| César Award for Best Film | |
| Awarded For: | Best Film of the Year |
| Country: | France |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Holder: | Anatomy of a Fall (2024) |
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film (French:).
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | Robert Enrico |
| Cousin, Cousine | Cousin, cousine | Jean Charles Tacchella | |
| Let Joy Reign Supreme | Que la fête commence | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| Seven Deaths by Prescription | Sept morts sur ordonnance | Jacques Rouffio | |
| 1977 | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Joseph Losey |
| Barocco | André Téchiné | ||
| The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | Claude Miller | |
| The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 1978 | Providence | Alain Resnais | |
| Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-Tambour | Pierre Schoendoerffer | |
| The Lacemaker | La Dentellière | Claude Goretta | |
| We Will All Meet in Paradise | Nous irons tous au paradis | Yves Robert | |
| 1979 | Other People's Money | L'Argent des autres | Christian de Chalonge |
| Dossier 51 | Le Dossier 51 | Michel Deville | |
| Molière | Ariane Mnouchkine | ||
| A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Claude Sautet | |