1947

• Shoe-Shine

1948

• Monsieur Vincent

1949

• The Bicycle Thief

1950

• The Walls of Malapaga

1951

• Rashomon

1952

• Forbidden Games

1953

• (no award given)

1954

• Gate of Hell

1955

• Samurai, The Legend of Musashi

1956

• La Strada
• The Captain of Köpenick
• Gervaise
• Harp of Burma
• Qivitoq

1957

• The Nights of Cabiria
• The Devil Came at Night
• Gates of Paris
• Mother India
• Nine Lives

1958 My Uncle

• Arms and the Man
• La Venganza
• The Road a Year Long
• The Usual Unidentified Thieves

1959

• Black Orpheus
• The Bridge
• The Great War
• Paw
• The Village on the River

1960

• The Virgin Spring
• Kapò
• La Vérité
• Macario
• The Ninth Circle

1961

• Through a Glass Darkly
• Harry and the Butler
• Immortal Love
• The Important Man
• Plácido

1962

• Sundays and Cybele
• Electra
• The Four Days of Naples
• Keeper of Promises
• Tlayucan

1963

• Federico Fellini's 8½
• Knife in the Water
• Los Tarantos
• The Red Lanterns
• Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1964

• Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
• Raven's End
• Sallah
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• Woman in the Dunes

1965

• The Shop on Main Street
• Blood on the Land
• Dear John
• Kwaidan
• Marriage Italian Style

1966

• A Man and a Woman
• The Battle of Algiers
• Loves of a Blonde
• Pharaoh
• Three

1967

• Closely Watched
• El Amor Brujo
• I Even Met Happy Gypsies
• Live for Life
• Portrait of Chieko

1968

• War and Peace
• The Boys of Paul Street
• The Firemen's Ball
• The Girl with the Pistol
• Stolen Kisses

1969

• Z
• Adalen '31
• The Battle of Neretva
• The Brothers Karamazov
• My Night with Maud

1970

• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
• First Love
• Hoa-Binh
• Paix Sur Les Champs
• Tristana

1971 The Garden of the Finzi Continis

• Dodes'ka-Den
• The Emigrants
• The Policeman
• Tchaikovsky

1972

• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• The Dawns Here Are Quiet
• I Love You Rosa
• My Dearest Señorita
• The New Land

1973

• Day for Night
• The House on Chelouche Street
• L'Invitation
• The Pedestrian
• Turkish Delight

1974

• Amarcord
• Cats' Play
• The Deluge
• Lacombe, Lucien
• The Truce

1975

• Dersu Uzala
• Land of Promise
• Letters from Marusia
• Sandakan No. 8
• Scent of a Woman

1976

• Black and White in Color
• Cousin, Cousine
• Jacob, the Liar
• Nights and Days
• Seven Beauties

1977

• Madame Rosa
• Iphigenia
• Operation Thunderbolt
• A Special Day
• That Obscure Object of Desire

1978

• Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
• The Glass Cell
• Hungarians
• Viva Italia!
• White Bim Black Ear

1979

• The Tin Drum
• The Maids of Wilko
• Mama Turns a Hundred
• A Simple Story
• To Forget Venice

1980

• Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
• Confidence
• Kagemusha
• The Last Metro
• The Nest

1981

• Mephisto
• The Boat Is Full
• Man of Iron
• Muddy River
• Three Brothers

1982

• Volver a Empezar
• Alsino and the Condor
• Coup de Torchon
• The Flight of the Eagle
• Private Life

1983

• Fanny & Alexander
• Carmen
• Entre Nous
• Job's Revolt
• Le Bal

1984

• Dangerous Moves
• Beyond the Walls
• Camila
• Double Feature
• Wartime Romance

1985

• The Official Story
• Angry Harvest
• Colonel Redl
• Three Men and a Cradle
• When Father Was Away on Business

1986

• The Assault
• Betty Blue
• The Decline of the American Empire
• My Sweet Little Village
• 38

1987

• Babette's Feast
• Au Revoir Les Enfants
• Course Completed
• The Family
• Pathfinder

1988

• Pelle the Conqueror
• Hanussen
• The Music Teacher
• Salaam Bombay!
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1989

• Cinema Paradiso
• Camille Claudel
• Jesus of Montreal
• Waltzing Regitze
• What Happened to Santiago

1990

• Journey of Hope
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• Ju Dou
• The Nasty Girl
• Open Doors

1991

• Mediterraneo
• Children of Nature
• The Elementary School
• The Ox
• Raise the Red Lantern

1992

• Indochine
• Close to Eden
• Daens
• A Place in the World
• Schtonk!

1993

• Belle Époque
• Farewell My Concubine
• Hedd Wyn
• The Scent of Green Papaya
• The Wedding Banquet

1994

• Burnt by the Sun
• Before the Rain
• Eat Drink Man Woman
• Farinelli: Il Castrato
• Strawberry and Chocolate

1995

• Antonia's Line
• All Things Fair
• Dust of Life
• O Quatrilho
• The Star Maker

1996

• Kolya
• A Chef in Love
• The Other Side of Sunday
• Prisoner of the Mountains
• Ridicule

1997

• Character

(70th) Beyond Silence

• Four Days in September
• Secrets of the Heart
• The Thief

1998

• Life Is Beautiful
• Central Station
• Children of Heaven
• The Grandfather
• Tango

1999

• All About My Mother
• Caravan
• East-West
• Solomon and Gaenor
• Under the Sun

2000

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Amores Perros
• Divided We Fall
• Everybody Famous!
• The Taste of Others

2001

• No Man's Land
• Amélie
• Elling
• Lagaan
• Son of the Bride

2002

• Nowhere in Africa
• The Crime of Father Amaro
• Hero Yīng
• The Man Without a Past
• Zus & Zo

2003

• The Barbarian Invasions
• Evil
• The Twilight Samurai
• Twin Sisters
• Zelary

2004

• The Sea Inside
• As It Is in Heaven
• The Chorus
• Downfall
• Yesterday

2005

• Tsotsi
• Don't Tell
• Joyeux Noël
• Paradise Now
• Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

2006

• The Lives of Others
• After the Wedding
• Days of Glory
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Water

2007

• The Counterfeiters
• 12
• Beaufort
• Katyń
• Mongol

2008

• Departures Okuribito
• The Baader Meinhof Complex
• The Class
• Revanche Revanche (some parts in Russian)
• Waltz with Bashir

2009

• Ajami
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos
• The Milk of Sorrow
• Un Prophete
• The White Ribbon