Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

As a Special Award

• 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy) - Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica - Paolo William Tamburella producer - Vittorio De Sica director
• 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - E. D. I. C., Union Général Cinématographique - George de la Grandiere producer - Maurice Cloche director
• 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy) - Mayer - Vittorio De Sica producer and director

As an Honorary Award

• 1950 The Walls of Malapaga (Au delà des grilles) (France/Italy) - Francinex, Italia Produzione - George Agliani and Alfredo Guarini producers - René Clément director
• 1951 Rashomon (Japan) - Daiei Motion Picture Co,, Daiei Studios - Minoru Jingo producer - Akira Kurosawa director
• 1952 Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (France) - Silver Films - Robert Dorfmann producer - René Clément director
• 1953 none given
• 1954 Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (Japan) - Daiei Studios - Masaichi Nagata producer - Teinosuke Kinugasa director
• 1955 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Miyamoto Musashi) (Japan) - Criterion Pictures Corp., Fine Arts Films - Kazuo Takimura producer - Hiroshi Inagaki director

As a category in its own right.

• 1956 La Strada (Italy) - Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica - Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti producers - Federico Fellini director
  • The Captain of the Kopenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) (Germany) - Real-Film GmbH - Gyula Trebitsch producer - Helmut Käutner director
  • Gervaise (France) - Agnes Delahaie Productions, C. I. C. C. Films, Silver Films - Annie Dorfmann producer - René Clément director
  • Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) (Japan) - Nikkatsu Corporation - Masayuki Takaki producer - Kon Ichikawa director
  • Qivitoq (Denmark - Greenland Inuit?) - Nordisk film - Erik Balling director
• 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy) - Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau - Dino de Laurentiis producer - Federico Fellini director
  • The Devil Came at Night (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) (Germany) - Divina-Film - Robert Siodmak producer and director
  • Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas) (France) - Cinétel, Filmsonor, Rizzoli Film, S.E.C.A. - René Clair producer and director
  • Mother India (Bharat Mata) (India-Hindi) - Mehboob Productions - Mehboob Khan producer and director
  • Nine Lives (Ni liv) (Norway) - Nordsjøfilm - Arne Skouen producer and director
• 1958 My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France) - Alter, Centauro, Gray, Specta - Louis Dolivet, Fred Orain, Alain Terrouane, Jacques Tati producers, Jacques Tati director.
  • Arms and the Man (Helden) (Germany) - Bavaria Filmkunst - Peter Golbaum and Harry R. Sokal producers - Franz Peter Wirth director.
  • Vengeance (La Venganza) (Spain) - Guion, Suevia, Vides - Juan Antonio Bardem director
  • The Road a Year Long (La Strada lunga un anno) (Yugoslavia/Italy -Italian) - Croatia Film, Jadran Film - Ivo Vrhovec production manager - Giuseppe De Santis director
  • The Usual Unidentified Thieves (a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street) (I soliti ignoti) (Italy) - Cinecittr, Lux, Vides - Franco Cristaldi producer - Mario Monicelli director
• 1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France/Italy - Portuguese) - Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan - Sacha Gordine producer - Marcel Camus director
  • The Bridge (Die Brücke) (Germany) - Fono Film - Hermann Schwerin producer - Bernhard Wicki director
  • The Great War (La Grande Guerra) (Italy) - Dino de Laurentis Cinematographica, Lopert Pictures Corp. - Dino de Laurentis producer - Mario Monicelli director
  • Paw (Denmark) - Laterna Film - Mogens Skot-Hansen producer - Astrid Jenning-Hensen director
  • The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) (Netherlands) - Nationale Film Productie Maatschappij - Fons Rademakers director
• 1960 The Virgin Spring (Sweden) - Ingmar Bergman
  • Kapo (Italy)
  • La Verité (France)
  • Macario (Mexico)
  • The Ninth Circle (Yugoslavia)
• 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman
  • Harry and the Butler (Denmark)
  • Immortal Love (Japan)
  • The Important Man (Mexico)
  • Placido (Spain)
• 1962 Sundays and Cybele - Serge Bourguignon
• 1963 8 1/2 (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinez - Angelo Rizzoli producer - Federico Fellini director
  • Knife in the Water (Poland)
  • La Tarantos (Spain)
  • The Red Lanterns (Greece)
  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Japan)
• 1964 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Italy)- Vittorio De Sica
  • Raven's End (Sweden)
  • Sallah (Israel)
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France)
  • Woman in the Dunes (Japan)
• 1965 The Shop on Main Street - (Czechoslovakia) - Jan Kadar
  • Blood on the Land (Greece)
  • Dear John (Sweden)
  • Kwaidan (Japan)
  • Marriage Italian Style (Italy)

1966 A Man and a Woman - Claude Lelouch

1967 Closely Watched Trains - Jiri Menzel

1968 War and Peace - Sergei Bondarchuk

1969 Z - Constantin Costa-Gavras

1970 none given

1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis - Vittorio De Sica

1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel

1973 Day for Night - François Truffaut

1974 Amarcord - F. C. Productions - Franco Cristaldi producer - Federico Fellini director

1975 Dersu Uzala - Akira Kurosawa

1976 Black and White in Color - Jean-Jacques Annaud

1977 Madame Rosa - Moshe Mizrahi

1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs - Bertrand Blier

1979 The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) -Volker Schlöndorff - director Jean-Claude Carriere screenwriter from the novel of the same name by Gunter Grass

1980 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears - Vladimir Menshov

1981 Mephisto - Istvan Szabo

1982 none given

1983 Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman

1984 Dangerous Moves - Richard Dembo

1985 The Official Story - Luis Puenzo

1986 The Assault (De Aanslag) - Fons Rademakers

1987 Babette’s Feast - Gabriel Axel

• 1988 Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) - Danmarks Radio, Det Danske Filminstitut, et al. - Per Holst producer - Bille August director
  • Hanussen (Hungary) - CCC Filmkunst, Hungarofilm, et al. - Artur Brauner producer - Istvan Szabo director
  • The Music Teacher (Le Maître de Musique) (Belgium - French) - K2-One, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone - Alexandre Pletzer producer - Gérard Corbiau director
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (Spain) - El Deseo S. A., Lauren Film - Pedro Almodovar producer and director
  • Salaam Bombay! (India) - Cadragee, Channel Four Films, et al. - Mira Nair producer and director
• 1989 Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Miramax Films, Home Boxoffice Home Video, et al. - Mino Barbera, Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli producers - Giuseppe Tornatore director
  • Camille Claudel (France) - Antenne-2, Centre National de la Cinématographie, et al. - Isabelle Adjani, Christian Fechner producers - Bruno Nuytten director
  • Memories of a Marriage (Dansen med Regitze) (Denmark) - Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film - Lars Kolvig producer - Kaspar Rostrup director
  • Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) (Canada - French) - Centre National de la Cinématographie, Communication, et al. - Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron, Monique Letourneau producers - Denys Arcand director
  • Santiago, the Story of his New Life (Lo que le pasó a Santiago) (Puerto Rico) - Bacalao Inc., Dios los Cría Inc., et al. - Blanca Silvia Ero, Pedro Muniz producers - Jacobo Morales director
• 1990 Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland - German and Turkish) - Anta, Catpics AG, et al. - Peter-Christian, Fueter, Alfi Sinniger producers - Xavier Koller director
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) (France) - Caméra One, Centre National de la Cinématographie, et al. - René Cleitman, Michel Seydoux, André Szots producers - Jean-Paul Rappenau director
  • Ju Dou (China - Mandarin) - China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Import and Export, et al. - Hu Jian, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Wenze Zhang producers - Yang Fengliang, Yimou Zhang directors
  • Open Doors (Porte aperte) (Italy) - Erre Produzioni, Instituto Luce, et al. - Angelo Rizzoli Jr. producer - Gianni Amelio director
  • The Nasty Girl (Das Schreckliche Mädchen) (Germany) - Filmverlag der Autoren, Sentana Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - Michael Senftleben producer - Michael Verhoeven director
• 1991 Mediterraneo (Italy) - A. M. A. Film, Penta Films S. A., Silvio Berlusconi Communications - Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gianni Minervini producers - Gabriele Salvatores director
  • Children of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar) (Iceland) - Icelandic Film Corporation, Max Film, Metro Film - Friðrik Þor Friðriksson producer and director
  • Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) (China - Mandarin) - Century Communications, China Film Co-Production Corporation, et al. - Fu-Sheng Chiu producer - Yimou Zhang director
  • The Elementary School (Obecná skola) (Czechoslovakia - Czech) - production & producers^? - Jan Sverak director
  • The Ox (Oxen) (Sweden) - Josephson & Nykvist HB, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, et al. - Jean Doumanian producer - Sven Nykvist director
• 1992 Indochina (film) (Indochine) (France) - Bac Films, Ciné Cinq, et al. - Eric Heumann, Jean Labadie producers - Regis Wargnier
  • Daens (Belgium - Dutch, Latin, French) - Favourite Films, Films Dérives - Dirk Impens, Jean-Luc Ormières, Maria Peters, Hans Pos, Dave Schram producers - Stijn Coninx director
  • A Place in the World (Un Lugar en el mundo) (Argentin) - Transmundo - Adolfo Aristrain, Osvaldo Papaleo producers - Adolfo Aristrain director
  • Schtonk! (Germany) - Westdeutscher Rundfunk - Helmut Dietl, Gunter Rohrbach producers - Helmut Dietl director
  • Close to Eden (Urga) (U. S. S. R. - Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin) - Aria, Caméra One, et al. - Michel Seydoux producer - Nikita Mikhalkov director

1993 Belle Epoque - Fernando Trueba

1994 Burnt by the Sun - Nikita Mikhalkov

1995 Antonia’s Line - Marleen Gorris

1996 Kolya - Jan Sverák

1997 Character (Karakter) - Mike van Diem

1998 Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) - Roberto Benigni

1999 All About My Mother - Pedro Almodóvar

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee

2001 No Man's Land (Bosnian) - Marc Baschet, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela and Cédomir Kolar

See also : Academy Awards