César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film | |
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Awarded for | Best Film of the Year |
Country | France |
Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
First awarded | 1976 |
Currently held by | Anatomy of a Fall (2024) |
Website | academie-cinema |
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film (French: César du meilleur film).
Winners and nominees
1970s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
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1976 | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | Robert Enrico |
Cousin, Cousine | Cousin, cousine | Jean Charles Tacchella | |
Let Joy Reign Supreme | Que la fête commence | Bertrand Tavernier | |
Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance | Jacques Rouffio | |
1977 | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Joseph Losey |
Barocco | André Téchiné | ||
The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | Claude Miller | |
The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin | Bertrand Tavernier | |
1978 | Providence | Alain Resnais | |
Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-Tambour | Pierre Schoendoerffer | |
The Lacemaker | La Dentellière | Claude Goretta | |
We Will All Meet in Paradise | Nous irons tous au paradis | Yves Robert | |
1979 | Other People's Money | L'Argent des autres | Christian de Chalonge |
Dossier 51 | Le Dossier 51 | Michel Deville | |
Molière | Ariane Mnouchkine | ||
A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Claude Sautet |
1980s
1990s
2000s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
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2000 | Venus Beauty Institute | Venus beauté (institut) | Tonie Marshall |
The Children of the Marshland | Les Enfants du marais | Jean Becker | |
East/West | Est - Ouest | Régis Wargnier | |
Girl on the Bridge | La Fille sur le pont | Patrice Leconte | |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Jeanne d'Arc | Luc Besson | |
2001 | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres | Agnès Jaoui |
Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Dominik Moll | |
Murderous Maids | Les Blessures assassines | Jean-Pierre Denis | |
A Question of Taste | Une affaire de goût | Bernard Rapp | |
The King's Daughters | Saint-Cyr | Patricia Mazuy | |
2002 | Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Chaos | Coline Serreau | ||
The Officers' Ward | La Chambre des officiers | François Dupeyron | |
Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres | Jacques Audiard | |
Under the Sand | Sous le sable | François Ozon | |
2003 | The Pianist | Roman Polanski | |
8 Women | 8 femmes | François Ozon | |
Amen. | Costa-Gavras | ||
The Spanish Apartment | L'Auberge espagnole | Cédric Klapisch | |
To Be and to Have | Être et avoir | Nicolas Philibert | |
2004 | The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Denys Arcand |
Bon voyage | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | ||
Feelings | Les Sentiments | Noémie Lvovsky | |
Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche | Alain Resnais | |
The Triplets of Belleville | Les Triplettes de Belleville | Sylvain Chomet | |
2005 | Games of Love and Chance | L'Esquive | Abdellatif Kechiche |
Department 36 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Olivier Marchal | |
The Chorus | Les Choristes | Christophe Barratier | |
Kings and Queen | Rois et reine | Arnaud Desplechin | |
A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
2006 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté | Jacques Audiard |
The Child | L'Enfant | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | |
Live and Become | Va, vis et deviens | Radu Mihaileanu | |
Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | Christian Carion | |
The Young Lieutenant | Le Petit Lieutenant | Xavier Beauvois | |
2007 | Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | |
Days of Glory | Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb | |
I'm Fine, Don't Worry | Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas | Philippe Lioret | |
Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne | Guillaume Canet | |
When I Was a Singer | Quand j'étais chanteur | Xavier Giannoli | |
2008 | The Secret of the Grain | La Graine et le mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le Scaphandre et le papillon | Julian Schnabel | |
Persepolis | Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi | ||
A Secret | Un secret | Claude Miller | |
La Vie en Rose | La môme | Olivier Dahan | |
2009 | Séraphine | Martin Provost | |
A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | Arnaud Desplechin | |
The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | |
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie | Rémi Bezançon | |
I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | Philippe Claudel | |
Paris | Cedric Klapisch | ||
Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 | L'Instinct de mort and L'Ennemi public n°1 | Jean-François Richet |
2010s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
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2010 | A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard |
In the Beginning | À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | |
The Concert | Le Concert | Radu Mihaileanu | |
Wild Grass | Les Herbes folles | Alain Resnais | |
Skirt Day | La Journée de la jupe | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | |
Rapt | Lucas Belvaux | ||
Welcome | Philippe Lioret | ||
2011 | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Xavier Beauvois |
Heartbreaker | L'Arnacœur | Pascal Chaumeil | |
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) | Joann Sfar | |
Mammuth | Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern | ||
The Names of Love | Le Nom des gens | Michel Leclerc | |
The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | ||
On Tour | Tournée | Mathieu Amalric | |
2012 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | |
The Minister | L'exercice de l'État | Pierre Schöller | |
Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée | Valérie Donzelli | |
Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | ||
The Intouchables | Intouchables | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
Pater | Alain Cavalier | ||
Poliss | Polisse | Maïwenn | |
2013 | Amour | Michael Haneke | |
Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble | Noémie Lvovsky | |
Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot | |
Holy Motors | Leos Carax | ||
In the House | Dans la maison | François Ozon | |
Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | |
What's in a Name? | Le prénom | Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte | |
2014 | Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table! | Guillaume Gallienne |
9 Month Stretch | Neuf mois ferme | Albert Dupontel | |
Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche | |
Jimmy P. | Arnaud Desplechin | ||
The Past | Le Passé | Asghar Farhadi | |
Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | Alain Guiraudie | |
Venus in Fur | La Vénus à la fourrure | Roman Polanski | |
2015 | Timbuktu | Abderrahmane Sissako | |
Love at First Fight | Les Combattants | Thomas Cailley | |
Eastern Boys | Robin Campillo | ||
The Bélier Family | La Famille Bélier | Éric Lartigau | |
Hippocrates | Hippocrate | Thomas Lilti | |
Saint Laurent | Bertrand Bonello | ||
Clouds of Sils Maria | Sils Maria | Olivier Assayas | |
2016 | Fatima | Philippe Faucon | |
Dheepan | Jacques Audiard | ||
The Measure of a Man | La Loi du marché | Stéphane Brizé | |
Marguerite | Xavier Giannoli | ||
Mon roi | Maïwenn | ||
Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | ||
Standing Tall | La Tête haute | Emmanuelle Bercot | |
My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Arnaud Desplechin | |
2017 | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | |
Divines | Houda Benyamina | ||
Frantz | François Ozon | ||
The Innocents | Les Innocentes | Anne Fontaine | |
Slack Bay | Ma Loute | Bruno Dumont | |
From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres | Nicole Garcia | |
In Bed with Victoria | Victoria | Justine Triet | |
2018 | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo |
See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut | Albert Dupontel | |
Barbara | Mathieu Amalric | ||
Le Brio | Yvan Attal | ||
Patients | Patients | Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir | |
Bloody Milk | Petit Paysan | Hubert Charuel | |
C'est la vie! | Le Sens de la fête | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
2019 | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde | Xavier Legrand |
Sink or Swim | Le Grand Bain | Gilles Lellouche | |
The Sisters Brothers | Jacques Audiard | ||
In Safe Hands | Pupille | Jeanne Herry | |
Guy | Alex Lutz | ||
The Trouble with You | En liberté! | Pierre Salvadori | |
Memoir of War | La douleur | Emmanuel Finkiel |
2020s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
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2020 (45th) | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | |
La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bedos | ||
By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | François Ozon | |
The Specials | Hors normes | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Roman Polanski | |
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma | |
Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | Arnaud Desplechin | |
2021 (46th) | Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Albert Dupontel |
Adolescents | Adolescentes | Sébastien Lifshitz | |
My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Caroline Vignal | |
Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Emmanuel Mouret | |
Summer of 85 | Été 85 | François Ozon | |
2022 (47th) [1] | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Xavier Giannoli |
Aline | Valérie Lemercier | ||
Annette | Leos Carax | ||
The Divide | La fracture | Catherine Corsini | |
Happening | L'événement | Audrey Diwan | |
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Arthur Harari | |
The Stronghold | BAC Nord | Cédric Jimenez | |
2023 (48th) [2] | The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Dominik Moll |
Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |
Rise | En corps | Cédric Klapisch | |
The Innocent | L'Innocent | Louis Garrel | |
Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra | |
2024 (49th) [3] | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet |
All Your Faces | Je verrai toujours vos visages | Jeanne Herry | |
The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | |
The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Cédric Kahn | |
Junkyard Dog | Chien de la casse | Jean-Baptiste Durand |
See also
- Lumières Award for Best Film
- Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics — Best French Film
- Magritte Award for Best Film
- European Film Award for Best Film
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- BAFTA Award for Best Film
- David di Donatello for Best Film
- Goya Award for Best Film
- Sophia Award for Best Film
References
- ^ "Lea Seydoux, Adam Driver Among Nominees for France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter. 26 January 2022.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott; Vlessing, Etan (24 February 2023). "César Awards: 'The Night of the 12th' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (2024-01-24). "'The Animal Kingdom' Leads Nominations For France's 2024 César Awards, Followed By 'Anatomy Of A Fall' – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
External links
- Official website
- César Award for Best Film at AlloCiné
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César Award for Best Film
- Le vieux fusil (1976)
- Monsieur Klein (1977)
- Providence (1978)
- L'argent des autres (1979)
- Tess (1980)
- The Last Metro (1981)
- Quest for Fire (1982)
- La Balance (1983)
- Le Bal and À Nos Amours (1984, tie)
- My New Partner (1985)
- Three Men and a Cradle (1986)
- Thérèse (1987)
- Au revoir les enfants (1988)
- Camille Claudel (1989)
- Too Beautiful for You (1990)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1991)
- Tous les Matins du Monde (1992)
- Savage Nights (1993)
- Smoking/No Smoking (1994)
- Wild Reeds (1995)
- La Haine (1996)
- Ridicule (1997)
- Same Old Song (1998)
- The Dreamlife of Angels (1999)
- Venus Beauty Institute (2000)
- The Taste of Others (2001)
- Amélie (2002)
- The Pianist (2003)
- The Barbarian Invasions (2004)
- Games of Love and Chance (2005)
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2006)
- Lady Chatterley (2007)
- The Secret of the Grain (2008)
- Séraphine (2009)
- A Prophet (2010)
- Of Gods and Men (2011)
- The Artist (2012)
- Amour (2013)
- Me, Myself and Mum (2014)
- Timbuktu (2015)
- Fatima (2016)
- Elle (2017)
- BPM (Beats per Minute) (2018)
- Custody (2019)
- Les Misérables (2020)
- Bye Bye Morons (2021)
- Lost Illusions (2022)
- The Night of the 12th (2023)
- Anatomy of a Fall (2024)