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The César Award winners for Best Film of the 1980s

The top 3 according to 12 votes from people: The Last Metro · Quest for Fire · La Balance. (Updated Jun 9, 2018.)

The films that won the César for Best Film at the ceremonies from 1980 to 1989, with the 1984 tie.

Héloïse Robin · · 11 items · 12 votes · 0 comments

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Top 11

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    The Last Metro

    François Truffaut (1981 César). A Paris theatre under the Occupation; ten Césars.

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  2. 2

    Quest for Fire

    Jean-Jacques Annaud (1982 César). Prehistory and the quest for fire.

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    La Balance

    Bob Swaim (1983 César). An informer in Paris's underworld.

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  4. 4

    À nos amours

    Maurice Pialat (1984 César, tie). Sandrine Bonnaire as a rebellious teenager.

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  5. 5

    Le Bal

    Ettore Scola (1984 César, tie). Fifty years of history in a ballroom, without a word.

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  6. 6

    My New Partner

    Claude Zidi (1985 César). Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte as corrupt cops.

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  7. 7

    Three Men and a Cradle

    Coline Serreau (1986 César). Three bachelors and a baby.

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  8. 8

    Thérèse

    Alain Cavalier (1987 César). The life of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.

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  9. 9

    Au revoir les enfants

    Louis Malle (1988 César). A boarding school that hid Jewish children.

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  10. 10

    Camille Claudel

    Bruno Nuytten (1989 César). Isabelle Adjani as the sculptor.

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  11. 11

    Tess

    Roman Polanski (1980 César). Nastassja Kinski in Thomas Hardy's novel.

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