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Đoạt giải và đề cử > Thập niên 2000

| Năm | Đoạt giải và đề cử | Tên tiếng Anh | Tên gốc |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 (25th) | Tonie Marshall | Venus Beauty Institute | Vénus Beauté (Institut) |
| 2000 (25th) | Jean Becker | The Children of the Marshland | Les Enfants du marais |
| 2000 (25th) | Luc Besson | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc |
| 2000 (25th) | Michel Deville | Sachs' Disease | La Maladie de Sachs |
| 2000 (25th) | Patrice Leconte | Girl on the Bridge | La Fille sur le pont |
| 2000 (25th) | Régis Wargnier | East/West | Est–Ouest |
| 2001 (26th) | Dominik Moll | Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien |
| 2001 (26th) | Jean-Pierre Denis | Murderous Maids | Les Blessures assassines |
| 2001 (26th) | Agnès Jaoui | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres |
| 2001 (26th) | Mathieu Kassovitz | The Crimson Rivers | Les Rivières pourpres |
| 2001 (26th) | Patricia Mazuy | Saint-Cyr | Saint-Cyr |
| 2002 (27th) | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain |
| 2002 (27th) | Jacques Audiard | Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres |
| 2002 (27th) | François Dupeyron | The Officers' Ward | La Chambre des officiers |
| 2002 (27th) | Patrice Chéreau | Intimacy | Intimacy |
| 2002 (27th) | François Ozon | Under the Sand | Sous le sable |
| 2003 (28th) | Roman Polanski (won the Academy Award) | The Pianist | The Pianist |
| 2003 (28th) | Costa Gavras | Amen. | Amen. |
| 2003 (28th) | Cédric Klapisch | The Spanish Apartement (a.k.a. Pot Luck) | L'Auberge espagnole |
| 2003 (28th) | Nicolas Philibert | To Be and to Have | Être et avoir |
| 2003 (28th) | François Ozon | 8 Women | 8 femmes |
| 2004 (29th) | Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares |
| 2004 (29th) | Lucas Belvaux | One: On the Run Two: An Amazing Couple Three: After Life | Cavale Un couple épatant Après la vie |
| 2004 (29th) | Claude Miller | Little Lili | La Petite Lili |
| 2004 (29th) | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Bon voyage | Bon voyage |
| 2004 (29th) | Alain Resnais | Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche |
| 2005 (30th) | Abdellatif Kechiche | Games of Love and Chance | L'Esquive |
| 2005 (30th) | Christophe Barratier | The Chorus | Les Choristes |
| 2005 (30th) | Arnaud Desplechin | Kings and Queen | Rois et reine |
| 2005 (30th) | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles |
| 2005 (30th) | Olivier Marchal | Département 36 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres |
| 2006 (31st) | Jacques Audiard | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté |
| 2006 (31st) | Xavier Beauvois | The Young Lieutenant | Le Petit Lieutenant |
| 2006 (31st) | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | The Child | L'Enfant |
| 2006 (31st) | Michael Haneke | Hidden | Caché |
| 2006 (31st) | Radu Mihaileanu | Live and Become | Va, vis et deviens |
| 2007 (32nd) | Guillaume Canet | Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne |
| 2007 (32nd) | Rachid Bouchareb | Days of Glory | Indigènes |
| 2007 (32nd) | Pascale Ferran | Lady Chatterley | Lady Chatterley |
| 2007 (32nd) | Philippe Lioret | Don't Worry, I'm Fine | Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas |
| 2007 (32nd) | Alain Resnais | Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs |
| 2008 (33rd) | Abdellatif Kechiche | The Secret of the Grain | La Graine et la mulet |
| 2008 (33rd) | Olivier Dahan | La Vie en Rose | La môme |
| 2008 (33rd) | Claude Miller | A Secret | Un secret |
| 2008 (33rd) | Julian Schnabel (nominated for the Academy Award) | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le Scaphandre et le papillon |
| 2008 (33rd) | André Téchiné | The Witnesses | Les Témoins |
| 2009 (34th) | Jean-François Richet | Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 | L'Instinct de mort and L'Ennemi public n°1 |
| 2009 (34th) | Rémi Bezançon | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie |
| 2009 (34th) | Laurent Cantet | The Class | Entre les murs |
| 2009 (34th) | Arnaud Desplechin | A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël |
| 2009 (34th) | Martin Provost | Séraphine | Séraphine |
| 2010 (35th) | Jacques Audiard | A Prophet | Un prophète |
| 2010 (35th) | Lucas Belvaux | Rapt! | Rapt! |
| 2010 (35th) | Xavier Giannoli | In the Beginning | À l'origine |
| 2010 (35th) | Philippe Lioret | Welcome | Welcome |
| 2010 (35th) | Radu Mihaileanu | The Concert | Le Concert |