List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 1962 Academy Awards

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The following thirteen films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 1962 Academy Awards . The highlighted titles were the five ultimately nominated films, which come from Denmark, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and Spain. The Oscar went to Swedish film Wie in a Spiegel by Ingmar Bergman.

For the first time, contributions from Egypt, Argentina, Austria and Switzerland were submitted for this category.

Contributions

country German distribution title Languages) Original title Director (s) Result
United Arab RepublicUnited Arab Republic United Arab Republic The Huns Arabic وا إسلاماه (Wa Islamah) Enrico Bomba , Andrew Marton Not nominated
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Skin in the sun Spanish Piel de verano Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Not nominated
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Harry and his valet Danish Harry and the same chamber Bent Christensen Nominated
FranceFrance France Last year in Marienbad French L'Année dernière à Marienbad Alain Resnais Not nominated
IndiaIndia India Stree Hindi Stree Vankudre Shantaram Not nominated
ItalyItaly Italy The night Italian La Notte Michelangelo Antonioni Not nominated
JapanJapan Japan An immortal love Japanese 永遠 の 人 (Eien no hito) Keisuke Kinoshita Nominated
Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) Spanish Ánimas Trujano Ismael Rodríguez Nominated
AustriaAustria Austria Anyone German Anyone Gottfried Reinhardt Not nominated
Philippines 1944Philippines Philippines The Moises Padilla Story Tagalog The Moises Padilla Story Gerardo de León Not nominated
SwedenSweden Sweden Like in a mirror Swedish Såsom i en level Ingmar Bergman Won
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland The shadows grow longer German The shadows grow longer Ladislao Vajda Not nominated
Spain 1945Spain Spain Placido Spanish Plácido Luis García Berlanga Nominated