---
name: "Golden Lion winners"
kind: "award"
canonical: "https://film.one/collections/golden-lion"
films: 20
series: 0
years: "1950–2024"
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-20T09:11:25.954993+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Golden Lion winners

*Award winners.*

Venice's top prize since 1949, which has a habit of picking the film that wins everything else six months later.

**Order.** By festival year, newest first.

Best on Fi1m: [*The Battle of Algiers*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md) (93).

## Every year, newest first

Winners in bold; a title without a link is one we have not reviewed yet.

- **2026** — ***Woman Unknown***
- **2025** — ***Father Mother Sister Brother***
- **2024** — **[*The Room Next Door*](https://film.one/film/the-room-next-door.md) (Fi1m 68)**. Nominees: [*Maria*](https://film.one/film/maria.md) (Fi1m 57)
- **2023** — **[*Poor Things*](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) (Fi1m 76)**
- **2022** — ***All the Beauty and the Bloodshed***
- **2021** — ***Happening***
- **2020** — **[*Nomadland*](https://film.one/film/nomadland.md) (Fi1m 83)**
- **2019** — **[*Joker*](https://film.one/film/joker.md) (Fi1m 63)**
- **2018** — **[*Roma*](https://film.one/film/roma.md) (Fi1m 86)**. Nominees: [*The Favourite*](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md) (Fi1m 87)
- **2017** — **[*The Shape of Water*](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md) (Fi1m 83)**
- **2016** — ***The Woman Who Left***
- **2015** — ***From Afar***
- **2014** — ***A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence***
- **2013** — ***Sacro GRA***
- **2012** — ***Pietà***
- **2011** — ***Faust***
- **2010** — ***Somewhere***
- **2009** — ***Lebanon***
- **2008** — **[*The Wrestler*](https://film.one/film/the-wrestler.md) (Fi1m 85)**
- **2007** — ***Lust, Caution***
- **2006** — ***Still Life***. Nominees: [*The Queen*](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md) (Fi1m 84)
- **2005** — **[*Brokeback Mountain*](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md) (Fi1m 92)**
- **2004** — **[*Vera Drake*](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) (Fi1m 84)**
- **2003** — ***The Return***
- **2002** — ***The Magdalene Sisters***
- **2001** — ***Monsoon Wedding***
- **2000** — ***The Circle***
- **1999** — ***Not One Less***
- **1998** — ***The Way We Laughed***. Nominees: [*Run Lola Run*](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1997** — ***Hana-bi***; **[*Fireworks*](https://film.one/film/fireworks.md) (Fi1m 88)**
- **1996** — **[*Michael Collins*](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md) (Fi1m 75)**
- **1995** — ***Cyclo***
- **1994** — ***Before the Rain***; ***Vive L'Amour***
- **1993** — **[*Short Cuts*](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md) (Fi1m 84)**; ***Three Colours: Blue***; **[*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (Fi1m 88)**
- **1992** — ***The Story of Qiu Ju***
- **1991** — ***Close to Eden***. Nominees: [*My Own Private Idaho*](https://film.one/film/my-own-private-idaho.md) (Fi1m 82)
- **1990** — ***Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead***
- **1989** — ***A City of Sadness***
- **1988** — ***The Legend of the Holy Drinker***
- **1987** — **[*Au revoir les enfants*](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md) (Fi1m 90)**
- **1986** — ***The Green Ray***
- **1985** — **[*Vagabond*](https://film.one/film/vagabond.md) (Fi1m 90)**
- **1984** — ***A Year of the Quiet Sun***
- **1983** — ***First Name: Carmen***
- **1982** — ***The State of Things***
- **1981** — ***Marianne and Juliane***
- **1980** — **[*Atlantic City*](https://film.one/film/atlantic-city.md) (Fi1m 86)**; **[*Gloria*](https://film.one/film/gloria-1980.md) (Fi1m 78)**
- **1968** — ***Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed***; ***1969***
- **1967** — ***Belle de Jour***
- **1966** — **[*The Battle of Algiers*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md) (Fi1m 93)**
- **1965** — ***Sandra***
- **1964** — ***Red Desert***
- **1963** — ***Hands over the City***
- **1962** — ***Family Diary***; ***Ivan's Childhood***
- **1961** — ***Last Year at Marienbad***
- **1960** — ***Tomorrow Is My Turn***
- **1959** — ***General Della Rovere***; ***The Great War***
- **1958** — ***Rickshaw Man***
- **1957** — ***Aparajito***
- **1955** — **[*Ordet*](https://film.one/film/ordet.md) (Fi1m 86)**; ***1956***
- **1954** — ***Romeo and Juliet***
- **1952** — ***Forbidden Games***; ***1953***
- **1951** — **[*Rashomon*](https://film.one/film/rashomon.md) (Fi1m 92)**. Nominees: [*Ace in the Hole*](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md) (Fi1m 87)
- **1950** — ***Justice Is Done***
- **1949** — ***Manon***

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