List of Films That Have Been Nominated For Best Foreign Language Film

Winners are listed in bold.

1956
Gervaise (France), directed by Rene Celement

The Captain of Kopenick (West Germany), directed by Helmut Kautner

La Strada (Italy), directed by Federico Fellini

The Burmese Harp (Japan), directed by Kon Ichikawa

Afternoon of the Bulls (Spain), directed by Ladislao Vajda

1957
No Time For Tenderness (Denmark), directed by Annelisa Hovmand

Gates of Paris (France), directed by Rene Clair

The Devil Came At Night (West Germany), directed by Robert Siodmak

The Nights of Cabiria (Italy), directed by Federico Fellini

The Seventh Seal (Sweden), directed by Ingmar Bergman

1958
My Uncle (France), directed by Jacques Tati

Madhumati (India), directed by Bimal Roy

Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italy), directed by Mario Monicelli

The Magician (Sweden), directed by Ingmar Bergman

The Road A Year Long (Yugoslavia), directed by Guiseppe De Santis

1959
The Nightingale's Prayer (Egypt), directed by Henry Barakat

Black Orpheus (France), directed by Marcel Camus

The World of Apu (India), directed by Satyajit Ray

Fires on the Plain (Japan), directed by Kon Ichikawa

Nazarin (Mexico), directed by Luis Bunuel

1960
La Verite (France), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

Faust (West Germany), directed by Peter Gorski

Kapo (Italy), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

Late Autumn (Japan), directed by Yasujiro Ozu

The Virgin Spring (Sweden), directed by Ingmar Bergman

1961
Summer Skin (Argentina), directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Last Year at Marienbad (France), directed by Alain Resnais

The Night (Italy), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

Placido (Spain), dirtected by Luis Garcia Berlanga

Lengthening Shadows (Switzerland), directed by Laislao Vajda

1962
Keeper of Promises (Brazil), directed by Anselmo Duarte

Electra (Greece), directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (India), directed by Abrar Alvi

My Mother and the Roomer (South Korea), directed by Shin Sang-Ok

Cold Tracks (Norway), directed by Arne Skouen

1963
8 1/2 (Italy), directed by Federico Fellini

The Spitting Image (The Netherlands), directed by Fons Rademakers

Knife in the Water (Poland), directed by Roman Polanski

The Silence (Sweden), directed by Ingmar Bergman

My Name is Ivan (Soviet Union), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

1964
Lemonade Joe (Czechoslavakia), directed by Oldrich Lipsky

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France), directed by Jacques Demy

Woman in the Dunes (Japan), directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

The Girl in Mourning (Spain), directed by Manuel Summers

Dry Summer (Turkey), directed by Metin Erksan and David E. Durston

1965
Gertrud (Denmark), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Pierrot le fou (France), directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Marriage Italian Style (Italy), directed by Vittorio De Sica

Always Farther Away (Mexico), directed by Luis Alcoriza

La Tia Tula (Spain), directed by Miguel Picazo

1966
Hunger (Denmark), directed by Henning Carlsen

The Round-Up (Hungary), directed by Miklos Jansco

The Flying Matchmaker (Israel), directed by Israel Becker

The Battle of Algiers (Italy), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

Persona (Sweden), directed by Ingmar Bergman

1967
Le Depart (Belgium), directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Portrait of Chieko (Japan), directed by Noboru Nakamura

No Stars in the Jungle (Peru), directed by Armando Robles Godoy

Here's Your Life (Sweden), directed by Jan Troell

I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Yugoslavia), directed by Aleksander Petrovic

1968
The Fireman's Ball (Czechoslavakia), directed by Milos Forman

Stolen Kisses (France), directed Francios Traffaut

The Artistes at the Top of the Big Top: Disorientated (West German), directed by Alexander Kluge

Shame (Sweden), directed by Ingmar Bergman

War and Peace (Soviet Union), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk

1969
Z (Algeria), directed by Costa-Gavras

Hunting Scenes From Bavaria (West Germany), directed by Peter Fleischmann

Girls in the Sun (Greece), directed by Vasilis Georgiadis

Fellini Satyricon (Italy), directed by Federico Fellini

Adalen '31 (Sweden), directed by Bo Widerberg

1970
The Night of Counting The Years (Egypt), directed by Chadi Abdel Salam

Hoah-Binh (France), directed by Raoul Coutard

The Scandalous Adventures of Buralkan (Japan), directed by Masashiro Shinoda

Tristana (Spain), directed by Luis Bunuel

A Swedish Love Story (Sweden), directed by Roy Andersson

1971
Ramparts of Clay (France), directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli

The Castle (West Germany), directed by Rudolf Noelte

Reshma Aur Shera (India), directed by Sunil Dutt

The Policeman (Israel), directed by Ephraim Katz

El Topo (Mexico), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky

1972
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Brazil), directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Uphaar (India), directed by Sudhendu Roy

Don't Torture a Duckling (Italy), directed by Lucio Fulci

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Japan), directed by Kinji Fukasanka

Pearl in the Crown (Poland), directed by Kazimierz Katz

1973
Day for Night (France), directed by Fancios Truffaut

The Third (East Germany), directed by Egon Gunther

The Pedestrian (West Germany), directed by Maximilian Schell

Coup D'Etat (Japan), directed by Yoshishiga Yoshida

Turkish Delight (Netherlands), directed by Paul Verhoeven

1974
Lacombe, Lucien (France), directed by Louis Malle

Hot Winds (India), directed by M.S. Sathyu

Amarcord (Italy), directed by Federico Fellini

The Deluge (Poland), directed by Jerzy Hoffman

La Prima Angelica (Spain), directed by Carlos Saura

1975
Les Ordres (Canada), directed by Michel Brault

Per (Denmark), directed by Hans Kristsensen

India Song (France), directed by Marguerite Dumas

Every Man For Himself and God Against All (West Germany), directed by Werner Herzog

Scent of a Woman (Italy), directed by Dino Rossi

1976
Seven Beauties (Italy), directed Lina Wertmuller

Max Havelaar (The Netherlands), directed by Fons Rademaker

They Fought For Their Motherland (Soviet Union), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk

Praise Ravens (Spain), directed by Carols Saura

Jonah Who Will Be 25 In The Year 2000 (Switzerland), directed by Alain Tanner

1977
The American Friend (West Germany), directed by Wim Wenders

The Cycle (Iran), directed by Dariush Mehrjui

Operation Thunderbolt (Israel), directed by Menahem Golan

Soldier of Oarnge (Netherlands), directed by Paul Verhoeven

Man on the Roof (Sweden), directed by Bo Widerberg

1978
Carnival Dreams (Brazil), directed by Walter Lima, Jr.

Nick Carter in Prague (Czechslovakia), directed by Oldrich Lipsky

The Glass Cell (West Germany), directed by Hans W. Giessendorfer

The Chess Players (India), directed by Satyajit Ray

Empire of Passion (Japan), directed by Nagisa Oshima

1979
A Simple Story (France), directed by Claude Sautet

To Forget Venice (Italy), directed by Franco Brusati

Gassan (Japan), directed by Testsutaro Murano

A Woman Like Eve (Netherlands), directed by Nouchkla Van Brakel

Autumn Marathon (Soviet Union), directed by Georgi Daneliya

1980
Bye Bye Brazil (Brazil), directed by Carlo Diegues

The Last Metro (France), directed by Francios Truffaut

A Leap in the Dark (Italy), directed by Marco Bellochino

Kagemusha (Japan), directed by Akira Kurosawa

Every Man For Himself (Switzerland), directed by Jean-Luc Godard

1981
Pixote (Brazil), directed Hector Babenco

Diva (France), directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix

Lili Marleen (West Germany), directed Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Outlaw (Iceland), directed by Agust Gumundsson

Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Yugoslavia), directed by Emir Kusturica

1982
Fitzcarraldo (West Germany), directed by Werner Herzog

Time Stands Still (Hungary), directed by Peter Gothar

Night of the Shooting Stars (Italy), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua), directed by Miguel Litten

Yol (Switzerland), directed by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Guney

1983
A Woman In Flames (West Germany), directed by Robert van Ackeren

And The Ship Sails On (Italy), directed by Federico Fellini

Antartica (Japan), directed by Keoreyoshi Kurahara

The Fourth Man (Netherlands), directed by Paul Verhoeven

No Trace of Sin (Portugal), directed by Jose Fonseca a Costa

1984
Tchan Pantin (France), directed by Claude Berri

When the Raven Flies (Iceland), directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

MacArthur's Children (Japan), directed by Masahiro Shinoda

Of the Flesh (The Phillippines), directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Glissando (Romania), directed by Mircea Daneliue

1985
Dust (Belgium), directed by Marion Huel

Colonel Redl (Hungary), directed by Istvan Szabo

Frida (Mexico), directed by Paul Leduc

Come and See (Soviet Union), directed by Elem Kilmov

Oriana (Venezuela), directed by Fina Torres

1986
The Decline of the American Empire (Canada), directed by Denys Arcand

Men... (West Germany), directed by Doris Dorrie

Cat City (Hungary), directed by Bela Terovsky

Hard Asphalt (Norway), directed by Solve Skagen

The Sacrifice (Sweden), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

1987
Subway to the Stars (Brazil), directed by Carlo Diegues

Hibiscus Town (China), directed by Xie Jin

A Succesful Man (Cuba), directed by Humberto Solas

Wings of Desire (West Germany), directed by Wim Wenders

Zegen (Japan), directed by Shohel Imamura

1988
Red Sorghum (China), directed by Zhang Yimou

La Letrice (France), directed by Michel Deville

The Vanishing (The Netherlands), directed by George Sluizer

Tango Bar (Puerto Rico), directed by Marcos Zurinaga

Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain), directed by Pedro Almodovar

1989
Jesus of Montreal (Canada), directed by Denys Arcand

Parinda (India), directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra

The Cannibals (Portugal), directed by Manoel de Olivera

Women on the Roof (Sweden), directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist

Time of the Gypsies (Yugoslavia), directed by Emir Kusturica

1990
Cyrano De Bergerac (France), directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau

My Sky, My Home (Indonesia), directed by Slamet Rahardjo

Mayumi (South Korea), directed byShin Sang-ok

Korczak (Poland), directed by Djarot Andrezej Wajda

Taxi Blues (Soviet Union), directed by Pavel Langin

1991
Cheb (Algeria), directed by Rachid Bouchareb

Toto the Hero (Belgium), directed by Jacovan Dormeal

Rhapsody in August (Japan), directed by Akira Kurosawa

The Double Life of Veronique (Poland), directed by Krzystof Kieslowski

A Brighter Summer Day (Taiwan), directed by Edward Yang

1992
Benny's Video (Austria), directed by Michael Haneke

Story of Qui Ju (China), directed by Zhang Yimou

Hard Boiled (Hong Kong), directed by John Woo

Thevar Magan (India), directed by Bharathan

Like Water For Chocalate (Mexico), directed by Alfonso Arau

1993
Justiz (Germany), directed by Hans W. Geissendorfer

Farewell, My Concubine (Hong Kong), directed by Chen Kaige

Cronos (Mexico), directed by Guillermo Del Toro

The Telegraphist (Norway), directed by Erik Gustavson

The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan), directed by Ang Lee

1994
Wild Reeds (France), directed by Andre Tecline

Through the Olive Trees (Iran), directed by Abbas Kiarostami

Dellamorte Dellamore (Italy), directed by Michele Soavi

06 (The Netherlands), directed by Theo Van Gogh

Red (Switzerland), directed by Krysztof Kieslowski

1995
Gazon Maudit (France), directed by Josiane Blasko

Ulysses' Gaze (Greece), directed Theo Angelopoulos

301, 302 (South Korea), directed Cheol-su Park

Kristien Lavrandsatter (Norway), directed by Liv Ullmann

The Garden (Slovankia), directed by Martin Sulik

1996
Floating Life (Australia), directed by Clara Law

Hamsun (Denmark), directed by Jan Troell

A Chef in Love (Georgia), directed by Nana Djordjudze

Deathmaker (Germany), directed by Romuols Karmaker

My Generation (Italy), directed by Wilma Labate

1997
Four Days in September (Brazil), directed by Bruno Barreto

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (Croatia), directed by Milan Blazekovic

Princess Mononoke (Japan), directed by HYo Miyazuki

Love Stories (Poland), directed by Jerzy Stuhr

The Bandit (Turkey), directed by Yavuz Turgul

1998
La Vededora De Rosas (Columbia), directed by Victor Gaviria

The Celebration (Denmark), directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Dreamlife of Angels (France), directed Erika Zonca

Run, Lola, Run (Germany), directed by Tom Twyker

Back in Trouble (Luxembourg), directed by Andy Bausch

1999
Rosetta (Belgium), directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne

The Tough Ones (Finland), directed by Aleksi Makela

Yana's Friends (Israel), directed by Arik Kaplan

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (Peru), directed by Francisco J. Lombadi

Moloch (Russia), directed by Alexander Sokurov

2000
Maelstorm (Canada), directed by Denis Villeneuve

Coronation (Chile), directed by Silvio Cajozzi

The Hundred Steps (Italy), directed by Marco Tulcio Giodana

Love's a Bitch (Mexico), directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (Poland), directed by Krzystof Zanussi

2001
Our Lady of the Assassins (Columbia), directed by Barbet Schroeder

Heart of the Bear (Estonia), directed by Arvo Iho

The Experiment (Germany), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

The Son's Room (Italy), directed by Nanni Moretti

Do Not Go Gentle (United Kingdom), directed by Emlyn Williams

2002
The Clay Bird (Bangledesh), directed by Tareque Masud

City of God (Brazil), directed by Fernando Meirelles

Abouna (Chad), directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Wild Bees (Czech Republic), directed by Bohdan Slama

8 Femmes (France), directed by Francios Ozon

2003
Goodbye Lenin (Germany), directed by Wolfgang Becker

Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong), directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Rak

I'm Not Scared (Italy), directed by Gabriele Salvatores

The Kite (Lebannon), directed by Randa Chabal Sabag

Last Life In The Universe (Thailand), directed by Pen-ek Ratanaraung

2004
Mila From Mars (Bulgaria), directed by Zornista Sophia

House of Flying Daggers (China), directed by Zhang Yimou

Kontroll (Hungary), directed by Nimrod Antal

The Great Water (Macedonia), directed by Ivo Trajikov

Whisky (Uraguay), directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll

2005
El Aura (Argentina), directed by Fabian Belinsky

The Child (Belgium), directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Adam's Apples (Denmark), directed by Anders Thomas Jensen

Blood and Bones (Japan), directed by Yoichi Sai

Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania), directed by Cristi Palu

2006
American Vista (Bolivia), directed by Juan Carlo Valdivia

Avenue Montaigne (France), directed by Daniele Thompson

Pan's Labrynth (Mexico), directed by Guillermo Del Toro

Black Book (The Netherlands), directed by Paul Verhoeven

Volver (Spain), directed by Pedro Almodovar

2007
Persepolis (France), directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

Kings (Ireland), directed by Tommy Collins

I Just Didn't Do It (Japan), directed by Masayaki Suo

Mongol (Kazakhstan), directed by Sergei Bodrov

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (Romania), directed by Cristian Mangiu

2008
Tony Manero (Chile), directed by Pablo Larrain

Gomorra (Italy), directed by Matteo Garrone

Captain Abu Raed (Jordan), directed by Armin Matalqu

Everlasting Moments (Sweden), directed by Jan Troell

Three Monkeys (Turkey), directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan