From "Shoe Shine" in 1948 to "Amour" in 2013, the Academy Awards have recognized great achievement in foreign language films throughout the years.
Other films to have won the Oscar for Foreign Language Film include "The Tin Drum", "Babette's Feast", "Life Is Beautiful" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon".
Who Won Foreign Language Film Oscars?
| 2013 Amour | |
| Austria | |
| Other Nominees: Kon Tiki; No; A Royal Affair; War Witch | |
| 2012 A Separation | |
| Other Nominees: Bullhead; Monsieur Lazhar; Footnote; In Darkness | |
| 2011 In A Better World | |
| Denmark | |
| Other Nominees: Biutiful; Dogtooth; Incendies; Outside The Law | |
| 2010 The Secret In Their Eyes | |
| Argentina | |
| Other Nominees: Ajami; The Milk Of Sorrow; Un Prophete; The White Ribbon | |
| 2009 Departures | |
| Other Nominees: The Baader Meinhof Complex; The Class; Revanche; Waltz With Bashir | |
| 2008 The Counterfeiters |    |
| Austria | |
| Other Nominees: Beaufort; Katyn; Mongol; 12 | |
| 2007 The Lives Of Others |  |
| Germany | |
| Other Nominees: After the Wedding; Days of Glory; Pan's Labyrinth; Water | |
| 2006 Tsotsi | |
| South Africa | |
| Other Nominees: Don't Tell (Italy); Joyeux Noel (France); Paradise Now (Palestine); Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany) | |
| 2005 The Sea Inside | |
| Spain | |
| Other Nominees: As It Is In Heaven (Sweden); The Chorus (France); Downfall (Germany); Yesterday (South Africa) | |
| 2004 The Barbarian Invasions | |
| Canada | |
| Other Nominees: Evil; The Twilight Samurai; Twin Sisters; Zelary | |
| 2003 Nowhere In Africa | |
| Other Nominees: El Crimen Del Padre Amaro; Hero; The Man Without A Past | |
| 2002 No Man's Land | |
| Other Nominees: Amelie; Elling; Lagaan; Son of the Bride | |
| 2001 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon |  |
| Other Nominees: Amores Perros; Divided We Fall; Everybody Famous!; The Taste of Others | |
| 2000 All About My Mother |  |
| Other Nominees: Caravan; East-West; Solomon and Gaenor; Under the Sun | |
| 1999 Life Is Beautiful | |
| Other Nominees: Central Station; Children of Heaven; The Grandfather; Tango | |
| 1998 Character | |
| Other Nominees: Beyond Silence; Four Days In September; Secrets of the Heart; The Thief | |
| 1997 Kolya | |
| Other Nominees: A Chef In Love; The Other Side of Sunday; Prisoner of the Mountains; Ridicule | |
| 1996 Antonia's Line |  |
| Other Nominees: All Things Fair; Dust of Life; O Quatrilho; The Star Maker | |
| 1995 Burnt By the Sun | |
| Other Nominees: Before the Rain; Eat Drink Man Woman; Farinelli: Il Castrato; Strawberry and Chocolate | |
| 1994 Belle Epoque | |
| Other Nominees: Farewell My Concubine; Hedd Wyn; The Scent of Green Papaya; The Wedding Banquet | |
| 1993 Indochine | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: Close To Eden (Russia); Daens (Belgium); Schtonk! (Germany) | |
| 1992 Mediterraneo | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: Children of Nature (Iceland); The Elementary School (Czechoslovakia); The Ox (Sweden); Raise the Red Lantern (Hong Kong) | |
| 1991 Journey of Hope ("Journey Of Hope") | |
| Switzerland | |
| Other Nominees: Cyrano de Bergerac (France); Ju Dou (China); The Nasty Girl (Germany); Open Doors (Italy) | |
| 1990 Cinema Paradiso | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: Camille Claudel (France); Jesus of Montreal (Canada); Waltzing Regitze (Denmark); What Happened to Santiago (Puerto Rico) | |
| 1989 Pelle the Conqueror | |
| Denmark | |
| Other Nominees: Hanussen (Hungary); The Music Teacher (Belgium); Salaam Bombay! (India); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain) | |
| 1988 Babette's Feast | |
| Denmark | |
| Other Nominees: Au Revoir Les Enfants (France); Course Completed (Spain); The Family (Italy); Pathfinder (Norway) | |
| 1987 The Assault | |
| Netherlands | |
| Other Nominees: Betty Blue (France); The Decline of the American Empire (Canada); My Sweet Little Village (Czechoslovakia); 38 (Austria) | |
| 1986 The Official Story | |
| Argentina | |
| Other Nominees: Angry Harvest (Germany); Colonel Redl (Hungary); Three Men and a Cradle (France); When Father Was Away on Business (Yugoslavia) | |
| 1985 Dangerous Moves | |
| Switzerland | |
| Other Nominees: Beyond the Walls (Israel); Camila (Argentina); Double Feature (Spain); Wartime Romance (USSR) | |
| 1984 Fanny & Alexander | |
| Sweden | |
| Other Nominees: Carmen (Spain); Entre Nous (France); Job's Revolt (Hungary); Le Bal (Algeria) | |
| 1983 Volver a Empezar | |
| Spain | |
| Other Nominees: Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua); Coup de Torchon (France); The Flight of the Eagle (Sweden); Private Life (USSR) | |
| 1982 Mephisto | |
| Hungary | |
| Other Nominees: The Boat Is Full (Switzerland); Man of Iron (Poland); Muddy River (Japan); Three Brothers (Italy) | |
| 1981 Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears | |
| USSR | |
| Other Nominees: Confidence (Hungary); Kagemusha (Japan); The Last Metro (France); The Nest (Spain) | |
| 1980 The Tin Drum | |
| Germany | |
| Other Nominees: The Maids of Wilko (Poland); Mama Turns a Hundred (Spain); A Simple Story (France); To Forget Venice (Italy) | |
| 1979 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: The Glass Cell (Germany); Hugarians (Hungary); Viva Italia! (Italy); White Bim Black Ear (USSR) | |
| 1978 Madame Rosa | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: Iphigenia (Greece); Operation Thunderbolt (Israel); A Special Day (Italy); That Obscure Object of Desire (Spain) | |
| 1977 Black and White in Color | |
| Ivory Coast | |
| Other Nominees: Cousin Cousine (France); Jacob the Liar (Germany); Nights and Days (Poland); Seven Beauties (Italy) | |
| 1976 Dersu Uzala | |
| USSR | |
| Other Nominees: Land of Promise (Poland); Letters from Marusia (Mexico); Sandakan No 8 (Japan); Scent of a Woman (Italy) | |
| 1975 Amarcord |  |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: Cats' Play (Hungary); The Deluge (Poland); Lacombe Lucien (France); The Truce (Argentina) | |
| 1974 Day For Night | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: The House on Chelouche Street (Israel); L'Invitation (Switzerland); The Pedestrian (West Germany); Turkish Delight (The Netherlands) | |
| 1973 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: The Dawns Here Are Quiet (USSR); I Love You Rosa (Israel); My Dearest Senorita (Spain); The New Land (Sweden) | |
| 1972 The Garden of the Finzi Continis | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: Dodes'ka Den (Japan); The Emigrants (Sweden); The Policeman (Israel); Tchaikovsky (USSR) | |
| 1971 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: First Love (Switzerland); Hoa-Binh (France); Paix Sur Les Champs (Belgium); Tristana (Spain) | |
| 1970 Z | |
| Algeria | |
| Other Nominees: Adalen '31 (Sweden); The Battle of Neretva (Yugoslavia); The Brothers Karamazov (Soviet Union); My Night at Maud's (France) | |
| 1969 War and Peace | |
| Soviet Union | |
| Other Nominees: The Boys of Paul Street (Hungary); The Fireman's Ball (Czechoslovakia); The Girl With the Pistol (Italy); Stolen Kisses (France) | |
| 1968 Closely Watched Trains | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| Other Nominees: El Amor Brujo (Spain); I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Yugoslavia); Live for Life (France); Portrait of Chieko (Japan) | |
| 1967 A Man And A Woman |  |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: The Battle of Algiers (Italy); Loves of a Blonde (Czechoslovakia); Pharaoh (Poland); Three (Yugoslavia) | |
| 1966 The Shop On Main Street ("The Shop on Main Street") | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| Other Nominees: Blood On the Land (Greece); Dear John (Sweden); Kwaidan (Japan); Marriage Italian Style (Italy) | |
| 1965 Yesterday Today and Tomorrow | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: Raven's End (Sweden); Sallah (Israel); The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France); Woman in the Dunes (Japan) | |
| 1964 Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: Knife in the Water (Poland); Los Tarantos (Spain); The Red Lanterns (Greece); Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Japan) | |
| 1963 Sundays and Cybele | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: Electra (Greece); The Four Days of Naples (Italy); Keeper of Promises (Brazil); Tlayucan (Mexico) | |
| 1962 Through A Glass Darkly | |
| Sweden | |
| Other Nominees: Harry and the Butler (Denmark); Immortal Love (Japan); The Important Man (Mexico); Placido (Spain) | |
| 1961 The Virgin Spring | |
| Sweden | |
| Other Nominees: Kapo (Italy); La Verite (France); Macario (Mexico); The Ninth Circle (Yugoslavia) | |
| 1960 Black Orpheus | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: The Bridge (West Germany); The Great War (Italy); Paw (Denmark); The Village on the River (Netherlands) | |
| 1959 My Uncle | |
| France | |
| Other Nominees: Arms and the Man (West Germany); La Venganza (Spain); The Road a Year Long (Yugoslavia); The Usual Unidentified Thieves (Italy) | |
| 1958 The Nights of Cabiria | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: The Devil Came At Night (West Germany); Gates of Paris (France); Mother India (India); Nine Lives (Norway) | |
| 1957 La Strada | |
| Italy | |
| Other Nominees: The Captain of Kopenick (Germany); Gervaise (France); Harp of Burma (Japan); Qivitoq (Denmark) | |
| 1956 Samurai The Legend of Musashi | |
| 1955 Gate Of Hell | |
| 1954 NONE | |
| 1953 Forbidden Games | |
| 1952 Roshomon | |
| 1951 The Walls of Malapaga | |
| 1950 The Bicycle Thief | |
| 1949 Monsieur Vincent | |
| 1948 Shoe-Shine | |
Every attempt is made to insure the accuracy of the above information, however accuracy is not guaranteed.
