BAFTA Award for Best Film
The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards, representing the best films of 1947, but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source. It is possible for films from any country to be nominated, although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and (since 1983) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. As such, there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories.
There has been one tie for the Best Film award when, in 1962, Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source. Until 1981, the award was given to the director,[1] except in 1976 and 1977, when it was given to the producers. From 1981 to 1985, it was given solely to the producers, and then in 1986, it was shared between the Director and Producer. In 1998, it was once again given to only the producers.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Category |
Film |
Director(s) |
Producer(s) |
Country |
2000 (54th) |
Best Film | Gladiator | Ridley Scott | David Franzoni Branko Lustig Douglas Wick | USA/UK |
Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe | Ian Bryce Cameron Crowe | USA |
Billy Elliot | Stephen Daldry | Greg Brenman Jon Finn | UK |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee | Hsu Li-kong Bill Kong Ang Lee | Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/ China |
Erin Brockovich | Steven Soderbergh | Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher | USA |
2001 (55th) |
Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Tim Sanders Fran Walsh | USA/New Zealand |
Amélie | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Jean-Marc Deschamps Claudie Ossard | France/Germany |
A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | Brian Grazer Ron Howard | USA |
Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | Fred Baron Martin Brown Baz Luhrmann | Australia/USA |
Shrek | Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson | Jeffrey Katzenberg Aron Warner John H. Williams | USA |
2002 (56th) |
Best Film | The Pianist | Roman Polanski | Robert Benmussa Roman Polanski Alain Sarde | France/Germany/Britain/ Poland |
Chicago | Rob Marshall | Martin Richards | USA/Germany |
Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | Alberto Grimaldi Harvey Weinstein | USA |
The Hours | Stephen Daldry | Robert Fox Scott Rudin | UK/USA |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh | USA/New Zealand |
2003 (57th) |
Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh | USA/New Zealand |
Big Fish | Tim Burton | Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks Richard D. Zanuck | USA |
Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Albert Berger William Horberg Sydney Pollack Ron Yerxa | UK/USA |
Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola | Sofia Coppola Ross Katz | USA/Japan |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Duncan Henderson Peter Weir | UK/USA |
2004 (58th) |
Best Film | The Aviator | Martin Scorsese | Sandy Climan Charles Evans, Jr. Graham King Michael Mann | USA |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michel Gondry | Anthony Bregman Steve Golin | USA |
Finding Neverland | Marc Forster | Nellie Bellflower Richard N. Gladstein | UK/USA |
The Motorcycle Diaries | Walter Salles | Michael Nozik Edgard Tenenbaum Karen Tenkhoff | Brazil/USA/Germany/UK/ Argentina/Chile/Peru/ France |
Vera Drake | Mike Leigh | Simon Channing-Williams Alain Sarde | Britain/France |
2005 (59th) |
Best Film | Brokeback Mountain | Ang Lee | Diana Ossana James Schamus | USA |
Capote | Bennett Miller | Caroline Baron Michael Ohoven William Vince | USA/Canada |
The Constant Gardener | Fernando Meirelles | Simon Channing Williams | Britain/Germany |
Crash | Paul Haggis | Don Cheadle Cathy Schulman Bob Yari | USA/Germany |
Good Night, and Good Luck. | George Clooney | Grant Heslov | USA |
2006 (60th) |
Best Film | The Queen | Stephen Frears | Tracey Seaward Christine Langan Andy Harries | UK/France/Italy |
Babel | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Alejandro González Iñárritu Jon Kilik Steve Golin | USA/Mexico/France |
The Departed | Martin Scorsese | Brad Pitt Brad Grey Graham King | USA |
The Last King of Scotland | Kevin Macdonald | Andrea Calderwood Lisa Bryer Charles Steel | UK |
Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris | David T. Friendly Peter Saraf Marc Turtletaub | USA |
2007 (61st) |
Best Film | Atonement | Joe Wright | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster | UK |
American Gangster | Ridley Scott | Brian Grazer, Ridley Scott | USA |
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann | Germany |
No Country for Old Men | Joel and Ethan Coen | Joel and Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin | USA |
There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi | USA |
2008 (62nd) |
Best Film | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | Christian Colson | UK |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher | Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ray Stark | USA |
Frost/Nixon | Ron Howard | Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner | UK/USA |
Milk | Gus Van Sant | Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen | USA |
The Reader | Stephen Daldry | Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin | UK/Germany |
2009 (63rd) |
Best Film | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow | Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro | USA |
Avatar | James Cameron | James Cameron, Jon Landau | UK/USA |
An Education | Lone Scherfig | Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey | UK |
Precious | Lee Daniels | Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness | USA |
Up in the Air | Jason Reitman | Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki | USA |
2010s
Category |
Film |
Director(s) |
Nominee(s) |
Country |
2010 (64th) |
Best Film | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin | UK |
Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky | Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver |
USA |
Inception | Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas | USA |
The Social Network | David Fincher | David Fincher, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin, Kevin Spacey |
USA |
True Grit | Joel and Ethan Coen | Joel and Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin | USA |
2011 (65th) |
Best Film | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | Thomas Langmann | France |
The Descendants | Alexander Payne | Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Jim Burke | USA |
Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | Adam Siegel, Marc Platt | USA |
The Help | Tate Taylor | Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan | USA |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tomas Alfredson | Tim Bevan, Robyn Slovo, Eric Fellner | UK/France/Germany |
2012 (66th) |
Best Film | Argo | Ben Affleck | Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney | USA |
Les Misérables | Tom Hooper | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh | UK |
Life of Pi | Ang Lee | Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark | USA/UK |
Lincoln | Steven Spielberg | Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy | USA |
Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow | Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison | USA |
2013 (67th) |
Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Brad Pitt, Anthony Katagas, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen | UK/USA |
American Hustle | David O. Russell | Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon | USA |
Captain Phillips | Paul Greengrass | Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca | USA |
Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman | UK/USA |
Philomena | Stephen Frears | Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward | UK |
2014 (68th) |
Best Film | Boyhood | Richard Linklater | Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland | USA |
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole | USA |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson | USA/UK/Germany |
The Imitation Game | Morten Tyldum | Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman | UK/USA |
The Theory of Everything | James Marsh | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten | UK |
2015 (69th) |
Best Film | The Revenant | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon | USA |
The Big Short | Adam McKay | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt | USA |
Bridge of Spies | Steven Spielberg | Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg | USA |
Carol | Todd Haynes | Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley | UK/USA |
Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar | USA |
2016 (70th) |
Best Film | La La Land | Damien Chazelle | Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt | USA |
Arrival | Denis Villeneuve | Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder | USA |
I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | Rebecca O'Brien | UK/France/Belgium |
Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh | USA |
Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski | USA |
See also
Notes
- ↑ This information is listed as such because IMDb Archived 21 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. does not list anyone having received the award prior to 1960, and then throughout the 70s.
- ↑ Known under this title in the UK.
- ↑ Release date for The Magic Box, in IMDb.
- ↑ Released under this title in Great Britain, The Road only appears to have been used for publicity when the film was screened in the United States.
References
"Epinions List of BAFTA Award for Best Film Winners". Epinions. 5 December 2002. Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2006.
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