Penghargaan Kinema Junpo untuk Film Terbaik Tahun Ini
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| Tahun | Film | Judul bahasa Jepang | Sutradara |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1927 | Ashi ni sawatta onna | 足にさはった女 | Yutaka Abe |
| 1928 | A Diary of Chuji's Travels | 忠次旅日記 | Daisuke Itō |
| 1929 | Jobless Samurai | 旋風児 | Masahiro Makino |
| 1930 | Beheading Place | 明烏夢泡雪 | Masahiro Makino |
| 1931 | What Made Her Do It? | 何が彼女をそうさせたか | Shigeyoshi Suzuki |
| 1932 | The Neighbor's Wife and Mine | マダムと女房 | Heinosuke Gosho |
| 1933 | I Was Born, But... | 大人の見る絵本　生れてはみたけれど | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 1934 | Passing Fancy | 出来ごころ | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 1935 | A Story of Floating Weeds | 浮草物語 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 1936 | Wife! Be Like a Rose! | 妻よ薔薇のやうに | Mikio Naruse |
| 1937 | Sisters of the Gion | 祇園の姉妹 | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| 1938 | Limitless Advance | 限りなき前進 | Tomu Uchida |
| 1939 | Five Scouts | 五人の斥候兵 | Tomotaka Tasaka |
| 1940 | Tsuchi | 土 | Tomu Uchida |
| 1941 | Kojima no haru | 小島の春 | Shirō Toyoda |
| 1942 | The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | 戸田家の兄妹 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 1943 | The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay | ハワイ・マレー沖海戦 | Kajirō Yamamoto |
| 1947 | Morning for the Osone Family | 大曾根家の朝 | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| 1948 | A Ball at the Anjo House | 安城家の舞踏会 | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| 1949 | Drunken Angel | 酔いどれ天使 | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1950 | Late Spring | 晩春 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 1951 | Until We Meet Again | また逢う日まで | Tadashi Imai |
| 1952 | Early Summer | 麦秋 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 1953 | Ikiru | 生きる | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1954 | An Inlet of Muddy Water | にごりえ | Tadashi Imai |
| 1955 | Twenty-Four Eyes | 二十四の瞳 | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| 1956 | Floating Clouds | 浮雲 | Mikio Naruse |
| 1957 | Darkness at Noon | 真昼の暗黒 | Tadashi Imai |
| 1958 | The Rice People | 米 | Tadashi Imai |
| 1959 | The Ballad of Narayama | 楢山節考 | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| 1960 | Kiku to Isamu | キクとイサム | Tadashi Imai |
| 1961 | Her Brother | おとうと | Kon Ichikawa |
| 1962 | Bad Boys | 不良少年 | Susumu Hani |
| 1963 | Being Two Isn't Easy | 私は二歳 | Kon Ichikawa |
| 1964 | The Insect Woman | にっぽん昆虫記 | Shohei Imamura |
| 1965 | The Woman in the Dunes | 砂の女 | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| 1966 | Red Beard | 赤ひげ | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1967 | The Great White Tower | 白い巨塔 | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| 1968 | Samurai Rebellion | 上意討ち 拝領妻始末 | Masaki Kobayashi |
| 1969 | The Profound Desire of the Gods | 神々の深き欲望 | Shōhei Imamura |
| 1970 | Double Suicide | 心中天網島 | Masahiro Shinoda |
| 1971 | Where Spring Comes Late | 家族 | Yoji Yamada |
| 1972 | The Ceremony | 儀式 | Nagisa Oshima |
| 1973 | The Long Darkness | 忍ぶ川 | Kei Kumai |
| 1974 | Tsugaru Folk Song | 津軽じょんがら節 | Kōichi Saitō |
| 1975 | Sandakan No. 8 | サンダカン八番娼館 望郷 | Kei Kumai |
| 1976 | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録 | Kaneto Shindo |
| 1977 | The Youth Killer | 青春の殺人者 | Kazuhiko Hasegawa |
| 1978 | The Yellow Handkerchief | 幸福の黄色いハンカチ | Yoji Yamada |
| 1979 | Third Base | サード | Yōichi Higashi |
| 1980 | Vengeance Is Mine | 復讐するは我にあり | Shōhei Imamura |
| 1981 | Zigeunerweisen | ツィゴイネルワイゼン | Seijun Suzuki |
| 1982 | Muddy River | 泥の河 | Kōhei Oguri |
| 1983 | Fall Guy | 蒲田行進曲 | Kinji Fukasaku |
| 1984 | The Family Game | 家族ゲーム | Yoshimitsu Morita |
| 1985 | The Funeral | お葬式 | Juzo Itami |
| 1986 | And Then | それから | Yoshimitsu Morita |
| 1987 | The Sea and Poison | 海と毒薬 | Kei Kumai |
| 1988 | A Taxing Woman | マルサの女 | Juzo Itami |
| 1989 | My Neighbor Totoro | となりのトトロ | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 1990 | Black Rain | 黒い雨 | Shohei Imamura |
| 1991 | The Cherry Orchard | 櫻の園 | Shun Nakahara |
| 1992 | My Sons | 息子 | Yōji Yamada |
| 1993 | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't | シコふんじゃった。 | Masayuki Suo |
| 1994 | All Under the Moon | 月はどっちに出ている | Yōichi Sai |
| 1995 | A Dedicated Life | 全身小説家 | Kazuo Hara |
| 1996 | A Last Note | 午後の遺言状 | Kaneto Shindo |
| 1997 | Shall We Dance? | Shall we ダンス? | Masayuki Suo |
| 1998 | The Eel | うなぎ | Shohei Imamura |
| 1999 | Fireworks | はなび | Takeshi Kitano |
| 2000 | Wait and See | あ、春 | Shinji Sōmai |
| 2001 | Face | 顔 | Junji Sakamoto |
| 2002 | Go | ゴー | Isao Yukisada |
| 2003 | The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Yōji Yamada |
| 2004 | A Boy's Summer in 1945 | 美しい夏キリシマ | Kazuo Kuroki |
| 2005 | Nobody Knows | 誰も知らない | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2006 | Break Through! | 박치기,パッチギ! | Kazuyuki Izutsu |
| 2007 | Hula Girls | フラガール | Lee Sang-il |
| 2008 | I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない | Masayuki Suo |
| 2009 | Departures | おくりびと | Yōjirō Takita |
| 2010 | Dear Doctor | ディア・ドクター | Miwa Nishikawa |
| 2011 | Villain | 悪人 | Lee Sang-il |
| 2012 | Postcard | 一枚のハガキ | Kaneto Shindo |
| 2013 | Our Homeland | かぞくのくに | Yang Yong-hi |
| 2014 | Pecoross' Mother and Her Days | ペコロスの母に会いに行く | Azuma Morisaki |
| 2015 | The Light Shines Only There | そこのみにて光輝く | Mipo O |
| 2016 | Three Stories of Love | 恋人たち | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi |
| 2017 | In This Corner of the World | この世界の片隅に | Sunao Katabuchi |
| 2018 | The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue  | 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ | Yuya Ishii |
| 2019 | Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2020 | It Feels So Good | 火口のふたり | Haruhiko Arai |
| 2021 | Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| 2022 | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi |
| 2023 | Small, Slow But Steady | ケイコ 目を澄ませて | Shō Miyake |