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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film - Nominees

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, introduced as a competitive category in 1957 at the 29th Academy Awards, is presented annually for outstanding achievement in filmmaking of a predominantly non-English language film produced outside the United States from the previous year.

From 1948–1956, the award was presented as an Honorary Award. Since 2007, submitted films are no longer required to be in the official language of the submitting country. Additionally, unlike others awards, this honor is considered a recognition for the submitting country as a whole.

Sorted Chronologically by Awards Year. Winners in BOLD. Acceptance speech linked in Notes (where available).

UPDATED: May 2026

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  • Shoeshine

    1

  • Monsieur Vincent

    2

  • Bicycle Thieves

    3

  • The Walls of Malapaga

    4

  • Rashomon

    5

  • Forbidden Games

    6

  • Gate of Hell

    7

  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    8

  • The Burmese Harp

    9

  • The Captain from Kopenick

    10

  • Gervaise

    11

  • La Strada

    12

  • Qivitoq

    13

  • The Devil Strikes at Night

    14

  • The Gates of Paris

    15

  • Mother India

    16

  • Nights of Cabiria

    17

  • Nine Lives

    18

  • Arms and the Man

    19

  • Big Deal on Madonna Street

    20

  • Mon Oncle

    21

  • Revenge

    22

  • The Year Long Road

    23

  • Black Orpheus

    24

  • The Bridge

    25

  • The Great War

    26

  • Boy of Two Worlds

    27

  • Village by the River

    28

  • Kapo

    29

  • The Truth

    30

  • Macario

    31

  • The Ninth Circle

    32

  • The Virgin Spring

    33

  • Harry and the Butler

    34

  • Immortal Love

    35

  • The Important Man

    36

  • Placido

    37

  • Through a Glass Darkly

    38

  • Electra

    39

  • The Four Days of Naples

    40

  • The Given Word

    41

  • Sundays and Cybele

    42

  • Tlayucan

    43

  • 8½

    44

  • Knife in the Water

    45

  • Los Tarantos

    46

  • The Red Lanterns

    47

  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    48

  • Marriage Italian Style

    49

  • Raven's End

    50

  • Sallah

    51

  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    52

  • Woman in the Dunes

    53

  • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    54

  • Blood on the Land

    55

  • Dear John

    56

  • Kwaidan

    57

  • The Shop on Main Street

    58

  • The Battle of Algiers

    59

  • Loves of a Blonde

    60

  • A Man and a Woman

    61

  • Pharaoh

    62

  • Three

    63

  • Bewitched Love

    64

  • Closely Watched Trains

    65

  • I Even Met Happy Gypsies

    66

  • Live for Life

    67

  • Portrait of Chieko

    68

  • The Boys of Paul Street

    69

  • The Firemen's Ball

    70

  • The Girl with a Pistol

    71

  • Stolen Kisses

    72

  • War and Peace

    73

  • Z

    74

  • Adalen 31

    75

  • The Battle of Neretva

    76

  • The Brothers Karamazov

    77

  • My Night at Maud's

    78

  • The Bamboo Incident

    79

  • First Love

    80

  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

    81

  • Peace in the Fields

    82

  • Tristana

    83

  • Dodes'ka-den

    84

  • The Emigrants

    85

  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

    86

  • The Policeman

    87

  • Tchaikovsky

    88

  • The Dawns Here Are Quiet

    89

  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

    90

  • I Love You Rosa

    91

  • My Dearest Senorita

    92

  • The New Land

    93

  • Day for Night

    94

  • The House on Chelouche Street

    95

  • The Invitation

    96

  • The Pedestrian

    97

  • Turkish Delight

    98

  • Amarcord

    99

  • Cat's Play

    100