David di Donatello for Best European Film

2004

• Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier
• Rosenstraße, directed by Margarethe von Trotta
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring, directed by Peter Webber
  • Good Bye Lenin!, directed by Wolfgang Becker
  • Mondays in the Sun, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa

2005

• The Sea Inside, directed by Alejandro Amenábar
  • The Chorus, directed by Christophe Barratier
  • Head-On, directed by Fatih Akin
  • The Merchant of Venice, directed by Michael Radford
  • Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh

2006

• Match Point, directed by Woody Allen
  • Caché, directed by Michael Haneke
  • L'Enfant, directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
  • March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet
  • Mrs Henderson Presents, directed by Stephen Frears

2007

• The Lives of Others, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • My Best Friend, directed by Patrice Leconte
  • Notes on a Scandal, directed by Richard Eyre
  • The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears
  • Volver, directed by Pedro Almodóvar

2008

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

2009

• Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle
  • The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet
  • Lemon Tree, directed by Eran Riklis
  • The Reader, directed by Stephen Daldry
  • Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman

2010

• Le Concert, directed by Radu Mihăileanu
  • A Prophet, directed by Jacques Audiard
  • Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akin
  • Welcome, directed by Philippe Lioret
  • The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke

2011

• The King's Speech, directed by Tom Hooper
  • Another Year, directed by Mike Leigh
  • In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier
  • Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois
  • The Secret in Their Eyes, directed by Juan José Campanella

2012

• The Intouchables, directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
  • The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius
  • Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski
  • Le Havre, directed by Aki Kaurismäki
  • Melancholia, directed by Lars von Trier

2013

• Amour, directed by Michael Haneke
  • Anna Karenina, directed by Joe Wright
  • Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman
  • Rust and Bone, directed by Jacques Audiard
  • Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes

2014

• Philomena, directed by Stephen Frears
  • Blue Is the Warmest Colour, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
  • Ida, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
  • Still Life, directed by Uberto Pasolini
  • Venus in Fur, directed by Roman Polanski

2015

• The Theory of Everything, directed by James Marsh
  • The Broken Circle Breakdown, directed by Felix van Groeningen
  • Locke, directed by Steven Knight
  • Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus
  • Wild Tales, directed by Damián Szifron

2016

• Son of Saul, directed by László Nemes
  • 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh
  • The Brand New Testament, directed by Jaco Van Dormael
  • The Danish Girl, directed by Tom Hooper
  • A Perfect Day, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa

2017

• I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach
  • Florence Foster Jenkins, directed by Stephen Frears
  • Julieta, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • Sing Street, directed by John Carney
  • Truman, directed by Cesc Gay

2018

• The Square, directed by Ruben Östlund
  • Borg McEnroe, directed by Janus Metz
  • BPM (Beats Per Minute), directed by Robin Campillo
  • Elle, directed by Paul Verhoeven
  • Loving Vincent, directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman