Award Winners
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Cecil B. DeMille | United States* |
| 1946 | The Turning Point (Великий перелом / Velikij perelom) | Fridrikh Ermler | Soviet Union* |
| Men Without Wings (Muži bez křídel) | František Čáp | Czechoslovakia* | |
| The Last Chance (Die Letzte Chance) | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland* | |
| Iris and the Lieutenant (Iris och löjtnantshjärta) | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden* | |
| Portrait of Maria (María Candelaria (Xochimilco)) | Emilio Fernández | Mexico* | |
| Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta) | Roberto Rossellini | Italy* | |
| Neecha Nagar (नीचा नगर) | Chetan Anand | India* | |
| Brief Encounter | David Lean | United Kingdom* | |
| La symphonie pastorale | Jean Delannoy | France* | |
| The Lost Weekend | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| The Red Meadows (De røde enge) | Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr. | Denmark* | |
| 1949 | The Third Man | Carol Reed | United Kingdom |
| 1951 | Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano) | Vittorio De Sica | Italy | |
| 1952 | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Orson Welles | United States |
| Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) | Renato Castellani | Italy | |
| 1953 | The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur) | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France |
| 1954 | Gate of Hell (地獄門 / Jigokumon) | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Japan* |
| 1955 | Marty § | Delbert Mann | United States |
| 1956 | The Silent World (Le monde du silence) | Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle | France |
| 1957 | Friendly Persuasion | William Wyler | United States |
| 1958 | The Cranes Are Flying (Летят журавли / Letât žuravli) | Mikhail Kalatozov | Soviet Union |
| 1959 | Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) § | Marcel Camus | France |
| 1960 | La Dolce Vita § | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 1961 | The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence) § | Henri Colpi | France |
| Viridiana § | Luis Buñuel | Spain / Mexico | |
| 1962 | O Pagador de Promessas | Anselmo Duarte | Brazil* |
| 1963 | The Leopard (Il gattopardo) § | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| 1964 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) | Jacques Demy | France |
| 1965 | The Knack …and How to Get It | Richard Lester | United Kingdom |
| 1966 | A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) | Claude Lelouch | France |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore e signori) | Pietro Germi | Italy | |
| 1967 | Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 1969 | if.... | Lindsay Anderson | United Kingdom |
| 1970 | MASH | Robert Altman | United States |
| 1971 | The Go-Between | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom |
| 1972 | The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) § | Elio Petri | Italy |
| The Mattei Affair (Il caso Mattei) § | Francesco Rosi | Italy | |
| 1973 | The Hireling | Alan Bridges | United Kingdom |
| Scarecrow | Jerry Schatzberg | United States | |
| 1974 | The Conversation | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| 1975 | Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de braise) | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Algeria* |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 1977 | Padre Padrone | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| 1978 | The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) § | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany* | |
| 1980 | All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | United States |
| Kagemusha (影武者) | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | |
| 1981 | Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) | Andrzej Wajda | Poland* |
| 1982 | Missing § | Costa-Gavras | Greece |
| The Way (Yol) § | Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören | Turkey* | |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考 / Narayama bushikō) | Shohei Imamura | Japan |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas § | Wim Wenders | West Germany |
| 1985 | When Father Was Away on Business (Отац на службеном путу /Otac na službenom putu) § | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia* |
| 1986 | The Mission | Roland Joffé | United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) § | Maurice Pialat | France |
| 1988 | Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) | Bille August | Denmark |
| 1989 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | David Lynch | United States |
| 1991 | Barton Fink § | Coen brothers | United States |
| 1992 | The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) | Bille August | Denmark |
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬 / Bàwáng bié jī) | Chen Kaige | China* |
| The Piano | Jane Campion | New Zealand* | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| 1995 | Underground (Подземље / Podzemlje) | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia* |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| 1997 | Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس / Ta'm-e gīlās) | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran* |
| The Eel (うなぎ / Unagi) | Shohei Imamura | Japan | |
| 1998 | Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα / Mia aio̱nióti̱ta kai mia méra) § | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece* |
| 1999 | Rosetta § | Dardenne brothers | Belgium* |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 2001 | The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 2002 | The Pianist (Pianista) | Roman Polanski | France / Poland |
| 2003 | Elephant | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Michael Moore | United States |
| 2005 | L'enfant (The Child) | Dardenne brothers | Belgium |
| 2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley § | Ken Loach | United Kingdom / Ireland |
| 2007 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile) | Cristian Mungiu | Romania* |
| 2008 | The Class (Entre les murs) § | Laurent Cantet | France |
| 2009 | The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) | Michael Haneke | Austria* |
| 2010 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ / Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat) | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand* |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick | United States |
| 2012 | Love (Amour) | Michael Haneke | Austria |
* denotes first win
§ denotes unanimous win
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