| Year
|
Movie title
|
Director
|
Country
|
| 2005
|
Girl with a Pearl Earring
|
Peter Webber
|
United Kingdom / Luxembourg
|
| The Return
|
Andrey Zvyaginstev
|
Russia
|
| Bad Education
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
| 2006
|
My Summer of Love
|
Paweł Pawlikowski
|
United Kingdom
|
| Buttoners
|
Petr Zelenka
|
Czech Republic
|
| Control
|
Nimród Antal
|
Hungary
|
| 2007
|
Volver
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
| Copying Beethoven
|
Agnieszka Holland
|
Germany / United States
|
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley
|
Ken Loach
|
Germany / Italy / Spain / France / Republic of Ireland / United Kingdom
|
| 2008
|
The Lives of Others
|
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
|
Germany
|
| The Queen
|
Stephen Frears
|
United Kingdom / France / Italy
|
| 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
|
Cristian Mungiu
|
Romania
|
| 2009
|
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
|
Julian Schnabel
|
France / United States
|
| Mamma mia!
|
Phyllida Lloyd
|
United Kingdom / Germany / United States
|
| Empties
|
Jan Svěrák
|
Czech Republic / United Kingdom
|
| 2010
|
The White Ribbon
|
Michael Haneke
|
Germany / Austria / France / Italy
|
| Slumdog Millionaire
|
Danny Boyle
|
United Kingdom
|
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona
|
Woody Allen
|
Spain / United States
|
| 2011
|
The Ghost Writer
|
Roman Polanski
|
France / Germany / United Kingdom
|
| A Prophet
|
Jacques Audiard
|
France / Italy
|
| Death in Venice
|
Luchino Visconti
|
Italy / France
|
| 2012
|
The King's Speech
|
Tom Hooper
|
United Kingdom
|
| Melancholia
|
Lars von Trier
|
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
|
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
Tomas Alfredson
|
France / United Kingdom / Germany
|
| 2013
|
Amour
|
Michael Haneke
|
Austria / France / Germany
|
| The Artist
|
Michel Hazanavicius
|
France / United States
|
| Intouchables
|
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
|
France
|
| 2014
|
Searching for Sugar Man
|
Malik Bendjelloul
|
Sweden / United Kingdom
|
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour
|
Abdellatif Kechiche
|
France / Belgium / Spain
|
| The Best Offer
|
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
Italy
|
| 2015
|
Leviathan
|
Andrey Zvyagintsev
|
Russia
|
| The Great Beauty
|
Paolo Sorrentino
|
Italy / France
|
| Nymphomaniac
|
Lars von Trier
|
Denmark / Belgium / France / Germany
|
| 2016
|
Youth
|
Paolo Sorrentino
|
Italy / France / Switzerland / United Kingdom
|
| Mr.Turner
|
Mike Leigh
|
United Kingdom / Germany / France
|
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
|
Roy Andersson
|
Sweden / Norway / France / Germany / Denmark
|
| 2017
|
Son of Saul
|
László Nemes
|
Hungary
|
| Florence Foster Jenkins
|
Stephen Frears
|
United Kingdom / France
|
| I, Daniel Blake
|
Ken Loach
|
United Kingdom / France
|
| 2018
|
'The Square
|
Ruben Östlund
|
Sweden / Germany / France / Denmark
|
| Perfect Strangers
|
Paolo Genovese
|
Italy
|
| Toni Erdmann
|
Maren Ade
|
Germany / Austria
|
| 2019
|
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
|
Martin McDonagh
|
United States / United Kingdom
|
| Dogman
|
Matteo Garrone
|
Italy
|
| Loveless
|
Andrey Zvyagintsev
|
Russia / France / Belgium / Germany
|
| 2020
|
The Favourite
|
Yorgos Lanthimos
|
United Kingdom / Ireland / United States
|
| Pain and Glory
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
| An Officer and a Spy
|
Roman Polański
|
France / Italy
|
| Honeyland
|
Tamara Kotevska
Ljubomir Stefanov
|
North Macedonia
|
| Beanpole
|
Kantemir Balagov
|
Russia
|
| 2021
|
Les Misérables
|
Ladj Ly
|
France
|
| The County
|
Grímur Hákonarson
|
Iceland
|
| Judy
|
Rupert Goold
|
United Kingdom / United States / France
|
| Emma
|
Autumn de Wilde
|
United Kingdom / United States
|
| The Traitor
|
Marco Bellocchio
|
Italy / Brazil / France / Germany
|
| 2022
|
Another Round
|
Thomas Vinterberg
|
Denmark / Netherlands / Sweden
|
| Annette
|
Leos Carax
|
France / Germany / Belgium / United States / Japan / Mexico / Switzerland
|
| The Father
|
Florian Zeller
|
France / United Kingdom
|
| Berlin Alexanderplatz
|
Burhan Qurbani
|
Germany / Netherlands / Canada
|
| Titane
|
Julia Ducournau
|
France / Belgium
|
| 2023
|
Ennio
|
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
Italy / Belgium / Japan / Netherlands
|
| Parallel Mothers
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
| Paris, 13th District
|
Jacques Audiard
|
France
|
| The Worst Person in the World
|
Joachim Trier
|
Norway / France / Denmark / Sweden
|
| Vortex
|
Gaspar Noé
|
France / Belgium / Monaco
|
