Year Best Italian Film Best Foreign Film Us
1932 No award for best film    
1933 No awards given    
1934 Teresa Confalonieri Man of Aran (United States)  
1935 Casta diva Anna Karenina (United States)  
1936 Squadrone bianco Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (Germany)  
1937 Scipione l'africano Un carnet de bal (France)  
1938 1 Olympia (Germany)    
(shared) Luciano Serra pilota (Italy)    
1939 1 Abuna Messias (Italy)    
1940 L' Assedio dell'Alcazar Der Postmeister (Germany)  
1941 La Corona di ferro Ohm Kruger (Germany)  
1942 Bengasi Der Grobsse Konig  
1943-1945 No awards given    
Golden Lion
1951 Rashomon (Japan)   *
1955 Ordet (Denmark)   *
1967 Belle de jour (France/Italy)   *
1983 Prenom Carmen (France)   *
1996 Michael Collins (Ireland/United Kingdom/United States)   *
1997 Hana-bi (Japan)   *
2002 The Magdalene Sisters (United Kingdom)   *
(shared) Trois couleurs: Bleu (France)   *
1964 Il Deserto rosso (Italy/France)   *
1946 The Southerner (United States)    
1947 Sirena (Czechoslovakia)    
1948 Hamlet (United Kingdom)    
1949 Manon (France)    
1950 Justice est faite (France)    
1952 Jeux interdits (France)    
1953 No award    
1954 Romeo and Juliet (United Kingdom/Italy)    
1956 No award    
1957 Aparajito (India)    
1958 Muhomatsu no issho (Japan)    
1959 Il Generale della Rovere (Italy)    
1960 Le Passage du Rhin (France/Italy/West Germany)    
1961 L'Annee derniere a Marienbad (France/Italy)    
1962 Cronaca familiare (France/Italy)    
1963 Le Mani sulla citta (Italy/France)    
1965 Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (Italy)    
1966 La Battaglia di Algeri (Italy/Algeria)    
1968 Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (West Germany)    
1980 Atlantic City (Canada/France/United States)    
1981 Die Bleierne Zeit (West Germany)    
1982 Der Stand der Dinge (West Germany)    
1984 Rok spokojnego slonca/The Year of the Quiet Sun (Poland/Germany)    
1985 Sans toit ni loi/Vagabond (France/United Kingdom)    
1986 Le Rayon vert (France)    
1987 Au revoir les enfants (France)    
1988 La Leggenda del santo bevitore (Italy/France)    
1989 Beiqing chengshi (Taiwan)    
1990 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (United Kingdom)    
1991 Urga/Close to Eden (USSR/France)    
1992 Qiu Ju da guan si/The story of Qiu Ju (China)    
1993 Short Cuts (United States)    
1994 Aiqing wansui/Vive L’Amour (Taiwan)    
1995 Xich lo (Vietnam/France)    
1998 Cosi ridevano (Italy)    
1999 Yi ge dou bu neng shao (China)    
2000 Dayereh (Iran)    
2001 Monsoon Wedding (India)    
2003 The Return (Russia)    
(shared) Gloria (United States)    
(shared) Pred dozhdot/Before the Rain (United Kingdom/France/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)    
1969-1979 No awards given    
shared La Grande guerra (Italy/France)    
shared Ivanovo detstvo (USSR)