All the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award® Winners, 1947 - 2008
(Although producers of Foreign Language Film nominees are listed and referenced -- if they have been nominated in another category -- I do not take those nominations into account when totalling their nominations and Awards.)
2008    Okuribito (Departures)    (Japan)
2007    Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters)    (Germany)
2006    Das Leben der Anderen (Lives of Others)    (Germany)
2005    Tsotsi    (South Africa)
2004    Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside)    (Spain)
2003    Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions)    (Canada)
2002    Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)    (Germany)
2001    Nicija zemlja (No Man's Land)    (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
2000    Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)    (Hong Kong)
1999    Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother)    (Spain)
1998    La Vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful)    (Italy)
1997    Karakter (Character)    (Netherlands)
1996    Kolya    (Czech Republic)
1995    Antonia (Antonia's Line)    (Netherlands)
1994    Утомлённые солнцем (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (Burnt by the Sun)    (Russia)
1993    Belle époque    (Spain)
1992    Indochine    (France)
1991    Mediterraneo    (Italy)
1990    Reise der Hoffnung (Journey of Hope)    (Switzerland)
1989    Cinema Paradiso    (Italy)
1988    Pelle erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror)    (Denmark)
1987    Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast)    (Denmark)
1986    De Aanslag (The Assault)    (Netherlands)
1985    La Historia oficial (The Official Story)    (Argentina)
1984    La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves)    (Switzerland)
1983    Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander)    (Sweden)
1982    Volver a empezar (To Begin Again)    (Spain)
1981    Mephisto    (Hungary)
1980    Москва слезам не верит (Moskva slezam ne verit)
(Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears)    (U.S.S.R.)
1979    Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)    (West Germany)
1978    Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs)    (France)
1977    La vie devant soi (Madame Rosa)    (France)
1976    Noirs et blancs en couleur (a.k.a. La victoire en chantant) (Black and White in Color)    (Ivory Coast)
1975    Dersu Uzala    (U.S.S.R.)
1974    Amarcord    (Italy)
1973    La nuit américaine (Day for Night)    (France)
1972    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)    (France)
1971    Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)    (Italy)
1970    Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion)    (Italy)
1969    Z    (Algeria)
1968    Война и мир (Voina i mir) (War and Peace)    (U.S.S.R.)
1967    Ostre sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains)    (Czechoslovakia)
1966    Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman)    (France)
1965    Obchod na korze (The Shop on Main Street)    (Czechoslovakia)
1964    Ieri, oggi, domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)    (Italy)
1963        (Italy)
1962    Les dimanches de ville d'Avray (Sundays and Cybele)    (France)
1961    Såsom i en spegel (Through a Glass, Darkly)    (Sweden)
1960    Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)    (Sweden)
1959    Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)    (France)
1958    Mon Oncle (My Uncle)    (France)
1957    Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria)    (Italy)
1956    La Strada (The Road)   (Italy)
Prior to 1956 an Honorary Award voted by the Academy Board of Governors.
1955    Miyamoto Musashi (Samurai, The Legend of Musashi)    (Japan)
1954    Jigokumon (Gate of Hell)    (Japan)
1953    No Award
1952    Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games)    (France)
1951    Rashômon    (Japan)
1950    Le Mura di Malapaga (The Walls of Malapaga)    (Italy/France)
1949    Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)    (Italy)
1948    Monsieur Vincent    (France)
1947    Sciuscià (ragazzi) (Shoeshine)    (Italy)