European Film Award / Best Non-European Film
From 1996 to 2005 the best non-European film was honored at the European Film Awards .
All nominees for a year are listed, the winner is always on top.
1990s
1996
Dead Man - Director: Jim Jarmusch ; United States
1997
Hana-Bi - Director: Takeshi Kitano ; Japan
- Everyone Says I Love You ( Everyone Says I Love You ) - Director: Woody Allen ; United States
- Donnie Brasco - Director: Mike Newell ; United States
- Jerry Maguire - Game of Life ( Jerry Maguire ) - Director: Cameron Crowe ; United States
- Swingers - Directed by Doug Liman ; United States
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet ( William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet ) - Director: Baz Luhrmann ; United States
1998
The Truman Show ( The Truman Show ) - Director: Peter Weir ; United States
- The Big Lebowski - Director: Joel Coen ; United States
- Boogie Nights - Director: Paul Thomas Anderson ; United States
- Harry beside himself ( Decunstructing Harry ) - Director: Woody Allen ; United States
- My Home Is My Castle ( The Castle ) - Director: Rob Sitch ; Australia
- Saving Private Ryan ( Saving Private Ryan ) - Director: Steven Spielberg ; United States
1999
A true story - The Straight Story ( The Straight Story ) - Director: David Lynch ; United States
- American Beauty - Director: Sam Mendes ; United States
- Boys Don't Cry - Director: Kimberly Peirce ; United States
- None Less ( Yi ge dou bu neng shao ) - Director: Zhang Yimou ; China
- Game of the Gods - When Buddha discovered football ( Phörpa ) - Director: Khyentse Norbu ; Bhutan , Australia
2000s
2000
In the Mood for Love ( Fa yeung nin wa ) - Director: Wong Kar-Wai ; France , Hong Kong
- Yi Yi - A One and a Two ( Yi yi ) - Director: Edward Yang ; Taiwan , Japan
- Erin Brockovich - Director: Steven Soderbergh ; United States
- Gladiator - Director: Ridley Scott ; United States
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi Odyssey - Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; United States
- Tiger and Dragon ( Wòhǔ Cánglóng ) - Director: Ang Lee ; China
2001
Moulin Rouge! - Director: Baz Luhrmann ; Australia , USA
- Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life ( Y tu mamá también ) - Director: Alfonso Cuarón ; Mexico
- Baran - Director: Majid Majidi ; Iran
- Inside a Skinhead ( The Believer ) - Director: Henry Bean ; United States
- Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India - Director: Ashutosh Gowariker ; India
- Monsoon Wedding - Director: Mira Nair ; India
- Qianxi manbo - Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien ; Taiwan
- Journey to Kandahar ( Safar e Gandehar ) - Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf ; Iran
2002
Divine Intervention - A Chronicle of Love and Pain ( Yadon ilaheyya ) - Director: Elia Suleiman ; Palestine
- 8 Mile - Directed by Curtis Hanson ; United States
- Spirited Away ( Sen to chihiro no kamikakushi ) - Director: Hayao Miyazaki ; Japan
- City of God ( Cidade de Deus ) - directed by Fernando Meirelles ; Brazil
- Far from Heaven ( Far from Heaven ) - Director: Todd Haynes ; United States
- Minority Report - Director: Steven Spielberg ; United States
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Director: Joel Zwick ; United States
- Spider - Director: David Cronenberg ; Canada
2003
The Invasion of the Barbarians ( Les invasions barbaren ) - Director: Denys Arcand ; Canada
- 21 Grams ( 21 Grams ) - Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu ; United States
- Finding Nemo ( Finding Nemo ) - Director: Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich ; United States
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Spring ( Bom, Yeoreum, Gaeul, Gyeowool, Geurigo Bom ) - Director: Kim Ki-Duk ; South Korea , Germany
- Kill Bill - Director: Quentin Tarantino ; United States
- Lost in Translation - Directed by Sofia Coppola ; United States
- Mystic River - Director: Clint Eastwood ; United States
- Zatoichi - The Blind Samurai ( Zatōichi ) - Director: Takeshi Kitano ; Japan
2046 - Director: Wong Kar-Wai ; France , China
- Bin-jip - Director: Kim Ki-duk ; Japan , South Korea
- Fahrenheit 9/11 - Director: Michael Moore ; United States
- House of Flying Daggers ( Shi mian mai fu ) - Director: Zhang Yimou ; China
- Maria Full of Grace ( Maria Full of Grace ) - Director: Joshua Marston ; Colombia , USA
- Moolaadé - Ban of Hope - Director: Ousmane Sembène ; Burkina Faso , Morocco , Tunisia , Cameroon , France
- Oldboy - Director: Park Chan-wook ; South Korea, Japan
- The Journey of Young Che ( Diarios de Motocicleta ) - Director: Walter Salles ; Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Peru , USA
- Forget Me Not! ( Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ) - Director: Michel Gondry ; United States
Good Night, and Good Luck. - Directed by George Clooney ; United States
- Battle in Heaven ( Batalla en el cielo ) - Director: Carlos Reygadas ; France , Mexico , Germany , Belgium
- Be With Me - Director: Eric Khoo ; Singapore
- Brokeback Mountain - Director: Ang Lee ; United States
- Broken Flowers - Director: Jim Jarmusch ; United States
- The Eternal Gardener ( The Constant Gardner ) - Director: Fernando Meirelles ; Great Britain , Germany, Kenya
- LA Crash ( Crash ) - Director: Paul Haggis ; United States
- CRAZY - Crazy Life (CRAZY) - Director: Jean-Marc Vallée ; Canada
- Look Both Ways - Director: Sara Watt ; Australia
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance ( Chinjeolhan geumjassi ) - Director: Park Chan-wook ; South Korea
- Tsotsi - Director: Gavin Hood ; Great Britain, South Africa