:Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

{{Infobox award

| name = Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

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| awarded_for = Best Film of the year

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| country = Japan

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| year = 1946

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| website = [http://mainichi.jp/enta/cinema/mfa/ Official website]

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A list of the winners of the Award for Best Film at the Mainichi Film Award.

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width=2%\|Year !width=20%\|Film !width=10%\|Director
1946 \|Aru yo no Tonosama \|Teinosuke Kinugasa
1947 \|Ima Hitotabi no \|Heinosuke Gosho
1948 \|Drunken Angel \|Akira Kurosawa
1949 \|Late Spring \|Yasujirō Ozu
1950 \|Until We Meet Again \|Tadashi Imai
1951 \|Repast \|Mikio Naruse
1952 \|Ikiru \|Akira Kurosawa
1953 \|An Inlet of Muddy Water \|Tadashi Imai
1954 \|Twenty-Four Eyes \|Keisuke Kinoshita
1955 \|Floating Clouds \|Mikio Naruse
1956 \|Mahiru no ankoku \|Tadashi Imai
1957 \|The Rice People \|Tadashi Imai
1958 \|The Ballad of Narayama \|Keisuke Kinoshita
1959 \|Kiku to Isamu \|Tadashi Imai
1960 \|Her Brother \|Kon Ichikawa
1961 \|A Soldier's Prayer \|Masaki Kobayashi
1962 \|Harakiri \|Masaki Kobayashi
1963 \|High and Low \|Akira Kurosawa
1964 \|Woman in the Dunes \|Hiroshi Teshigahara
1965 \|Red Beard \|Akira Kurosawa
1966 \|Shiroi Kyotou \|Satsuo Yamamoto
1967 \|Samurai Rebellion \|Masaki Kobayashi
1968 \|The Profound Desire of the Gods \|Shohei Imamura
1969 \|Double Suicide \|Masahiro Shinoda
1970 \|Kazoku \|Yoji Yamada
1971 \|Silence \|Masahiro Shinoda
1972 \|Shinobu Kawa \|Kei Kumai
1973 \|Tsugaru Jongarabushi \|Kōichi Saitō
1974 \|Castle of Sand \|Yoshitaro Nomura
1975 \|The Fossil \|Masaki Kobayashi
1976 \|Fumou Chitai \|Satsuo Yamamoto
1977 \|The Yellow Handkerchief \|Yoji Yamada
1978 \|The Incident \|Yoshitaro Nomura
1979 \|Ah! Nomugi Toge \|Satsuo Yamamoto
1980 \|Kagemusha \|Akira Kurosawa
1981 \|Muddy River \|Kōhei Oguri
1982 \|Fall Guy \|Kinji Fukasaku
1983 \|Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence \|Nagisa Oshima
1984 \|W's Tragedy \|Shinichiro Sawai
1985 \|Ran \|Akira Kurosawa
1986 \|Umi to Dokuyaku \|Kei Kumai
1987 \|A Taxing Woman \|Juzo Itami
1988 \|My Neighbor Totoro \|Hayao Miyazaki
1989 \|Black Rain \|Shohei Imamura
1990 \|Childhood Days \|Masahiro Shinoda
1991 \|My Sons \|Yoji Yamada
1992 \|Sumo Do, Sumo Don't \|Masayuki Suo
1993 \|All Under the Moon \|Yoichi Sai
1994 \|A Dedicated Life \|Kazuo Hara
1995 \|A Last Note \|Kaneto Shindo
1996 \|Shall We Dance? \|Masayuki Suo
1997 \|Princess Mononoke \|Hayao Miyazaki
1998 \|Begging for Love \|Hideyuki Hirayama
1999 \|Poppoya \|Yasuo Furuhata
2000 \|Face \|Junji Sakamoto
2001 \|Spirited Away \|Hayao Miyazaki
2002 \|The Twilight Samurai \|Yoji Yamada
2003 \|Akame 48 Waterfalls \|Genjiro Arato
2004 \|Blood and Bones \|Yoichi Sai
2005 \|Pacchigi! \|Kazuyuki Izutsu
2006 \|Sway \|Miwa Nishikawa
2007 \|I Just Didn't Do It \|Masayuki Suo
2008 \|Departures{{cite web\|url=http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history.html\|title=63 2008年\|publisher=japan-movie.net\|accessdate=April 19, 2010\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221062604/http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history.html\|archivedate=February 21, 2009}} \|Yōjirō Takita
2009 \|Shizumanu Taiyō \|Setsurō Wakamatsu
2010 \|Villain \|Lee Sang-il
2011 \|Postcard \|Kaneto Shindo
2012 \|A Terminal Trust \|Masayuki Suo
2013 \|The Great Passage \|Yuya Ishii
2014 \|My Man \|Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
2015 \|Three Stories of Love \|Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
2016 \|Shin Godzilla \|Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
2017 \|Hanagatami \|Nobuhiko Obayashi
2018 \|Shoplifters \|Hirokazu Kore-eda
2019 \|Listen to the Universe \|Kei Ishikawa
2020 \|Mother \|Tatsushi Ōmori
2021 \|Drive My Car \|Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2022 \|Small, Slow But Steady \|Shō Miyake
2023 \|Okiku and the World \|Junji Sakamoto
2024 \|All the Long Nights \|Shō Miyake

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width=2%|Year

!width=20%|Film

!width=10%|Director

1946

|Aru yo no Tonosama

1947

1948

1949

|Late Spring

|Yasujirō Ozu

1950

|Until We Meet Again

|Tadashi Imai

1951

|Repast

|Mikio Naruse

1952

|Ikiru

|Akira Kurosawa

1953

|An Inlet of Muddy Water

|Tadashi Imai

1954

|Twenty-Four Eyes

|Keisuke Kinoshita

1955

|Floating Clouds

|Mikio Naruse

1956

|Mahiru no ankoku

|Tadashi Imai

1957

|The Rice People

|Tadashi Imai

1958

|The Ballad of Narayama

|Keisuke Kinoshita

1959

|Kiku to Isamu

|Tadashi Imai

1960

|Her Brother

|Kon Ichikawa

1961

|A Soldier's Prayer

|Masaki Kobayashi

1962

|Harakiri

|Masaki Kobayashi

1963

|High and Low

|Akira Kurosawa

1964

|Woman in the Dunes

|Hiroshi Teshigahara

1965

|Red Beard

|Akira Kurosawa

1966

|Shiroi Kyotou

|Satsuo Yamamoto

1967

|Samurai Rebellion

|Masaki Kobayashi

1968

|The Profound Desire of the Gods

|Shohei Imamura

1969

|Double Suicide

|Masahiro Shinoda

1970

|Kazoku

|Yoji Yamada

1971

|Silence

|Masahiro Shinoda

1972

|Shinobu Kawa

|Kei Kumai

1973

|Tsugaru Jongarabushi

|Kōichi Saitō

1974

|Castle of Sand

|Yoshitaro Nomura

1975

|The Fossil

|Masaki Kobayashi

1976

|Fumou Chitai

|Satsuo Yamamoto

1977

|The Yellow Handkerchief

|Yoji Yamada

1978

|The Incident

|Yoshitaro Nomura

1979

|Ah! Nomugi Toge

|Satsuo Yamamoto

1980

|Kagemusha

|Akira Kurosawa

1981

|Muddy River

|Kōhei Oguri

1982

|Fall Guy

|Kinji Fukasaku

1983

|Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

|Nagisa Oshima

1984

|W's Tragedy

|Shinichiro Sawai

1985

|Ran

|Akira Kurosawa

1986

|Umi to Dokuyaku

|Kei Kumai

1987

|A Taxing Woman

|Juzo Itami

1988

|My Neighbor Totoro

|Hayao Miyazaki

1989

|Black Rain

|Shohei Imamura

1990

|Childhood Days

|Masahiro Shinoda

1991

|My Sons

|Yoji Yamada

1992

|Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

|Masayuki Suo

1993

|All Under the Moon

|Yoichi Sai

1994

|A Dedicated Life

|Kazuo Hara

1995

|A Last Note

|Kaneto Shindo

1996

|Shall We Dance?

|Masayuki Suo

1997

|Princess Mononoke

|Hayao Miyazaki

1998

|Begging for Love

|Hideyuki Hirayama

1999

|Poppoya

|Yasuo Furuhata

2000

|Face

|Junji Sakamoto

2001

|Spirited Away

|Hayao Miyazaki

2002

|The Twilight Samurai

|Yoji Yamada

2003

|Akame 48 Waterfalls

|Genjiro Arato

2004

|Blood and Bones

|Yoichi Sai

2005

|Pacchigi!

|Kazuyuki Izutsu

2006

|Sway

|Miwa Nishikawa

2007

|I Just Didn't Do It

|Masayuki Suo

2008

|Departures{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history.html|title=63 2008年|publisher=japan-movie.net|accessdate=April 19, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221062604/http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history.html|archivedate=February 21, 2009}}

|Yōjirō Takita

2009

|Shizumanu Taiyō

|Setsurō Wakamatsu

2010

|Villain

|Lee Sang-il

2011

|Postcard

|Kaneto Shindo

2012

|A Terminal Trust