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As a Special Award
- 1947 Shoeshine (Sciusciŕ) (Italy)
- 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France)
- 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy)
As an Honorary Award
As a category in its own right
- 1956 La Strada (Italy)
- 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy)
- 1958 My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France)
- Arms and the Man (Helden) (Germany)
- Vengeance (La Venganza) (Spain)
- The Road a Year Long (La Strada lunga un anno) (Yugoslavia/Italy - Italian)
- The Usual Unidentified Thieves (a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street) (I soliti ignoti) (Italy)
- 1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France/Italy - Portuguese)
- The Bridge (Die Brücke) (Germany)
- The Great War (La Grande Guerra) (Italy)
- Paw (Denmark)
- The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) (Netherlands)
- 1960 The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden)
- Kapo (Kapň) (Italy)
- The Truth (La Verité) (France)
- Macario (Mexico)
- The Ninth Circle (Deveti krug) (Yugoslavia)
- 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - (Sĺsom i en spegel) (Sweden)
- 1962 Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) (France)
- 1963 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) (Italy)
- Knife in the Water (Nôz w wodzie) (Poland)
- La Tarantos (Spain)
- The Red Lanterns (Ta kokkina fanaria) (Greece)
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Koto) (琴) (Japan)
- 1964 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy)
- Raven's End (Kvarteret korpen) (Sweden)
- Sallah Shabbati (סאלח שבתי) (Israel)
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) (France)
- Woman in the Dunes (砂の女; Suna no onna) (Japan)
- 1965 The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) (Czechoslovakia)
- Blood on the Land (To homa vaftike kokkino)(Greece)
- Dear John (Käre John) (Sweden)
- Kwaidan (a.k.a. Ghost Story, Hoichi the Earless, Weird Tales) (怪談; Kaidan) (Japan)
- Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana) (Italy)
- 1966 A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France)
- The Battle of Algiers - (La Battaglia di Algeri) (Maarakat madinat al Jazaer) (Algeria/Italy)
- Pharaoh (Faraon) (Poland)
- The Loves of a Blond (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) (Czechoslovakia)
- Three (Tri) (Yugoslavia)
- 1967 Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) (Czechoslovakia)
- El Amor Brujo (Spain)
- Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄; Chieko-sho) (Japan)
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljaci perja) (Yugoslavia)
- Live for life (Vivre pour vivre) (France)
- 1968 War and Peace (USSR)
- Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) (France)
- The Firemen's Ball (Horí, má panenko) (Czechoslovakia) (in Czech)
- The Boys of Paul Street (A Pál utcai fiúk) (Hungary)
- Girl with a Pistol - (La ragazza con la pistola) (Italy)
- 1969 Z (Algeria) (in French)
- The Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) (Yugoslavia)
- The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы) (USSR)
- My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) (France)
- Adalen Riots (Ĺdalen '31) (Sweden)
- 1970 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagin su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (Italy)
- 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy)
- Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) (USSR)
- Clickety-Clack (Dodesukaden) (Japan)
- The Policeman (השוטר אזולאי) (Israel)
- The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) (Sweden)
- 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) (France)
- 1973 Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) (France)
- The House on Chelouche Street (הבית ברחוב שלוש) (Israel)
- The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger) (Germany)
- The Invitation (L'Invitation) (Switzerland) (in French)
- Turkish Delight (Turks fruit) (Netherlands)
- 1974 Amarcord (Italy) Italian/Greek)
- Lacombe Lucien (France)
- Cat's Play (Macskajáték) (Hungary)
- The Deluge (Potop) (Poland)
- The Truce (La Tregua) (Argentina)
- 1975 Dersu Uzala (USSR)
- Letters from Marusia (Actas de Marusia) (Mexico)
- Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) (Italy)
- Sandakan 8 (a.k.a. Brothel No. 8) (Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo) (Japan)
- Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana) (Poland)
- 1976 Black and White in Color (Noir et blancs en couleur) (Cote d'Ivoire)
- Cousin, Cousine (France)
- Jacob the Liar (Jakob, der Lügner) (German Democratic Republic)
- Night and Days (Noce i dnie) (Poland)
- Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) (Italy)
- 1977 Madame Rosa - (La Vie devant soi) (France)
- 1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs - (Preparez vos mouchoirs) (France)
- White Bim Black Ear (Belyi bim - Chyornoye ukho) (USSR)
- The Glass Cell (Die Gläsene Zelle) (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Hungarians (Magyarok) (Hungary)
- The New Monsters (I Nuovi mostri) (Italy)
- 1979 The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 1980 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Москва слизам не верит) (USSR)
- 1981 Mephisto (Hungary)
- The Boat is Full (Das Boot ist voll) (Switzerland)
- Man of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza) (Poland)
- Muddy River (泥の川; Doro no kawa) (Japan)
- Three Brothers (Tre fratelli) (Italy)
- 1982 Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar) (Spain)
- 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (Sweden)
- 1984 Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du fou) (Switzerland)
- 1985 The Official Story (La Historia oficial)
- Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) (France)
- Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte) (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Oberst Redl (Hungary)
- When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (Yugoslavia)
- 1986 The Assault (De Aanslag) (Netherlands)
- 38 - Vienna Before the Fall (38) (Austria)
- 37.2 Degrees in the Morning (a.k.a. Betty Blue) (37ş2 le matin) (France)
- The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (Canada) (in French)
- My Sweet Little Village (Vesnicko má stredisková) (Czechoslovakia)
- 1987 Babette's Feast (Babettes Gćstebud) (Denmark)
- 1988 Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark)
- 1989 Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Italy
- Camille Claudel (France)
- Memories of a Marriage (Dansen med Regitze) (Denmark)
- Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) (Canada - French)
- Santiago, the Story of his New Life (Lo que le pasó a Santiago) (Puerto Rico)
- 1990 Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland - German and Turkish)
- 1991 Mediterraneo (Italy)
- Children of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar) (Iceland)
- Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) (China
- The Elementary School (Obecná skola) (Czechoslovakia - Czech)
- The Ox (Oxen) (Sweden)
- 1992 Indochina (Indochine) (France)
- 1993 The Age of Beauty (Belle époque) (Spain, Portugal, France) (in Spanish)
- 1994 Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем) (Russia
- 1995 Antonia's Line (Antonia) (Netherlands)
- 1996 Kolya (Kolja) (Czech Republic)
- 1997 Character (Karakter) (Netherlands)
- 1998 Life Is Beautiful (La vita č bella) (Italy)
- 1999 All About My Mother - (Todo sobre mi madre) (Spain)
- 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - (Wo hu cang long) (Taiwan)
- Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) (Mexico)
- The Taste of Others (Le Goűt des autres) (France)
- Everybody Famous (Iedereen beroemd) (Belgium) (in Dutch)
- Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) (Czech Republic)
- 2001 No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (in Serbo-Croatian)
- 2002 Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) (Germany)
- The Crime of Father Amaro (El Crimen del padre Amaro) (Mexico)
- The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) (Finland)
- Hero (Ying xiong) (China)
- Zus & zo (Netherlands)
- 2003 nominees:
- The Barbarian Invasions (Canada) French
- Zelary (Czech Republic)
- The Twilight Samurai (Japan)
- Twin Sisters (The Netherlands)
- Evil (Ondskan) (Sweden)

