The German Film Award for Best Fiction 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. As the constitution said the prize was only awarded, if outstanding achievement was given, not every year a film was declared the winner of the prize. For the first three years, the Golden Candlestick was the highest honour for this category. It was then replaced by the Golden Bowl as a Challenge Prize, that would be passed to the winner of the next occasion, however as it was not given out for 17 years, the prize was abandoned for good in 1996. Regular prize winners receive a Film Award in Gold whereas the runners-up receive a silver award. A bronze award for the second runner-up was introduced in 2008. On some occasions, no film received the gold prize and a winner of the Silver Award was declared the best film of the year.
List of winning films
1951–1986 From 1951 to 1986 the prize was awarded by a commission which selected the best German feature film released in the previous 12 months.
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Trophy received1951Two Times LotteDas doppelte Lottchen Golden Candlestick1952 1953Nights on the Road aka The MistressNachts auf den Straßen Golden Candlestick1954No Way BackWeg ohne Umkehr Golden Bowl1955Canaris: Master SpyCanaris 1956 1957The Captain from KöpenickDer Hauptmann von Köpenick Golden Bowl1958The Devil Strikes at NightNachts, wenn der Teufel kam 1959Arms and the ManHelden 1960The BridgeDie Brücke 1961 1962The Bread of Those Early YearsDas Brot der frühen Jahre Film Award in Silver1963The Endless Night Die endlose Nacht The Lightship Das Feuerschiff 1964The River LineKennwort... Reiher Film Award in Gold1965The House in Karp Lane Das Haus in der Karpfengasse 1966Young TörlessDer junge Törless 1967Yesterday Girl Abschied von gestern 1968Tattoo Tätowierung 1969Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos 1970Katzelmacher Malatesta 1971First Love Lenz 1972Trotta Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King 1973The ExpertsDie Sachverständigen Golden Bowl1974The Pedestrian Der Fußgänger 1975Lina Braake Film Award in Silver1976 Es herrscht Ruhe im Land Golden Bowl1977 1978The Glass CellDie gläserne Zelle Film Award in Gold1979The Tin DrumDie Blechtrommel Golden Bowl1980Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit Film Award in Silver1981Jede Menge Kohle Adolf WinkelmannFilm Award in Gold1982Marianne and JulianeDie bleierne Zeit 1983The State of Things Der Stand der Dinge 1984Where the Green Ants Dream Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen 1985Colonel RedlOberst Redl
1986–present YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)1986Rosa Luxemburg 1987 1988Wings of DesireDer Himmel über Berlin 1989Yasemin 1990Last Exit to BrooklynLetzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn 1991Malina 1992Schtonk! 1993 1994 1995Maybe... Maybe Not Der bewegte Mann 1996DeathmakerDer Totmacher 1997Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief 1998The HarmonistsComedian Harmonists 1999Run Lola RunLola rennt 2000No Place to GoDie Unberührbare 2001The State I Am InDie innere Sicherheit 2002Nowhere in Africa Nirgendwo in Afrika 2003Good Bye, Lenin! 2004Head-On Gegen die Wand 2005Go for Zucker Alles auf Zucker! 2006The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen 2007Four Minutes Vier Minuten 2008The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite 2009John Rabe 2010The White Ribbon Das weiße Band 2011Vincent Wants to Sea Vincent will Meer 2012Stopped on Track Halt auf freier Strecke 2013A Coffee in Berlin Oh Boy 2014Home from Home Die andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht 2015 Victoria Victoria 2016The People vs. Fritz Bauer Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer 2017Toni Erdmann Toni Erdmann 20183 Days in Quiberon 3 Tage in Quiberon 2019Gundermann Gundermann 2020System Crasher Systemsprenger 2021I'm Your Man Ich bin dein Mensch 2022Dear Thomas Lieber Thomas 2023The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer 2024Dying Sterben 2025September 5 September 5 2026
References
External links German Film Awards at the Internet Movie Database