David di Donatello for Best European Film

• 2008 - Irina Palm - Sam Garbarski
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – Cristian Mungiu
  • The Secret of the Grain – Abdel Kechiche
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Shekhar Kapur
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Julian Schnabel

• 2007 - Das Leben der Anderen - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Mon Meilleur Ami – Patrice Leconte
  • Notes on a Scandal – Richard Eyre
  • Volver – Pedro Almodóvar

• 2006 - Match Point - Woody Allen
  • Caché – Michael Haneke
  • L'Enfant – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
  • La Marche de l'empereur – Luc Jacquet
  • Mrs Henderson Presents – Stephen Frears

• 2005 - Mar adentro - Alejandro Amenábar
  • Les Choristes – Christophe Barratier
  • Gegen die Wand – Fatih Akin
  • The Merchant of Venice – Michael Radford
  • Vera Drake – Mike Leigh

• 2004 - Dogville - Lars von Trier and Rosenstrasse - Margarethe von Trotta
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring – Peter Webber
  • Good Bye Lenin! – Wolfgang Becker
  • Los lunes al sol – Fernando León de Aranoa