BAFTA Award for Best Direction

Winners

2025	One Battle After Another	★★★★★★★☆☆☆	Paul Thomas Anderson
2024	The Brutalist	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Brady Corbet
2023	Oppenheimer	★★★★★★★★★☆☆	Christopher Nolan
2022	All Quiet on the Western Front	★★★★☆☆☆	Edward Berger
2021	The Power of the Dog	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Jane Campion
2020	Nomadland	★★★★★★★★★☆☆☆	Chloé Zhao
2019	1917	★★★★☆☆☆	Sam Mendes
2018	Roma	★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Alfonso Cuarón
2017	The Shape of Water	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Guillermo del Toro
2016	La La Land	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Damien Chazelle
2015	The Revenant	★★★★★★★★☆	Alejandro González Iñárritu
2014	Boyhood	★★★★☆☆☆☆	Richard Linklater
2013	Gravity	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Alfonso Cuarón
2012	Argo	★★★★★★☆☆	Ben Affleck
2011	The Artist	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Michel Hazanavicius
2010	The Social Network	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	David Fincher
2009	The Hurt Locker	★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Kathryn Bigelow
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	★★★★★★★★☆	Danny Boyle
2007	No Country for Old Men	★★★★★☆☆☆	Joel Coen
2006	United 93	★☆	Paul Greengrass
2005	Brokeback Mountain	★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Ang Lee
2004	Vera Drake	★★★☆☆☆☆☆	Mike Leigh
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	★☆☆☆☆☆	Peter Weir
2002	The Pianist	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Roman Polanski
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Peter Jackson
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	★★☆☆☆☆☆	Ang Lee
1999	All About My Mother	★	Pedro Almodóvar
1998	The Truman Show	★★☆☆☆☆☆	Peter Weir
1997	Romeo + Juliet	★	Baz Luhrmann
1996	Fargo	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Joel Coen
1995	Il Postino: The Postman	★☆☆☆☆☆	Michael Radford
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	★★★☆☆☆	Mike Newell
1993	Schindler's List	★★★★★★★★☆☆☆	Steven Spielberg
1992	The Player	★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Robert Altman
1991	The Commitments	★★	Alan Parker
1990	Goodfellas	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Martin Scorsese
1989	Henry V	★☆☆☆☆☆	Kenneth Branagh
1988	Au revoir les enfants	★★☆☆	Louis Malle
1987	Platoon	★★★★★☆☆	Oliver Stone
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters	★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Woody Allen
1984	Not awarded	★	39th
1984	Paris, Texas	★★☆	Wim Wenders
1983	Local Hero	★	Bill Forsyth
1982	Gandhi	★★★★★★★★★★	Richard Attenborough
1981	Atlantic City	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Louis Malle
1980	Kagemusha	★★☆	Akira Kurosawa
1979	Apocalypse Now	★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Francis Ford Coppola
1978	Midnight Express	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Alan Parker
1977	Annie Hall	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Woody Allen
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	★★★★★★★★★★★★★★	Miloš Forman
1975	Barry Lyndon	★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Stanley Kubrick
1974	Chinatown	★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆	Roman Polanski
1973	Day for Night	★★☆☆	François Truffaut
1972	Cabaret	★★★★★☆☆☆☆	Bob Fosse
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	John Schlesinger
1970	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	★★★★★☆☆☆☆	George Roy Hill
1969	Midnight Cowboy	★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆	John Schlesinger
1968	The Graduate	★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆	Mike Nichols