# The César Award winners for Best Film of the 1990s

The ten films that won the César for Best Film at the ceremonies from 1990 to 1999.

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- Apr 11, 2021 · Héloïse Robin
- https://even.best/en/l/833/the-cesar-award-winners-for-best-film-of-the-1990s

## Top 10

1. **Too Beautiful for You** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bertrand Blier (1990 César). Gérard Depardieu, his wife Carole Bouquet and his mistress Josiane Balasko.
2. **Cyrano de Bergerac** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1991 César). Depardieu in the title role; ten Césars.
3. **Tous les matins du monde** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alain Corneau (1992 César). The viol player Sainte-Colombe and his pupil Marin Marais.
4. **Savage Nights** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cyril Collard (1993 César). AIDS and passion; the director died three days before the ceremony.
5. **Smoking / No Smoking** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alain Resnais (1994 César). Two films, two actors, every possible fork in the road.
6. **Wild Reeds** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — André Téchiné (1995 César). Teenagers in the south-west during the Algerian War.
7. **La Haine (Hate)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mathieu Kassovitz (1996 César). Twenty-four hours in the banlieue.
8. **Ridicule** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Patrice Leconte (1997 César). Wit as a weapon at the court of Louis XVI.
9. **Same Old Song** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alain Resnais (1998 César). Characters who speak in snatches of popular songs.
10. **The Dreamlife of Angels** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Erick Zonca (1999 César). Two young women in Lille.

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