1963 The Exterminating Angel, directed by Luis Buñuel
1964 Hamlet, directed by Grigori Kozintsev
1965 Alphaville, directed by Jean-Luc Godard
1966 Loves Of A Blonde, directed by Milos Forman
1967 The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
1968 Capricious Summer, directed by Jiri Menzel
1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, directed by Paul Mazursky
1970 The Wild Child (L'enfant sauvage), directed by Francois Truffaut
1971 The Debut, directed by Gleb Panfilov
1972 Chloe In the Afternoon, directed by Eric Rohmer
1973 Day For Night, directed by Francois Truffaut
1974 Don't Cry With Your Mouth Full, directed by Pascal Thomas
1975 Conversation Piece, directed by Luchino Visconti
1976 Small Change (L'Argent de poche), directed by Francois Truffaut
1977 One Sings, The Other Doesn't, directed by Agnes Varda
1978 A Wedding, directed by Robert Altman
1979 Luna, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
1980 Melvin and Howard, directed by Jonathan Demme
1981 Chariots Of Fire, directed by Hugh Hudson
1982 Veronika Voss, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1983 The Big Chill, directed by Lawrence Kasdan
1984 Country, directed by Richard Pearce
1985 Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa
1986 Down By Law, directed by Jim Jarmusch
1987 Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
1988 Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
1989 Too Beautiful For You (Trop belle pour toi), directed by Bertrand Blier
1990 Miller's Crossing, directed by Joel Coen
1991 Double Life of Veronique, directed by Krysztof Kieslowski
1992 Olivier Olivier, directed by Agnieska Holland
1993 Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman
1994 Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino
1995 Shanghai Triad, directed by Zhang Yimou
1996 Secrets and Lies, directed by Mike Leigh
1997 The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee
1998 Celebrity, directed by Woody Allen
1999 All About My Mother, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
2000 Dancer In The Dark, directed by Lars von Trier
2001 Va Savoir (Who Knows?), directed by Jacques Rivette
2002 About Schmidt, directed by Alexander Payne
2003 Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood
2004 Look At Me, directed by Agnes Jaoui
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck, directed by George Clooney
2006 The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears
2007 The Darjeeling Limited, directed by Wes Anderson
2008 The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet
2009 Wild Grass, directed by Alain Resnais
2010 The Social Network, directed by David Fincher
2011 Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski