The Nargis Dutt Award is a national film award. To commemorate the films which have thoughtfully dealt the theme, national integration this award is given to a film production after the attentive moderation of the jury of the National Film Awards. The Hindi film Shaheed, by S. Ram Sharma won this award for the first time in the year 1966.
Following is a list of the Nargis Dutt Award winners
| 2007 | Kallarali Hoovagi | Kannada | T.S. Nagabharna |
| 2006 | Daivanamathil | Malayalam | Jayaraj |
| 2005 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Hindi/English | Shyam Benegal |
| 2004 | Pinjar | Hindi | Chandra Prakash Dwivedi |
| 2003 | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | English | Aparna Sen |
| 2002 | Bub (father) | Kashmiri | Jyoti Sarup |
| 2001 | Pukar | Hindi | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| 2000 | Shaheed Udham Singh | Punjabi | Chitrarath |
| 1999 | Zakhm | Hindi | Mahesh Bhatt |
| 1998 | Border | Hindi | J.P. Dutta |
| 1997 | Kanakinavu | Malayalam | Siby Malayil |
| 1996 | Bombay | Tamil | Mani Ratnam |
| 1995 | Mukhta | Marathi | Jabbar Patel |
| 1994 | Sardar | Hindi | Ketan Mehta |
| 1993 | Roja | Tamil | Mani Ratnam |
| 1992 | Adi Mimansa | Oriya | A.K. Bir |
| 1991 | no award | - | |
| 1990 | Santa Sishunala Sharifa | Kannada | T.S. Nagabharana |
| 1989 | Rudraveena | Telugu | K. Balachander |
| 1988 | Tamas | Hindi | Govind Nihalani |
| 1987 | no award | - | |
| 1986 | Sree Narayana Guru | Malayalam | P.A. Backer |
| 1985 | Aadmi Aur Aurat | Hindi | Tapan Sinha |
| 1984 | Sookha | Hindi | M. S. Sathyu |
| 1983 | Aaroodam | Malayalam | I.V. Sasi |
| 1982 | Saptapadhi | Telugu | K. Viswanath |
| 1981 | Bhavni Bhavai | Gujarati | Ketan Mehta |
| 1980 | 22 June 1897 | Marathi | Nachiket, Jayoo Patwardhan |
| 1979 | Grahana | Kannada | T.S. Nagabharana |
| 1978 | no award | - | |
| 1977 | no award | - | |
| 1976 | no award | - | |
| 1975 | Parinay | Hindi | Kanthilal Rathod |
| 1974 | Garam Hawa | Hindi | M. S. Sathyu |
| 1973 | Achanum Bappayum | Malayalam | K.S. Sethumadhavan |
| 1972 | Do Boond Pani | Hindi | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| 1971 | Thurakkatha Vaathil | Malayalam | P. Bhaskaran |
| 1970 | Saat Hindustani | Hindi | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| 1969 | Janma Bhoomi | Malayalam | John Sankaramangalam |
| 1968 | no award | - | |
| 1967 | Subhash Chandra | Hindi | Piyush Ghosh |
| 1966 | Shaheed | Hindi | S. Ram Sharma |