Oscar: Best Foreign Film / Cel mai bun film strain (1957-2005)

For general classament see: Oscar Winners

Best Foreign-Language Film

• 1956 - La Strada (Italy), Federico Fellini


• 1957 - Nights of Cabiria (Italy), Federico Fellini


• 1958 - Mon Oncle (France), Jacques Tati


• 1959 - Black Orpheus (France/Italy/Brazil), Marcel Camus


• 1960 - The Virgin Spring (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman


• 1961 - Through a Glass, Darkly (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman


• 1962 - Sundays and Cybele (France), Serge Bourguignon


• 1963 - 81 (Italy), Federico Fellini


• 1964 - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italy/France), Vittorio De Sica


• 1965 - The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia), Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos


• 1966 - A Man and a Woman (France), Claude Lelouch


• 1967 - Closely Watched Trains (Czechoslovakia), Jirí Menzel


• 1968 - War and Peace (USSR), Sergei Bondarchuk


• 1969 - Z (France/Algeria), Constantin Costa-Gavras


• 1970 - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy), Elio Petri


• 1971 - The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italy/West Germany), Vittorio De Sica


• 1972 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France), Luis Buñuel


• 1973 - Day for Night (France), François Truffaut

• 1974 - Amarcord (Italy), Federico Fellini


• 1975 - Dersu Uzala (USSR), Kurosawa Akira


• 1976 - Black and White in Color (Côte d' Ivoire), Jean-Jacques Annaud


• 1977 - Madame Rosa (France), Moshe Mizrahi


• 1978 - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (France/Belgium), Bertrand Blier


• 1979 - The Tin Drum (Germany), Volker Schlöndorff


• 1980 - Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (USSR), Vladimir Menshov


• 1981 - Mephisto (Hungary), István Szabó


• 1982 - To Begin Again (Spain), Jose Luis Garci


• 1983 - Fanny and Alexander (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman


• 1984 - Dangerous Moves (Switzerland), Richard Dembo


• 1985 - The Offical Story (Argentina), Luis Puenzo


• 1986 - The Assault (Netherlands), Fons Rademakers


• 1987 - Babette's Feast (Denmark), Gabriel Axel


• 1988 - Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark), Bille August


• 1989 - Cinema Paradiso (Italy) , Guiseppe Tornatore


• 1990 - Journey of Hope (Switzerland), Xavier Koller


• 1991 - Mediterraneo (Italy), Gabriele Salvatores


• 1992 - Indochine (France), Régis Wargnier


• 1993 - Belle Époque (Spain), Fernando Trueba


• 1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Russia), Nikita Mikhalkov


• 1995 - Antonia's Line (Netherlands), Marleen Gorris


• 1996 - Kolya (Czech Republic), Jan Sverák


• 1997 - Character (Netherlands), Mike van Diem


• 1998 - Life Is Beautiful (Italy), Roberto Benigni


• 1999 - All About My Mother (Spain), Pedro Almodóvar


• 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan), Ang Lee


• 2001 - No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Danis Tanovic


• 2002 - Nowhere In Africa (Germany), Caroline Link


• 2003 - The Barbarian Invasions (Canada), Denys Arcand


• 2004 - The Sea Inside (Spain), Alejandro Amenábar