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{{Short description|Film award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = César Award for Best Foreign Film
| awarded_for = 
| presenter = [[Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma]]
| country = Canada / France
| year = 1976
| holder = ''[[The Zone of Interest (film)|The Zone of Interest]]'' ([[50th César Awards|2025]])
| website = {{URL|academie-cinema.org}}
}}

The [[Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma]], sponsored by France and Canada, presents an annual '''[[César Award]] for Best Foreign Film''' ({{langx|fr|César du meilleur film étranger}}). This is the list of winners and nominees of the award since the 1970s.

==Winners and nominees==

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="100"|Year
! width="300"|Winner and nominees
! width="300"|Original title
! width="200"|Country
! width="200"|Director
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1976<br>[[1st César Awards|(1st)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Scent of a Woman (1974 film)|'''Scent of a Woman''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Profumo di donna'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ITA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Dino Risi]]'''
|-
|''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]''||''Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes''||{{flagcountry|West Germany}}||[[Werner Herzog]]
|-
|''[[The Magic Flute (1975 film)|The Magic Flute]]''||''Trollflöjten''||{{flagcountry|SWE}}||[[Ingmar Bergman]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Robert Altman]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1977<br>[[2nd César Awards|(2nd)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[We All Loved Each Other So Much]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''C'eravamo tanto amati'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ITA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Ettore Scola]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Barry Lyndon]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Stanley Kubrick]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Miloš Forman]]
|-
|''[[Cría cuervos|Raise Ravens]]''||''Cría cuervos''||{{flagcountry|ESP|1977}}||[[Carlos Saura]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1978<br>[[3rd César Awards|(3rd)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[A Special Day]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Una giornata particolare'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ITA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Ettore Scola]]'''
|-
|''[[The American Friend]]''||''Der amerikanische Freund''||{{flagcountry|West Germany}}||[[Wim Wenders]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Annie Hall]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|''[[Bread and Chocolate]]''||''Pane e cioccolata''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Franco Brusati]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1979<br>[[4th César Awards|(4th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Tree of Wooden Clogs]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''L'albero degli zoccoli'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ITA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Ermanno Olmi]]'''
|-
|''[[Autumn Sonata]]''||''Höstsonaten''||{{flagcountry|SWE}}||[[Ingmar Bergman]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Fred Zinnemann]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[A Wedding (1978 film)|A Wedding]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Robert Altman]]
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="100"|Year
! width="300"|Winner and nominees
! width="300"|Original title
! width="200"|Country
! width="200"|Director
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1980<br>[[5th César Awards|(5th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|'''Manhattan''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Woody Allen]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Apocalypse Now]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Francis Ford Coppola]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Miloš Forman]]
|-
|''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]''||''Die Blechtrommel''||{{flagcountry|West Germany}}||[[Volker Schlöndorff]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1981<br>[[6th César Awards|(6th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Kagemusha|'''Shadow Warrior''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''影武者'' / ''Kagemusha'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|JPN}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Akira Kurosawa]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Alan Parker]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Robert Benton]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Mark Rydell]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1982<br>[[7th César Awards|(7th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|'''The Elephant Man''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[David Lynch]]'''
|-
|''[[Die Fälschung|The Circle of Deceit]]''||''Die Fälschung''||{{flagcountry|West Germany}}||[[Volker Schlöndorff]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
|''[[Man of Iron]]''||''Człowiek z żelaza''||{{flagcountry|POL}}||[[Andrzej Wajda]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1983<br>[[8th César Awards|(8th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Victor/Victoria]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Blake Edwards]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Karel Reisz]]
|-
|''[[Yol (film)|The Way]]''||''Yol''||{{flagcountry|TUR}}||[[Serif Gören]] and [[Yilmaz Güney]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1984<br>[[9th César Awards|(9th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Fanny and Alexander]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Fanny och Alexander'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|SWE}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Ingmar Bergman]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Carmen (1983 film)|Carmen]]''||{{flagcountry|ESP}}||[[Carlos Saura]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]''||{{flagcountry|RSA}}||[[Jamie Uys]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Tootsie]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Sydney Pollack]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1985<br>[[10th César Awards|(10th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Amadeus (film)|'''Amadeus''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Miloš Forman]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Hugh Hudson]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Maria's Lovers]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Andrei Konchalovsky]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]''||{{flagcountry|West Germany}}||[[Wim Wenders]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1986<br>[[11th César Awards|(11th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Woody Allen]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Desperately Seeking Susan]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Susan Seidelman]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Roland Joffé]]
|-
|''[[Ran (film)|Ran]]''||''乱''||{{flagcountry|JPN}}||[[Akira Kurosawa]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Year of the Dragon (film)|Year of the Dragon]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Michael Cimino]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1987<br>[[12th César Awards|(12th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[The Name of the Rose (film)|'''The Name of the Rose''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Il nome della rosa'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|Italy}}/<br>{{flagcountry|West Germany}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Jean-Jacques Annaud]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Martin Scorsese]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Roland Joffé]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Sydney Pollack]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1988<br>[[13th César Awards|(13th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Last Emperor]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|ITA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|CHN}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Bernardo Bertolucci]]'''
|-
|''[[Dark Eyes (1987 film)|Dark Eyes]]''||''Oci ciornie''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|URS}}||[[Nikita Mikhalkov]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Intervista]]''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Federico Fellini]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Untouchables (1987 film)|The Untouchables]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Brian De Palma]]
|-
|''[[Wings of Desire]]''||''Der Himmel über Berlin''||{{flagcountry|West Germany}}||[[Wim Wenders]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |1989<br>[[14th César Awards|(14th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Bagdad Cafe]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Out of Rosenheim'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|West Germany}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Percy Adlon]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Bird (1988 film)|Bird]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Clint Eastwood]]
|-
|''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''||''सलाम बॉम्बे''||{{flagcountry|IND}}||[[Mira Nair]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Robert Zemeckis]]
|}

===1990s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="100"|Year
! width="300"|Winner and nominees
! width="300"|Original title
! width="200"|Country
! width="200"|Director
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1990<br>[[15th César Awards|(15th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Stephen Frears]]'''
|-
|''[[Cinema Paradiso]]''||''Nuovo cinema Paradiso''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Giuseppe Tornatore]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Rain Man]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Barry Levinson]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Soderbergh]]
|-
|''[[Time of the Gypsies]]''||''Дом за вешање'' / ''Dom za vešanje''||{{flag|SFR Yugoslavia}}||[[Emir Kusturica]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1991<br>[[16th César Awards|(16th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Dead Poets Society]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Peter Weir]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Goodfellas]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Martin Scorsese]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Pretty Woman]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Garry Marshall]]
|-
|''[[Taxi Blues]]''||''Такси-блюз'' / ''Taksi-Blyuz''||{{flagcountry|USSR}}||[[Pavel Lungin]]
|-
|''[[Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!]]''||''¡Átame!''||{{flagcountry|ESP}}||[[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |1992<br>[[17th César Awards|(17th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Toto the Hero]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Toto le héros'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|GER}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Jaco van Dormael]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|''[[Close to Eden]]''||''У́рга — территория любви''||{{flagcountry|USSR}}||[[Nikita Mikhalkov]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Dances with Wolves]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Kevin Costner]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Jonathan Demme]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Thelma & Louise]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Ridley Scott]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1993<br>[[18th César Awards|(18th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[High Heels (1991 film)|'''High Heels''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Tacones lejanos'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ESP}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Pedro Almodóvar]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[James Ivory]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Husbands and Wives]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|''[[The Lover (1992 film)|The Lover]]''||''L'amant''||{{flagcountry|FRA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}} ||[[Jean-Jacques Annaud]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Robert Altman]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1994<br />[[19th César Awards|(19th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Piano]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|NZL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|AUS}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Jane Campion]]'''
|-
|''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]''||''霸王別姬'' / ''Ba wang bie ji''||{{flagcountry|CHN}}/<br>{{flagcountry|HKG|1959}}||[[Chen Kaige]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Raining Stones]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Ken Loach]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Snapper (film)|The Snapper]]''||{{flagcountry|IRL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Stephen Frears]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1995<br>[[20th César Awards|(20th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |[[Mike Newell (director)|'''Mike Newell''']]
|-
|''[[Caro diario|Dear Diary]]''||''Caro diario''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Nanni Moretti]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Quentin Tarantino]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Schindler's List]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Short Cuts]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Robert Altman]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1996<br />[[21st César Awards|(21st)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Land and Freedom (film)|'''Land and Freedom''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Ken Loach]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Bridges of Madison County (film)|The Bridges of Madison County]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Clint Eastwood]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Smoke (film)|Smoke]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Paul Auster]] and [[Wayne Wang]]
|-
|''[[Underground (1995 film)|Underground]]''||''Подземље'' / ''Podzemlje''||{{flag|FR Yugoslavia}}||[[Emir Kusturica]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Usual Suspects]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Bryan Singer]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1997<br>[[22nd César Awards|(22nd)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Breaking the Waves]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|DEN}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Lars von Trier]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]]
|-
|''[[La Promesse|The Promise]]''||''La promesse''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}||[[Jean-Pierre Dardenne|Jean-Pierre]] and [[Luc Dardenne]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Mike Leigh]]
|-
|''[[Il Postino: The Postman|The Postman]]''||''Il postino''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Michael Radford]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1998<br>[[23rd César Awards|(23rd)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Brassed Off]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Mark Herman]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Anthony Minghella]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Everyone Says I Love You]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|''[[Hana-bi]]''||''はなび''||{{flagcountry|JPN}}||[[Takeshi Kitano]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Full Monty]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Peter Cattaneo]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1999<br>[[24th César Awards|(24th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Life Is Beautiful]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''La vita è bella'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ITA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Roberto Benigni]]'''
|-
|''[[The Celebration]]''||''Festen''||{{flagcountry|DEN}}||[[Thomas Vinterberg]]
|-
|''[[Central Station (film)|Central Station]]''||''Central do Brasil''||{{flagcountry|BRA}}||[[Walter Salles]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[James Cameron]]
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="100"|Year
! width="300"|Winner and nominees
! width="300"|Original title
! width="200"|Country
! width="200"|Director
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2000<br>[[25th César Awards|(25th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[All About My Mother]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Todo sobre mi madre'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ESP}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Pedro Almodóvar]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Being John Malkovich]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Spike Jonze]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Stanley Kubrick]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Jim Jarmusch]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Terrence Malick]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2001<br>[[26th César Awards|(26th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[In the Mood for Love]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''花樣年華'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|HKG}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Kar Wai Wong]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Sam Mendes]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Billy Elliot]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Stephen Daldry]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Dancer in the Dark]]''||{{flagcountry|DEN}}||[[Lars von Trier]]
|-
|''[[Yi Yi]]''||''Yī Yī''||{{flagcountry|TAI}}||[[Edward Yang]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2002<br>[[27th César Awards|(27th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|'''Mulholland Drive''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[David Lynch]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''||{{flagcountry|AUS}}||[[Baz Luhrmann]]
|-
|''[[The Son's Room]]''||''La stanza del figlio''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Nanni Moretti]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Soderbergh]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2003<br>[[28th César Awards|(28th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Michael Moore]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Steven Soderbergh]]
|-
|''[[Painted Fire]]''||''취화선'' / ''Chi-hwa-seon''||{{flagcountry|KOR}}||[[Kwon-taek Im]]
|-
|''[[Spirited Away]]''||''千と千尋の神隠し'' / ''Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi''||{{flagcountry|JPN}}||[[Hayao Miyazaki]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2004<br>[[29th César Awards|(29th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Mystic River (film)|'''Mystic River''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Clint Eastwood]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Elephant (2003 film)|Elephant]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Gus Van Sant]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Gangs of New York]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Martin Scorsese]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Stephen Daldry]]
|-
|''[[The Return (2003 film)|The Return]]''||''Возвращение'' / ''Vozvrashcheniye''||{{flagcountry|RUS}}||[[Andrei Zvyagintsev]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2005<br>[[30th César Awards|(30th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82" |''[[Lost in Translation (film)|'''Lost in Translation''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Sofia Coppola]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[21 Grams]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Alejandro González Iñárritu]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Michel Gondry]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Michael Moore]]
|-
|''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]''||''Diarios de motocicleta''||{{flagcountry|ARG}}/<br>{{flagcountry|BRA}}||[[Walter Salles]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2006<br>[[31st César Awards|(31st)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Clint Eastwood]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[A History of Violence]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[David Cronenberg]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Match Point]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|''[[The Sea Inside]]''||''Mar adentro''||{{flagcountry|ESP}}||[[Alejandro Amenábar]]
|-
|''[[Walk on Water (film)|Walk on Water]]''||''ללכת על המים'' / ''Lalekhet Al HaMayim''||{{flagcountry|ISR}}||[[Eytan Fox]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2007<br>[[32nd César Awards|(32nd)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Jonathan Dayton]] and [[Valerie Faris]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|Mexico}}||[[Alejandro González Iñárritu]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Ang Lee]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Stephen Frears]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Volver]]''||{{flagcountry|ESP}}||[[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2008<br>[[33rd César Awards|(33rd)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Lives of Others]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Das Leben der Anderen'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|GER}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]]'''
|-
|''[[4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days]]''||''4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile''||{{flagcountry|ROM}}||[[Cristian Mungiu]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Eastern Promises]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|CAN}}||[[David Cronenberg]]
|-
|''[[The Edge of Heaven (film)|The Edge of Heaven]]''||''Auf der anderen Seite''||{{flagcountry|Germany}}/<br>{{flagcountry|TUR}}||[[Fatih Akin]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[We Own the Night (film)|We Own the Night]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[James Gray (film director)|James Gray]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2009<br>[[34th César Awards|(34th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[Waltz with Bashir]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''ואלס עם באשיר'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ISR}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Ari Folman]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Eldorado (2008 film)|Eldorado]]''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Bouli Lanners]]
|-
|''[[Gomorrah (film)|Gomorrah]]''||''Gomorra''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Matteo Garrone]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Sean Penn]]
|-
|''[[Lorna's Silence]]''||''Le silence de Lorna''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}||[[Jean-Pierre Dardenne|Jean-Pierre]] and [[Luc Dardenne]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[There Will Be Blood]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Paul Thomas Anderson]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Two Lovers (2008 film)|Two Lovers]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[James Gray (film director)|James Gray]]
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="100"|Year
! width="300"|Winner and nominees
! width="300"|Original title
! width="200"|Country
! width="200"|Director
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2010<br>[[35th César Awards|(35th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82" |'''''[[Gran Torino]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Clint Eastwood]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[James Cameron]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Gus Van Sant]]
|-
|''[[I Killed My Mother]]'' ||''J'ai tué ma mère''||{{flagcountry|CAN}}||[[Xavier Dolan]]
|-
|''[[A Town Called Panic (film)|A Town Called Panic]]''||''Panique au village''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Stéphane Aubier]] and [[Vincent Patar]]
|-
|''[[The White Ribbon]]''||''Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte''||{{flagcountry|GER}}/<br>{{flagcountry|AUT}}||[[Michael Haneke]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Danny Boyle]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2011<br>[[36th César Awards|(36th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82" |'''''[[The Social Network]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[David Fincher]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Bright Star (film)|Bright Star]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|AUS}}||[[Jane Campion]]
|-
|''[[Heartbeats (2010 film)|Heartbeats]]''||''Les amours imaginaires''||{{flagcountry|CAN}}||[[Xavier Dolan]]
|-
|''[[Illegal (2010 film)|Illegal]]''||''Illégal''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Olivier Masset-Depasse]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Inception]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Christopher Nolan]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}<br>{{flagcountry|RSA}}||[[Clint Eastwood]]
|-
|''[[The Secret in Their Eyes]]''||''El secreto de sus ojos''||{{flagcountry|ARG}}||[[Juan José Campanella]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2012<br>[[37th César Awards|(37th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[A Separation]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''جدایی نادر از سیمین'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|IRI}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Asghar Farhadi]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]''|| {{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Darren Aronofsky]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Nicolas Winding Refn]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Incendies]]''||{{flagcountry|CAN}}||[[Denis Villeneuve]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Melancholia (2011 film)|Melancholia]]''||{{flagcountry|DEN}}||[[Lars von Trier]]
|-
|''[[The Kid with a Bike]]''||''Le gamin au vélo''|| {{flagcountry|BEL}}||[[Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne|Jean-Pierre]] and [[Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne|Luc Dardenne]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The King's Speech]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|AUS}}||[[Tom Hooper (director)|Tom Hooper]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2013<br>[[38th César Awards|(38th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82" |''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''||style="background:#eedd82;"|{{flagcountry|USA}}||style="background:#eedd82;"|[[Ben Affleck]]
|-
|''[[Bullhead (film)|Bullhead]]''||''Rundskop''|| {{flagcountry|BEL}}||[[Michaël R. Roskam]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Laurence Anyways]]''||{{flagcountry|CAN}}||[[Xavier Dolan]]
|-
|''[[Oslo, August 31st]]''||''Oslo, 31. august''||{{flagcountry|NOR}}||[[Joachim Trier]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Angels' Share]]''||{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Ken Loach]]
|-
|''[[A Royal Affair]]''||''En kongelig affære''|| {{flagcountry|DEN}}||[[Nikolaj Arcel]]
|-
|''[[Our Children]]''||''À perdre la raison''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Joachim Lafosse]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2014<br>[[39th César Awards|(39th)]]<ref>{{cite news | archive-date = 2014-03-27 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140327133849/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-cesar-awards-nominations-announced-675607 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-cesar-awards-nominations-announced-675607 | title = Berenice Bejo, Lea Seydoux, Roman Polanski Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees | work = The Hollywood Reporter | publisher = Prometheus Global Media | date = 2014-01-31 | access-date = 2014-07-29}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82" |'''''[[The Broken Circle Breakdown]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82" |'''{{flagcountry|BEL}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82" |'''[[Felix Van Groeningen]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Blue Jasmine]]''|| {{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Woody Allen]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Blancanieves]]''||{{flagcountry|Spain}}||[[Pablo Berger]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Dead Man Talking]]''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Patrick Ridremont]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Django Unchained]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Quentin Tarantino]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Alfonso Cuarón]]
|-
|''[[The Great Beauty]]''||''La grande bellezza''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Paolo Sorrentino]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2015<br>[[40th César Awards|(40th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82" |''[[Mommy (2014 film)|'''Mommy''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|CAN}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Xavier Dolan]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]''|| {{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Richard Linklater]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[12 Years A Slave (film)|12 Years A Slave]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]]
|-
|''[[Two Days, One Night]]''||''Deux jours, une nuit''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Dardenne brothers|Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne]]
|-
|''[[Winter Sleep (film)|Winter Sleep]]''||''Kış Uykusu''||{{flagcountry|TUR}}||[[Nuri Bilge Ceylan]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Ida (film)|Ida]]''||{{flagcountry|POL}}||[[Pawel Pawlikowski]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}} ||[[Wes Anderson]]
|- style="background:#eedd82"
! rowspan="7" |2016<br>[[41st César Awards|(41st)]]
| colspan="2" |''[[Birdman (film)|'''Birdman''']]'' || '''{{flagcountry|USA}}'''||'''[[Alejandro González Iñárritu]]'''
|-
|''[[Son of Saul]]''|| ''Saul fia'' ||{{flagcountry|HUN}}||[[László Nemes]]
|-
| ''[[I'm Dead but I Have Friends]]'' ||''Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||Guillaume Malandrin and Stéphane Malandrin
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Mia Madre]]''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Nanni Moretti]]
|-
|''[[Taxi (2015 film)|Taxi]]'' || تاکسی||{{flagcountry|IRN}}||[[Jafar Panahi]]
|-
|''[[The Brand New Testament]]'' || ''Le Tout Nouveau Testament'' ||{{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Jaco Van Dormael]]
|-
|''[[Youth (2015 film)|Youth]]'' || ''Youth - La giovinezza'' ||{{flagcountry|ITA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}||[[Paolo Sorrentino]]
|- style="background:#eedd82"
! rowspan="7" |2017<br>[[42nd César Awards|(42nd)]]
| colspan="2" |'''''[[I, Daniel Blake]]''''' || '''{{flagcountry|UK}}'''|| '''[[Ken Loach]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"| ''[[Aquarius (film)|Aquarius]]'' || {{flagcountry|BRA}}|| [[Kleber Mendonça Filho]]
|-
|''[[Graduation (2016 film)|Graduation]]'' || ''Bacalaureat'' || {{flagcountry|ROM}}|| [[Cristian Mungiu]]
|-
|''[[The Unknown Girl]]'' || ''La Fille inconnue'' || {{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}} || [[Dardenne brothers|Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne]]
|-
|''[[It's Only the End of the World]]'' || ''Juste la fin du monde'' || {{flagcountry|CAN}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}} || [[Xavier Dolan]] 
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'' || {{flagcountry|USA}} || [[Kenneth Lonergan]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Toni Erdmann]]'' || {{flagcountry|GER}}/<br>{{flagcountry|AUT}} || [[Maren Ade]]
|- style="background:#eedd82"
! rowspan="6" |2018<br>[[43rd César Awards|(43rd)]]
|''[[Loveless (film)|'''Loveless''']]'' || '''Нелюбовь''' || '''{{flagcountry|RUS}}'''|| '''[[Andrey Zvyagintsev]]'''
|-
|''[[The Nile Hilton Incident]]''|| حادث النيل هيلتون || {{flagcountry|SWE}}/<br>{{flagcountry|EGY}}|| [[Tarik Saleh]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]''|| {{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}|| [[Christopher Nolan]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]''|| {{flagcountry|USA}}|| [[Damien Chazelle]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[The Square (2017 film)|The Square]]'' || {{flagcountry|SWE}} || [[Ruben Östlund]]
|-
|''[[A Wedding (2016 film)|A Wedding]]'' || ''Noces''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}<br>{{flagcountry|PAK}} || [[Stephan Streker]]
|- style="background:#eedd82"
! rowspan="7" |2019<br>[[44th César Awards|(44th)]]
|''[[Shoplifters (film)|'''Shoplifters''']]'' || '''万引き家族''' || '''{{flagcountry|JPN}}'''|| '''[[Hirokazu Kore-eda]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Girl (2018 film)|Girl]]'' || {{flagcountry|BEL}}|| [[Lukas Dhont]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]''|| {{flagcountry|USA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|UK}}|| [[Martin McDonagh]]
|-
|''[[Cold War (2018 film)|Cold War]]''||''Zimna wojna''|| {{flagcountry|POL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}|| [[Paweł Pawlikowski]]
|-
|''[[Our Struggles]]'' || ''Nos batailles'' || {{flagcountry|BEL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}|| [[Guillaume Senez]] 
|-
|''[[Capernaum (film)|Capernaum]]''||کفرناحوم|| {{flagcountry|LIB}}|| [[Nadine Labaki]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Hannah (2017 film)|Hannah]]'' || {{flagcountry|ITA}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}|| [[Andrea Pallaoro]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="100"|Year
! width="300"|Winner and nominees
! width="300"|Original title
! width="200"|Country
! width="200"|Director
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2020<br>[[45th César Awards|(45th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[Parasite (2019 film)|'''Parasite''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''기생충'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|KOR}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Bong Joon-ho]]'''
|-
|''[[Pain and Glory]]''||''Dolor y gloria''||{{flagcountry|ESP}}||[[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
|''[[Young Ahmed]]''||''Le Jeune Ahmed''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}||[[Dardenne brothers|Luc Dardenne<br>Jean-Pierre Dardenne]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Todd Phillips]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Lola (2019 film)|Lola]]''||{{flagcountry|BEL}}<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}}||[[Laurent Micheli]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''||{{flagcountry|USA}}||[[Quentin Tarantino]]
|-
|''[[The Traitor (2019 film)|The Traitor]]''||''Il traditore''||{{flagcountry|ITA}}||[[Marco Bellocchio]]
|- style="background:#eedd82"
! rowspan="5" |2021<br>[[46th César Awards|(46th)]]
|''[[Another Round (film)|'''Another Round''']]'' || '''''Druk''''' || '''{{flagcountry|DEN}}'''|| '''[[Thomas Vinterberg]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]'' || {{flagcountry|UK}}/<br>{{flagcountry|USA}}|| [[Sam Mendes]]
|-
|''[[Corpus Christi (2019 film)|Corpus Christi]]'' || ''Boże Ciało'' || {{flagcountry|POL}}/<br>{{flagcountry|FRA}} || [[Jan Komasa]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Dark Waters (2019 film)|Dark Waters]]'' || {{flagcountry|USA}}|| [[Todd Haynes]]
|-
|''[[The August Virgin]]'' || ''La virgen de agosto'' || {{flagcountry|ESP}} || [[Jonás Trueba]]
|-
! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2022<br>[[47th César Awards|(47th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[The Father (2020 film)|'''The Father''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Florian Zeller]]'''
|-
|''[[Compartment No. 6]]'' || ''Hytti nro 6'' || {{flagcountry|FIN}}/<br>{{flagcountry|RUS}}|| [[Juho Kuosmanen]]
|-
|''[[Drive My Car (film)|Drive My Car]]'' || ドライブ・マイ・カー || {{flagcountry|JPN}} || [[Ryusuke Hamaguchi]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[First Cow]]''|| {{flagcountry|USA}}|| [[Kelly Reichardt]]
|-
|''[[Just 6.5]]'' || متری شیش و نیم || {{flagcountry|IRI}} || [[Saeed Roustayi]]
|-
|''[[Parallel Mothers]]'' || ''Madres paralelas'' || {{flagcountry|ESP}} || [[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
|''[[The Worst Person in the World (film)|The Worst Person in the World]]'' || ''Verdens verste menneske'' || {{flagcountry|NOR}} || [[Joachim Trier]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2023<br>[[48th César Awards|(48th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |''[[The Beasts (2022 film)|'''The Beasts''']]''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''As bestas'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|ESP}} / {{flagcountry|FRA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Rodrigo Sorogoyen]]'''
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Boy from Heaven]]'' || {{flagcountry|SWE}} || [[Tarik Saleh]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Close (2022 film)|Close]]''|| {{flagcountry|BEL}}|| [[Lukas Dhont]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[EO (film)|EO]]'' || {{flagcountry|POL}} || [[Jerzy Skolimowski]]
|-
|colspan="2"|''[[Triangle of Sadness]]''||{{flagcountry|Sweden}}||[[Ruben Östlund]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2024<br>[[49th César Awards|(49th)]]
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Nature of Love]]'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''Simple comme Sylvain'''''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|CAN}} / {{flagcountry|FRA}}'''|| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Monia Chokri]]'''
|-
|''[[Fallen Leaves (film)|Fallen Leaves]]'' || ''Kuolleet lehdet'' || {{flagcountry|FIN}} /<br> {{flagcountry|GER}} || [[Aki Kaurismäki]]
|-
|''[[Kidnapped (2023 film)|Kidnapped]]'' || ''Rapito'' || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || [[Marco Bellocchio]]
|-
| colspan="2"|''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' || {{flagcountry|USA}} /<br> {{flagcountry|UK}} || [[Christopher Nolan]]
|-
| ''[[Perfect Days]]'' || パーフェクト・デイズ || {{flagcountry|JP}} /<br> {{flagcountry|GER}} || [[Wim Wenders]]
|-
! rowspan="5" |2025<br>[[50th César Awards|(50th)]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#eedd82;" |'''''[[The Zone of Interest (film)|The Zone of Interest]]'''''
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''{{flagcountry|UK}} / {{flagcountry|POL}}'''
| style="background:#eedd82;" |'''[[Jonathan Glazer]]'''
|-
| colspan="2" |''[[Anora]]''
|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|[[Sean Baker (filmmaker)|Sean Baker]]
|-
| colspan="2" |''[[The Apprentice (2024 film)|The Apprentice]]''
|{{flagcountry|CAN}} / {{flagcountry|DEN}}
|[[Ali Abbasi (director)|Ali Abbasi]]
|-
|''[[The Seed of the Sacred Fig]]''
|دانه‌ی انجیر معابد
|{{flagcountry|IRI}} / {{flagcountry|GER}}
|[[Mohammad Rasoulof]]
|-
| colspan="2" |''[[The Substance]]''
|{{flagcountry|FRA}} / {{flagcountry|UK}}
|[[Coralie Fargeat]]
|}
==Awards by nation==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" 
! Country !! Number of<br>winning films !! Number of<br>nominated films 
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cinema of the United States|United States of America]]
| 16
| 87
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| 8
| 23
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cinema of Italy|Italy]]
| 6
| 13
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Cinema of Spain|Spain]]
| 3
| 12
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Cinema of Belgium|Belgium]]
| 2
| 18
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Cinema of Germany|Germany]]{{refn|group="nb"|Includes films of [[West Germany]].}}
| 2
| 12
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Cinema of Canada|Canada]]
| 2
| 7
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Cinema of Denmark|Denmark]]
| 2
| 5
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Cinema of Japan|Japan]]
| 2
| 5
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Cinema of Sweden|Sweden]]
| 1
| 6
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| 1
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Cinema of Iran|Iran]]
| 1
| 3
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cinema of Australia|Australia]]
| 1
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Cinema of Israel|Israel]]
| 1
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Cinema of Russia|Russia]]
| 1
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Cinema of South Korea|South Korea]]
| 1
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Cinema of New Zealand|New Zealand]]
| 1
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Cinema of Poland|Poland]]
| 1
| 6
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cinema of Brazil|Brazil]]
| 0
| 3
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 
{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Cinema of Argentina|Argentina]]
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Cinema of Romania|Romania]]
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Cinema of Turkey|Turkey]]
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Cinema of Norway|Norway]]
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Cinema of the Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]{{refn|group="nb"|The Soviet Union received its two nominations for a [[:Category:Russian-language films|Russian-language film]] and a [[:Category:Mongolian-language films|Mongolian-language film]] before it was [[History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)#Dissolution of the USSR|formally dissolved]] on December 26, 1991.}}
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Cinema of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|China}} [[Cinema of China|China]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|France}} [[Cinema of France|France]]{{refn|group="nb"|Films which contains non-[[French language|French]] dialogue.}}
| 0
| 2
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Cinema of Hungary|Hungary]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|India}} [[Cinema of India|India]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Cinema of Ireland|Ireland]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Cinema of Lebanon|Lebanon]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Cinema of South Africa|South Africa]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Cinema of Taiwan|Taiwan]]
| 0
| 1
|-
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Cinema of Finland|Finland]]
| 0
| 2
|}

== Multiple winners ==
6 directors have won the award multiple times.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Wins
! Director
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center" | 3
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Clint Eastwood]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 2
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Woody Allen]]
|-
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ken Loach]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Lynch]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ettore Scola]]
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group="nb"}}

==See also==
*[[Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film]]
*[[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]]
*[[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.academie-cinema.org/}} 
* [http://www.allocine.fr/festivals/festival-128/palmares/prix-18350743 César Award for Best Foreign Film] at ''[[AlloCiné]]''

{{César Award for Best Foreign Film}}
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