List of the most successful nations of the Oscars for the best foreign language film
Since the Academy Awards in 1948 , a foreign language film has been honored every year at the Oscars . From 1948 to 1956, this took place in the form of a special or honorary Oscar. A separate category with five nominations, as in the other regular categories, was only created in 1957.
There is a strong trend towards awards for European films, especially films in Romansh (Italian, French, Spanish). In the last decade in particular, more and more films from Latin America , Asia and Eastern Europe have been nominated or awarded.
rank | country | Victories | Nominations | Special prizes / honorary oscars |
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1 | Italy | 11 | 28 | 3 |
2 | France | 9 | 38 | 3 |
3 | Spain | 4th | 20th | 0 |
4th | Germany * | 3 | 20th | 0 |
5 | Sweden | 3 | 16 | 0 |
6th | Denmark | 3 | 12 | 0 |
7th | Soviet Union | 3 | 9 | 0 |
8th | Netherlands | 3 | 7th | 0 |
9 | Hungary | 2 | 10 | 0 |
10 | Argentina | 2 | 7th | 0 |
11 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 6th | 0 |
12 | Switzerland | 2 | 5 | 0 |
13 | Austria | 2 | 4th | 0 |
14th | Iran | 2 | 3 | 0 |
15th | Japan | 1 | 13 | 3 |
16 | Poland | 1 | 12 | 0 |
17th | Mexico | 1 | 9 | 0 |
18th | Russia | 1 | 7th | 0 |
19th | Canada | 1 | 6th | 0 |
20th | Algeria | 1 | 5 | 0 |
21st | Taiwan | 1 | 3 | 0 |
21st | Czech Republic | 1 | 3 | 0 |
23 | Chile | 1 | 2 | 0 |
23 | South Africa | 1 | 2 | 0 |
25th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 0 |
25th | Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 |
25th | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 |
28 | Israel | 0 | 10 | 0 |
29 | Belgium | 0 | 7th | 0 |
30th | Yugoslavia | 0 | 6th | 0 |
31 | Greece | 0 | 5 | 0 |
32 | Brazil | 0 | 4th | 0 |
32 | People's Republic of China | 0 | 4th | 0 |
32 | Norway | 0 | 4th | 0 |
35 | India | 0 | 3 | 0 |
36 | Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 0 |
36 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
36 | Palestine | 0 | 2 | 0 |
36 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2 | 0 |
40 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Cambodia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Nepal | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- The reunified Germany (2 victories | 11 nominations), the FRG until 1990 (1 victory | 8 nominations) and the GDR (0 victories | 1 nomination) are kept in separate statistics from the official AMPAS database.