- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics has awarded the Prix Méliès annually since 1946 to the best French film of the year. The Best Foreign Film category was added in 1967.
Prix Mélies
*1947: "
La Bataille du rail " byRené Clément
*1948: "Le Silence est d'or " byRené Clair
*1949: "Paris 1900 " byNicole Védrès
*1950: "Manon" byHenri-Georges Clouzot
*1951: "Rendez-vous de juillet " byJacques Becker
*1952: "Diary of a Country Priest " byRobert Bresson
*1953: "Les Belles de nuit " byRené Clair
*1954: "The Wages of Fear " byHenri-Georges Clouzot
*1955: "The Red and the Black " byClaude Autant-Lara
*1956: "Rififi " byJules Dassin
*1957: "The Silent World " byJacques-Yves Cousteau and "Les Grandes Manœuvres " byRené Clair
*1958: "La Traversée de Paris" byClaude Autant-Lara and "A Man Escaped " byRobert Bresson
*1959: "Mon Oncle " byJacques Tati
*1960: "Hiroshima Mon Amour " byAlain Resnais and "The 400 Blows " byFrançois Truffaut
*1961: "Le Trou " byJacques Becker and "A bout de souffle" byJean-Luc Godard
*1962: "Last Year at Marienbad " byAlain Resnais
*1963: "Cléo from 5 to 7 " byAgnès Varda
*1964 "The Trial" byOrson Welles
*1965: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg " byJacques Demy
*1966: "The Shameless Old Lady " byRené Allio
*1967: "La Guerre est finie" byAlain Resnais and "Au hasard Balthazar " byRobert Bresson
*1968: "Belle de jour " byLuis Buñuel and "Mouchette " byRobert Bresson
*1969: "Stolen Kisses " byFrançois Truffaut
*1970: "My Night at Maud's " byÉric Rohmer
*1971: "The Wild Child " byFrançois Truffaut
*1972: "Claire's Knee " byÉric Rohmer
*1973: "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie " byLuis Buñuel
*1974: "La Nuit américaine" byFrançois Truffaut
*1975: "Lacombe Lucien " byLouis Malle
*1976: "Que la fête commence " byBertrand Tavernier
*1977: "The Story of Adele H. " byFrançois Truffaut
*1978: "Providence" byAlain Resnais
*1979: "Le dossier 51 " byMichel Deville
*1980: "Perceval le Gallois " byÉric Rohmer
*1981: "Mon oncle d'Amérique " byAlain Resnais
*1982: "Coup de Torchon " byBertrand Tavernier and "Garde à vue " byClaude Miller
*1983: "Une chambre en ville " byJacques Demy
*1984: "Pauline at the Beach " byÉric Rohmer
*1985: "Les Nuits de la pleine lune " byÉric Rohmer
*1986: "Péril en la demeure " byMichel Deville and "Sans toit ni loi" byAgnès Varda
*1987: "Thérèse" byAlain Cavalier
*1988: "Au revoir, les enfants " byLouis Malle
*1989: "The Little Thief " byClaude Miller
*1990: "Monsieur Hire " byPatrice Leconte
*1991: "La Discrète " by Christian Vincent
*1992: "La Belle Noiseuse " byJacques Rivette
*1993: "Un cœur en hiver " byClaude Sautet
*1994: "Smoking/No Smoking " byAlain Resnais
*1995: "" byKrzysztof Kieślowski
*1996: "Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud " byClaude Sautet
*1997: "Capitaine Conan " byBertrand Tavernier
*1998: "On connaît la chanson " byAlain Resnais
*1999: "The Dreamlife of Angels " byErick Zonca
*2000: "La Maladie de Sachs " byMichel Deville
*2001: "The Gleaners and I " byAgnès Varda
*2002: "Amélie " byJean-Pierre Jeunet
*2003: "To Be and to Have " byNicolas Philibert
*2004: La trilogie "Un couple épatant ", "Après la vie " and "Cavale " byLucas Belvaux
*2005: "Rois et reine" byArnaud Desplechin
*2006: "The Beat That My Heart Skipped " byJacques Audiard
*2007: "Cœurs ", byAlain Resnais
*2008: "The Secret of the Grain " byAbdel Kechiche Best Foreign Film
*1968: "
Blowup " (Italy) byMichelangelo Antonioni
*1969: "Csillagosok, katonák" (Hungary) byMiklós Jancsó
*1970: "Rosemary's Baby" (USA) byRoman Polanski
*1971: "Andrey Rublyov" (Soviet Union) byAndrei Tarkovsky
*1972: "Death in Venice" (Italy) byLuchino Visconti
*1973: "Roma" (Italy) byFederico Fellini
*1974: "Family Life" (UK) byKen Loach
*1975: "Amarcord " (Italy) byFederico Fellini
*1976: "Aguirre, the Wrath of God " (West Germany) byWerner Herzog
*1977: "Cría cuervos " (Spain) byCarlos Saura
*1978: "Dersu Uzala" (Soviet Union) byAkira Kurosawa
*1979: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs " (Italy) byErmanno Olmi
*1980: Not awarded
*1981: "The Elephant Man" (USA) byDavid Lynch
*1982: "Christ Stopped at Eboli" (Italy) byFrancesco Rosi
*1983: "The Night of the Shooting Stars " (Italy) byPaolo and Vittorio Taviani and "Yol " (Turkey) byYılmaz Güney andSerif Gören
*1984: "Fanny and Alexander " (Sweden) byIngmar Bergman
*1985: "Paris, Texas" (West Germany) byWim Wenders
*1986: "The Purple Rose of Cairo " (USA) byWoody Allen
*1987: "Hannah and Her Sisters " (USA) byWoody Allen
*1988: "Wings of Desire " (West Germany) byWim Wenders
*1989: "The Dead" (USA) byJohn Huston and "Bagdad Café " (West Germany) byPercy Adlon
*1990: "A Short Film About Killing " (Poland) byKrzysztof Kieślowski
*1991: "The Decalogue " (Poland) byKrzysztof Kieślowski
*1992: "The Double Life of Véronique " (Poland) byKrzysztof Kieślowski
*1993: "Man Bites Dog" (Belgium) byRémy Belvaux ,André Bonzel andBenoît Poelvoorde and "The Story of Qiu Ju " (China) byZhang Yimou
*1994: "Raining Stones " (UK) byKen Loach
*1995: "Exotica" (Canada) byAtom Egoyan
*1996: "Land and Freedom " (UK) byKen Loach and "Ulysses' Gaze " (Greece) byTheodoros Angelopoulos
*1997: "Secrets & Lies " (UK) byMike Leigh
*1998: "Hana-bi " (Japan) byTakeshi Kitano
*1999: "Life Is Beautiful " (Italy) byRoberto Benigni
*2000: "Eyes Wide Shut " (UK/USA) byStanley Kubrick
*2001: "" (Taiwan) byEdward Yang
*2002: "No Man's Land" (Bosnia-Herzegovina) byDanis Tanović
*2003: "Talk to Her " (Spain) byPedro Almodóvar
*2004: "Elephant" (USA) byGus Van Sant
*2005: "Lost in Translation" (USA) bySofia Coppola
*2006: "A History of Violence" (USA) byDavid Cronenberg
*2007: "Volver " (Spain) byPedro Almodóvar
*2008: "The Lives of Others " (Germany) byFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck Best First Film
*2001: "
Ressources humaines " byLaurent Cantet
*2002: "De l'histoire ancienne " byOrso Miret
*2003: "Se souvenir des belles choses " by Zabou Breitman
*2004: "Since Otar Left " byJulie Bertucelli
*2005: "Brodeuses" byÉléonore Faucher
*2006: "Little Jerusalem" byKarin Albou
*2007: "Le Pressentiment " byJean-Pierre Darroussin
*2008: "Persepolis" byMarjane Satrapi andVincent Paronnaud External links
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