| Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film | |
| Awarded For: | The best French-language film from outside France |
| Presenter: | Académie des Lumières |
| Country: | France |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Year2: | 2019 |
The Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film (French: Prix Lumières du meilleur film francophone) is a discontinued award given by the Académie des Lumières from 2003 to 2019. It rewarded the best French-language film made outside France each year. It replaced the Lumières Award for Best Foreign Film (French: Prix Lumières du meilleur film étranger) that was awarded from 1996 to 2002. It was replaced in 2020 by the Lumières Award for Best International Co-Production.
In the following lists, the titles and names with a blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 (8th) | The Son | Le Fils | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| 2004 (9th) | The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Denys Arcand |
| 2005 (10th) | Tomorrow We Move | Demain on déménage | Chantal Akerman |
| 2006 (11th) | L'Enfant | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne | |
| 2007 (12th) | Bamako | Abderrahmane Sissako | |
| The United States of Albert | Les États-Unis d'Albert | André Forcier | |
| C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée | ||
| Bunker Paradise | Stefan Liberski | ||
| Barakat! | Djamila Sahraoui | ||
| 2008 (13th) | Délice Paloma | Nadir Moknèche | |
| Cowboy | Benoît Mariage | ||
| Gone for a Dance | J'aurais voulu être un danseur | Alain Berliner | |
| In the Arms of My Enemy | Voleurs de chevaux | Micha Wald | |
| Days of Darkness | L'Age des ténèbres | Denys Arcand | |
| Africa Paradis | Sylvestre Amoussou | ||
| 2009 (14th) | Lorna's Silence | Le Silence de Lorna | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | ||
| Home | Ursula Meier | ||
| Rumba | Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy | ||
| Faro, la reine des eaux | Salif Traore | ||