Golden Globe Award / Best Foreign Language Film

Fatih Akin, director of the 2018 award-winning film Out of Nowhere

Winners and nominees of the Golden Globe Award in the category Best Foreign Language Film ( Best Foreign Language Film ), which rewards the most outstanding achievements of foreign-language (non-English) theater productions in the previous calendar year. The following years are those of the award events and not those of the award-winning film years.

history

The category was called in 1955 foreign Best Film (Best Foreign film) introduced. At that time it was also possible to nominate English-language films from countries outside the United States, which is why the United Kingdom and Canada, among others, won awards. From 1957 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1969 the category was best foreign language film (Best Foreign Language Film) . In addition, it led from 1957 to 1959, 1961 and 1964 to 1969 the category Best Foreign Language Film in English (Best English-Language Foreign movies) a. From 1970 to 1987 the category was again called Best Foreign Film , and since 1988 it has been called Best Foreign Language Film .

qualification

The current regulations only allow for feature films (70 minutes or longer) with a share of at least 51 percent of non-English-language dialogue. The film must have been shown in the home country 14 months prior to the distribution between November 1st and December 31st in order to be considered (this does not apply to problems with local censorship). In addition, the film must have been shown in the greater Los Angeles area for at least a week (a regular release in the United States is not required) and be made available to the voting members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In contrast to the Oscars, there is no upper limit for submissions per country.

The film can only be considered for one award, but in every further category, with the exception of those for the best film drama and the best comedy or musical , which are only reserved for largely English-language productions.

More facts

In 21 out of 65 cases, the winning film was later awarded an Oscar , the last time in 2020 when the award went to the South Korean contribution Parasite by Bong Joon-ho . In 1964, 1982 and 1983 British productions triumphed with Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows , The Hour of the Winner and Gandhi , which later won an Oscar in the Best Picture category. Parasite by Bong Joon-ho became the first non-English language film in 2020 to be recognized in the Best Picture category.

30 times were German film productions (incl. Co-productions) nominated, eleven of which were honored with the award, most recently in 2018 happened to the award of Out of nowhere by Fatih Akin . From Austria in 1991 was Robert Dornhelm Requiem for Dominik nominated for Switzerland was a candidate in 1985 Dangerous Moves by Richard Dembo and 1995 Three Colors: Red of Krzysztof Kieslowski .

In 1970, the producers of Algerian entry Z rejected the award because the film had not been considered in the Best Drama category .

Statistics (including co-productions)	country	number	year
Most frequent awards	France	15th	1959, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2017
Most frequent nominations	France	80	1959, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1966, 1967, 1967, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1969, 1969, 1969, 1971, 1971, 1971, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1974, 1975, 1975, 1976, 1976, 1977, 1977, 1978, 1978, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1985, 1985, 1987, 1987, 1988, 1988, 1990, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1992, 1992, 1993, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2005, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2018
Most frequent nominations without a win	China	5	1996, 2003, 2006, 2006, 2012
	Poland	5	1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2015

Annotation:

↑ Victory in the category "Best Foreign Film in English"

Winners and nominees

1950s

1955

The fiery Isabella (Genevieve) , United Kingdom - Director: Henry Cornelius
La mujer de las camelias , Argentina - Director: Ernesto Arancibia
Twenty-four eyes (二十 四 の 瞳, Nijushi no hitomi) , Japan - Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Way without turning back , Germany - directed by Victor Vicas and Beate von Mollo

1956

Dangerous Curves , United Kingdom
Children, Mothers and a General , Germany - Director: László Benedek
Kodomo no me , Japan - Director: Yoshirō Kawazu
Stella , Greece - Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Das Wort (Ordet) , Denmark - Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

1957

Best foreign language film: War and Peace (Guerra e pace) , Italy - Director: King Vidor The girl in black (To koritsi me ta mavra) , Greece - Director: Michael Cacoyannis The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) , Finland - Director: Erik Blomberg Before Sunset , Germany - Director: Gottfried Reinhardt Taiyo to bara (太陽 と バ ラ) , Japan - Director: Keisuke Kinoshita

Best Foreign Film in English: Richard III , United Kingdom - Director: Laurence Olivier

1958

Best foreign language film: Confessions of the impostor Felix Krull , Germany - Director: Kurt Hoffmann Kiiroi karasu , Japan - Director: Heinosuke Gosho Tizoc , Mexico - Director: Ismael Rodríguez

Best Foreign Film in English: The woman in a dressing gown (Woman in a Dressing Gown) , United Kingdom - Director: J. Lee Thompson

1959

Best foreign language film: Das Mädchen Rosemarie , Germany - Director: Rolf Thiele Street of Passion (Cesta duga godinu dana) , Yugoslavia - Director: Giuseppe De Santis When the flood comes (L'eau vive) , France - Director: François Villiers

Best Foreign Film in English: The Last Night of the Titanic (A Night to Remember) , United Kingdom - Director: Roy Ward Baker

1960s

1960

Die Brücke , Germany - Director: Bernhard Wicki
Kagi , Japan - Director: Kon Ichikawa
Orfeu Negro , Brazil - Director: Marcel Camus
Wilde Erdbeeren (Smultronstället) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman
Wir Wunderkinder , Germany - Director: Kurt Hoffmann

1961

Best foreign language film: Die Jungfrauenquelle (Jungfrukällan) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman The Truth (La Vérité) , France - Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Best Foreign Film in English: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (The Trials of Oscar Wilde) , United Kingdom - Director: Irving Allen and Ken Hughes

1962

And yet they live (La Ciociara) , Italy - Director: Vittorio De Sica

• Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) , Mexico - Director: Ismael Rodríguez
• Der brave Soldat Schwejk , Germany - Director: Axel von Ambesser

1963

Lovable Opponents (The Best of Enemies) , Italy - Director: Guy Hamilton
Divorce in Italian (Divorzio all'italiana) , Italy - Director: Pietro Germi

1964

Best Foreign Language Film: Silent As Night (Mélodie en sous-sol) , France - Director: Henri Verneuil Amore in Stockholm (Il Diavolo) , Italy - Director: Gian Luigi Polidoro Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi e domani) , Italy - directed by Vittorio De Sica Taiheiyo hitori-botchi , Japan - Director: Kon Ichikawa The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) , Italy - Director: Nanni Loy Between Heaven and Hell (Tengoku to jigoku) , Japan - Director: Akira Kurosawa

Best Foreign Film in English: Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows (Tom Jones) , United Kingdom - Director: Tony Richardson Breakfast on Death Row (The Ceremony) , Spain / United States - Director: Laurence Harvey The indiscreet Room (The L-Shaped Room) , United Kingdom - Director: Bryan Forbes Alluring Laurel (This Sporting Life) , United Kingdom - Director: Lindsay Anderson

1965

Best foreign language film: Wedding in Italian (Matrimonio all'italiana) , Italy - Director: Vittorio De Sica Sallah - or: Swap daughter for an apartment (סאלח שבתי) , Israel - Director: Ephraim Kishon

Best Foreign Film in English: The First Night (Girl with Green Eyes) , United Kingdom - Director: Desmond Davis

1966

Best foreign language film: Julia und die Geister (Giulietta degli spiriti) , Italy - Director: Federico Fellini Rotbart (赤 ひ げ, Akahige) , Japan - Director: Akira Kurosawa The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) , France - Director: Jacques Demy Der Reigen (La ronde) , France - Director: Roger Vadim Tarahumara , Mexico - Director: Luis Alcoriza

Best Foreign Film in English: Darling , United Kingdom - Director: John Schlesinger 31 degrees in the shade (Ninety Degrees in the Shade) , Czechoslovakia / United Kingdom - Director: Jiří Weiss The Knack (The Knack ... and How to Get It) , United Kingdom - Director: Richard Lester The Leather Boys (The Leather Boys) , United Kingdom - Director: Sidney J. Furie Othello , United Kingdom - Director: Stuart Burge

1967

Best Foreign Language Film: A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) , France - Director: Claude Lelouch But, but, gentlemen ... (Signore & signori) , Italy - Director: Pietro Germi Hamlet (Гамлет, Gamlet) , Soviet Union - Director: Grigori Michailowitsch Kosinzew The Love of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) , Czechoslovakia - Director: Miloš Forman Never on Saturdays (Pas question le samedi) , France / Italy / Israel - Director: Alex Joffé

Best Foreign Film in English: Greetings from the Seducer (Alfie) , United Kingdom - Director: Lewis Gilbert Blow Up (Blowup) , United Kingdom / Italy - Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Georgy Girl , United Kingdom - Director: Silvio Narizzano Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) , United Kingdom - Director: Karel Reisz Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) , United Kingdom - Director: Paul Czinner The Spy with a Cold Nose (The Spy with a Cold Nose) , United Kingdom - Director: Daniel Petrie

1968

Best Foreign Language Film: Live the Life (Vivre pour vivre) , France - Director: Claude Lelouch The end of a great love (Elvira Madigan) , Sweden - Director: Bo Widerberg The Stranger (Lo Straniero) , France - Director: Luchino Visconti Love according to schedule (Ostre sledované vlaky) , Czechoslovakia - Director: Jiří Menzel One lives better immorally (L'immortale) , France / Italy - Director: Pietro Germi

Best Foreign Film in English: The Fox , Canada - Director: Mark Rydell Accident - incident in Oxford (Accident) , United Kingdom - Director: Joseph Losey Whispering Walls (The Whisperers) , United Kingdom - Director: Bryan Forbes Mini Skirt and Crown Jewels (The Jokers) , United Kingdom - Director: Michael Winner Smashing Time , United Kingdom - Director: Desmond Davis Ulysses , United Kingdom - Director: Joseph Strick

1969

Best foreign language film: War and Peace (Война и мир, Woina i mir) , Soviet Union - Director: Sergei Bondarchuk The bride wore black (La mariée était en noir) , France - Director: François Truffaut Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) , France - Director: François Truffaut I even met happy gypsies (Skupljaci perja) , Yugoslavia - Director: Aleksandar Petrović Schande (Skammen) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

Best Foreign Film in English: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) , UK / Italy - Director: Franco Zeffirelli Benjamin - From the diary of a male virgin (Benjamin) , France - Director: Michel Deville Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell , United Kingdom - Director: Melvin Frank Joanna , United Kingdom - Director: Michael Sarne Poor Cow - Kissed and Beaten (Poor Cow) , United Kingdom - Director: Ken Loach

1970s

1970

Z , Algeria - Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras

• Adalen 31 (Ådalen 31) , Sweden - Director: Bo Widerberg
• The blue milk canal (Te'alat blue milk) , Israel - director: Ephraim Kishon
• Fellinis Satyricon (Satyricon) , Italy - Director: Federico Fellini
• Koritsia ston ilio , Greece - Director: Vasilis Georgiadis

1971

Who came out of the rain (Le passager de la pluie) , France - Director: René Clément

• Borsalino , France / Italy - Director: Jacques Deray
• The Confession (L'aveu) , France - Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras
• Investigations against a citizen above suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) , Italy - director: Elio Petri
• Ore'ach B'Onah Metah , France / Israel - Director: Moshé Mizrahi

1972

Sleep well, sergeant! (השוטר אזולאי, Ha-Shoter Azulai) , Israel - Director: Ephraim Kishon

• Die Aus Liebe (Mourir d'aimer) , France - Director: André Cayatte
• Claires Knie (Le genou de Claire) , France - Director: Éric Rohmer
• The great error (Il conformista) , Italy - Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
• Tchaikovsky (Чайковский, Chaikovskiy) , Soviet Union - Director: Igor Wassiljewitsch Talankin

1973

Das neue Land (Nybyggarna) , Sweden - Director: Jan Troell
Emigranten (Utvandrarna) , Sweden - Director: Jan Troell

• The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) , France - Director: Luis Buñuel
• Espejismo , Peru - Director: Armando Robles Godoy
• Fellinis Roma (Roma) , Italy - Director: Federico Fellini
• Screams and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

1974

Der Pedestrian , Germany - Director: Maximilian Schell

• Alfredo, Alfredo , Italy - Director: Pietro Germi
• The American Night (La nuit américaine) , France - Director: François Truffaut
• Kazablan , Israel - Director: Menahem Golan
• The Invisible Uprising (État de siège) , France - Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras

1975

Scenes from a marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

• The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob) , France - Director: Gérard Oury
• Amarcord , Italy - Director: Federico Fellini
• Duddy wants high up (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz) , Canada - Director: Ted Kotcheff
• Lacombe, Lucien (Lacombe Lucien) , France - Director: Louis Malle

1976

Beloved Lies (Lies My Father Told Me) , Canada - Director: Ján Kadár

• Hedda Gabler , United Kingdom - Director: Trevor Nunn
• For a lifetime (Toute une vie) , France / Italy - Director: Claude Lelouch
• Special Tribunal - Everyone fights for himself alone (Section spéciale) , France / Italy / Germany - Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras
• Die Zauberflöte (Trollflöjten) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

1977

Face to Face (Ansigte mot ansigte) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

• Cinderella's Silver Shoe (The Slipper and the Rose) , United Kingdom - Director: Bryan Forbes
• Cousin, Cousin (cousin, cousine) , France - Director: Jean-Charles Tacchella
• Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) , Italy - Director: Lina Wertmüller
• Pocket money (L'argent de poche) , France - Director: François Truffaut

1978

A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) , Italy - Director: Ettore Scola

• This obscure object of desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) , France / Spain - Director: Luis Buñuel
• An elephant is very wrong (Un éléphant ça trompe énormément) , France - Director: Yves Robert
• Madame Rosa (La vie devant soi) , France - Director: Moshé Mizrahi
• Breed ravens… (Cría cuervos) , Spain - Director: Carlos Saura

1979

Herbstsonate (Höstsonaten) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

• Dona Flor and her two husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) , Brazil - Director: Bruno Barreto
• Popsicle (אסקימו לימון, Eskimo Limon) , Israel - Director: Boaz Davidson
• Wife to give away (Préparez vos mouchoirs) , France - Director: Bertrand Blier
• Death on the Nile (Death on the Nile) , United Kingdom - Director: John Guillermin
• Dream of a passion (A Dream of Passion) , Greece - Director: Jules Dassin

1980s

1980

A cage full of fools (La cage aux folles) , France / Italy - Director: Édouard Molinaro

• The marriage of Maria Braun , Germany - Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• The Europeans (The Europeans) , United Kingdom - Director: James Ivory
• The Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) , Netherlands - Director: Paul Verhoeven
• How deep have I sunk (Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!) , Italy - Director: Luigi Comencini

1981

Tess , France - Director: Roman Polański

• My brilliant career (My Brilliant Career) , Australia - Director: Gillian Armstrong
• The Fall of Lieutenant Morant ("Breaker" Morant) , Australia - Director: Bruce Beresford
• The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) , France - Director: François Truffaut
• Kagemusha - The Shadow of the Warrior (影武者, Kagemusha) , Japan - Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Special treatment (Poseban tretman) , Yugoslavia - Director: Goran Paskaljević

1982

Chariots of Fire (Chariots of Fire) , United Kingdom - Director: Hugh Hudson

• Asphalt-Haie (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco) , Brazil - Director: Héctor Babenco
• Atlantic City, USA (Atlantic City) , Canada / France - Director: Louis Malle
• Das Boot , Germany - Director: Wolfgang Petersen
• Gallipoli , Australia - Director: Peter Weir

1983

Gandhi , United Kingdom - Director: Richard Attenborough

• In the beginning there was fire (La guerre du feu) , Canada / France - Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
• Fitzcarraldo , Germany - Director: Werner Herzog
• Snowy River (The Man from Snowy River) , Australia - Director: George Trumbull Miller
• La Traviata , Italy - Director: Franco Zeffirelli
• Yol - The Way (Yol) , Turkey - Director: Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney

1984

Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) , Sweden - Director: Ingmar Bergman

• Carmen , Spain - Director: Carlos Saura
• The gray fox (The Gray Fox) , Canada - Director: Phillip Borsos
• Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita) , United Kingdom - Director: Lewis Gilbert
• An Unequal Couple (The Dresser) , United Kingdom - Director: Peter Yates

1985

Journey to India (A Passage to India) , United Kingdom - Director: David Lean

• Carmen , France - Director: Francesco Rosi
• Dangerous Trains (La diagonale du fou) , Switzerland - Director: Richard Dembo
• Paris, Texas , Germany / France - Director: Wim Wenders
• A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) , France - Director: Bertrand Tavernier

1986

The official story (La historia official) , Argentina - Director: Luis Puenzo

• A Year of the Resting Sun (Rok spokojnego słońca) , Poland - Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
• Colonel Redl , Hungary - Director: István Szabó
• Papa is on a business trip (Otac na sluzbenom putu) , Yugoslavia - Director: Emir Kusturica
• Ran (乱) , Japan - Director: Akira Kurosawa

1987

The attack (De aanslag) , Netherlands - Director: Fons Rademakers

• Betty Blue - 37.2 degrees in the morning (37 ° 2 le matin) , France - Director: Jean-Jacques Brilleix
• Three men and a baby (3 hommes et un couffin) , France - Director: Coline Serreau
• Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred) , Italy - Director: Federico Fellini
• Otello , Italy - Director: Franco Zeffirelli

1988

Mein Leben als Hund (Mitt liv som hund) , Sweden - Director: Lasse Hallström

• Goodbye, children (Au revoir, les enfants) , France - Director: Louis Malle
• Jean Florette (Jean de Florette) , France - Director: Claude Berri
• Repentance (მონანიება / Покаяние, Monanieba) , Soviet Union - Director: Tengis Abuladze
• Black Eyes (Oci ciornie) , Italy - Director: Nikita Michalkow

1989

Pelle, the conqueror (Pelle conquer) , Denmark - Director: Bille August

• Babettes Fest (Babettes gæstebud) , Denmark - Director: Gabriel Axel
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
• Hanussen , Germany - Director: István Szabó
• Salaam Bombay! , India - Director: Mira Nair

1990s

1990

Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) , Italy - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

• Camille Claudel , France - Director: Bruno Nuytten
• Eine Frauensache (Une affaire de femmes) , France - Director: Claude Chabrol
• Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) , Canada - Director: Denys Arcand
• Life with Uncle (Zivot sa stricem) , Yugoslavia - Director: Krsto Papić

1991

Cyrano von Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac) , France - Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

• Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (夢, Yume) , Japan - Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Requiem for Dominik , Austria - Director: Robert Dornhelm
• The Terrible Girl , Germany - Director: Michael Verhoeven
• Taxi Blues (Такси-блюз, Taksi-bljus) , Soviet Union - Director: Pawel Lungin

1992

Hitlerjunge Salomon , Germany - Director: Agnieszka Holland

• Gulag 3 (Zateryannyy v Sibiri) , Soviet Union - Director: Alexander Mitta
• High Heels (Tacones lejanos) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
• Madame Bovary , France - Director: Claude Chabrol
• Nikita , France - Director: Luc Besson
• The two lives of Veronika (La double vie de Véronique) , Poland / France - Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

1993

Indochine , France - Director: Régis Wargnier

• Bittersweet chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) , Mexico - Director: Alfonso Arau
• Schtonk! , Germany - Director: Helmut Dietl
• The Seventh String (Tous les matins du monde) , France - Director: Alain Corneau
• Urga (Урга - территория любви) , Russia - Director: Nikita Michalkow

1994

Farewell, my concubine (霸王別姬 Bàwáng Bié Jī) , Hong Kong - Director: Chen Kaige

The End of Innocence (La Corsa dell'innocente) , Italy - Director: Carlo Carlei

• The Wedding Banquet (喜宴, Hsi yen) , Taiwan - Director: Ang Lee
• Justice , Germany - Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer
• Three colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) , Poland - Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

1995

Farinelli , Belgium - Director: Gérard Corbiau

• The Bartholomew Night (La Reine Margot) , France - Director: Patrice Chéreau
• Three colors: red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) , Poland / Switzerland - director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食 男女, Yǐn shí nán nǚ) , Taiwan - Director: Ang Lee
• Life! (活着, Huózhe) , Hong Kong - Director: Zhang Yimou

1996

Les Misérables , France - Director: Claude Lelouch

• Come due coccodrilli , Italy - Director: Giacomo Campiotti
• A woman for two (Gazon maudit) , France - Director: Josiane Balasko
• Schlafes Bruder , Germany - Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
• Shanghai Serenade (摇啊摇 ， 摇 到 外婆 桥, yáo a yáo, yáo dào wàipó qiáo) , China - Director: Zhang Yimou

1997

Kolya (Kolja) , Czech Republic - Director: Jan Svěrák

• On the eighth day (Le huitième jour) , Belgium - Director: Jaco Van Dormael
• Captured in the Caucasus ( Кавказский пленник, Kawkasski plennik) , Russia - Director: Sergei Bodrov
• Luna e l'altra , Italy - Director: Maurizio Nichetti
• Ridicule - The Ridiculousness of Appearance (Ridicule) , France - Director: Patrice Leconte

1998

Mein Leben in Rosarot (Ma vie en rose) , Belgium - Director: Alain Berliner

• Artemisia , France - Director: Agnès Merlet
• The Thief (Вор, Vor) , Russia - Director: Pawel Tschuchrai
• Lea , Germany - Director: Ivan Fíla
• My Husband's Best Man (Il testimone dello sposo) , Italy - Director: Pupi Avati

1999

Central Station (Central do Brasil) , Brazil - Director: Walter Salles

• Das Fest (Festen) , Denmark - Director: Thomas Vinterberg
• Men with Guns , United States - Director: John Sayles
• The Polish Bride (De poolse bruid) , Netherlands - Director: Karim Traïdia
• Tango (Tango, no me dejes nunca) , Argentina - Director: Carlos Saura

2000s

2000

Everything about my mother (Todo sobre mi madre) , Spain / France - Director: Pedro Almodóvar

• Aimée and Jaguar , Germany - Director: Max Färberböck
• Est-Ouest - A love in Russia (Est-Ouest) , Russia / Spain / Bulgaria / France - Director: Régis Wargnier
• The Woman on the Bridge (La fille sur le pont) , France - Director: Patrice Leconte
• The red violin (Le violon rouge) , Italy / Canada - Director: François Girard

2001

Tiger & Dragon (臥虎藏龍, Wòhǔ Cánglóng) , Taiwan - Director: Ang Lee

• 100 Steps (I cento passi) , Italy - Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
• Amores Perros , Mexico - Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
• The widow of Saint-Pierre (La veuve de Saint-Pierre) , France - Director: Patrice Leconte
• The Magic of Malèna (Malèna) , Italy - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

2002

No Man's Land (Ničija zemlja) , Bosnia - Director: Danis Tanović

• The fabulous world of Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) , France - Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) , Brazil - Director: Walter Salles
• Monsoon Wedding , India - Director: Mira Nair
• Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life (Y tu mamá también) , Mexico - Director: Alfonso Cuarón

2003

Talk to her (Hable con ella) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar

• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Xiao cai feng) , France - Director: Sijie Dai
• City of God (Cidade de Deus) , Brazil - Director: Fernando Meirelles
• Hero (英雄, Yīngxióng) , China - Director: Zhang Yimou
• Nowhere in Africa , Germany - Director: Caroline Link
• The temptation of Padre Amaro (El Crimen del padre Amaro) , Mexico - Director: Carlos Carrera

2004

Osama , Afghanistan - Director: Siddiq Barmak

• Good bye Lenin! , Germany - Director: Wolfgang Becker
• The Invasion of the Barbarians (Les invasions barbaren) , Canada - Director: Denys Arcand
• Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran) , France - Director: François Dupeyron
• The Return - The Return (Возвращение, Woswrashschenije) , Russia - Director: Andrei Svjaginzew

2005

The sea in me (Mar adentro) , Spain / France / Italy - Director: Alejandro Amenábar

• The children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les Choristes) , France - Director: Christophe Barratier
• House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏, Shí Miàn Mái Fú) , Hong Kong - Director: Zhang Yimou
• Mathilde - A great love (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) , France - Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta) , Brazil - Director: Walter Salles

2006

Paradise Now (الجنة الآن, al-Janna al-ān) , Palestine - Director: Hany Abu-Assad

• Kung Fu Hustle (功夫, Gong fu) , China - Director: Stephen Chow
• Wu Ji - The Riders of the Winds (無極 / 无极, Wújí) , China - Director: Chen Kaige
• Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) , France - Director: Christian Carion
• Tsotsi , South Africa - Director: Gavin Hood

2007

Letters from Iwo Jima , United States - Director: Clint Eastwood

• Apocalypto , United States - Director: Mel Gibson
• The Lives of Others , Germany - Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del Fauno) , Mexico - Director: Guillermo del Toro
• Volver - Returning (Volver) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar

2008

Butterfly and diving bell (Le scaphandre et le papillon) , France / United States - Director: Julian Schnabel

• 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile) , Romania - Director: Cristian Mungiu
• The Kite Runner (The Kite Runner) , USA - Director: Marc Forster
• Danger and Desire (色, 戒, Sè, jiè) , Taiwan - Director: Ang Lee
• Persepolis , France - Directors: Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

2009

Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר, Vals im Bashir) , Israel - Director: Ari Folman

• The Baader Meinhof Complex , Germany - Director: Uli Edel
• The Eternal Moments of Maria Larsson ( Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick ), Sweden / Denmark - Director: Jan Troell
• Gomorrah - Journey into the Empire of Camorra ( Gomorrah ), Italy - Director: Matteo Garrone
• I love you for so many years ( Il ya longtemps que je t'aime ), France - Director: Philippe Claudel

2010s

2010

The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story , Germany - Director: Michael Haneke

• Baarìa , Italy - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
• La Nana - Die Perle ( La nana ), Chile - Director: Sebastián Silva
• Ein Prophet (Un prophète) , France - Director: Jacques Audiard
• Broken Hugs (Los abrazos rotos) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar

2011

In a Better World (Hævnen) , Denmark - Director: Susanne Bier

• Biutiful , Spain , Mexico - Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
• I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) , Italy - Director: Luca Guadagnino
• The Concert (Le Concert) , France - Director: Radu Mihăileanu
• Krai (Kpaй), Russia - Director: Alexei Utschitel

2012

Nader and Simin - A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodaeiye Nader az Simin ), Iran - Director: Asghar Farhadi

• The Flowers of War (金陵 十三 钗Jin líng shí san chai ), People's Republic of China - Director: Zhang Yimou
• The skin I live in (La piel que habito) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
• In the Land of Blood and Honey , Bosnia and Herzegovina - Director: Angelina Jolie
• The Boy with a Bicycle (Le gamin au vélo) , Belgium - directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

2013

Liebe ( Amour ), Austria - Director: Michael Haneke

• The Taste of Rust and Bones ( De rouille et d'os ), France - Director: Jacques Audiard
• The Queen and the Personal Doctor ( En kongelig affære ), Denmark - Director: Nikolaj Arcel
• Kon-Tiki , Norway / United Kingdom / Denmark - directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
• Pretty Best Friends ( Intouchables ) - Directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano

2014

La Grande Bellezza - The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) , Italy - Director: Paolo Sorrentino

• Blue is a warm color (La vie d'Adèle - chapitres 1 & 2) , France - Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
• The Hunt (Jagten) , Denmark - Director: Thomas Vinterberg
• Kaze Tachinu (風 立 ち ぬ) , Japan - Director: Hayao Miyazaki
• Le passé - The Past (Le passé) , Iran - Director: Asghar Farhadi

2015

Leviathan (Левиафан) , Russia - Director: Andrei Petrovich Svjaginzew

• Force Majeure (Turist) , Sweden - Director: Ruben Östlund
• Get - The Trial of Viviane Amsalem , Israel - Director: Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz
• Ida , Poland / Denmark - Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
• Tangerines (Mandariinid) , Georgia / Estonia - Director: Sasa Uruschadse

2016

Son of Saul (Saul fia) , Hungary - Director: László Nemes

• The Brand New Testament (Le tout nouveau Testament) , Belgium - Director: Jaco Van Dormael
• El Club , Chile - Director: Pablo Larraín
• The fencer's children (Miekkailija) , Finland - director: Klaus Härö
• Mustang , France - Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

2017

Elle , France - Director: Paul Verhoeven

• Divines , France - Director: Houda Benyamina
• Forushande (فروشنده), Iran / France - Director: Asghar Farhadi
• Neruda , Chile - Director: Pablo Larraín
• Toni Erdmann , Germany - Director: Maren Ade

2018

Out of nowhere , Germany / France - Director: Fatih Akin

• A fantastic woman (Una mujer fantástica) , Chile - directed by Sebastián Lelio
• Loveless (Нелюбовь), Russia - Director: Andrei Svjaginzew
• The Square , Sweden / Germany / France - Director: Ruben Östlund
• The long journey of hope (First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers) , Cambodia - Director: Angelina Jolie

2019

Roma , Mexico - Director: Alfonso Cuarón

• Capernaum - City of Hope ( Cafarnaúm , كفرناحوم), Lebanon - Director: Nadine Labaki
• Girl , Belgium - Director: Lukas Dhont
• Shoplifters - Familienbande (万 引 き 家族, Manbiki kazoku ), Japan - Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
• Work without an author , Germany - Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

2020s

2020

Parasite (기생충, Gisaengchung) , South Korea - Director: Bong Joon-ho

• The Farewell , USA, China - Director: Lulu Wang
• Sorrow and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) , Spain - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
• Portrait of a young woman in flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) , France - Director: Celine Sciamma
• The Furious - Les Misérables (Les Misérables) , France - Director: Ladj Ly

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Foreign Language Motion Pictures. (PDF) Golden Globe Award, April 18, 2018, p. 3 , accessed on March 27, 2019 (English). 
2. ↑ cf. Trivia ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at goldenglobes.org (accessed on May 19, 2010)