ESR of DPPH coated on Bi - Sr - Ca - Cu - O films fabricated on MgO (100) substrates by MOCVD have been studied for samples with different thicknesses, 1000 Å and 100 Å. Temperature dependence of the ESR peak-to-peak linewidth, ΔH pp , revealed that ΔH pp , increases with film thickness. The excess ESR linewidth, δ (ΔH pp ) was also analyzed in terms of (1-t)α, with t=T/T c , giving for example α=4±1 for the 1000 Å thick sample. The ESR lineshapes were distorted by rotating the samples in applied magnetic fields. Severe distortion was found for the 1000 Å sample below about 30 K, but the distortion almost disappears at temperatures above 30 K. The applied magnetic field effects were also examined in both field-cooled and zero-field-cooled cases.