The Grand Prix is an annual award presented by the Belgian Film Critics Association (French: Union de la critique de cinéma, UCC).
It was introduced in 1954 by the organizing committee to honor the film of the year "that contributed the most to the enrichment and influence of cinema".[1] In December of each year, the organization meets to vote for films released in the previous calendar year. To determine the nominations, ballots are sent in by the members – select knowledgeable film enthusiasts, academics, filmmakers, and journalists – and subsequently tabulated in order to decide the winner.
In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners. These are also in bold and; those not in bold are nominees.
| Year | Film | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Neapolitan Carousel (Carosello napoletano) | Ettore Giannini | |
| 1956 | Children, Mother, and the General (Kinder, Mütter und ein General) | László Benedek | |
| 1957 | Picnic | Joshua Logan | |
| 1958 | 12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1959 | Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick |
| Year | Film | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Hiroshima mon amour | Alain Resnais | |
| 1961 | The Left Handed Gun | Arthur Penn | |
| 1962 | Viridiana | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1963 | The Miracle Worker | Arthur Penn | |
| 1964 | Ride the High Country | Sam Peckinpah | |
| 1965 | Dr. Strangelove | Stanley Kubrick | |
| 1966 | The Knack ...and How to Get It | Richard Lester | |
| 1967 | The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) | Hiroshi Teshigahara | |
| 1968 | Accident | Joseph Losey | |
| 1969 | Daisies (Sedmikrásky) | Věra Chytilová |
| Year | Film | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Ådalen 31 | Bo Widerberg | |
| 1971 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Sydney Pollack | |
| 1972 | The Conformist (Il conformista) | Bernardo Bertolucci | |
| 1973 | Cabaret | Bob Fosse | |
| 1974 | Fat City | John Huston | |
| 1975 | Somewhere Beyond Love (Delitto d'amore) | Luigi Comencini | |
| 1976 | Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) | Werner Herzog | |
| 1977 | A Woman Under the Influence | John Cassavetes | |
| 1978 | Dodes'ka-den (Dodesukaden) | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1979 | Harlan County, USA | Barbara Kopple |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Newsfront | Phillip Noyce |
| 1981 | The Herd (Sürü) | Zeki Ökten |
| 1982 | The Elephant Man | David Lynch |
| 1983 | Cutter's Way | Ivan Passer |
| 1984 | Zelig | Woody Allen |
| 1985 | The Draughtsman's Contract | Peter Greenaway |
| 1986 | Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch |
| 1987 | Alpine Fire (Höhenfeuer) | Fredi M. Murer |
| 1988 | Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) | Wim Wenders |
| 1989 [2] | Bird | Clint Eastwood |
| Babette's Feast (Babettes gæstebud) | Gabriel Axel | |
| Lunga vita alla signora! | Ermanno Olmi | |
| Hope and Glory | John Boorman | |
| House of Games | David Mamet |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [37] | Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| Joker | Todd Phillips | |
| Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | |
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | |
| Parasite (기생충) | Bong Joon-ho | |
| 2021 [38] | 1917 | Sam Mendes |
| A Hidden Life | Terrence Malick | |
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | |
| La Llorona | Jayro Bustamante | |
| Little Women | Greta Gerwig | |
| 2022 [39] | The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) | Joachim Trier |
| Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi!) | Andrei Konchalovsky | |
| Josep | Aurel | |
| Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | |
| 2023 [40] | Vortex | Gaspar Noé |
| Close | Lukas Dhont | |
| Drive My Car (Doraibu Mai Kā) | Ryūsuke Hamaguchi | |
| EO | Jerzy Skolimowski | |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | |
| 2024 [41] | The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúi) | Colm Bairéad |
| Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'une chute) | Justine Triet | |
| Babylon | Damien Chazelle | |
| The Blue Caftan (Le Bleu du caftan) | Maryam Touzani | |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | |