OSCARS LISTS:
"BEST" FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
Note: 1948-1955 was not competitive but Honorary Award only.
- 1927/8 - 1947 n/a
- 1948 - Monsieur Vincent (France)
- 1949 - The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (Italy), Vittorio de Sica
- 1950 - The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy)
- 1951 - Rashomon (Japan), Akira Kurosawa
- 1952 - Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits) (France), Réne Clément
- 1953 - no award
- 1954 - Gate of Hell (Japan)
- 1955 - Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan)
- 1956 - La Strada (Italy), Dino De Laurentiis
- 1957 - The Nights of Cabiria (Italy)
- 1958 - My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France), Jacques Tati
- 1959 - Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (France), Marcel Camus
- 1960 - The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällen) (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman
- 1961 - Through a Glass Darkly (Sasom i en Spegel) (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman
- 1962 - Sundays and Cybele (France)
- 1963 - 8½ (Otto e Mezzo) (Italy), Federico Fellini
- 1964 - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italy)
- 1965 - The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)
- 1966 - A Man and a Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) (France), Claude Lelouch
- 1967 - Closely Observed Trains (Ostre Sledované Vlaki) (Czechoslovakia), Jiri Menzel
- 1968 - War and Peace (Voina i Mir) (1968) (U.S.S.R.), Sergei Bondarchuk
- 1969 - Z (Algeria), Costa-Gavras
- 1970 - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy)
- 1971 - The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy), Vittorio de Sica
- 1972 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France), Luis Bunuel
- 1973 - Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) (France), Francois Truffaut
- 1974 - Amarcord (Italy), Federico Fellini
- 1975 - Dersu Uzala (U.S.S.R.), Akira Kurosawa
- 1976 - Black and White in Color (la Victoire en Chantant) (Ivory Coast), Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1977 - Madame Rosa (La Vie Devant Soi) (France), Moshe Mizrahi
- 1978 - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (France)
- 1979 - The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (West Germany), Volker Schlöndorff
- 1980 - Moscow Distrusts Tears (Moskva Slezam ne Verit) (U.S.S.R.), Vladimir Menshov
- 1981 - Mephisto (Hungary), Itsván Szabo
- 1982 - To Begin Again (Volver a Empezar) (Spain), José Luis Garcia
- 1983 - Fanny and Alexander (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman
- 1984 - Dangerous Moves (Le Diagonale du Fou) (Switzerland), Richard Dembo
- 1985 - The Official Story (Argentina)
- 1986 - The Assault (De Aanslag) (Netherlands), Fons Rademakers
- 1987 - Babette's Feast (Babettes Gaestebud) (Denmark), Gabriel Axel
- 1988 - Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren) (Denmark), Bille August
- 1989 - Cinema Paradiso (Italy), Guiseppi Tornatore
- 1990 - Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland), Xavier Koller
- 1991 - Mediterraneo (Italy), Gabriele Salvatores
- 1992 - Indochine (France), Régis Wargnier
- 1993 - Belle Epoque (Spain), Fernando Trueba
- 1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Utomlennye Solntsem) (Russia), Nikita Mikhalkov
- 1995 - Antonia's Line (Netherlands)
- 1996 - Kolya (Czech Republic), Jan Sverák
- 1997 - Character (Netherlands)
- 1998 - Life Is Beautiful (Italy), Roberto Begnini
- 1999 - All About My Mother (Spain), Pedro Almodovar
- 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan), Ang Lee
- 2001 - No Man's Land (Bosnia-Hercegovina), Denis Tenovic
- 2002 - Nowhere In Africa (Germany), ???
