Golden Lion (Best Film) Winners at the Venice Film Festival (1946-2008)*:

1946 Best Film The Southerner Country: U.S. Director: Jean Renoir
1947 Best Film Siréna Country: Czechoslovakia
1948 Best Film Hamlet Country: U.K. Director: Laurence Olivier
1949 Best Film Manon Country: France Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
1950 Best Film Let Justice Be Done Country: France Director: André Cayatte
1951