France is the only country that has submitted a film every year since the creation of the award in 1956.
It is also the only country which has been nominated at more than half of the occasions where the award was given.
All submissions were primarily in French, with the notable exceptions of the winning Portuguese-language Black Orpheus in 1959, which was a co-production with Brazil, and Mustang in 2015, which was in Turkish.
1948 (21st): Monsieur Vincent, Monsieur Vincent, Maurice Cloche, Honorary Award
1950 (23rd): The Walls of Malapaga, Au-delà des grilles, René Clément, Honorary Award
1952 (25th): Forbidden Games, Jeux interdits, René Clément, Honorary Award
1956 (29th): Gervaise, Gervaise, René Clément, Nominated
1957 (30th): Gates of Paris, Porte des Lilas, René Clair, Nominated
1958 (31st): My Uncle, Mon Oncle, Jacques Tati, Winner
1959 (32nd) Black Orpheus, Orfeu Negro, Marcel Camus, Winner
1960 (33rd): La Vérité, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Nominated
1961 (34th): Last Year at Marienbad, L’année dernière à Marienbad, Alain Resnais, Not Nominated
1962 (35th): Sundays and Cybele, Les dimanches de ville d’Avray Serge Bourguignon, Winner
1963 (36th): The Fire Within, Le feu follet, Louis Malle, Not Nominated
1964 (37th): The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Jacques Demy, Nominated
1965 (38th): Pierrot le Fou Pierrot le fou Jean-Luc Godard, Not Nominated
1966 (39th): A Man and a Woman, Un homme et une femme, Claude Lelouch, Winner
1967 (40th) Live for Life, Vivre Pour Vivre, Claude Lelouch Nominated
1968: (41st) Stolen Kisses, Baisers volés, François Truffaut, Nominated
1969 (42nd): My Night with Maud, Ma nuit chez Maud, Éric Rohmer, Nominated
1970 (43rd): Hoa-Binh Hoa-Binh, Raoul Coutard, Nominated
1971 (44th): Ramparts of Clay, Remparts d’argile, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, Not Nominated
1972 (45th): The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Luis Buñuel, Winner
1973 (46th) Day for Night, La Nuit américaine, François Truffaut, Winner
1974 (47th): Lacombe, Lucien, Lacombe Lucien, Louis Malle, Nominated
1975 (48th): India Song, Marguerite Duras, Not Nominated
1976 (49th): Cousin, cousine, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Nominated
1977 (50th): Madame Rosa, La Vie devant soi, Moshé Mizrahi, Winner
1978 (51st): Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Préparez vos mouchoirs, Bertrand Blier, Winner
1979 (52nd): A Simple Story, Une histoire simple, Claude Sautet, Nominated
1980 (53rd): The Last Metro, Le Dernier Métro, François Truffaut, Nominated
1981 (54th): Diva, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Not Nominated
1982 (55th): Coup de Torchon Coup de torchon, Bertrand Tavernier Nominated
1983 (56th): Entre Nous, Coup de foudre, Diane Kurys, Nominated
1984 (57th): So Long, Stooge, Tchao Pantin, Claude Berri, Not Nominated
1985 (58th): Three Men and a Cradle, Trois hommes et un couffin Coline Serreau, Nominated
1986 (59th): Betty Blue, 37°2 le matin, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Nominated
1987 (60th): Au revoir les enfants, Louis Malle, Nominated
1988 (61st): The Reader, La Lectrice, Michel Deville, Not Nominated
1989 (62nd): Camille Claudel, Bruno Nuytten, Nominated
1990 (63rd): Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Nominated
1991 (64th): Van Gogh, Maurice Pialat, Not Nominated
1992 (65th): Indochine Indochine Régis Wargnier, Winner
1993 (66th): Germinal Germinal Claude Berri Not Nominated
1994 (67th): Wild Reeds, Les roseaux sauvages, André Téchiné, Not Nominated
1995 (68th): French Twist, Gazon maudit, Josiane Balasko, Not Nominated
1996 (69th): Ridicule, Patrice Leconte, Nominated
1997 (70th): Western, Manuel Poirier, Not Nominated
1998 (71st): The Dreamlife of Angels, La vie rêvée des anges, Erick Zonca, Not Nominated
1999 (72nd): East/West Est-Ouest, Régis Wargnier, Nominated
2000 (73rd): The Taste of Others Le goût des autres, Agnès Jaoui, Nominated
2001 (74th): Amélie Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Nominated
2002 (75th): 8 Women, 8 femmes, François Ozon, Not Nominated
2003 (76th): Bon Voyage, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Not Nominated
2004 (77th): The Chorus Les Choristes Christophe Barratier Nominated
2005 (78th): Joyeux Noël, Christian Carion, Nominated
2006 (79th): Avenue Montaigne, Fauteuils d’orchestre, Danièle Thompson, Made Shortlist
2007 (80th): Persepolis, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, Not Nominated
2008 (81st): The Class, Entre les murs, Laurent Cantet, Nominated
2009 (82nd): A Prophet, Un prophète, Jacques Audiard, Nominated
2010 (83rd): Of Gods and Men, Des hommes et des dieux, Xavier Beauvois Not Nominated
2011 (84th): Declaration of War, La Guerre est déclarée, Valérie Donzelli, Not Nominated
2012 (85th): The Intouchables, Intouchables, Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Made Shortlist
2013 (86th): Renoir, Gilles Bourdos, Not Nominated
2014 (87th): Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello Not Nominated
2015 (88th): Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Nominated
2016 (89th): Elle, Paul Verhoeven, Not Nominated
2017 (90th): BPM (Beats per Minute), 120 battements par minute, Robin Campillo, Not Nominated
2018 (91st) Memoir of War, La douleur, Emmanuel Finkiel, Not Nominated
2019 (92nd) Les Misérables, Ladj Ly, Nominated
2020 (93rd): Two of Us, Deux Filippo Meneghetti, Made Shortlist
2021 (94th) Titane, Titane, Julia Ducournau, Not Nominated
