Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

As a Special Award

• 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - George de la Grandiere
• 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy) - Mayer - Vittorio De Sica producer and director

As an Honorary Award

• 1950 The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy) - George Agliani and Alfredo Guarini
• 1951 Rashomon (Japan) - Akira Kurosawa
• 1952 Forbidden Games (France) - Rene Clement
• 1953 none given
• 1954 Gate of Hell (Japan) - Teinosuke Kinugasa
• 1955 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan) - Hiroshi Inagaki

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 (Germany) -
  • 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 - Ingmar Bergman
• 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman
• 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 - Vittorio De Sica

1965 The Shop on Main Street - Jan Kadar

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 - Jean-Claude Carriere

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 - 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 - Giuseppe Tornatore

1990 Journey of Hope - Xavier Koller

1991 Mediterraneo - Gabriele Salvatores

1992 Indochine - Regis Wargnier

1993 Belle Epoque - Fernando Trueba

1994 Burnt by the Sun - Nikita Mikhalkov

1995 Antonia’s Line - Marleen Gorris

1996 Kolya - Jan Sverák

1997 Character - Mike van Diem

1998 Life is Beautiful - 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