|
Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
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2025
|
One Battle After Another
|
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
|
Sinners
|
Ryan Coogler
|
|
Bugonia
|
Yorgos Lanthimos
|
|
Marty Supreme
|
Josh Safdie
|
|
Sentimental Value
|
Joachim Trier
|
|
Hamnet
|
Chloé Zhao
|
|
2024
|
The Brutalist
|
Brady Corbet
|
|
Emilia Pérez
|
Jacques Audiard
|
|
Anora
|
Sean Baker
|
|
Conclave
|
Edward Berger
|
|
The Substance
|
Coralie Fargeat
|
|
Dune: Part Two
|
Denis Villeneuve
|
|
2023
|
Oppenheimer
|
Christopher Nolan
|
|
Maestro
|
Bradley Cooper
|
|
The Zone of Interest
|
Jonathan Glazer
|
|
All of Us Strangers
|
Andrew Haigh
|
|
The Holdovers
|
Alexander Payne
|
|
Anatomy of a Fall
|
Justine Triet
|
|
2022
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Edward Berger
|
|
Decision to Leave
|
Park Chan-wook
|
|
Tár
|
Todd Field
|
|
Everything Everywhere All at Once
|
Daniel Kwan / Daniel Scheinert
|
|
The Banshees of Inisherin
|
Martin McDonagh
|
|
The Woman King
|
Gina Prince-Bythewood
|
|
2021
|
The Power of the Dog
|
Jane Campion
|
|
Licorice Pizza
|
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
|
Happening
|
Audrey Diwan
|
|
Titane
|
Julia Ducournau
|
|
Drive My Car
|
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
|
|
After Love
|
Aleem Khan
|
|
2020
|
Nomadland
|
Chloé Zhao
|
|
Minari
|
Lee Isaac Chung
|
|
Rocks
|
Sarah Gavron
|
|
Babyteeth
|
Shannon Murphy
|
|
Another Round
|
Thomas Vinterberg
|
|
Quo Vadis, Aida?
|
Jasmila Žbanić
|
|
2019
|
1917
|
Sam Mendes
|
|
Parasite
|
Bong Joon-ho
|
|
Joker
|
Todd Phillips
|
|
The Irishman
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
|
2018
|
Roma
|
Alfonso Cuarón
|
|
A Star Is Born
|
Bradley Cooper
|
|
The Favourite
|
Yorgos Lanthimos
|
|
BlacKkKlansman
|
Spike Lee
|
|
Cold War
|
Paweł Pawlikowski
|
|
2017
|
The Shape of Water
|
Guillermo del Toro
|
|
Call Me by Your Name
|
Luca Guadagnino
|
|
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
|
Martin McDonagh
|
|
Dunkirk
|
Christopher Nolan
|
|
Blade Runner 2049
|
Denis Villeneuve
|
|
2016
|
La La Land
|
Damien Chazelle
|
|
Nocturnal Animals
|
Tom Ford
|
|
I, Daniel Blake
|
Ken Loach
|
|
Manchester by the Sea
|
Kenneth Lonergan
|
|
Arrival
|
Denis Villeneuve
|
|
2015
|
The Revenant
|
Alejandro González Iñárritu
|
|
Carol
|
Todd Haynes
|
|
The Big Short
|
Adam McKay
|
|
The Martian
|
Ridley Scott
|
|
Bridge of Spies
|
Steven Spielberg
|
|
2014
|
Boyhood
|
Richard Linklater
|
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel
|
Wes Anderson
|
|
Whiplash
|
Damien Chazelle
|
|
Birdman
|
Alejandro González Iñárritu
|
|
The Theory of Everything
|
James Marsh
|
|
2013
|
Gravity
|
Alfonso Cuarón
|
|
Captain Phillips
|
Paul Greengrass
|
|
12 Years a Slave
|
Steve McQueen
|
|
American Hustle
|
David O. Russell
|
|
The Wolf of Wall Street
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
2012
|
Argo
|
Ben Affleck
|
|
Zero Dark Thirty
|
Kathryn Bigelow
|
|
Amour
|
Michael Haneke
|
|
Life of Pi
|
Ang Lee
|
|
Django Unchained
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
|
2011
|
The Artist
|
Michel Hazanavicius
|
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
Tomas Alfredson
|
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin
|
Lynne Ramsay
|
|
Drive
|
Nicolas Winding Refn
|
|
Hugo
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
2010
|
The Social Network
|
David Fincher
|
|
Black Swan
|
Darren Aronofsky
|
|
127 Hours
|
Danny Boyle
|
|
The King's Speech
|
Tom Hooper
|
|
Inception
|
Christopher Nolan
|
|
2009
|
The Hurt Locker
|
Kathryn Bigelow
|
|
District 9
|
Neill Blomkamp
|
|
Avatar
|
James Cameron
|
|
An Education
|
Lone Scherfig
|
|
Inglourious Basterds
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
|
2008
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
Danny Boyle
|
|
The Reader
|
Stephen Daldry
|
|
Changeling
|
Clint Eastwood
|
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
|
David Fincher
|
|
Frost/Nixon
|
Ron Howard
|
|
2007
|
No Country for Old Men
|
Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
|
|
There Will Be Blood
|
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
|
The Bourne Ultimatum
|
Paul Greengrass
|
|
The Lives of Others
|
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
|
|
Atonement
|
Joe Wright
|
|
2006
|
United 93
|
Paul Greengrass
|
|
Little Miss Sunshine
|
Jonathan Dayton / Valerie Faris
|
|
The Queen
|
Stephen Frears
|
|
Babel
|
Alejandro González Iñárritu
|
|
The Departed
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
2005
|
Brokeback Mountain
|
Ang Lee
|
|
Good Night, and Good Luck
|
George Clooney
|
|
Crash
|
Paul Haggis
|
|
The Constant Gardener
|
Fernando Meirelles
|
|
Capote
|
Bennett Miller
|
|
2004
|
Vera Drake
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
Finding Neverland
|
Marc Forster
|
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
|
Michel Gondry
|
|
Collateral
|
Michael Mann
|
|
The Aviator
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
2003
|
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
|
Peter Weir
|
|
Big Fish
|
Tim Burton
|
|
Lost in Translation
|
Sofia Coppola
|
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
Peter Jackson
|
|
Cold Mountain
|
Anthony Minghella
|
|
2002
|
The Pianist
|
Roman Polanski
|
|
The Hours
|
Stephen Daldry
|
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
Peter Jackson
|
|
Chicago
|
Rob Marshall
|
|
Gangs of New York
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
2001
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
Peter Jackson
|
|
Gosford Park
|
Robert Altman
|
|
A Beautiful Mind
|
Ron Howard
|
|
Amélie
|
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
|
|
Moulin Rouge!
|
Baz Luhrmann
|
|
2000
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
|
Ang Lee
|
|
Billy Elliot
|
Stephen Daldry
|
|
Gladiator
|
Ridley Scott
|
|
Erin Brockovich
|
Steven Soderbergh
|
|
Traffic
|
|
1999
|
All About My Mother
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
|
The End of the Affair
|
Neil Jordan
|
|
American Beauty
|
Sam Mendes
|
|
The Talented Mr. Ripley
|
Anthony Minghella
|
|
The Sixth Sense
|
M. Night Shyamalan
|
|
1998
|
The Truman Show
|
Peter Weir
|
|
Elizabeth
|
Shekhar Kapur
|
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
John Madden
|
|
Saving Private Ryan
|
Steven Spielberg
|
|
1997
|
Romeo + Juliet
|
Baz Luhrmann
|
|
Titanic
|
James Cameron
|
|
The Full Monty
|
Peter Cattaneo
|
|
L.A. Confidential
|
Curtis Hanson
|
|
1996
|
Fargo
|
Joel Coen
|
|
Shine
|
Scott Hicks
|
|
Secrets & Lies
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
The English Patient
|
Anthony Minghella
|
|
1995
|
Il Postino: The Postman
|
Michael Radford
|
|
Braveheart
|
Mel Gibson
|
|
The Madness of King George
|
Nicholas Hytner
|
|
Sense and Sensibility
|
Ang Lee
|
|
1994
|
Four Weddings and a Funeral
|
Mike Newell
|
|
Three Colours: Red
|
Krzysztof Kieślowski
|
|
Pulp Fiction
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
|
Forrest Gump
|
Robert Zemeckis
|
|
1993
|
Schindler's List
|
Steven Spielberg
|
|
Shadowlands
|
Richard Attenborough
|
|
The Piano
|
Jane Campion
|
|
The Remains of the Day
|
James Ivory
|
|
1992
|
The Player
|
Robert Altman
|
|
Unforgiven
|
Clint Eastwood
|
|
Howards End
|
James Ivory
|
|
The Crying Game
|
Neil Jordan
|
|
1991
|
The Commitments
|
Alan Parker
|
|
Dances with Wolves
|
Kevin Costner
|
|
The Silence of the Lambs
|
Jonathan Demme
|
|
Thelma & Louise
|
Ridley Scott
|
|
1990
|
Goodfellas
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Crimes and Misdemeanors
|
Woody Allen
|
|
Driving Miss Daisy
|
Bruce Beresford
|
|
Cinema Paradiso
|
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
|
1989
|
Henry V
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
|
Dangerous Liaisons
|
Stephen Frears
|
|
Mississippi Burning
|
Alan Parker
|
|
Dead Poets Society
|
Peter Weir
|
|
1988
|
Au revoir les enfants
|
Louis Malle
|
|
Babette's Feast
|
Gabriel Axel
|
|
The Last Emperor
|
Bernardo Bertolucci
|
|
A Fish Called Wanda
|
Charles Crichton
|
|
1987
|
Platoon
|
Oliver Stone
|
|
Cry Freedom
|
Richard Attenborough
|
|
Jean de Florette
|
Claude Berri
|
|
Hope and Glory
|
John Boorman
|
|
1986
|
Hannah and Her Sisters
|
Woody Allen
|
|
The Mission
|
Roland Joffé
|
|
Mona Lisa
|
Neil Jordan
|
|
A Room with a View
|
James Ivory
|
|
1984
|
Paris, Texas
|
Wim Wenders
|
|
The Killing Fields
|
Roland Joffé
|
|
Once Upon a Time in America
|
Sergio Leone
|
|
The Dresser
|
Peter Yates
|
|
1983
|
Local Hero
|
Bill Forsyth
|
|
Heat and Dust
|
James Ivory
|
|
Tootsie
|
Sydney Pollack
|
|
The King of Comedy
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
1982
|
Gandhi
|
Richard Attenborough
|
|
Missing
|
Costa-Gavras
|
|
On Golden Pond
|
Mark Rydell
|
|
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
Steven Spielberg
|
|
1981
|
Atlantic City
|
Louis Malle
|
|
Gregory's Girl
|
Bill Forsyth
|
|
Chariots of Fire
|
Hugh Hudson
|
|
The French Lieutenant's Woman
|
Karel Reisz
|
|
1980
|
Kagemusha
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
|
Kramer vs. Kramer
|
Robert Benton
|
|
The Elephant Man
|
David Lynch
|
|
Fame
|
Alan Parker
|
|
1979
|
Apocalypse Now
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
|
Manhattan
|
Woody Allen
|
|
The Deer Hunter
|
Michael Cimino
|
|
Yanks
|
John Schlesinger
|
|
1978
|
Midnight Express
|
Alan Parker
|
|
A Wedding
|
Robert Altman
|
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
Steven Spielberg
|
|
Julia
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
1977
|
Annie Hall
|
Woody Allen
|
|
A Bridge Too Far
|
Richard Attenborough
|
|
Rocky
|
John G. Avildsen
|
|
Network
|
Sidney Lumet
|
|
1976
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
Miloš Forman
|
|
All the President's Men
|
Alan J. Pakula
|
|
Bugsy Malone
|
Alan Parker
|
|
Taxi Driver
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
1975
|
Barry Lyndon
|
Stanley Kubrick
|
|
Dog Day Afternoon
|
Sidney Lumet
|
|
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Jaws
|
Steven Spielberg
|
|
1974
|
Chinatown
|
Roman Polanski
|
|
The Conversation
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
|
Murder on the Orient Express
|
Sidney Lumet
|
|
Serpico
|
|
Lacombe Lucien
|
Louis Malle
|
|
1973
|
Day for Night
|
François Truffaut
|
|
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
|
Luis Buñuel
|
|
Don't Look Now
|
Nicolas Roeg
|
|
The Day of the Jackal
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
1972
|
Cabaret
|
Bob Fosse
|
|
The Last Picture Show
|
Peter Bogdanovich
|
|
The French Connection
|
William Friedkin
|
|
A Clockwork Orange
|
Stanley Kubrick
|
|
1971
|
Sunday Bloody Sunday
|
John Schlesinger
|
|
Taking Off
|
Miloš Forman
|
|
The Go-Between
|
Joseph Losey
|
|
Death in Venice
|
Luchino Visconti
|
|
1970
|
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
George Roy Hill
|
|
M*A*S*H
|
Robert Altman
|
|
Ryan's Daughter
|
David Lean
|
|
Kes
|
Ken Loach
|
|
1969
|
Midnight Cowboy
|
John Schlesinger
|
|
Oh! What a Lovely War
|
Richard Attenborough
|
|
Women in Love
|
Ken Russell
|
|
Bullitt
|
Peter Yates
|
|
1968
|
The Graduate
|
Mike Nichols
|
|
if....
|
Lindsay Anderson
|
|
Oliver!
|
Carol Reed
|
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
Franco Zeffirelli
|
