The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the Cinema of France given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo. This award is usually given to a young director, for his or her independent spirit.
- 1951: La Montagne est verte (short) by Jean Leherissey
- 1952: La Grande Vie by Henri Schneider
- 1953: Crin Blanc (short) by Albert Lamorisse
- 1954: Les statues meurent aussi (short) by Alain Resnais and Chris Marker
- 1955: Émile Zola (short) by Jean Vidal
- 1956: Nuit et brouillard (short) by Alain Resnais
- 1957: Léon la lune (short) by Alain Jessua
- 1958: Les Femmes de Stermetz (short) by Louis Grospierre
- 1959: Le Beau Serge by Claude Chabrol
- 1960: À bout de souffle by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1961: La Peau et les os by Jean-Paul Sassy and Jacques Panuel
- 1962: La Guerre des boutons by Yves Robert
- 1963: Mourir à Madrid by Frédéric Rossif
- 1964: La Belle Vie by Robert Enrico
- 1965: Coaraze (short) by Jules Engel
- 1966: La Noire de... by Ousmane Sembène
- 1967: Who Are You, Polly Magoo? by William Klein
- 1968: O Salto by Christian de Chalonge
- 1969: L'Enfance nue by Maurice Pialat
- 1970: Hoa Binh by Raoul Coutard
- 1971: Remparts d'argile by Jean-Louis Bertucelli
- 1972: Continental Circus by Jérôme Laperroussaz
- 1973: Absences répétées by Guy Gilles
- 1974: Un homme qui dort by Bernard Queyssanne and Georges Perec
- 1975: L'Histoire de Paul by René Féret
- 1976: L'Affiche rouge by Frank Cassenti
- 1977: Paradiso by Christian Bricout
- 1978: Bako-l'autre rive by Jacques Champreux
- 1979: Certaines nouvelles by Jacques Davila
- 1980: Ma blonde entends-tu dans la ville ? by René Gilson
- 1981: Le Jardinier by Jean-Pierre Sentier
- 1982: L'Enfant secret by Philippe Garrel
- 1984: Vive la sociale! by Gérard Mordillat
- 1985: Le Thé au harem d'Archimède by Medhi Charef
- 1986: Maine Océan by Jacques Rozier
- 1987: Buisson ardent by Laurent Perrin
- 1988: La Comédie du travail by Luc Moullet
- 1989: Chine ma douleur by Sijie Daï
- 1990: Mona et moi by Patrick Grandperret
- 1991: Le Brasier by Eric Barbier
- 1992: Paris s'éveille by Olivier Assayas
- 1993: Les histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général by Anne Fontaine
- 1994: Trop de bonheur by Cédric Kahn
- 1995: N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir by Xavier Beauvois
- 1996: Encore by Pascal Bonitzer
- 1997: La Vie de Jésus by Bruno Dumont
- 1998: Dis-moi que je rêve by Claude Mourieras
- 1999: La vie ne me fait pas peur by Noémie Lvoski
- 2000: Saint-Cyr by Patricia Mazuy ex-æquo avec De l'histoire ancienne by Orso Miret
- 2000: Les Filles de mon pays (short) by Yves Caumon
- 2001: Candidature by Emmanuel Bourdieu ex-æquo with Ce vieux rêve qui bouge by Alain Guiraudie
- 2002: Royal Bonbon by Charles Najman
- 2003: Toutes ces belles promesses by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- 2004: Quand je serai star by Patrick Mimouni
- 2005: Les Yeux clairs by Jérôme Bonnell
- 2006: Le Dernier des fous by Laurent Achard
- 2007: La France by Serge Bozon
- 2008: Nulle part, terre promise by Emmanuel Finkiel
- 2009: L'Arbre et la Forêt by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
- 2010: Un poison violent by Paul Falguères
- 2011: Les Chants de Mandrin by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
- 2012: L'Âge atomique by Héléna Klotz