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" by René Clément
*1948: "Le Silence est d'or" by René Clair
*1949: "Paris 1900" by Nicole Védrès
*1950: "Manon" by Henri-Georges Clouzot
*1951: "Rendez-vous de juillet" by Jacques Becker
*1952: "Diary of a Country Priest" by Robert Bresson
*1953: "Les Belles de nuit" by René Clair
*1954: "The Wages of Fear" by Henri-Georges Clouzot
*1955: "The Red and the Black" by Claude Autant-Lara
*1956: "Rififi" by Jules Dassin
*1957: "The Silent World" by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and "Les Grandes Manœuvres" by René Clair
*1958: "La Traversée de Paris" by Claude Autant-Lara and "A Man Escaped" by Robert Bresson
*1959: "Mon Oncle" by Jacques Tati
*1960: "Hiroshima Mon Amour" by Alain Resnais and "The 400 Blows" by François Truffaut
*1961: "Le Trou" by Jacques Becker and "A bout de souffle" by Jean-Luc Godard
*1962: "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais
*1963: "Cléo from 5 to 7" by Agnès Varda
*1964 "The Trial" by Orson Welles
*1965: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" by Jacques Demy
*1966: "The Shameless Old Lady" by René Allio
*1967: "La Guerre est finie" by Alain Resnais and "Au hasard Balthazar" by Robert Bresson
*1968: "Belle de jour" by Luis Buñuel and "Mouchette" by Robert Bresson
*1969: "Stolen Kisses" by François Truffaut
*1970: "My Night at Maud's" by Éric Rohmer
*1971: "The Wild Child" by François Truffaut
*1972: "Claire's Knee" by Éric Rohmer
*1973: "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" by Luis Buñuel
*1974: "La Nuit américaine" by François Truffaut
*1975: "Lacombe Lucien" by Louis Malle
*1976: "Que la fête commence" by Bertrand Tavernier
*1977: "The Story of Adele H." by François Truffaut
*1978: "Providence" by Alain Resnais
*1979: "Le dossier 51" by Michel Deville
*1980: "Perceval le Gallois" by Éric Rohmer
*1981: "Mon oncle d'Amérique" by Alain Resnais
*1982: "Coup de Torchon" by Bertrand Tavernier and "Garde à vue" by Claude Miller
*1983: "Une chambre en ville" by Jacques Demy
*1984: "Pauline at the Beach" by Éric Rohmer
*1985: "Les Nuits de la pleine lune" by Éric Rohmer
*1986: "Péril en la demeure" by Michel Deville and "Sans toit ni loi" by Agnès Varda
*1987: "Thérèse" by Alain Cavalier
*1988: "Au revoir, les enfants" by Louis Malle
*1989: "The Little Thief" by Claude Miller
*1990: "Monsieur Hire" by Patrice Leconte
*1991: "La Discrète" by Christian Vincent
*1992: "La Belle Noiseuse" by Jacques Rivette
*1993: "Un cœur en hiver" by Claude Sautet
*1994: "Smoking/No Smoking" by Alain Resnais
*1995: "" by Krzysztof Kieślowski
*1996: "Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud" by Claude Sautet
*1997: "Capitaine Conan" by Bertrand Tavernier
*1998: "On connaît la chanson" by Alain Resnais
*1999: "The Dreamlife of Angels" by Erick Zonca
*2000: "La Maladie de Sachs" by Michel Deville
*2001: "The Gleaners and I" by Agnès Varda
*2002: "Amélie" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
*2003: "To Be and to Have" by Nicolas Philibert
*2004: La trilogie "Un couple épatant", "Après la vie" and "Cavale" by Lucas Belvaux
*2005: "Rois et reine" by Arnaud Desplechin
*2006: "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" by Jacques Audiard
*2007: "Cœurs", by Alain Resnais
*2008: "The Secret of the Grain" by Abdel Kechiche

Best Foreign Film

*1968: "Blowup" (Italy) by Michelangelo Antonioni
*1969: "Csillagosok, katonák" (Hungary) by Miklós Jancsó
*1970: "Rosemary's Baby" (USA) by Roman Polanski
*1971: "Andrey Rublyov" (Soviet Union) by Andrei Tarkovsky
*1972: "Death in Venice" (Italy) by Luchino Visconti
*1973: "Roma" (Italy) by Federico Fellini
*1974: "Family Life" (UK) by Ken Loach
*1975: "Amarcord" (Italy) by Federico Fellini
*1976: "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (West Germany) by Werner Herzog
*1977: "Cría cuervos" (Spain) by Carlos Saura
*1978: "Dersu Uzala" (Soviet Union) by Akira Kurosawa
*1979: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" (Italy) by Ermanno Olmi
*1980: Not awarded
*1981: "The Elephant Man" (USA) by David Lynch
*1982: "Christ Stopped at Eboli" (Italy) by Francesco Rosi
*1983: "The Night of the Shooting Stars" (Italy) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and "Yol" (Turkey) by Yılmaz Güney and Serif Gören
*1984: "Fanny and Alexander" (Sweden) by Ingmar Bergman
*1985: "Paris, Texas" (West Germany) by Wim Wenders
*1986: "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (USA) by Woody Allen
*1987: "Hannah and Her Sisters" (USA) by Woody Allen
*1988: "Wings of Desire" (West Germany) by Wim Wenders
*1989: "The Dead" (USA) by John Huston and "Bagdad Café" (West Germany) by Percy Adlon
*1990: "A Short Film About Killing" (Poland) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
*1991: "The Decalogue" (Poland) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
*1992: "The Double Life of Véronique" (Poland) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
*1993: "Man Bites Dog" (Belgium) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde and "The Story of Qiu Ju" (China) by Zhang Yimou
*1994: "Raining Stones" (UK) by Ken Loach
*1995: "Exotica" (Canada) by Atom Egoyan
*1996: "Land and Freedom" (UK) by Ken Loach and "Ulysses' Gaze" (Greece) by Theodoros Angelopoulos
*1997: "Secrets & Lies" (UK) by Mike Leigh
*1998: "Hana-bi" (Japan) by Takeshi Kitano
*1999: "Life Is Beautiful" (Italy) by Roberto Benigni
*2000: "Eyes Wide Shut" (UK/USA) by Stanley Kubrick
*2001: "" (Taiwan) by Edward Yang
*2002: "No Man's Land" (Bosnia-Herzegovina) by Danis Tanović
*2003: "Talk to Her" (Spain) by Pedro Almodóvar
*2004: "Elephant" (USA) by Gus Van Sant
*2005: "Lost in Translation" (USA) by Sofia Coppola
*2006: "A History of Violence" (USA) by David Cronenberg
*2007: "Volver" (Spain) by Pedro Almodóvar
*2008: "The Lives of Others" (Germany) by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Best First Film

*2001: "Ressources humaines" by Laurent Cantet
*2002: "De l'histoire ancienne" by Orso Miret
*2003: "Se souvenir des belles choses" by Zabou Breitman
*2004: "Since Otar Left" by Julie Bertucelli
*2005: "Brodeuses" by Éléonore Faucher
*2006: "Little Jerusalem" by Karin Albou
*2007: "Le Pressentiment" by Jean-Pierre Darroussin
*2008: "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

External links

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