Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Submitting country | Director(s) | Language(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947
(20th) |
Shoe-Shine [C] | Sciuscia | Italy | Vittorio De Sica |
Italian
(some parts in English) |
1948
(21st) |
Monsieur Vincent [D] | Monsieur Vincent | France | Maurice Cloche | French |
1949
(22nd) |
The Bicycle Thief [E] | Ladri di biciclette | Italy | Vittorio De Sica | Italian |
1950
(23rd) |
The Walls of Malapaga [F] |
French
Au-dela des grilles Italian Le mura di Malapaga |
{co-production}
France Italy |
Rene Clement |
French
(some parts in Italian) |
1951
(24th) |
Rashomon [G] |
Rashomon
Luo Sheng Men |
Japan | Akira Kurosawa | Japanese |
1952
(25th) |
Forbidden Games [H] | Jeux interdits | France | Rene Clement | French |
1953
(26th) |
--
(no award given) |
--
(no award given) |
--
(no award given) |
--
(no award given) |
--
(no award given) |
1954
(27th) |
Gate of Hell [I] |
Jigokumon
Di Yu Men |
Japan | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Japanese |
1955
(28th) |
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi [J] |
Miyamoto Musashi
Gong Ben Wu Zang |
Japan | Hiroshi Inagaki | Japanese |
1956
(29th) |
La Strada [K] | La strada | Italy | Federico Fellini | Italian |
1957
(30th) |
Nights of Cabiria | Le notti di Cabiria | Italy | Federico Fellini | Italian |
1958
(31st) |
My Uncle | Mon oncle | France | Jacques Tati | French |
1959
(32nd) |
Black Orpheus | Orfeu Negro | France | Marcel Camus | Portuguese |
1960
(33rd) |
The Virgin Spring | Jungfrukallan | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
Swedish
(some parts in German) |
1961
(34th) |
Through a Glass Darkly | Sasom i en spegel | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish |
1962
(35th) |
Sundays and Cybele | Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray | France | Serge Bourguignon | French |
1963
(36th) |
8 1/2 | 8 1/2 | Italy | Federico Fellini |
Italian
(some parts in English, French & German) |
1964
(37th) |
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Ieri, oggi, domani | Italy | Vittorio De Sica | Italian |
1965
(38th) |
The Shop on Main Street | Obchod na korze | Czechoslovakia |
{co-directed by}
Jan Kadar Elmar Klos |
Slovak
(some parts in Yiddish) |
1966
(39th) |
A Man and a Woman | Un homme et une femme | France | Claude Lelouch | French |
1967
(40th) |
Closely Watched Trains | Ostre sledovane vlaky | Czechoslovakia | Jiri Menzel |
Czech
(some parts in German) |
1968
(41st) |
War and Peace |
Voyna i mir
Voina i mir |
Soviet Union | Sergei Bondarchuk | Russian |
1969
(42nd) |
Z | Z | Algeria | Costa-Gavras | French |
1970
(43rd) |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Italy | Elio Petri | Italian |
1971
(44th) |
The Garden of the Finzi Continis | Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini | Italy | Vittorio De Sica | Italian |
1972
(45th) |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie | France | Luis Bunuel |
French
(some parts in Spanish) |
1973
(46th) |
Day for Night | La Nuit americaine | France | Francois Truffaut |
French
(some parts in English) |
1974
(47th) |
Amarcord | Amarcord | Italy | Federico Fellini |
Italian
(some parts in Romagnolo) |
1975
(48th) |
Dersu Uzala |
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala |
Soviet Union | Akira Kurosawa | Russian |
1976
(49th) |
Black and White in Color | La Victoire en chantant [M] | Ivory Coast | Jean-Jacques Annaud | French |
1977
(50th) |
Madame Rosa | La Vie devant soi | France | Moshe Mizrahi | French |
1978
(51st) |
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Preparez vos mouchoirs | France | Bertrand Blier | French |
1979
(52nd) |
The Tin Drum | Die Blechtrommel | Germany (West) | Volker Schlondorff |
German
(some parts in Hebrew, Italian, Polish &Russian) |
1980
(53rd) |
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears |
Moskva slezam ne verit
Moskva slezam ne verit |
Soviet Union | Vladimir Menshov | Russian |
1981
(54th) |
Mephisto | Mephisto | Hungary | Istvan Szabo |
German
(some parts in English & Hungarian) |
1982
(55th) |
Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') | Volver a empezar | Spain | Jose Luis Garci |
Spanish
(some parts in English) |
1983
(56th) |
Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
Swedish
(some parts in English, German & Yiddish) |
1984
(57th) |
Dangerous Moves | La Diagonale du fou | Switzerland | Richard Dembo | French |
1985
(58th) |
The Official Story | La historia oficial | Argentina | Luis Puenzo | Spanish |
1986
(59th) |
The Assault | De Aanslag | Netherlands | Fons Rademakers |
Dutch
(some parts in English & German) |
1987
(60th) |
Babette's Feast | Babettes gaestebud | Denmark | Gabriel Axel |
Danish
(some parts in French & Swedish) |
1988
(61st) |
Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren | Denmark | Bille August |
Danish
(some parts in Scanian & Swedish) |
1989
(62nd) |
Cinema Paradiso | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | Italy | Giuseppe Tornatore |
Italian
(some parts in English & Portuguese) |
1990
(63rd) |
Journey of Hope | Reise der Hoffnung | Switzerland | Xavier Koller |
German
(some parts in Turkish) |
1991
(64th) |
Mediterraneo | Mediterraneo | Italy | Gabriele Salvatores |
Italian
(some parts in English, Greek & Turkish) |
1992
(65th) |
Indochine | Indochine | France | Regis Wargnier |
French
(some parts in Vietnamese) |
1993
(66th) |
Belle Epoque | Belle Epoque | Spain | Fernando Trueba | Spanish |
1994
(67th) |
Burnt by the Sun |
Utomlyonnye solntsem
Utomlionnye solntsem |
Russia | Nikita Mikhalkov |
Russian
(some parts in French) |
1995
(68th) |
Antonia's Line | Antonia | Netherlands | Marleen Gorris | Dutch |
1996
(69th) |
Kolya | Kolja | Czech Republic | Jan Sverak |
Czech
(some parts in Russian & Slovak) |
1997
(70th) |
Character | Karakter | Netherlands | Mike van Diem |
Dutch
(some parts in English, French & German) |
1998
(71st) |
Life Is Beautiful | La vita e bella | Italy | Roberto Benigni |
Italian
(some parts in English & German) |
1999
(72nd) |
All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Spain | Pedro Almodovar |
Spanish
(some parts in Catalan & English) |
2000
(73rd) |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Wohu Canglong
Wo Hu Cang Long |
Taiwan | Ang Lee | Mandarin |
2001
(74th) |
No Man's Land | Nicija zemlja | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Danis Tanovic |
Bosnian
(some parts in English, French & German) |
2002
(75th) |
Nowhere in Africa | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Germany | Caroline Link |
German
(some parts in English & Swahili) |
2003
(76th) |
The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Canada | Denys Arcand |
French
(some parts in English) |
2004
(77th) |
The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Spain | Alejandro Amenabar |
Spanish
(some parts in Catalan & Galician) |
2005
(78th) |
Tsotsi | Tsotsi | South Africa | Gavin Hood |
Tsotsitaal
(some parts in Afrikaans & English) |
2006
(79th) |
The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Germany | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | German |
2007
(80th) |
The Counterfeiters | Die Falscher | Austria | Stefan Ruzowitzky | German |
2008
(81st) |
Departures |
Okuribito
okuribito |
Japan | Yojiro Takita | Japanese |
2009
(82nd) |
The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Argentina | Juan Jose Campanella | Spanish |
2010
(83rd) |
In a Better World | Haevnen | Denmark | Susanne Bier | Danish (some parts in Swedish andEnglish) |
2011
(84th) |
A Separation |
Jodai-e Nader az Simin
jdyy ndr z symyn |
Iran | Asghar Farhadi | Persian |