Venice Competition

Reference

7th (1946):

1. Paisan (Roberto Rossellini)

8th (1947):

1. Enamorada (Emilio Fernández)

9th (1948):

10th (1949):

11th (1950):

1. La Ronde (Max Ophüls) [Best Screenplay, Best Scenography]
2. Cinderella (Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi)

12th (1951):

1. Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson) [Best Cinematography]
2. Rashomon (Kurosawa Akira) [Golden Lion]
3. Alice in Wonderland (Clyde Geronimi & Hamilton Luske & Wilfred Jackson)

13th (1952):

1. The Quiet Man (John Ford)
2. Europa '51 (Roberto Rossellini) [Best Actress]

14th (1953):

1. The Saga of Anatahan (Josef von Sternberg)
2. Ugetsu Monogatari (Mizoguchi Kenji) [Silver Lion]

15th (1954):

1. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa Akira) [Silver Lion]
2. Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi Kenji) [Silver Lion]
3. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan) [Silver Lion]

16th (1955):

1. To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock)

17th (1956):

1. The Burmese Harp (Ichikawa Kon)

18th (1957):

1. Throne of Blood (Kurosawa Akira)
2. Aparajito (Satyajit Ray) [Golden Lion]

19th (1958):

20th (1959):

1. Enjo (Ichikawa Kon)

21st (1960):

1. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (Kobayashi Masaki)

22nd (1961):

1. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais) [Golden Lion]
2. Yojimbo (Kuroswa Akira) [Best Actor]

23rd (1962):

1. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick)
2. Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard) [Special Jury Prize]
3. Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky) [Golden Lion]

24th (1963):

1. Muriel, or the Time of Return) [Best Actress]
2. High and Low (Kurosawa Akira)
3. The Servant (Joseph Losey)
4. The Cool World (Shirley Clarke)
5. Hands Over the City (Francesco Rosi) [Golden Lion]

25th (1964):

1. The Gospel According to Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini) [Special Jury Prize]
2. A Married Woman (Jean-Luc Godard)
3. Red Desert (Michelangelo Antonioni) [Golden Lion]
4. Hamlet (Grigori Kozintsev) [Special Jury Prize]
5. Life Upside Down (Alain Jessua)
6. King & Country (Joseph Losey) [Best Actor]

26th (1965):

1. Pierrot le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard)
2. Simon of the Desert (Luis Buñuel) [Special Jury Prize]
3. Red Beard (Kurosawa Akira) [Best Actor]
4. Loves of a Blonde (Miloš Forman)
5. Mickey One (Arthur Penn)
6. Sandra (Luchino Visconti) [Golden Lion]

27th (1966):

1. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo) [Golden Lion]
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson)
3. Yesterday Girl (Alexander Kluge) [Special Jury Prize]
4. Les Créatures (Agnès Varda)
5. Almost a Man (Vittorio De Seta) [Best Actor]

28th (1967):

1. Belle de jour (Luis Buñuel) [Golden Lion]
2. La Chinoise (Jean-Luc Godard) [Special Jury Prize]

29th (1968):

1. Mandabi (Ousmane Sembène)
2. Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (Alexander Kluge) [Golden Lion]
3. Faces (John Cassavetes) [Best Actor]

37th (1980):

1. Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme)

38th (1981):

39th (1982):

40th (1983):

41st (1984):

42nd (1985):

1. Vagabond (Agnès Varda) [Golden Lion]

43rd (1986):

1. The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer) [Golden Lion]
2. Round Midnight (Bertrand Tavernier)

44th (1987):

1. Maurice (James Ivory) [Silver Lion, Best Actor, Best Music]

45th (1988):

46th (1989):

1. A City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien) [Golden Lion]

47th (1990):

1. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese) [Best Director]
2. No Fear, No Die (Claire Denis) [Best Editing]

48th (1991):

1. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou) [Silver Lion]

49th (1992):

1. Raising Cain (Brian De Palma)
2. The Story of Qiu Ju (Zhang Yimou) [Golden Lion, Best Actress]

50th (1993):

1. Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieślowski) [Golden Lion, Best Actress, Best Cinematography]

51st (1994):

1. Ashes of Time (Wong Kar-wai) [Outstanding Technical Contribution]
2. In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang Wen) [Best Actor]
3. Vive L'Amour (Tsai Ming-liang) [Golden Lion]

52nd (1995):

1. La Cérémonie (Claude Chabrol) [Best Actress]

53rd (1996):

54th (1997):

55th (1998):

1. New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara)

56th (1999):

57th (2000):

1. Platform (Jia Zhangke)
2. Durian Durian (Fruit Chan)

58th (2001):

1. Waking Life (Richard Linklater)

59th (2002):

1. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes) [Best Actress, Outstanding Individual Contribution]

60th (2003):

1. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang)
2. Zatoichi (Kitano Takeshi) [Best Director]

61st (2004):

1. Café Lumière (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
2. The World (Jia Zhangke)
3. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh) [Golden Lion]
4. L'Intrus (Wim Wenders)

62nd (2005):

1. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee) [Golden Lion]
2. Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)

63rd (2006):

1. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2. Still Life (Jia Zhangke) [Golden Lion]
3. Exiled (Johnnie To)
4. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-liang)
5. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón) [Outstanding Technical Contribution]
6. The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma)

64th (2007):

1. Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
2. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson)
3. Lust, Caution (Ang Lee) [Golden Lion, Best Cinematography]
4. Redacted (Brian De Palma) [Best Director]

65th (2008):

1. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)

66th (2009):

1. Accident (Soi Cheang)
2. White Material (Claire Denis)

67th (2010):

1. Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt)

68th (2011):

1. Life Without Principle (Johnnie To)
2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson)

69th (2012):

1. Passion (Brian De Palma)
2. To the Wonder (Terrence Malick)
3. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson) [Best Director, Best Actor]
4. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine)

70th (2013):

1. Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang) [Grand Jury Prize]
2. The Wind Rises (Miyazaki Hayao)
3. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer)
4. Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt)

71st (2014):

1. Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorence) (Alejandro González Iñárritu)

72nd (2015):

1. A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino)
2. Francofonia (Alexander Sokurov)
3. Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) [Grand Jury Prize]
4. Beasts of No Nation (Cary Joji Fukunaga) [Marcello Mastroianni Award]
5. The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper)

73rd (2016):

1. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)
2. Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford) [Grand Jury Prize]
3. La La Land (Damien Chazelle) [Best Actress]
4. Jackie (Pablo Larraín) [Best Screenplay]

74th (2017):

1. First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
2. Downsizing (Alexander Pande)
3. Ex Libris—The New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman)
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh) [Best Screenplay]
5. The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro) [Golden Lion]
6. mother! (Darren Aronofsky)

75th (2018):

1. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel & Ethan Coen) [Best Screenplay]
2. Non-Fiction (Olivier Assayas)
3. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (Roberto Minervini)
4. Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) [Golden Lion]
5. Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino)
6. The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos) [Grand Jury Prize, Best Actress]
7. First Man (Damien Chazelle)
8. Sunset (Nemes László)

76th (2019):

1. Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello) [Best Actor]
2. Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
3. Ad Astra (James Gray)
4. Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas)
5. Ema (Pablo Larraín)
6. Joker (Todd Phillips) [Golden Lion]

77th (2020):

1. Wife of a Spy (Kurosawa Kiyoshi) [Best Director]
2. The Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane) [Best Screenplay]
3. Notturno (Gianfranco Rosi)
4. Nomadland (Chloé Zhao) [Golden Lion]

78th (2021):

1. Il buco (Michelangelo Frammartino) [Special Jury Prize]
2. The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion) [Best Director]
3. Parallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar) [Best Actress]
4. The Card Counter (Paul Schrader)
5. Happening (Audrey Diwan) [Golden Lion]
6. Spencer (Pablo Larraín)

79th (2022):

1. TÁR (Todd Field) [Best Actress]
2. White Noise (Noah Baumbach)
3. Saint Omer (Alice Diop) [Grand Jury Prize]
4. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras) [Golden Lion]
5. A Couple (Frederick Wiseman)
6. The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh) [Best Actor, Best Screenplay]
7. Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino) [Best Director, Marcello Mastroianni Award]
8. Athena (Romain Gavras)
9. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
10. The Whale (Darren Aronofsky)

80th (2023):

1. The Beast (Bertrand Bonello)
2. Evil Does Not Exist (Hamaguchi Ryusuke) [Grand Jury Prize]
3. Ferrari (Michael Mann)
4. Priscilla (Sofia Coppola) [Best Actress]
5. The Killer (David Fincher)
6. Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos) [Golden Lion]
7. Maestro (Bradley Cooper)

81st (2024):

1. Youth (Homecoming) (Wang Bing)
2. The Brutalist (Brady Corbet) [Best Director]
3. Stranger Eyes (Yeo Siew Hua)
4. I'm Still Here (Walter Salles) [Best Screenplay]
5. Joker: Folie à Deux (Todd Phillips)