| Name |
Year |
Country |
| MONSIEUR VINCENT |
1948 |
France |
| THE BICYCLE THIEF |
1949 |
Italy |
| THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA |
1950 |
France/Italy |
| RASHOMON |
1951 |
Japan |
| FORBIDDEN GAMES |
1952 |
France |
| GATE OF HELL |
1954 |
Japan |
| SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI |
1955 |
Japan |
| LA STRADA |
1956 |
Italy |
| THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA |
1957 |
Italy |
| MY UNCLE |
1958 |
France |
| BLACK ORPHEUS |
1959 |
France |
| THE VIRGIN SPRING |
1960 |
Sweden |
| THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY |
1961 |
Sweden |
| SUNDAYS AND CYBELE |
1962 |
France |
| FEDERICO FELLINI'S 8 1/2 |
1963 |
Italy |
| YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW |
1964 |
Italy |
| THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET |
1965 |
Czechoslovakia |
| A MAN AND A WOMAN |
1966 |
France |
| CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS |
1967 |
Czechoslovakia |
| WAR AND PEACE |
1968 |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Z |
1969 |
Algeria |
| INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION |
1970 |
Italy |
| THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI CONTINIS |
1971 |
Italy |
| THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE |
1972 |
France |
| DAY FOR NIGHT |
1973 |
France |
| AMARCORD |
1974 |
Italy |
| DERSU UZALA |
1975 |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR |
1976 |
Ivory Coast |
| MADAME ROSA |
1977 |
France |
| GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS |
1978 |
France |
| THE TIN DRUM |
1979 |
Federal Republic of Germany |
| MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS |
1980 |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| MEPHISTO |
1981 |
Hungary |
| VOLVER A EMPEZAR ("TO BEGIN AGAIN") |
1982 |
Spain |
| FANNY & ALEXANDER |
1983 |
Sweden |
| DANGEROUS MOVES |
1984 |
Switzerland |
| THE OFFICIAL STORY |
1985 |
Argentina |
| THE ASSAULT |
1986 |
The Netherlands |
| BABETTE'S FEAST |
1987 |
Denmark |
| PELLE THE CONQUERER |
1988 |
Denmark |
| CINEMA PARADISO |
1989 |
Italy |
| JOURNEY OF HOPE |
1990 |
Switzerland |
| MEDITERRANEO |
1991 |
Italy |
| INDOCHINE |
1992 |
France |
| BELLE EPOQUE |
1993 |
Spain |
| BURNT BY THE SUN |
1994 |
Russia |
| ANTONIA'S LINE |
1995 |
The Netherlands |
| KOLYA |
1996 |
Czech Republic |
| CHARACTER |
1997 |
The Netherlands |
| LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL |
1998 |
Italy |
| ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER |
1999 |
Spain |
| CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON |
2000 |
Taiwan |
| NO MAN'S LAND |
2001 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| NOWHERE IN AFRICA |
2002 |
Germany |