It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards, representing the best films of 1947, but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source.
As such, there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories.
Throughout the history of the category, the award has been given to the director(s), the producer(s) or both.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.
As of the 77th ceremony, the finalists are selected by the voting members during the first round.