| Year |
Picture |
Country |
| 1947 |
Shoeshine |
Italy |
| 1948 |
Monsieur Vincent |
France |
| 1949 |
The Bicycle Thief |
Italy |
| 1950 |
The Walls of Malapaga |
Italy/France |
| 1951 |
Rashomon |
Japan |
| 1952 |
Forbidden Games |
France |
| 1953 |
none given |
|
| 1954 |
Gate of Hell |
Japan |
| 1955 |
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi |
Japan |
| 1956 |
La Strada |
Italy |
| 1957 |
Nights of Cabiria |
Italy |
| 1958 |
My Uncle |
France |
| 1959 |
Black Orpheus |
(Brazil/France/Italy - Portuguese) |
| 1960 |
The Virgin Spring |
Sweeden |
| 1961 |
Through a Glass Darkly |
Sweeden |
| 1962 |
Sundays and Cybele |
France |
| 1963 |
8½ |
Italy |
| 1964 |
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow |
Italy |
| 1965 |
The Shop on Main Street |
Czechoslovakia |
| 1966 |
A Man and a Woman |
France |
| 1967 |
Closely Watched Trains |
Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 |
War and Peace |
USSR |
| 1969 |
Z |
Algeria |
| 1970 |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion |
Italy |
| 1971 |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
Italy |
| 1972 |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie |
France |
| 1973 |
Day for Night |
France |
| 1974 |
Amarcord |
Italy |
| 1975 |
Dersu Uzala |
USSR |
| 1976 |
Black and White in Color |
France |
| 1977 |
Madame Rosa |
France |
| 1978 |
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs |
France |
| 1979 |
The Tin Drum |
Fed rep of Germany |
| 1980 |
Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears |
USSR |
| 1981 |
Mephisto |
Hungary |
| 1982 |
Begin the Beguine |
Spain |
| 1983 |
Fanny and Alexander |
Sweden |
| 1984 |
Dangerous Moves |
Switzerland |
| 1985 |
The Official Story |
Argentina |
| 1986 |
The Assault |
Netherlands |
| 1987 |
Babette's Feast |
Denmark |
| 1988 |
Pelle the Conqueror |
Denmark |
| 1989 |
Cinema Paradiso |
Italy |
| 1990 |
Journey of Hope |
Switzerland - German and Turkish |
| 1991 |
Mediterraneo |
Italy |
| 1992 |
Indochine |
France |
| 1993 |
The Age of Beauty |
Spain, Portugal, France |
| 1994 |
Burnt by the Sun |
Russia |
| 1995 |
Antonia's Line |
Netherlands |
| 1996 |
Kolya |
Czech Republic |
| 1997 |
Character |
Netherlands |
| 1998 |
Life Is Beautiful |
Italy |
| 1999 |
All About My Mother |
Spain |
| 2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Taiwan |
| 2001 |
No Man's Land |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2002 |
Nowhere in Africa |
Germany |
| 2003 |
The Barbarian Invasions |
Canada |
| 2004 |
The Sea Inside |
Spain |
| 2005 |
Tsotsi |
South Africa |
| 2006 |
The Lives of Others |
Germany |
| 2007 |
The Counterfeiters |
Austria |
| 2008 |
Departures |
Japan |
