OSCARS LISTS: "BEST" FOREIGN FILMS

Filmframe OSCARS LISTS: "BEST" FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS

Note: 1948-1955 was not a competitive but an Honorary Award only.

1927/8 - 1947 n/a
1948 - Monsieur Vincent (France), dir. ???
1949 - The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (Italy), dir. Vittorio de Sica
1950 - The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy), dir. ???
1951 - Rashomon (Japan), dir. Akira Kurosawa
1952 - Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits) (France), dir. Réne Clément
1953 - no award
1954 - Gate of Hell (Japan), dir. ???
1955 - Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan), dir. ???
1956 - La Strada (Italy), dir. Dino De Laurentiis
1957 - The Nights of Cabiria (Italy), dir. ???
1958 - My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France), dir. Jacques Tati
1959 - Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (France), dir. Marcel Camus
1960 - The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällen) (Sweden), dir. Ingmar Bergman
1961 - Through a Glass Darkly (Sasom i en Spegel) (Sweden), dir. Ingmar Bergman
1962 - Sundays and Cybele (France), dir. ???
1963 - 8½ (Otto e Mezzo) (Italy), dir. Federico Fellini
1964 - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italy), dir. ???
1965 - The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia), dir. ???
1966 - A Man and a Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) (France), dir. Claude Lelouch
1967 - Closely Observed Trains (Ostre Sledované Vlaki) (Czechoslovakia), dir. Jiri Menzel
1968 - War and Peace (Voina i Mir) (1968) (U.S.S.R.), dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
1969 - Z (Algeria), dir. Costa-Gavras
1970 - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy), dir. ???
1971 - The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy), dir. Vittorio de Sica
1972 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France), dir. Luis Bunuel
1973 - Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) (France), dir. Francois Truffaut
1974 - Amarcord (Italy), dir. Federico Fellini
1975 - Dersu Uzala (U.S.S.R.), dir. Akira Kurosawa
1976 - Black and White in Color (la Victoire en Chantant) (Ivory Coast), dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
1977 - Madame Rosa (La Vie Devant Soi) (France), dir. Moshe Mizrahi
1978 - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (France), dir. ???
1979 - The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (West Germany), dir. Volker Schlöndorff
1980 - Moscow Distrusts Tears (Moskva Slezam ne Verit) (U.S.S.R.), dir. Vladimir Menshov
1981 - Mephisto (Hungary), dir. Itsván Szabo
1982 - To Begin Again (Volver a Empezar) (Spain), dir. José Luis Garcia
1983 - Fanny and Alexander (Sweden), dir. Ingmar Bergman
1984 - Dangerous Moves (Le Diagonale du Fou) (Switzerland), dir. Richard Dembo
1985 - The Official Story (Argentina), dir. ???
1986 - The Assault (De Aanslag) (Netherlands), dir. Fons Rademakers
1987 - Babette's Feast (Babettes Gaestebud) (Denmark), dir. Gabriel Axel
1988 - Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren) (Denmark), dir. Bille August
1989 - Cinema Paradiso (Italy), dir. Guiseppi Tornatore
1990 - Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland), dir. Xavier Koller
1991 - Mediterraneo (Italy), dir. Gabriele Salvatores
1992 - Indochine (France), dir. Régis Wargnier
1993 - Belle Epoque (Spain), dir. Fernando Trueba
1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Utomlennye Solntsem) (Russia), dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
1995 - Antonia's Line (Netherlands), dir. ???
1996 - Kolya (Czech Republic), dir. Jan Sverák
1997 - Character (Netherlands), dir. ???
1998 - Life Is Beautiful (Italy), dir. Roberto Begnini
1999 - All About My Mother (Spain), dir. Pedro Almodovar
2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan), dir. Ang Lee
2001 - No Man's Land (Bosnia-Hercegovina), dir. Denis Tenovic
2002 - Nowhere In Africa (Germany), dir. ???
2003 - The Barbarian Invasions (Canada), dir. ???
2004 - The Sea Inside (Spain), dir. ???
2005 - Tsotsi (South Africa), dir. ???
2006 - The Lives Of Others (Germany), dir. ???
2007 - The Counterfeiters (Austria), dir. ???
2008 - Departures (Japan), dir. ???
2009 - The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (Argentina), dir. Juan José Campanella
2010 - In A Better World (Denmark), dir. ???
2011 - (tba 2012) (???), dir. ???

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