | Roy Andersson | Sweden / Norway / France / Germany / Denmark |
| 2017 | Son of Saul | László Nemes | Hungary |
| 2017 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom / France |
| 2017 | I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | United Kingdom / France |
| 2018 | 'The Square | Ruben Östlund | Sweden / Germany / France / Denmark |
| 2018 | Perfect Strangers | Paolo Genovese | Italy |
| 2018 | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany / Austria |
| 2019 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh | United States / United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| 2019 | Loveless | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia / France / Belgium / Germany |
| 2020 | The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom / Ireland / United States |
| 2020 | Pain and Glory | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2020 | An Officer and a Spy | Roman Polański | France / Italy |
| 2020 | Honeyland | Tamara Kotevska Ljubomir Stefanov | North Macedonia |
| 2020 | Beanpole | Kantemir Balagov | Russia |
| 2021 | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France |
| 2021 | The County | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland |
| 2021 | Judy | Rupert Goold | United Kingdom / United States / France |
| 2021 | Emma | Autumn de Wilde | United Kingdom / United States |
| 2021 | The Traitor | Marco Bellocchio | Italy / Brazil / France / Germany |
| 2022 | Another Round | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark / Netherlands / Sweden |
| 2022 | Annette | Leos Carax | France / Germany / Belgium / United States / Japan / Mexico / Switzerland |
| 2022 | The Father | Florian Zeller | France / United Kingdom |
| 2022 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | Germany / Netherlands / Canada |
| 2022 | Titane | Julia Ducournau | France / Belgium |
| 2023 | Ennio | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy / Belgium / Japan / Netherlands |
| 2023 | Parallel Mothers | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2023 | Paris, 13th District | Jacques Audiard | France |
| 2023 | The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier | Norway / France / Denmark / Sweden |
| 2023 | Vortex | Gaspar Noé | France / Belgium / Monaco |