# Asian Film Award for Best Film

Asian Film Award for Best Film is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema. It was first presented in 2007.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2007 | The Host | 괴물 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| 2007 | Curse of the Golden Flower | 满城尽带黄金甲 | Zhang Yimou | China Hong Kong |
| 2007 | Exiled | 放·逐 | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| 2007 | Love and Honor | 武士の一分 | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| 2007 | Requiem from Java | Opera Jawa | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia |
| 2007 | Still Life | 三峡好人 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 2008 | Secret Sunshine | 밀양 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 2008 | Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame | بودا از شرم فرو ریخت | Hana Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| 2008 | I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない | Masayuki Suo | Japan |
| 2008 | Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Ang Lee | Taiwan China |
| 2008 | The Sun Also Rises | 太阳照常升起 | Jiang Wen | China Hong Kong |
| 2008 | The Warlords | 投名状 | Peter Chan | China Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| 2009 | Forever Enthralled | 梅兰芳 | Chen Kaige | China |
| 2009 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| 2009 | Ponyo | 崖の上のポニョ | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| 2009 | The Rainbow Troops | Laskar Pelangi | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
| 2009 | Red Cliff | 赤壁 | John Woo | China |
| 2010 | Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| 2010 | Bodyguards and Assassins | 十月圍城 | Teddy Chan | Hong Kong |
| 2010 | Cannot Live Without You | 不能没有你 | Leon Dai | Taiwan |
| 2010 | City of Life and Death | 南京! 南京! | Lu Chuan | China |
| 2010 | Grandmother | Lola | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| 2010 | Parade | パレード | Isao Yukisada | Japan |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2011 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2011 | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 | Feng Xiaogang | China |
| 2011 | Confessions | 告白 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Japan |
| 2011 | Let the Bullets Fly | 让子弹飞 | Jiang Wen | China Hong Kong |
| 2011 | Peepli Live | पीपली लाइव | Anusha Rizvi | India |
| 2011 | Poetry | 시 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 2012 | A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین | Asghar Farhadi | Iran |
| 2012 | The Flowers of War | 金陵十三钗 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| 2012 | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | 龍門飛甲 | Tsui Hark | China Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Postcard | 一枚のハガキ | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
| 2012 | Seediq Bale | 賽德克·巴萊 | Wei Te-sheng | Taiwan |
| 2012 | You Don't Live Twice | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Zoya Akhtar | India |
| 2013 | Mystery | 浮城谜事 | Lou Ye | China |
| 2013 | Drug War | 毒戰 | Johnnie To | China Hong Kong |
| 2013 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 | गैंग्स ऑफ़ वासेपुर-भाग | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| 2013 | Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| 2013 | Pietà | 피에타 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| 2014 | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong China |
| 2014 | The Great Passage | 舟を編む | Yuya Ishii | Japan |
| 2014 | The Lunchbox | द लंच बॉक्स | Ritesh Batra | India |
| 2014 | No Man's Land | 无人区 | Ning Hao | China |
| 2014 | Snowpiercer | 설국열차 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| 2014 | Stray Dogs | 郊遊 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan France |
| 2015 | Blind Massage | 推拿 | Lou Ye | China |
| 2015 | Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 | Diao Yinan | China |
| 2015 | Haider | हैदर | Vishal Bhardwaj | India |
| 2015 | Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2015 | Ode to My Father | 국제시장 | Yoon Je-kyoon | South Korea |
| 2015 | The Light Shines Only There | そこのみにて光輝く | Mipo O | Japan |
| 2016 | The Assassin | 刺客聶隱娘 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan China Hong Kong |
| 2016 | Bajirao Mastani | बाजीराव मस्तानी | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | India |
| 2016 | Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 | Jia Zhangke | China France Japan |
| 2016 | Mr. Six | 老炮儿 | Guan Hu | China |
| 2016 | Three Stories of Love | 恋人たち | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | Japan |
| 2016 | Veteran | 베테랑 | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea |
| 2017 | I Am Not Madame Bovary | 我不是潘金莲 | Feng Xiaogang | China |
| 2017 | The Age of Shadows | 밀정 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| 2017 | Godspeed | 一路順風 | Chung Mong-hong | Taiwan |
| 2017 | Harmonium | 淵に立つ | Kōji Fukada | Japan |
| 2017 | The Wailing | 곡성 | Na Hong-jin | South Korea |
| 2018 | Youth | 芳华 | Feng Xiaogang | China |
| 2018 | Angels Wear White | 嘉年华 | Vivian Qu | China France |
| 2018 | The Day After | 그 후 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2018 | Newton | न्यूटन | Amit V Masurkar | India |
| 2018 | The Third Murder | 三度目の殺人 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| 2019 | Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| 2019 | Burning | 버닝 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 2019 | Dying to Survive | 我不是藥神 | Wen Muye | China |
| 2019 | Jinpa | 撞死了一只羊 | Pema Tseden | China |
| 2019 | Sanju | | Rajkumar Hirani | India |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | Ref. |
| 2020 | Parasite | 기생충 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Listen to the Universe | 蜜蜂と遠雷 | Kei Ishikawa | Japan | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | A Sun | 陽光普照 | Chung Mong-hong | Taiwan | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | Thappad | Thappad | Anubhav Sinha | India | [1] [2] |
| 2020 | There Is No Evil | شیطان وجود ندارد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran | [1] [2] |
| 2021 | Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | The Disciple | The Disciple | Chaitanya Tamhane | India | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | The Book of Fish | 자산어보 | Lee Joon-ik | South Korea | [3] [4] |
| 2021 | One Second | 一秒钟 | Zhang Yimou | China | [3] [4] |
| 2023 | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Ponniyin Selvan: I | பொன்னியின் செல்வன் | Mani Ratnam | India | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon | Lav Diaz | Philippines | [5] [6] |
| 2023 | Poet | Akyn | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan | [5] [6] |
| 2024 | Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | |
| 2024 | 12.12: The Day | 서울의 봄 | Kim Sung-su | South Korea | |
| 2024 | Paradise | Paradise | Prasanna Vithanage | Sri Lanka India | |
| 2024 | Perfect Days | Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan Germany | |
| 2024 | Snow Leopard | 雪豹 | Pema Tseden | China | |
| 2025 | All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | India France Netherlands Luxembourg | |
| 2025 | Exhuma | 파묘 | Jang Jae-hyun | South Korea | |
| 2025 | Teki Cometh | 敵 | Daihachi Yoshida | Japan | |
| 2025 | Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China | |
| 2025 | Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城 | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong | |