Japanese Academy Award / Best Foreign Film

Since it was first awarded in 1978, the Japanese Academy Awards have honored the best non-Japanese films in the Best Foreign Film category ( Japanese最 優秀 外国 作品 賞sai yūshū gaikoku sakuhin shō ).

The films are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.

Award winners and nominees

1978-1979

year	Movie	Nominations
1978	Rocky	The will-o'-the-wisp journey of the Damn Slapshoot Network
1979	Violence and passion	At the turning point The Subtenant Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Close encounter of the third kind

1980-1989

year	Movie	Nominations
1980	Those who go through hell	The wooden shoe tree The traveling actor The champ Decision day
1981	Kramer versus Kramer	Behind the Apocalypse Now Tess Manhattan spotlight
1982	The Tin Drum	Everyone will receive their wages ... The Elephant Man Welcome Mr. Chance A perfectly normal family
1983	ET - The Alien	The boat The hour of the victor At the golden lake Rocky III - The eye of the tiger
1984	An officer and a gentleman	The woman next door Flashdance Gandhi Sophie's decision
1985	Once Upon a Time in America	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The Indomitable The stuff of which heroes are made Time of tenderness
1986	Amadeus	Cotton Club The Killing Fields - Screaming Land Trip to India The only witness
1987	Back to the Future	Aliens - The Return A Chorus Line The Color Purple Out of Africa
1988	Platoon	Hannah and her sisters Stand By Me Top Gun The Untouchables
1989	The last emperor	A Fateful Affair Full Metal Jacket Moonstruck Wall Street

1990-1999

year	Movie	Nominations
1990	Die Hard	Black Rain Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Cleveland Indians Rain Man
1991	Field of dreams	Die Hard 2 Ghost - Message from Sam Cinema Paradiso The total memory - Total Recall
1992	The one, who dances with the wolf	Time of Awakening Nikita The Silence of the Lambs Terminator 2 - Day of Judgment
1993	JFK - Dallas crime scene	The lover Basic Instinct Bodyguard In a class of its own
1994	Jurassic Park	Cliffhanger - Only the Strong Survive On the Flight Between Heaven and Hell Merciless
1995	Schindlers List	Pulp Fiction Speed True Lies - True Lies Das Piano
1996	The condemned	Apollo 13 The bridges on the Forrest Gump Léon river - The professional
1997	The postman	Independence Day Mission: Impossible Seven 12 Monkeys
1998	Titanic	Air Force One The English Patient Seven Years in Tibet (1997) Shine - The Path into Light
1999	LA Confidential	Armageddon It couldn't be better. Good Will Hunting Saving Private Ryan

2000-2009

year	Movie	Nominations
2000	The Sixth Sense	Elizabeth Matrix Shakespeare in Love Life is beautiful
2001	Dancer in the Dark	American Beauty Gladiator The Green Mile Swiri
2002	Billy Elliot - I Will Dance	AI - Artificial Intelligence Chocolat - One small bite is enough Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Nashan naren nagou
2003	Monster's Ball	Gangs of New York Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets I am Sam The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2004	The pianist	Chicago The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers My Sassy Girl
2005	Last samurai	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Mystic River Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success Troy
2006	Million dollar baby	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Comeback The Phantom of the Opera Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2007	Flags of Our Fathers	LA Crash The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Hotel Rwanda
2008	Letters from Iwo Jima	Dreamgirls Babel Hairspray The Bourne Ultimatum
2009	The Dark Knight	The best comes at last. Red Cliff No Country for Old Men Danger and Desire

2010 – today

year	Movie	Nominations
2010	Gran Torino	The strange son Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia Slumdog millionaire The Wrestler - fame, love, pain
2011	Avatar - Departure for Pandora	Inception Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker Invictus - Undefeated Toy Story 3
2012	The King's Speech	The Art of Winning - Moneyball The Social Network Black Swan Planet of the Apes: Prevolution
2013	The Intouchables	Argo The Dark Knight Rises The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Skyfall
2014	Les Misérables	3 Idiots Captain Phillips Django Unchained Gravity
2015	The Frozen - Completely unabashed	Interstellar Jersey Boys Heart of Steel Godzilla
2016	American sniper	Kingsman: The Secret Service Whiplash Mad Max: Fury Road James Bond 007: Specter

Individual evidence

1. ^ 3 Idiots to race for Japan Academy Awards . Retrieved February 16, 2015.
2. ^ 3 Idiots to race for Japan Academy Awards . Retrieved February 16, 2015.
3. ↑ Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' nominated for Japan Academy Awards . Retrieved February 16, 2015.
4. ^ Film 3 Idiots nominated for 37th Japanese Academy Awards 2014 . In: IANS . Biharprabha News. Retrieved February 16, 2015.