The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by theDirectorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.
| Sl No. | Year | Movie Name | Language |
| 1 | 1953 | Shyamchi Aai | Marathi |
| 2 | 1954 | Mirza Ghalib | Hindi |
| 3 | 1955 | Pather Panchali | Bengali |
| 4 | 1956 | Kabuliwala | Bengali |
| 5 | 1957 | Do Aankhen Barah Haath | Hindi |
| 6 | 1958 | Sagar Sangamey | Bengali |
| 7 | 1959 | Apur Sansar | Bengali |
| 8 | 1960 | Anuradha | Hindi |
| 9 | 1961 | Bhagini Nivedita | Bengali |
| 10 | 1962 | Dada Thakur | Bengali |
| 11 | 1963 | Shehar Aur Sapna | Hindi |
| 12 | 1964 | Charulata | Bengali |
| 13 | 1965 | Chemmeen | Malayalam |
| 14 | 1966 | Teesri Kasam | Hindi |
| 15 | 1967 | Hatey Bazarey | Bengali |
| 16 | 1968 | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne | Bengali |
| 17 | 1969 | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi |
| 18 | 1970 | Samskara | Kannada |
| 19 | 1971 | Seemabaddha | Bengali |
| 20 | 1972 | Swayamvaram | Malayalam |
| 21 | 1973 | Nirmalyam | Malayalam |
| 22 | 1974 | Chorus | Bengali |
| 23 | 1975 | Chomana Dudi | Kannada |
| 24 | 1976 | Mrigayaa | Hindi |
| 25 | 1977 | Ghatashraddha | Kannada |
| 26 | 1978 | 1979(27th)Shodh[Hindi | |
| 27 | 1980 | Akaler Shandhaney | Bengali |
| 28 | 1981 | Dakhal | Bengali |
| 29 | 1982 | Chokh | Bengali |
| 30 | 1983 | Adi Shankaracharya | Sanskrit |
| 31 | 1984 | Damul | Hindi |
| 32 | 1985 | Chidambaram | Malayalam |
| 33 | 1986 | Tabarana Kathe | Kannada |
| 34 | 1987 | Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai | Assamese |
| 35 | 1988 | (36th)Piravi | Malayalam |
| 36 | 1989 | Bagh Bahadur | Bengali |
| 37 | 1990 | Marupakkam | Tamil |
| 38 | 1991 | Agantuk | Bengali |
| 39 | 1992 | Bhagwat Gita | Sanskrit |
| 40 | 1993 | Charachar | Bengali |
| 41 | 1994 | Unishe April | Bengali |
| 42 | 1995 | Kathapurushan | Malayalam |
| 43 | 1996 | Lal Darja | Bengali |
| 44 | 1997 | Thaayi Saheba | Kannada |
| 45 | 1998 | Samar | Hindi |
| 46 | 1999 | Vanaprastham | Malayalam |
| 47 | 2000 | Shantham | Malayalam |
| 48 | 2001 | Dweepa | Kannada |
| 49 | 2002 | Mondo Meyer Upakhyan | Bengali |
| 50 | 2003 | Shwaas | Marathi |
| 51 | 2004 | Page 3 | Hindi and English |
| 52 | 2005 | Kaalpurush | Bengali |
| 53 | 2006 | Pulijanmam | Malayalam |
| 54 | 2007 | Kanchivaram | Tamil |
| 55 | 2008 | Antaheen | Bengali |
| 56 | 2009 | Kutty Srank | Malayalam |
| 57 | 2010 | Adaminte Makan Abu | Malayalam |
| 58 | 2011 | Deool | Marathi |
| 59 | 2011 | Byari | Beary |
| 60 | 2012 | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi |
