Sentindo Cinema

Grand International Prize of Venice

1. Siréna (1947) Karel Stekly
2. Hamlet (1948) Laurence Olivier


Golden Lion

3. Manon (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot France
4. Justice Is Done (Justice est faite) (1950) André Cayatte France
5. Rashomon (1951) Akira Kurosawa Japan
6. Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (1952) René Clément France
1953 No award
7. Romeo and Juliet (1954) Renato Castellani Italy
8. The Word (Ordet) (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark
1956 No award
9. The Unvanquished (Aparajito) (1957) Satyajit Ray India
10. Rickshaw Man (Muhomatsu no issho) (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki Japan
11. General della Rovere (1959) (tie) Roberto Rosselini Italy
12. The Great War (La grande guerra) (1959) (tie) Mario Monicelli Italy
13. The Crossing of the Rhine (Le passage du Rhin) (1960) André Cayatte France
14. Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad) (1961) Alain Resnais France
15. Family Diary (Cronaca familiare) (1962) (tie) Valerio Zurlini Italy
16. Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo) (1963) (tie) Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union
17. Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città) (1963) Francesco Rosi Italy
18. Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) (1964) Michelangelo Antonioni Italy
19. Sandra of a Thousand Delights (Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa) (1965) Luchino Visconti Italy
20. The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri) (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo Italy
21. Beauty of the Day (Belle de jour) (1967) Luis Buñuel France
22. Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed (Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos) (1968) Alexander Kluge West Germany
1969-79 No award
23. Atlantic City (1980) (tie) Louis Malle Canada/France
24. Gloria (1980) (tie) John Cassavetes United States
25. Marianne and Juliane (Die Bleierne Zeit) (1981) Margarethe von Trotta West Germany
26. The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge) (1982) Wim Wenders West Germany
27. First Name: Carmen (Prénom Carmen) (1983) Jean-Luc Godard France
28. The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca) (1984) Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
29. Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) (1985) Agnès Varda France
30. The Green Ray (Le rayon vert) (1986) Éric Rohmer France
31. Au revoir, les enfants (1987) Louis Malle France
32. The Legend of the Holy Drinker (La leggenda del santo bevitore) (1988) Ermanno Olmi Italy
33. A City of Sadness (Bei qing cheng shi) (1989) Hou Hsiao-Hsien Taiwan
34. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Tom Stoppard United Kingdom/United States
35. Urga (1991) Nikita Mikhalkov Soviet Union
36. The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si) (1992) Zhang Yimou China
37. Short Cuts (1993) (tie) Robert Altman United States
38. Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) (1993) (tie) Krzysztof Kieslowski France/ Poland
39. Vive L'Amour (Ai qing wan sui) (1994) (tie) Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
40. Before the Rain (1994) (tie) Milco Mancevski Republic of Macedonia
41. Cyclo (Xich lo) (1995) Anh Hung Tran France
42. Michael Collins (1996) Neil Jordan Ireland
43. Fireworks (Hana-bi) (1997) Takeshi Kitano Japan
44. The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) (1998) Gianni Amelio Italy
45. Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) (1999) Zhang Yimou China
46. The Circle (Dayereh) (2000) Jafar Panahi Iran
47. Monsoon Wedding (2001) Mira Nair India/ United States/ Italy/ France/ Germany
48. The Magdalene Sisters (2002) Peter Mullan United Kingdom
49. The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003) Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia
50. Vera Drake (2004) Mike Leigh United Kingdom
51. Brokeback Mountain (2005) Ang Lee United States
52. Still Life (Sanxia haoren) (2006) Jia Zhangke China
53. Lust, Caution (Se, jie) (2007) Ang Lee United States/ China/ Taiwan
54. The Wrestler (2008) Darren Aronofsky United States
55. Lebanon (2009) Samuel Maoz Israel | France | UK