Nominees and winners
1990s
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country of production | Country of co-production | |
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| 1993 | ||||||
| Benny's Video | Michael Haneke | Veit Heiduschka |  |
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| 1994 | ||||||
| Dear Diary | Caro diario | Nanni Moretti | Nanni Moretti |  |
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| 1995 | ||||||
| Ulysses' Gaze | Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα | Theo Angelopoulos | Phoebe Economopoulos, Eric Heumann, Giorgio Silvagni |  |
     
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| 1996 | ||||||
| Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv |  |
    
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| 1997 | ||||||
| Voyage to the Beginning of the World | Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo | Manoel de Oliveira | Paulo Branco |  |
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| 1998 | ||||||
| Cabaret Balkan | Bure Baruta | Goran Paskaljević | Goran Paskaljević, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | |
 
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| 1999 | ||||||
| Farewell, Home Sweet Home | Adieu Plancher des Vaches | Otar Iosseliani | Martine Marignac | |
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2000s
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country of production | Country of co-production | |
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| 2000 | ||||||
| Clouds of May | Mayıs Sıkıntısı | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Sadik Incesu | |
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| 2001 | ||||||
| The Town Is Quiet | La Ville est tranquille | Robert Guédiguian | Robert Guédiguian, Michel Saint-Jean, Gilles Sandoz | |
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| 2002 | ||||||
| Sweet Sixteen | Ken Loach | Rebecca O'Brien | |
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| 2003 | ||||||
| Goodmorning, Night | Buongiorno, notte | Marco Bellocchio | Marco Bellocchio, Sergio Pelone | |
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| 2005 | ||||||
| Hidden | Caché | Michael Haneke | Veit Heiduschka | |
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| 2006 | ||||||
| Regular Lovers | Les amants réguliers | Philippe Garrel | Gilles Sandoz | |
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| 2007 | ||||||
| Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | Alain Resnais | Bruno Pésery | |
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| 2008 | ||||||
| The Secret of the Grain | La graine et le mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche | Benoît Pilot | |
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| 2009 | ||||||
| Sweet Rush | Tatarak | Andrzej Wajda | Michał Kwieciński |  |
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