1999
Cannes: Rosetta, by Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (Belgium)
Berlin: The Thin Red Line, by Terrence Malick (US)
Venice: Not One Less, by Zhang Yimou (China)
Oscar: American Beauty, by Sam Mendes
1998
Cannes: Eternity and a Day, by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
Berlin: Central Station, by Walter Salles (Brazil)
Venice: The Way We Laughed, by Gianni Amelio (Italy)
Oscar: Shakespeare in Love, by John Madden
1997
Cannes: Tie - The Eel, by Shohei Imamura (Japan)
- The Taste of Cherry, by Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)
Berlin: The People vs Larry Flint, by Milos Forman (US)
Venice: Fireworks, by Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
Oscar: Titanic, by James Cameron
1996
Cannes: Secrets & Lies, by Mike Leigh (UK)
Berlin: Sense and Sensibility, by Ang Lee (US)
Venice: Michael Collins, by Neil Jordan (UK)
Oscar: The English Patient, by Anthony Minghella
1995
Cannes: Underground, by Emir Kusturica (Bosnia)
Berlin: Fresh Bait, by Bertrand Tavernier (France)
Venice: Cyclo, by Anh Hung Tran (Vietnam)
Oscar: Braveheart, by Mel Gibson
1994
Cannes: Pulp Fiction, by Quentin Tarantino (US)
Berlin: In the Name of the Father, by Jim Sheridan (UK)
Venice: Tie - Vive L'Amour, by Ming-Liang Tsai (Taiwan)
- Before the Rain, by Milcho Manchevski (Macedonia)
Oscar: Forrest Gump, by Robert Zemeckis
1993
Cannes: Tie - The Piano, by Jane Campion (New Zealand)
- Farewell My Concubine, by Chen Kaige (Hong Kong)
Berlin: The Wedding Banquet, by Ang Lee (Taiwan)
Venice: Tie - Short Cuts, by Robert Altman (US)
- Three Colors: Blue, by Krzysztof Kieslowski (France)
Oscar: Schindler's List, by Steven Spielberg
1992
Cannes: The Best Intentions, by Bille August (Denmark)
Berlin: Grand Canyon, by Lawrence Kasdan (US)
Venice: The Story of Qui Ju, by Zhang Yimou (China)
Oscar: Unforgiven, by Clint Eastwood
1991
Cannes: Barton Fink, by Joel Coen (US)
Berlin: House of Smiles, by Marco Ferreri (Italy)
Venice: Close to Eden, by Nikita Mikhalhov (Soviet Union)
Oscar: The Silence of the Lambs, by Jonathan Demme
1990
Cannes: Wild at Heart, by David Lynch (US)
Berlin: Tie - Music Box, by Constantin Costa-Gavras (US)
- Larks on a String, by Jiri Menzel (Czechoslovakia)
Venice: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard (UK)
Oscar: Dances With Wolves, by Kevin Costner