The German Film Award for Best Feature Film is the main award given for best German film at the annual Deutscher Filmpreis awards, the German national film awards. It has been held annually since 1951 in varying formats.
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From 1951 to 1986 the prize was awarded by a commission which selected the best German feature film released in the previous 12 months. In 1956 and 1961 no award was given, and on two occasions (in 1963 and 1970) the award was shared by two winning films.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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| 1951 | Two Times Lotte | Das doppelte Lottchen | Josef von Báky |
| 1952 | Die Schuld des Dr. Homma | Paul Verhoeven | |
| 1953 | The Mistress | Nachts auf den Straßen | Rudolf Jugert |
| 1954 | No Way Back | Weg ohne Umkehr | Victor Vicas |
| 1955 | Canaris: Master Spy | Canaris | Alfred Weidenmann |
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| 1957 | The Captain from Köpenick | Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | Helmut Käutner |
| 1958 | The Devil Came at Night | Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam | Robert Siodmak |
| 1959 | Arms and the Man | Helden | Franz Peter Wirth |
| 1960 | The Bridge | Die Brücke | Bernhard Wicki |
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| 1962 | The Bread of Those Early Years | Das Brot der frühen Jahre | Herbert Vesely |
| 1963 † | The Endless Night | Die endlose Nacht | Will Tremper |
| 1963 † | The Lightship | Das Feuerschiff | Ladislao Vajda |
| 1964 | The River Line | Kennwort... Reiher | Rudolf Jugert |
| 1965 | The House in Karp Lane | Das Haus in der Karpfengasse | Kurt Hoffmann |
| 1966 | Young Törless | Der junge Törless | Volker Schlöndorff |
| 1967 | Yesterday Girl | Abschied von gestern | Alexander Kluge |
| 1968 | Tattoo | Tätowierung | Johannes Schaaf |
| 1969 | Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed | Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos | Alexander Kluge |
| 1970 † | Katzelmacher | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1970 † | Malatesta | Peter Lilienthal | |
| 1971 | First Love | Erste Liebe | Maximilian Schell |
| 1972 | Trotta | Johannes Schaaf | |
| 1973 | The Experts | Die Sachverständigen | Norbert Kückelmann |
| 1974 | The Pedestrian | Der Fußgänger | Maximilian Schell |
| 1975 | Lina Braake | Bernhard Sinkel | |
| 1976 | Calm Prevails Over the Country | Es herrscht Ruhe im Land | Peter Lilienthal |
| 1977 | Heinrich | Helma Sanders-Brahms | |
| 1978 | The Glass Cell | Die gläserne Zelle | Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum | Die Blechtrommel | Volker Schlöndorff |
| 1980 | The Last Years of Childhood | Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit | Norbert Kückelmann |
| 1981 | Jede Menge Kohle | Adolf Winkelmann | |
| 1982 | Marianne and Juliane | Die bleierne Zeit | Margarethe von Trotta |
| 1983 | The State of Things | Der Stand der Dinge | Wim Wenders |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream | Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen | Werner Herzog |
| 1985 | Colonel Redl | Oberst Redl | István Szabó |