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Đoạt giải và đề cử > Thập niên 2010

| Năm | Đoạt giải và đề cử | Tên tiếng Anh | Tên gốc |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 (36th) | Roman Polanski | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer |
| 2011 (36th) | Mathieu Amalric | On Tour | Tournée |
| 2011 (36th) | Olivier Assayas | Carlos | Carlos |
| 2011 (36th) | Xavier Beauvois | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux |
| 2011 (36th) | Bertrand Blier | The Clink of Ice | Le Bruit des glaçons |
| 2012 (37th) | Michel Hazanavicius (won the Academy Award) | The Artist | The Artist |
| 2012 (37th) | Valérie Donzelli | Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée |
| 2012 (37th) | Aki Kaurismäki | Le Havre | Le Havre |
| 2012 (37th) | Maïwenn | Polisse | Polisse |
| 2012 (37th) | Pierre Scholler | The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État |
| 2012 (37th) | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | The Intouchables | Intouchables |
| 2013 (38th) | Michael Haneke (nominated for the Academy Award) | Amour | Amour |
| 2013 (38th) | Jacques Audiard | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os |
| 2013 (38th) | Stéphane Brizé | A Few Hours of Spring | Quelques heures de printemps |
| 2013 (38th) | Leos Carax | Holy Motors | Holy Motors |
| 2013 (38th) | Benoît Jacquot | Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine |
| 2013 (38th) | Noémie Lvovsky | Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble |
| 2013 (38th) | François Ozon | In the House | Dans la maison |
| 2014 (39th) | Roman Polanski | Venus in Fur | La Vénus à la fourrure |
| 2014 (39th) | Arnaud Desplechin | Jimmy P. | Jimmy P. |
| 2014 (39th) | Albert Dupontel | 9 Month Stretch | Neuf mois ferme |
| 2014 (39th) | Asghar Farhadi | The Past | Le Passé |
| 2014 (39th) | Guillaume Gallienne | Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! |
| 2014 (39th) | Alain Guiraudie | Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac |
| 2014 (39th) | Abdellatif Kechiche | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 |
| 2015 (40th) | Abderrahmane Sissako | Timbuktu | Timbuktu |
| 2015 (40th) | Céline Sciamma | Girlhood | Bande de filles |
| 2015 (40th) | Thomas Cailley | Love at First Fight | Les Combattants |
| 2015 (40th) | Robin Campillo | Eastern Boys | Eastern Boys |
| 2015 (40th) | Thomas Lilti | Hippocrates | Hippocrate |
| 2015 (40th) | Bertrand Bonello | Saint Laurent | Saint Laurent |
| 2015 (40th) | Olivier Assayas | Clouds of Sils Maria | Sils Maria |
2016 (41st): 
| 2016 (41st) | Arnaud Desplechin | My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse |
| 2016 (41st) | Jacques Audiard | Dheepan | Dheepan |
| 2016 (41st) | Stéphane Brizé | The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché |
| 2016 (41st) | Xavier Giannoli | Marguerite | Marguerite |
| 2016 (41st) | Maïwenn | Mon roi | Mon roi |
| 2016 (41st) | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | Mustang | Mustang |
| 2016 (41st) | Emmanuelle Bercot | Standing Tall | La Tête haute |
2017 (42nd): 
| 2017 (42nd) | Xavier Dolan | It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde |
| 2017 (42nd) | Houda Benyamina | Divines | Divines |
| 2017 (42nd) | Paul Verhoeven | Elle | Elle |
| 2017 (42nd) | François Ozon | Frantz | Frantz |
| 2017 (42nd) | Anne Fontaine | The Innocents | Les Innocentes |
| 2017 (42nd) | Bruno Dumont | Slack Bay | La Loute |
| 2017 (42nd) | Nicole Garcia | From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres |
2018 (43rd): 
| 2018 (43rd) | Albert Dupontel | See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut |
| 2018 (43rd) | Robin Campillo | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 Battements par minute |
| 2018 (43rd) | Mathieu Amalric | Barbara | Barbara |
| 2018 (43rd) | Julia Ducournau | Raw | Grave |
| 2018 (43rd) | Hubert Charuel | Bloody Milk | Petit Paysan |
| 2018 (43rd) | Michel Hazanavicius | Redoubtable | Le Redoutable |
| 2018 (43rd) | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête |
2019 (44th): 
| 2019 (44th) | Jacques Audiard | The Sisters Brothers | Les Frères Sisters |
| 2019 (44th) | Emmanuel Finkiel | Memoir of War | La Douleur |
| 2019 (44th) | Pierre Salvadori | The Trouble with You | En liberté ! |
| 2019 (44th) | Gilles Lellouche | Sink or Swim | Le Grand Bain |
| 2019 (44th) | Alex Lutz | Guy | Guy |
| 2019 (44th) | Xavier Legrand | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde |
| 2019 (44th) | Jeanne Herry | In Safe Hands | Pupille |