Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film

The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Film is presented annually by the Government of Maharashtra to honour outstanding achievement in Marathi-language cinema. It is one of the most prestigious honours in the Marathi film industry and is presented as part of the Maharashtra State Film Awards ceremony. The award was later renamed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Best Film.

The award was first presented in 1962. The recipients are selected by a jury appointed by the state government. Along with the award, the winner receives a statuette and a cash prize of ₹4 lakh (US$4,200).

Rajdutt is the most honoured director in this category, with seven winning films to his name, along with a co-directing credit for Shapit (1982) alongside Arvind Deshpande. Raja Thakur and the duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar follow with four wins each, while Jabbar Patel and Sanjay Surkar have each directed three winning films.