Who Won Foreign Language Film Oscars?
From "Shoe Shine" in 1948 to "The Zone Of Interest" in 2024, the Academy Awards have recognized great achievement in international 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".
| 2024 (96th) |
The Zone Of Interest United Kingdom Jonathan Glazer, director Other Nominees: Io Capitano (Italy); Perfect Days (Japan); Society Of The Snow (Spain); The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) |
| 2023 (95th) |
All Quiet On The Western Front Germany Edward Berger, director Other Nominees: Argentina, 1985 (Argentina); Close (Belgium); EO (Poland); The Quiet Girl (Ireland) |
| 2022 (94th) |
Drive My Car Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director Other Nominees: Flee (Denmark); The Hand of God (Italy); Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan); The Worst Person in the World (Norway) |
| 2021 (93rd) |
Another Round Denmark Thomas Vinterberg, director Other Nominees: Better Days (Hong Kong); Collective (Romania); The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia); Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia) |
| 2020 (92nd) |
Parasite South Korea Bong Joon-ho, director Other Nominees: Corpus Christi (Poland); Honeyland (North Macedonia); Les Misérables (France); Pain and Glory; (Spain) |
| 2019 (91st) |
Roma Mexico Alfonso Cuarón, director Other Nominees: Capernaum (Lebanon); Cold War (Poland); Never Look Away (Germany); Shoplifters (Japan) |
| 2018 (90th) |
A Fantastic Woman Chile Sebastián Lelio, director Other Nominees: The Insult (Lebanon); Loveless (Russia); On Body and Soul (Hungary); The Square (Sweden) |
| 2017 (89th) |
The Salesman Iran Asghar Farhadi, director Other Nominees: Land of Mine (Denmark); A Man Called Ove (Sweden); Tanna (Australia); Toni Erdmann (Germany) |
| 2016 (88th) |
Son of Saul Hungary László Nemes, director Other Nominees: Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia); Mustang (France); Theeb (Jordan); A War (Denmark) |
| 2015 (87th) |
Ida Poland Paweł Pawlikowski, director Other Nominees: Leviathan (Russia); Tangerines (Estonia); Timbuktu (Mauritania); Wild Tales (Argentina) |
| Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Great Beauty | Italy |  |
| 2013 | Amour | Austria |  |
| 2012 | A Separation | Iran |  |
| 2011 | In A Better World | Denmark |  |
| 2010 | The Secret In Their Eyes | Argentina |  |
| 2009 | Departures | Japan |  |
| 2008 | The Counterfeiters | Austria |  |
| 2007 | The Lives Of Others | Germany |  |
| 2006 | Tsotsi | South Africa |  |
| 2005 | The Sea Inside | Spain |  |
| 2004 | The Barbarian Invasions | Canada |  |
| 2003 | Nowhere In Africa | Germany |  |
| 2002 | No Man's Land | Bosnia & Herzegovina |  |
| 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Taiwan |  |
| 2000 | All About My Mother | Spain |  |
| 1999 | Life Is Beautiful | Italy |  |
| 1998 | Character | The Netherlands |  |
| 1997 | Kolya | Czech Republic |  |
| 1996 | Antonia's Line | The Netherlands |  |
| 1995 | Burnt By The Sun | Russia |  |
| 1994 | Belle Epoque | Spain |  |
| 1993 | Indochine | France |  |
| 1992 | Mediterraneo | Italy |  |
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| 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 | |