Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award category for Foreign Language Film requires the feature to be made outside of the US and to be mostly non-English in language. The win is generally considered a win for the submitting country as opposed to the director or producer. This list contains the winners for this prestigious award from 1947 to 2007.

YearFilmCountry  
2009 Departures Departures Japan 
2008 The Counterfeiters The CounterfeitersAustria 
2007 The Lives of Others The Lives of OthersGermany 
2006 Tsotsi TsotsiSouth Africa 
2005 The Sea Inside The Sea InsideSpain 
2004 The Barbarian Invasions The Barbarian InvasionsCanada 
2003 Nowhere in Africa Nowhere in AfricaGermany 
2002 No Man's Land No Man's LandBosnia & Herzegovina 
2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonTaiwan 
2000 All About My Mother All About My MotherSpain 
1999 Life Is Beautiful Life Is BeautifulItaly 
1998 Character CharacterNetherlands 
1997 Kolya KolyaCzech Republic 
1996 Antonia's Line Antonia's LineNetherlands 
1995 Burnt by the Sun Burnt by the SunRussia 
1994 Belle Époque Belle ÉpoqueSpain 
1993 Indochine IndochineFrance 
1992 Mediterraneo MediterraneoItaly 
1991 Journey of Hope Journey of HopeSwitzerland 
1990 Cinema Paradiso Cinema ParadisoItaly 
1989 Pelle the Conqueror Pelle the ConquerorDenmark 
1988 Babette's Feast Babette's FeastDenmark 
1987 The Assault The AssaultNetherlands 
1986 The Official Story The Official StoryArgentina 
1985 Dangerous Moves Dangerous MovesSwitzerland 
1984 Fanny and Alexander Fanny and AlexanderSweden 
1983 Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again')Spain 
1982 Mephisto MephistoHungary 
1981 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Moscow Does Not Believe in TearsSoviet Union 
1980 The Tin Drum The Tin DrumGermany 
1979 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Get Out Your HandkerchiefsFrance 
1978 Madame Rosa Madame RosaFrance 
1977 Black and White in Color Black and White in ColorIvory Coast 
1976 Dersu Uzala Dersu UzalaSoviet Union 
1975 Amarcord AmarcordItaly 
1974 Day for Night Day for NightFrance 
1973 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieFrance 
1972 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisItaly 
1971 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Investigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionItaly 
1970 Z ZAlgeria 
1969 War and Peace War and PeaceSoviet Union 
1968 Closely Watched Trains Closely Watched TrainsCzechoslovakia 
1967 A Man and a Woman A Man and a WomanFrance 
1966 The Shop on Main Street The Shop on Main StreetCzechoslovakia 
1965 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowItaly 
1964 Federico Fellini's 8½ Federico Fellini's 8½ Italy 
1963 Sundays and Cybele Sundays and CybeleFrance 
1962 Through a Glass Darkly Through a Glass Darkly Sweden 
1961 The Virgin Spring The Virgin SpringSweden 
1960 Black Orpheus Black OrpheusFrance 
1959 My Uncle My UncleFrance 
1958 The Nights of Cabiria The Nights of CabiriaItaly 
1957 La Strada La StradaItaly 
1956 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi Samurai, The Legend of MusashiJapan 
1955 Gate of Hell Gate of HellJapan 
1954 No Award Given No Award Given- 
1953 Forbidden Games Forbidden GamesFrance 
1952 Rashomon Rashomon Japan 
1951 The Walls of Malapaga The Walls of MalapagaFrance 
1950 The Bicycle Thief The Bicycle ThiefItaly 
1949 Monsieur Vincent Monsieur VincentFrance 
1948 Shoe-Shine Shoe-ShineItaly 
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