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2025 (98th) Academy Awards

Best International Feature

78 ceremonies · 1947-present

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Best International Feature Film

Sentimental Value

The Secret Agent

It Was Just an Accident

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best International Feature Film

The Girl with the Needle

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best International Feature Film

The Zone of Interest

Society of the Snow

The Teachers' Lounge

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Argentina, 1985

Best International Feature Film

The Hand of God

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

The Worst Person in the World

Best International Feature Film

The Man Who Sold His Skin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best International Feature Film

North Macedonia

Les Misérables

Best Foreign Language Film

Never Look Away

Best Foreign Language Film

A Fantastic Woman

On Body and Soul

Best Foreign Language Film

A Man Called Ove

Best Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Foreign Language Film

The Great Beauty

The Broken Circle Breakdown

The Missing Picture

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Foreign Language Film

Monsieur Lazhar

Best Foreign Language Film

In a Better World

Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)

Best Foreign Language Film

The Secret in Their Eyes

The Milk of Sorrow

The White Ribbon

Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Waltz with Bashir

Best Foreign Language Film

The Counterfeiters

Best Foreign Language Film

The Lives of Others

After the Wedding

Days of Glory (Indigènes)

Pan's Labyrinth

Best Foreign Language Film

The Palestinian Territories

Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

Best Foreign Language Film

As It Is in Heaven

The Chorus (Les Choristes)

Best Foreign Language Film

The Barbarian Invasions

The Twilight Samurai

The Netherlands

Best Foreign Language Film

Nowhere in Africa

El Crimen del Padre Amaro

People's Republic of China

The Man without a Past

The Netherlands

Best Foreign Language Film

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Son of the Bride

Best Foreign Language Film

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Divided We Fall

Everybody Famous!

The Taste of Others

Best Foreign Language Film

All about My Mother

Solomon and Gaenor

Best Foreign Language Film

Life Is Beautiful

Central Station

Children of Heaven

The Grandfather

Best Foreign Language Film

The Netherlands

Four Days in September

Secrets of the Heart

Best Foreign Language Film

The Other Side of Sunday

Prisoner of the Mountains

Best Foreign Language Film

The Netherlands

All Things Fair

Best Foreign Language Film

Burnt by the Sun

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Before the Rain

Eat Drink Man Woman

Farinelli: Il Castrato

Strawberry and Chocolate

Best Foreign Language Film

Farewell My Concubine

The Scent of Green Papaya

The Wedding Banquet

Best Foreign Language Film

A Place in the World

Best Foreign Language Film

Children of Nature

The Elementary School

Raise the Red Lantern

Best Foreign Language Film

Journey of Hope

Cyrano de Bergerac

People's Republic of China

Best Foreign Language Film

Cinema Paradiso

Camille Claudel

Jesus of Montreal

Waltzing Regitze

What Happened to Santiago

Best Foreign Language Film

Pelle the Conqueror

The Music Teacher

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Foreign Language Film

Babette's Feast

Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children)

Course Completed

Best Foreign Language Film

The Netherlands

The Decline of the American Empire

My Sweet Little Village

Best Foreign Language Film

The Official Story

Federal Republic of Germany

Three Men and a Cradle

When Father Was Away on Business

Best Foreign Language Film

Dangerous Moves

Beyond the Walls

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Wartime Romance

Best Foreign Language Film

Fanny & Alexander

Best Foreign Language Film

Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again')

Alsino and the Condor

Coup de Torchon ('Clean Slate')

The Flight of the Eagle

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Best Foreign Language Film

The Boat Is Full

Best Foreign Language Film

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)

Best Foreign Language Film

Federal Republic of Germany

The Maids of Wilko

Mama Turns a Hundred

To Forget Venice

Best Foreign Language Film

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

German Federal Republic

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

White Bim Black Ear

Best Foreign Language Film

Operation Thunderbolt

That Obscure Object of Desire

Best Foreign Language Film

Black and White in Color

Cousin, Cousine

German Democratic Republic

Jacob, the Liar

Nights and Days

Best Foreign Language Film

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Land of Promise

Letters from Marusia

Scent of a Woman

Best Foreign Language Film

Lacombe, Lucien

Best Foreign Language Film

The House on Chelouche Street

The Netherlands

Turkish Delight

Best Foreign Language Film

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

I Love You Rosa

My Dearest Señorita

Best Foreign Language Film

The Garden of the Finzi Continis

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Best Foreign Language Film

Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion

Paix Sur Les Champs

Best Foreign Language Film

The Battle of Neretva

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The Brothers Karamazov

My Night at Maud's

Best Foreign Language Film

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The Boys of Paul Street

The Firemen's Ball

The Girl with the Pistol

Best Foreign Language Film

Closely Watched Trains

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

Portrait of Chieko

Best Foreign Language Film

A Man and a Woman

The Battle of Algiers

Loves of a Blonde

Best Foreign Language Film

The Shop on Main Street

Blood on the Land

Marriage Italian Style

Best Foreign Language Film

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Woman in the Dunes

Best Foreign Language Film

Federico Fellini's 8-1/2

Knife in the Water

The Red Lanterns

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Best Foreign Language Film

Sundays and Cybele

The Four Days of Naples

Keeper of Promises (The Given Word)

Best Foreign Language Film

Through a Glass Darkly

Harry and the Butler

The Important Man

Best Foreign Language Film

The Virgin Spring

The Ninth Circle

Best Foreign Language Film

The Netherlands

The Village on the River

Best Foreign Language Film

Arms and the Man

The Road a Year Long

The Usual Unidentified Thieves

Best Foreign Language Film

The Nights of Cabiria

The Devil Came at Night

Best Foreign Language Film

Italy, Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti

Federal Republic of Germany - West, Gyula Trebitsch, Walter Koppel

The Captain of Kopenick

France, Annie Dorfmann

Japan, Masayuki Takagi

Denmark, O. Dalsgaard-Olsen

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

Samurai, The Legend of Musashi

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

Forbidden Games

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

The Walls of Malapaga

Special Foreign Language Film Award

The Bicycle Thief

Special Foreign Language Film Award

Monsieur Vincent

Special Award

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1	France	43	12	43	12
2	Italy	33	14	33	14
3	Spain	22	4	22	4
4	Japan	18	5	18	5
5	Sweden	16	3	16	3
6	Denmark	15	4	15	4
7	Germany	14	3	14	3
8	Poland	13	1	13	1
9	Hungary	10	2	10	2
10	Israel	10	0	10	0
11	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	9	3	9	3
12	Mexico	9	1	9	1
13	Argentina	8	2	8	2
14	Federal Republic of Germany	8	1	8	1
15	Belgium	8	0	8	0
16	The Netherlands	7	3	7	3
17	Canada	7	1	7	1
18	Russia	7	1	7	1
19	Norway	7	1	7	1
20	Czechoslovakia	6	2	6	2
21	Brazil	6	1	6	1
22	Yugoslavia	6	0	6	0
23	Switzerland	5	2	5	2
24	Algeria	5	1	5	1
25	Greece	5	0	5	0
26	Austria	4	2	4	2
27	Iran	3	2	3	2
28	United Kingdom	3	1	3	1
29	Taiwan	3	1	3	1
30	Czech Republic	3	1	3	1
31	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0
32	India	3	0	3	0
33	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2	1	2	1
34	Chile	2	1	2	1
35	South Africa	2	1	2	1
36	Carlo Ponti	1	1	2	1
37	Palestine	2	0	2	0
38	People's Republic of China	2	0	2	0
39	Lebanon	2	0	2	0
40	Tunisia	2	0	2	0
41	North Macedonia	2	0	2	0
42	Ivory Coast	1	1	1	1
43	Dino De Laurentiis	1	1	1	1
44	South Korea	1	1	1	1
45	Finland	1	0	1	0
46	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0
47	Peru	1	0	1	0
48	Cambodia	1	0	1	0
49	Estonia	1	0	1	0
50	Mauritania	1	0	1	0
51	Colombia	1	0	1	0
52	Jordan	1	0	1	0
53	Australia	1	0	1	0
54	Romania	1	0	1	0
55	Bhutan	1	0	1	0
56	O. Dalsgaard-Olsen	1	0	1	0
57	Annie Dorfmann	1	0	1	0
58	German Democratic Republic	1	0	1	0
59	Nicaragua	1	0	1	0
60	Gyula Trebitsch	1	0	1	0
61	Walter Koppel	1	0	1	0
62	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	0
63	Iceland	1	0	1	0
64	Vietnam	1	0	1	0
65	Ireland	1	0	1	0
66	Cuba	1	0	1	0
67	Latvia	1	0	1	0
68	Georgia	1	0	1	0
69	Nepal	1	0	1	0
70	Masayuki Takagi	1	0	1	0
71	Uruguay	0	0	0	0

Known as

Best International Feature Film

2019-present

Best Foreign Language Film

1956-2018

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

1954-1955

Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

1950-1952

Special Foreign Language Film Award

1948-1949

Special Award

1947