The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Language Film is a yearly US award for the best film in a language other than English, released in the period October - September in the country of origin. [1] It is awarded to the director of the film, but is considered an Award for the country of origin. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

Each year in each country a jury in that country can select the best non-English film of that country they may submit to the Academy. These form the so-called longlist. Five of these are nominated. One of them wins. Below, the winning film is preceded by its country's flag and the four non-winning nominated films are listed after it.

The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2006, was held on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

As an Honorary Award

• 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy) - Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica - Paolo William Tamburella producer - Vittorio De Sica director
• 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - E. D. I. C., Union Général Cinématographique - George de la Grandiere producer - Maurice Cloche director
• 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy) - Mayer - Vittorio De Sica producer and director
• 1950 The Walls of Malapaga (Au delà des grilles) (France/Italy) - Francinex, Italia Produzione - George Agliani and Alfredo Guarini producers - René Clément director
• 1951 Rashomon (羅生門) (Japan) - Daiei Motion Picture Co., Daiei Studios - Minoru Jingo producer - Akira Kurosawa director
• 1952 Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (France) - Silver Films - Robert Dorfmann producer - René Clément director
• 1953 none given
• 1954 Gate of Hell (地獄門; Jigokumon) (Japan) - Daiei Studios - Masaichi Nagata producer - Teinosuke Kinugasa director
• 1955 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (宮本 武蔵; Miyamoto Musashi) (Japan) - Criterion Pictures Corp., Fine Arts Films - Kazuo Takimura producer - Hiroshi Inagaki director

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As a category in its own right

1950s

• 1956 La strada (Italy) - Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica - Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti producers - Federico Fellini director
  • The Captain of Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) (Germany) - Real-Film GmbH - Gyula Trebitsch producer - Helmut Käutner director
  • Gervaise (France) - Agnes Delahaie Productions, C. I. C. C. Films, Silver Films - Annie Dorfmann producer - René Clément director
  • The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴; Biruma no tategoto) (Japan) - Nikkatsu Corporation - Masayuki Takaki producer - Kon Ichikawa director
  • Qivitoq (Denmark - Greenland Inuit) - Nordisk film - Erik Balling director; film proposed by Denmark
• 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le notti di Cabiria) (Italy) - Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau - Dino De Laurentiis producer - Federico Fellini director
  • The Devil Came at Night (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) (Germany) - Divina-Film - Robert Siodmak producer and director
  • Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas) (France) - Cinétel, Filmsonor, Rizzoli Film, S.E.C.A. - René Clair producer and director
  • Mother India (Bharat Mata) (India-Hindi) - Mehboob Productions - Mehboob Khan producer and director
  • Nine Lives (Ni liv) (Norway) - Nordsjøfilm - Arne Skouen producer and director
• 1958 My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France) - Alter, Centauro, Gray, Specta - Louis Dolivet, Fred Orain, Alain Terrouane, Jacques Tati producers, Jacques Tati director.
  • Arms and the Man (Helden) (Germany) - Bavaria Filmkunst - Peter Golbaum and Harry R. Sokal producers - Franz Peter Wirth director.
  • Vengeance (La Venganza) (Spain) - Guion, Suevia, Vides - Juan Antonio Bardem director
  • The Road a Year Long (La Strada lunga un anno) (Yugoslavia/Italy - Italian) - Croatia Film, Jadran Film - Ivo Vrhovec production manager - Giuseppe De Santis director; film proposed by Yugoslavia
  • The Usual Unidentified Thieves (also known as Big Deal on Madonna Street) (I soliti ignoti) (Italy) - Cinecittr, Lux, Vides - Franco Cristaldi producer - Mario Monicelli director
• 1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (submitted by France co-produced with Brazil and Italy - Portuguese) - Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan - Sacha Gordine producer - Marcel Camus director; film proposed by France
  • The Bridge (Die Brücke) (Germany) - Fono Film - Hermann Schwerin producer - Bernhard Wicki director
  • The Great War (La Grande Guerra) (Italy) - Dino de Laurentiis Cinematographica, Lopert Pictures Corp. - Dino de Laurentiis producer - Mario Monicelli director
  • Paw (Denmark) - Laterna Film - Mogens Skot-Hansen producer - Astrid Henning-Jensen director
  • The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) (Netherlands) - Nationale Film Productie Maatschappij - Fons Rademakers director

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1960s

• 1960 The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri - Ingmar Bergman, Allan Ekelund producers - Ingmar Bergman director
  • Kapo (Kapò) (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinex, Vides, Zebra Films - Moris Ergas producer - Gillo Pontecorvo director
  • The Truth (La Verité) (France) - Raoul Lévy producer - Henri-Georges Clouzot director
  • Macario (Mexico) - Clasa Film Mundiales - Armando Orive Alba producer - Roberto Gavaldón director
  • The Ninth Circle (Deveti krug) (Yugoslavia) - Jadran Film - France Stiglic director
• 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - (Såsom i en spegel) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri - Allan Ekelund producer - Ingmar Bergman director
  • Harry and the Butler (Harry og kammertjeneren)(Denmark) - production company - Bent Christensen, Preben Philipsen producers - Bent Christensen director
  • Immortal Love (永遠の人; Eien no hito) (Japan) - Shochiku Films - Keisuke Kinoshita, Sennosuke Tsukimori producers - Keisuke Kinoshita director
  • The Important Man (Ánimas Trujano) (Mexico) - ARS, Películas Rodríguez, UNA - Ismael Rodríguez producer and director
  • Plácido (Spain) - Jet Films - Alfredo Matas producer - Luis García Berlanga
• 1962 Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) (France) - Fidès, Les Films Trocadero, Orsay Films, Terra Film - Romain Pinès producer - Serge Bourguignon director
  • Electra (Ilektra) (Greece) - Finos Film, JN Film - Michael Cacoyannis producer and director
  • The Keeper of Promises also known as The Given Word (O Pagador de Promessas) (Brazil) - Cinedistri, Produções Francisco de Castro - Francisco de Castro, Anselmo Duarte, Oswaldo Massaini producers - Anselmo Duarte director
  • The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) (Italy) - Metro, Titanus - Goffredo Lombardo producer - Nanni Loy director
  • The Pearl of Tlayucan (Tlayucan) (Mexico) - production Co. and producer - Luis Alcoriza director
• 1963 8½ (Otto e mezzo) (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinez - Angelo Rizzoli producer - Federico Fellini director
  • Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie) (Poland) - ZRF "Kamera" - Stanisław Zylewicz - Roman Polański director
  • La Tarantos (Spain) - Films Rovira Beleta, Tecisa, Teresa - José Gutiérrez Mendoza, Francisco Rovira Beleta producers - Francisco Rovira Beleta director
  • The Red Lanterns (Ta kokkina fanaria) (Greece) - Th. Demaskinos & V. Michaelides - Theophanis A. Demaskinos, Victor G. Michaelides producers - Vassilis Georgiadis director
  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto (古都; Koto) (Japan) - Shochiku Films Ltd. - Tyotaro Kyuwata producer - Noboru Nakamura director
• 1964 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy) - Compagna Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia - Carlo Ponti producer - Vittorio De Sica director
  • Raven's End (Kvarteret korpen) (Sweden) - Europa Film - producer - Bo Widerberg director
  • Sallah Shabbati (סאלח שבתי) (Israel) - Sallah Company, Sallah Ltd. - Menahem Golan producer - Ephraim Kishon director
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) (France) - Beta Film GmbH, Madeleine Films, Parc Film - Mag Bodard, Philippe Dussart producers - Jacques Demy director
  • Woman in the Dunes (砂の女; Suna no onna) (Japan) - Teshigahara Productions, Toho - Kiichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Oono producers - Hiroshi Teshigahara director
• 1965 The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) (Czechoslovakia) - Barrandov Studios - Frank Daniel, Jordan Balurov, M. Broz, Karel Feix, Jaromir Lukas producers - Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos directors
  • Blood on the Land (To homa vaftike kokkino)(Greece) - Finos Film, Th. Demaskinos & V. Michaelides - Vassilis Georgiadis director
  • Dear John (Käre John) (Sweden) - Filmhus Ateljeerna, Sandrews - Göran Lindgren producer - Lars-Magnus Lindgren director
  • Kwaidan (also known as Ghost Story, Hoichi the Earless, Weird Tales) (怪談; Kaidan) (Japan) - Bungei, Ninjin Club - Shigeru Wakatsuki producer - Masaki Kobayashi director
  • Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana) (Italy) - Compagna Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia - Carlo Ponti producer - Vittorio De Sica director
• 1966 A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France) - Les Films 13 - Claude Lelouch producer and director
  • The Battle of Algiers - (La Battaglia di Algeri) (Maarakat madinat al Jazaer) (Algeria/Italy) - Casbah, Igor Film - Antonio Musu, Saadi Yacef producers - Gillo Pontecorvo director; film proposed by Italy
  • Pharaoh (Faraon) (Poland) - Film Polski Film Agency, WFF Łódź, ZRF "Kadr" - producer - Jerzy Kawalerowicz director
  • Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) (Czechoslovakia) - CBK, Barrandov Studios, Sebor - Rudolf Hájek producer - Miloš Forman director
  • Three (Tri) (Yugoslavia) - Avala Film - producer - Aleksandar Petrovic director
• 1967 Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky) (Czechoslovakia) - Barrandov Studios - Zdenek Oves producer - Jiri Menzel director
  • El Amor Brujo (Spain) - Exclusivas Floralva Producción, Films Rovira Beleta - Producer - Francisco Rovira Beleta director
  • Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄; Chieko-sho) (Japan) - Shochiku Films - producer - Noboru Nakamura director
  • I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljaci perja) (Yugoslavia) - Avala Film - producer - Aleksandar Petrovic director
  • Live for life (Vivre pour vivre) (France) - Les Films Ariane, Le Productions Artistes Associés, Vides - Robert Amon, Georges Danciger, Alexandre Mnouchkine producers - Claude Lelouch director
• 1968 War and Peace (Война и мир) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Sergei Bondarchuk director
  • Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) (France) - Les Films du Carosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés - Marcel Berbert producer - François Truffaut director
  • The Firemen's Ball (Hoří, má panenko) (Czechoslovakia) (in Czech) - Carlo Ponti Cinematografica, Barrandov Studios - Rudolf Hájek, Carlo Ponti producers - Miloš Forman director
  • The Boys of Paul Street (A Pál utcai fiúk) (Hungary) - Groskopf, Mafilm - Endre Bohem producer - Zoltán Fábri director
  • Girl with a Pistol - (La ragazza con la pistola) (Italy) - Documento Films - Gianni Hecht Lucari producer - Mario Monicelli director
• 1969 Z (Algeria) (in French) - Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique, Reggane Films, Valoria Films - Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi producers - Costa-Gavras director
  • The Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) (Yugoslavia) - Bosna Film, Commonwealth United Entertainment, Echberg, Film Production Organisation, IFC International, Igor Film, Jadran Film, United Yugoslavia Producers, Vereinigte, Yugoslavia Film - Steve Previn producer - Veljko Bulajic director
  • The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Ivan Pyryev director, Kirill Lavrov and Mikhail Ulyanov co-directors
  • My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) (France) - FFD, Films de Pléïade, Les Films des deux mondes, Les Films du Carrosse, Les Films du Losange, Productions de La Guéville, Renn Productions, Simar Films, Société Française de Production (SFP), Two World Entertainment - Pierre Cottrell, Barbet Schroeder producers - Éric Rohmer director
  • Adalen Riots (Ådalen '31) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB - producer - Bo Widerberg director

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1970s

• 1970 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (Italy) - Vera Films - Daniele Senatore producer - Elio Petri director
  • First Love (Erste Liebe) (Switzerland) (in German) - Alfa Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Glarus, Mafilm - Barry Levinson, Maximilian Schell producers - Maximilian Schell director
  • Hoa-Binh (France) - C.A.P.A.C., La Guéville, Madeleine Films, Parc Film - Gilbert de Goldschmidt producer - Raoul Coutard director
  • Peace in the Fields - (Paix sur les champs) (Belgium) (in French) - E. G. C. - Jacques de Pauw producer - Jacques Boigelot director
  • Tristana (Spain) - Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica, Talía Films, Época Films S.A. - Luis Buñuel, Robert Dorfmann producers - Luis Buñuel director

• 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy) - CCC Filmkunst GmbH, Documento Films - Artur Brauner, Arthur Cohn, Gianni Hecht Lucari producers - Vittorio De Sica director
  • Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) (Чайковский) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Igor Talankin director
  • Clickety-Clack (どですかでん; Dodesukaden) (Japan) - Toho, Yonki no Kai - Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Yoishi Matsue producers - Akira Kurosawa director
  • The Policeman (השוטר אזולאי) (Israel) - EFI Ltd., EPNI Films, Israel Motion Picture Studios - Ephraim Kishon, Itzik Kol producers - Ephraim Kishon director
  • The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Warner Bros. - Bengt Forslund producer - Jan Troell director

• 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) (France) - Dean Film, Greenwich Film Productions, Jet Films S. A, - Serge Silberman producer - Luis Buñuel director
  • The Dawns Here Are Quiet (А зори здесь тихие) (USSR) - Gorky Film Studios - producer - Stanislav Rostotsky director
  • I Love You Rosa - (אני אוהב אותך רוזה) (Israel) - Leisure Media, Noah Films - Menahem Golan producer - Moshé Mizrahi director
  • My Dearest Senorita - (Mi querida señorita) (Spain) - El Imàn Cine y Televisión S. A., In-Cine Compañía Industrial Cinematográfica S. A. - Luis Megino producer - Jaime de Armiñán director
  • The New Land (Nybyggarna) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB - Bengt Forslund producer - Jan Troell director

• 1973 Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) (France) - Les Films du Carrosse, PECF, PIC - Marcel Berbert producer - François Truffaut
  • The House on Chelouche Street (הבית ברחוב שלוש) (Israel) - Noah Films - Menahem Golan producer - Moshé Mizrahi director
  • The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger) (Germany) - Alfa Glaurus, Braun, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, MFG-Film - Zev Braun, Maximilian Schell producers - Maximilian Schell director
  • The Invitation (L'Invitation) (Switzerland) (in French) - Citel Films, Group 5, Planfilm, Romande - producer - Claude Goretta director
  • Turkish Delight (Turks fruit) (Netherlands) - Verenigde Nederlandsche Filmcompagnie (VNF) - Rob Houwer producer - Paul Verhoeven director

• 1974 Amarcord (Italy) - F. C. Productions, PECF. - Franco Cristaldi producer - Federico Fellini director
  • Lacombe Lucien (France) - Hallelujah Films, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, UPF (Universal Pictures France), Vides-Film - Louis Malle, Claude Nedjar producers - Louis Malle director
  • Cat's Play (Macskajáték) (Hungary) - Hunnia Játékfilmstúdió - producer - Károly Makk director
  • The Deluge (Potop) (Poland) - Film Polski - producer - Jerzy Hoffman director
  • The Truce (La Tregua) (Argentina) - production Co. - Rene Aure, Tita Tamames, Rosa Zemborain producers - Sergio Renán director

• 48th (r. 1975, c. 1976): Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa • USSR
  • Letters from Marusia (Actas de Marusia) by Miguel Littin • Mexico
  • Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) by Dino Risi • Italy
  • Sandakan 8 (Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo) by Kei Kumai • Japan
  • Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana) by Andrzej Wajda • Poland

• 49th (r. 1976, c. 1977): Black and White in Color (Noir et blancs en couleur) by Jean-Jacques Annaud • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Cousin, Cousine by Jean Charles Tacchella • France
  • Jacob the Liar (Jakob, der Lügner) by Frank Beyer • German Democratic Republic
  • Night and Days (Noce i dnie) by Jerzy Antczak • Poland
  • Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) by Lina Wertmüller • Italy

• 50th (r. 1977, c. 1978): Madame Rosa (La vie devant soi) by Moshé Mizrahi • France
  • That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) by Luis Buñuel • Spain
  • The Great Day (Una giornata particolare) by Ettore Scola • Italy
  • Iphigenia by Michael Cacoyannis • Greece
  • Entebbe, Operation Thunderbolt (Mivtsa Yonatan) by Menahem Golan • Israel

• 51st (r. 1978, c. 1979): Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez vos mouchoirs) by Bertrand Blier • France
  • White Bim Black Ear (Belyi bim - Chyornoye ukho) by Stanislav Rostotsky • USSR
  • The Glass Cell (Die Gläsene Zelle) by Hans W. Geissendörfer • Federal Republic of Germany
  • Hungarians (Magyarok) by Zoltán Fábri • Hungary
  • Viva Italia! (I Nuovi mostri) by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi and Ettore Scola • Italy

• 52nd (r. 1979, c. 1980): The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) by Volker Schlöndorff • Federal Republic of Germany
  • To Forget Venice (Dementicare Venezia) by Franco Brusati • Italy
  • Mama Turns a Hundred (Mamá cumple cien años) by Carlos Saura • Spain
  • The Maids of Wilko (Panny z Wilka) by Andrzej Wajda • Poland
  • A Simple Story (Une histoire simple) by Claude Sautet • France

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