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The César Award for best picture winners:
- 1976 : Le vieux fusil directed by Robert Enrico
- 1977 : Mr. Klein (Monsieur Klein) directed by Joseph Losey
- 1978 : Providence directed by Alain Resnais
- 1979 : Other People's Money (L'argent des autres) directed by Christian de Chalonge
- 1980 : Tess (Tess) directed by Roman Polanski
- 1981 : The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) directed by François Truffaut
- 1982 : Quest for Fire (La guerre du feu) directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1983 : La balance directed by Bob Swaim
- 1984 : Le bal directed by Ettore Scola
- : To Our Loves (A nos amours) directed by Maurice Pialat
- 1985 : My New Partner (Les ripoux) directed by Claude Zidi
- 1986 : Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) directed by Coline Serreau
- 1987 : Thérèse (Thérèse) directed by Alain Cavalier
- 1988 : Goodbye Children (Au revoir les enfants) directed by Louis Malle
- 1989 : Camille Claudel (Camille Claudel) directed by Bruno Nuytten
- 1990 : Too Beautiful for You (Trop belle pour toi) directed by Bertrand Blier
- 1991 : Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac) directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- 1992 : All the Mornings of the World (Tous les matins du monde) directed by Alain Corneau
- 1993 : Savage Nights (Les nuits fauves) directed by Cyril Collard
- 1994 : Smoking/No smoking (Smoking/No smoking) directed by Alain Resnais
- 1995 : Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages) directed by André Téchiné
- 1996 : La Haine directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
- 1997 : Ridicule (Ridicule) directed by Patrice Leconte
- 1998 : Same Old Song (On connaît la chanson) directed by Alain Resnais
- 1999 : The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) directed by Erick Zonca
- 2000 : Venus Beauty Institute (Venus beauté (Institut)) directed by Tonie Marshall
- 2001 : The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) directed by Agnès Jaoui
- 2002 : Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- 2003 : The Pianist (Le pianiste) directed by Roman Polanski
- 2004: The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) directed by Denys Arcand
- 2005: L'Esquive directed by Abdel Kechichefr:César du meilleur film