List of Swiss proposals for an Oscar nomination in the category of best international film

The list of Swiss proposals for the Oscar nomination in the category of best international film (until 2019 best foreign language film ) includes all films submitted for Switzerland to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the category of best international film .

Of these, with Dangerous Moves by Richard Dembo at the Academy Awards in 1985 and the hope travel by Xavier Koller at the Academy Awards 1991 awarded two films with the Oscar for best foreign language film.

Swiss suggestions

Year of award	Movie	Director	Production countries	Result
1962	The shadows grow longer	Ladislao Vajda	Switzerland , FR Germany	Not nominated
1971	First love	Maximilian Schell	Switzerland , FR Germany	Nominated
1972	The salamander (La Salamandre)	Alain Tanner	Switzerland	Not nominated
1974	The Invitation (L'Invitation)	Claude Goretta	Switzerland	Nominated
1975	The middle of the world (Le Milieu du monde)	Alain Tanner	Switzerland , France	Not nominated
1976	Confrontation - The Davos Assassination	Rolf Lyssy	Switzerland	Not nominated
1977	Jonas, who will be 25 years old in 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000)	Alain Tanner	France , Switzerland	Not nominated
1980	Little escapes (Les petites fugues)	Yves Yersin	Switzerland	Not nominated
1981	Save yourself who can (life) (Sauve qui peut (la vie))	Jean-Luc Godard	Switzerland , Austria , France , FR Germany	Not nominated
1982	The boat is full	Markus Imhoof	Switzerland	Nominated
1983	Yol - The Way (Yol)	Serif Brats	Switzerland	Not nominated
1984	In the white city (Dans la ville blanche)	Alain Tanner	Portugal , Switzerland	Not nominated
1985	Dangerous trains (La Diagonale du fou)	Richard Dembo	France . Switzerland	Won
1986	Bonfire	Fredi M. Murer	Switzerland	Not nominated
1987	The black tanner	Xavier Koller	Switzerland	Not nominated
1988	If the sun didn't come back (Si le soleil ne revenait pas)	Claude Goretta	Switzerland , France	Not nominated
1989	La Méridienne - The House of the Sisters (La Méridienne)	Jean-François Amiguet	Switzerland , France	Not nominated
1990	My beloved topic (Mon cher sujet)	Anne-Marie Miéville	Switzerland	Not nominated
1991	Journey of hope	Xavier Koller	Switzerland , Turkey	Won
1992	The mountain	Markus Imhoof	Switzerland	Not nominated
1993	Mid season (hors saison)	Daniel Schmid	France , Switzerland , Germany	Not nominated
1994	The diary of Lady M. (Le Journal de Lady M.)	Alain Tanner	Switzerland	Not nominated
1995	Three colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)	Krzysztof Kieślowski	France , Poland , Switzerland	Not allowed
1996	Affair for beginners (Adultère, mode d'emploi)	Christine Pascal	Switzerland	Not nominated
1997	Les Agneaux	Marcel Schüpbach	Switzerland	Not nominated
1998	Forever Mozart (For Ever Mozart)	Jean-Luc Godard	France , Austria	Not nominated
1999	La Guerre in the Haut Pays	Francis Reusser	Switzerland , France , Belgium	Not nominated
2000	Beresina or The Last Days of Switzerland	Daniel Schmid	Switzerland , Germany , Austria	Not nominated
2001	Gripsholm	Xavier Koller	Germany , Austria , Switzerland	Not nominated
2002	Éloge de l'amour	Jean-Luc Godard	France , Switzerland	Not nominated
2003	Aime ton père	Jacob Berger	France , Canada , United Kingdom , Switzerland	Not nominated
2005	My name is bach	Dominique de Rivaz	Germany , Switzerland , France	Not nominated
2006	No fire in winter (Tout un hiver sans feu)	Greg Zglinski	Switzerland , Belgium , Poland	Not nominated
2007	Vitus	Fredi M. Murer	Switzerland	Shortlist
2008	The autumn crooks	Bettina Oberli	Switzerland	Not nominated
2009	The boyfriend	Micha Lewinsky	Switzerland	Not nominated
2010	Home	Ursula Meier	France , Belgium , Switzerland	Not nominated
2011	The Little Room (La Petite Chambre)	Stéphane Chuat , Véronique Reymond	Switzerland	Not nominated
2012	Summer Games (Giochi d'estate)	Rolando Colla	Switzerland	Not nominated
2013	Winter Thief (L'enfant d'en haut)	Ursula Meier	Switzerland , France	Shortlist
2014	More than honey	Markus Imhoof	Switzerland , Germany , Austria	Not nominated
2015	The circle	Stefan Haupt	Switzerland	Not nominated
2016	Iraqi Odyssey	Samir	Switzerland	Not nominated
2017	My life as a zucchini (Ma vie de Courgette)	Claude Barras	Switzerland , France	Shortlist
2018	The divine order	Petra Volpe	Switzerland	Not nominated
2019	Eldorado	Markus Imhoof	Switzerland , Germany	Not nominated
2020	Downpour	Michael Steiner	Switzerland	Not nominated

See also

• Swiss film