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Every European Film Award Best Film winner — and where to watch it in India

The European Film Award for Best Film is the European Film Academy's highest honour, often called the European Oscars. This guide tracks all 38 films to win it, from 1988–2025, and shows exactly where to stream each one in India. 3 of the 38 winning films are on an Indian OTT subscription right now — across Prime Video and SonyLIV — and the rest are listed with their rent or buy options or marked as not yet on Indian streaming. The most recent winner is Sentimental Value (2025), available to rent or buy in India.

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Sentimental Value
Emilia Pérez
Anatomy of a Fall
Triangle of Sadness
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Another Round

Best Film winners streaming on Indian OTT now

3 of the 38 European Film Award for Best Film winners you can watch on a subscription in India right now, best-known first.

All 38 European Film Award Best Film winners, 1988–2025

Every winner in reverse-chronological order, with its India streaming home, director and a short synopsis.

  1. 2025

    Sentimental Value

    7.4Dir. Joachim Trier

    Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.

    Rent or buy in IndiaDrama
  2. 2024

    Emilia Pérez

    6.5Dir. Jacques Audiard

    Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.

    Rent or buy in IndiaDramaThriller
  3. 2023

    Anatomy of a Fall

    7.5Dir. Justine Triet

    A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

    ThrillerMystery
  4. 2022

    Triangle of Sadness

    7.0Dir. Ruben Östlund

    A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

    ComedyDrama
  5. 2021

    Quo Vadis, Aida?

    7.7Dir. Jasmila Žbanić

    Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to

    Not on Indian OTT yetWarDrama
  6. 2020

    Another Round

    7.6Dir. Thomas Vinterberg

    Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyDrama
  7. 2019

    The Favourite

    7.5Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

    England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

    Not on Indian OTT yetHistoryComedy
  8. 2018

    Cold War

    7.4Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski

    A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

    Not on Indian OTT yetRomanceMusic
  9. 2017

    The Square

    6.8Dir. Ruben Östlund

    A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  10. 2016

    Toni Erdmann

    7.0Dir. Maren Ade

    Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyDrama
  11. 2015

    Youth

    6.9Dir. Paolo Sorrentino

    Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Br

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyDrama
  12. 2014

    Ida

    Dir. Julia Iglesias

    When Ida learns about the death of a close friend on her 85th birthday, she decides to throw a party for the ages -- well, the aged -- while her overbearing daughter expects her over for a birthday dinner.

    Not on Indian OTT yet
  13. 2013

    The Great Beauty

    7.5Dir. Paolo Sorrentino

    Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  14. 2012

    Amour

    7.7Dir. Michael Haneke

    Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

    Rent or buy in IndiaDramaRomance
  15. 2011

    Melancholia

    7.2Dir. Lars von Trier

    Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaScience Fiction
  16. 2010

    The Ghost Writer

    6.8Dir. Roman Polanski

    A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

    Not on Indian OTT yetThrillerMystery
  17. 2009

    The White Ribbon

    7.5Dir. Michael Haneke

    An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaMystery
  18. 2008

    Gomorrah

    6.9Dir. Matteo Garrone

    An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaCrime
  19. 2007

    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

    7.5Dir. Cristian Mungiu

    Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  20. 2006

    The Lives of Others

    8.0Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

    In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaThriller
  21. 2005

    Hidden

    4.8Dir. Tim McLachlan

    Deep within a dark, twisted forest, at a faraway adventure camp, a group of young 'camp leaders' play a fast and furious game of 'hide and seek'. The atmosphere is strange and thick with tension - there is a feeling in the air that all is not well. Alliances are formed; relationships are tested, and

    Not on Indian OTT yetThriller
  22. 2004

    Head-On

    7.5Dir. Fatih Akin

    With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaRomance
  23. 2003

    Good Bye, Lenin!

    7.5Dir. Wolfgang Becker

    Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyDrama
  24. 2002

    Talk to Her

    7.6Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

    Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaRomance
  25. 2001

    Amélie

    7.9Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

    At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of he

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyRomance
  26. 2000

    Dancer in the Dark

    7.8Dir. Lars von Trier

    Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaCrime
  27. 1999

    All About My Mother

    7.6Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

    Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyDrama
  28. 1998

    Life Is Beautiful

    8.4Dir. Roberto Benigni

    A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole t

    ComedyDrama
  29. 1997

    The Full Monty

    7.0Dir. Peter Cattaneo

    Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedy
  30. 1996

    Breaking the Waves

    7.5Dir. Lars von Trier

    In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDramaRomance
  31. 1995

    Land and Freedom

    7.3Dir. Ken Loach

    David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's fo

    Not on Indian OTT yetWarDrama
  32. 1994

    Lamerica

    7.1Dir. Gianni Amelio

    Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  33. 1993

    Close to Eden

    5.5Dir. Sidney Lumet

    Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.

    Rent or buy in IndiaCrimeMystery
  34. 1992

    The Stolen Children

    7.6Dir. Gianni Amelio

    Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the relation between Antonio and the children is tough, but i

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  35. 1991

    Riff-Raff

    6.7Dir. Ken Loach

    Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing,

    Not on Indian OTT yetComedyDrama
  36. 1990

    Open Doors

    7.2Dir. Gianni Amelio

    Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man who replaced him and his wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive i

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  37. 1989

    Landscape in the Mist

    7.5Dir. Theo Angelopoulos

    Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.

    Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
  38. 1988

    A Short Film About Killing

    7.6Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski

    Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

    Not on Indian OTT yetCrimeDrama

European Film Award Best Film winners on OTT — FAQ

How many European Film Award Best Film winners can I watch on OTT in India?
3 of the 38 European Film Award for Best Film winners are streaming on an Indian OTT subscription right now. Use the "Streaming in India" filter above to see just those.
What is the latest European Film Award Best Film winner?
The most recent European Film Award for Best Film winner is Sentimental Value (2025). It is available to rent or buy in India.
Which platform has the most European Film Award winners in India?
Prime Video carries the most European Film Award for Best Film winners on Indian OTT — 2 of them right now.
Where can I watch Anatomy of a Fall?
Anatomy of a Fall (2023), which won the European Film Award for Best Film, is streaming on Prime Video in India.
How often is this films availability updated?
We refresh the streaming availability for every European Film Award for Best Film winner regularly as titles move between Indian OTT platforms, so this list reflects where each winner streams now — not where it launched.

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