Citra Award for Best Picture
The Citra Award for Best Picture is an award given at the Indonesian Film Festival to the best feature film of the year. The Citra Awards, described by Screen International as "Indonesia's equivalent to the Oscars", are the country's most prestigious film awards and are intended to recognize achievements in films as well as to draw public interest to the film industry.
The drama On Your Lap is the most recent winner at the 2025 ceremony.
History
The Citra Awards, then known as the Indonesian Film Festival Awards, were first given in 1955 to co-winners Usmar Ismail's Lewat Djam Malam and Lilik Sudjio's Tarmina. The two-way tie, also found in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, was controversial as film critics considered Lewat Djam Malam the superior film, leading to allegations that producer Djamaluddin Malik had bought Tarmina prize. Succeeding festivals were held in 1960 and 1967 and annually since 1973. There were no Citra Awards given between 1993 and 2003 due to sharp decline in domestic film production. It was reinstated as an annual event in 2004 after receiving funds from the Indonesian government.The Best Picture category is considered the most important Citra Award at the Indonesian Film Festival. It is often regarded as the domestic film industry's standard of the year's best motion picture, which takes into account the overall production of a film, including the directing, performances, scoring, writing, music, sound mixing, cinematography, art direction, and editing.
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts won Best Picture in 2018 with an overall 10 awards out of 15 nominations, garnering the most wins and most nominations of all time. Prior to that, both records were held by 1986 Best Picture winner Mother with an overall 9 awards out of 10 nominations. The record for most nominations was later broken by 2020 Best Picture winner Impetigore with 17 nominations. In 2023, Andragogy tied the record by receiving 17 nominations.
Upon winning in 2007, Nagabonar Jadi 2 became the first, and as of 2020 the only, sequel to have won Best Picture. Its first film Nagabonar also won Best Picture twenty years prior in 1987.
In 1967, 1977, and 1984, no Best Picture awards were given. In 1967 and 1977, the decision was made because the jury found the films in contention to be underwhelming, meanwhile in 1984 the decision was caused by an error made by the organizing committee who mishandled the envelope containing the jury's Best Picture winner selection. In 1980, Arifin C. Noer's Yuyun in the Mental Hospital, licensed as a documentary film, was nominated for Best Picture, a decision that was scrutinized by film critics at the time.
The award has been revoked once, in 2007, following strong criticisms from other filmmakers over 2006 Best Picture winner Ekskul
Winners and nominees
Winners are highlighted in blue and listed in bold.2010s
2020s
| Year | Film | Director | Studio |
| 2020 | Impetigore | Joko Anwar | BASE Entertainment, Ivanhoe Pictures, CJ Entertainment, Rapi Films |
| 2020 | The Science of Fictions | Yosep Anggi Noen | Angka Fortuna Sinema, Kawankawan Media, Limaenam Films, Astro Shaw, Goplay, Focused Equipment |
| 2020 | Humba Dreams | Riri Riza | Miles Films |
| 2020 | Imperfect | Ernest Prakasa | Kharisma Starvision Plus |
| 2020 | Homecoming | Adriyanto Dewo | Relate Films, Lifelike Pictures |
| 2020 | Susi Susanti: Love All | Sim F | Time International Films, DAMN! I Love Indonesia Movies, Oreima Pictures, East West Synergy, Melon Indonesia, Buddy Buddy Pictures |
| 2021 | Photocopier | Wregas Bhanuteja | Rekata Sudio, Kaninga Pictures |
| 2021 | Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens | Lucky Kuswandi | Palari Films |
| 2021 | Cinta Bete | Roy Lolang | Inno Maleo Films |
| 2021 | Angel Finds Wings | Aria Kusumadewa | MD Pictures, Citra Sinema |
| 2021 | Paranoia | Riri Riza | Miles Films |
| 2021 | Preman: Silent Fury | Randolph Zaini | Introversy, Cineria |
| 2021 | Yuni | Kamila Andini | Fourcolours Films, Akanga Film Asia, Manny Films, Starvision |
| 2022 | Before, Now & Then | Kamila Andini | Fourcolours Films, Titimangsa Foundation |
| 2022 | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | KawanKawan Media, Kaninga Pictures |
| 2022 | Stealing Raden Saleh | Angga Dwimas Sasongko | Visinema Pictures |
| 2022 | Missing Home | Bene Dion Rajagukguk | Imajinari |
| 2022 | Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash | Edwin | Palari Films |
| 2023 | Women from Rote Island | Jeremias Nyangoen | Bintang Cahaya Sinema, Langit Terang Sinema |
| 2023 | Andragogy | Wregas Bhanuteja | Rekata Studio, Kaninga Pictures, Momo Film Co., KG Media, Masih Belajar, Hwallywood Studio |
| 2023 | 24 Hours with Gaspar | Yosep Anggi Noen | Kawan Kawan Media, Vi Sinema Pictures, Legacy Pictures |
| 2023 | Like & Share | Gina S. Noer | Starvision, Wahana Kreator, Nusantara |
| 2023 | Sleep Call | Fajar Nugros | IDN Pictures |
| 2024 | Falling In Love Like In Movies | Yandy Laurens | Imajinari, Cerita Films |
| 2024 | Borderless Fog | Edwin | Palari Films |
| 2024 | Crocodile Tears | Tumpal Tampubolon | Talamedia |
| 2024 | Grave Torture | Joko Anwar | Come and See Pictures |
| 2024 | Samsara | Garin Nugroho | Cineria Films, Garin Workshop, Lynx Films |
| 2025 | On Your Lap | Reza Rahadian | Gambar Gerak |
| 2025 | Jumbo | Ryan Adriandhy | Visinema Studios, Springboard, Anami Films |
| 2025 | The Siege at Thorn High | Joko Anwar | Come and See Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 2025 | Sore: A Wife from the Future | Yandy Laurens | Cerita Films, Slingshot Pictures, Imajinari, Miles Films, Studio Artemis, Jagartha, Trinity Entertainment, Dwidaya Amadeo Gemintang |
| 2025 | This City Is a Battlefield | Mouly Surya | Cinesurya, Starvision Plus, Kaninga Pictures |