My Best International Film winners
My nominees (and winners) for Best International Film. Only films that are not English-spoken.
I will include my top 5 films each year and, in cases where countries are repeated, I will add the runner-ups of other countries.
I will include my top 5 films each year and, in cases where countries are repeated, I will add the runner-ups of other countries.
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- DirectorDea KulumbegashviliStarsIa SukhitashviliRati OneliKakha KintsurashviliWhen a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.2020 - Beginning
Nominees:
Beginning - Georgia*
El agente topo - Chile
Josep - France
La Llorona - Guatemala
Las Niñas - Spain - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.2019 - Parasite
Nominees:
Dolor y Gloria - Spain
Ema - Chile
La trinchera infinita - Spain
Parasite - South Korea**
Portrait de jeune fille en feu - France
Additions:
Bacurau - Brazil - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina AutreyA year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.2018 - Roma
Nominees:
Cold War - Poland
El Reino - Spain
Girl - Belgium
Roma - Mexico**
Quién te cantará - Spain
Additions:
Shoplifters - Japan - DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsMarcel BorràsNúria PrimsOriol PlaIn war-torn Spain, during the tumultuous 1937, a Republican young officer will hopelessly fall for the charms of a deceitful femme-fatale who will not hesitate to use him in her best interest.2017 - Incerta glòria
Nominees:
El Autor - Spain
Estiu 1993 - Spain/Catalonia
Incerta glòria - Spain/Catalonia**
The Square - Sweden
Verónica - Spain
Additions:
Loveless - Russia
Nadie nos mira - Argentina
Visages Villages - France - DirectorMaren AdeStarsSandra HüllerPeter SimonischekMichael WittenbornA practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.2016 - Toni Erdmann
Nominees:
Elle - France
Forushande - Iran
Julieta - Spain
Ma vie de courgette - Switzerland
Toni Erdmann - Germany** - DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroRoberto FaríasAntonia ZegersA crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.2015 - El club
Nominees:
El club - Chile**
Mi gran noche - Spain
Mustang - France
Saul Fia - Hungary
Truman - Spain
Additions:
Mia Madre - Italy - DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.2014 - Mommy
Nominees:
Deux Jours, une nuit - Belgium
La isla mínima - Spain
Magical Girl - Spain
Mommy - Canada**
Relatos salvajes - Argentina
Additions:
Winter Sleep - Turkey - DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim KechioucheAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.2013 - La vie d'Adèle
Nominees:
La gran familia española - Spain
La grande bellezza - Italy
La herida - Spain
La vie d'Adèle - France**
Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados - Spain
Additions:
The Missing Picture - Cambodja
The wind rises - Japan - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.2012 - Amour
Nominees:
A Royal Affair - Denmark
Amour - Austria**
Blancanieves - Spain
Dans la maison - France
De rouille et d'os - France
Additions:
Reality - Italy - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.2011 - Nader and Simin, A Separation
Nominees:
Arrugas - Spain
Intouchables - France
La piel que habito - Spain
Mientras duermes - Spain
Nader and Simin, A Separation - Iran**
Additions:
Footnote - Israel
Monsieur Lazhar - Canada - DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsFrancesc ColomerMarina ComasNora NavasIn the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.2010 - Pa Negre
Nominees:
Biutiful - Mexico
Haevnen - Denmark
Les petits mouchoirs - France
Pa Negre - Spain/Catalonia
También la lluvia - Spain
Additions:
Dogtooth - Greece - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.2009 - El secreto de sus ojos
Nominees:
Das weisse Band - Germany
El secreto de sus ojos - Argentina**
Los abrazos rotos - Spain
Millenium: Män som hatar kvinnor - Sweden
Un prophète - France - DirectorJavier FesserStarsNerea CamachoCarme EliasMariano VenancioThe young daughter of sectarian religious fanatics faces a deadly illness soon after falling in love for the first time.2008 - Camino
Nominees:
Camino - Spain**
Departures - Japan
Entre les murs - France
L'heure d'été - France
Lat den rätte komma inn - Sweden
Additions:
Die Welle - Germany - DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.2007 - El orfanato
Nominees:
4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days - Romania
El orfanato - Spain/Catalonia**
La vie en Rose - France
Persepolis - France
REC - Spain/Catalonia
Additions:
Ben X - Belgium
Die Fälscher - Austria - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzCarmen MauraLola DueñasAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.2006 - Volver
Nominees:
After the wedding - Denmark
Das Leben der Anderen - Germany
El laberinto del fauno - Mexico
Salvador (Puig Antich) - Spain/Catalonia
Volver - Spain**
Additions:
Zwartboek - Netherlands - DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsEduardo NoriegaNajwa NimriEduard Fernández7 Spanish top corporate job candidates are left in a room and informed on computer screens about their tasks and that one of them is an observer. Let the psyching begin.El método - Spain
Nominees:
Caché - France
C.R.A.Z.Y. - Canada
El método - Spain**
La bestia nel cuore - Italy
Tsotsi - South Africa - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.2004 - Mar adentro
Nominees:
Der Untergang - Germany
La mala educación - Spain
Mar adentro - Spain**
María llena eres de Gracia - Colombia
Un longe dimanche de fiançailles - France
Additions:
Roma - Argentina - DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.2003 - Cidade de Deus
Nominees:
Cidade de Deus - Brazil**
En la ciudad - Spain/Catalonia
Good Bye, Lenin! - Germany
Memories of murder - South Korea
Te doy mis ojos - Spain
Additions:
Les invasions barbares - Canada - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsRosario FloresJavier CámaraDarío GrandinettiTwo men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.2002 - Hable con ella
Nominees:
Hable con ella - Spain**
Irreversible - France
Lugares comunes - Argentina
Spirited Away - Japan
Y tu mamá también - Mexico - DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.2001 - Amélie
Nominees:
Amélie - France**
El hijo de la novia - Argentina
La pianiste - France
La stanza del figlio - Italy
Lucía y el sexo - Spain
Additions:
Monsoon Wedding - India - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungSiu Ping-LamTwo neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.2000 - In the mood for love
Nominees:
Amores perros - Mexico
In the mood for love - Hong Kong**
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse - France
Nueve reinas - Argentina
You're the one (Una historia de entonces) - Spain - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.1999 - Todo sobre mi madre
Nominees:
Cuando vuelvas a mi lado - Spain
El mismo amor, la misma lluvia - Argentina
La lengua de las mariposas - Spain
Todo sobre mi madre - Spain**
Une liaison pornographique - France - DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.1998 - La vita è bella
Nominees:
Central do Brasil - Brazil
La niña de tus ojos - Spain
La vita è bella - Italy**
Lola rennt - Germany
Los amantes del Círculo Polar - Spain
Additions:
Idioterne - Denmark - DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsFederico LuppiJuan Diego BottoEusebio Poncela19-year-old Argentina Martin has a nearly fatal drug overdose. After that his mother sends him to Madrid, where his film director father (also called Martin) lives with his new much younger lover Alicia and bisexual actor friend Dante.1997 - Martín (Hache)
Nominees:
Martín (Hache) - Argentina**
Familia - Spain
Happy together - Hong Kong
La buena estrella - Spain
Secretos del corazón - Spain
Additions:
Marius et Jeannette - France
Mother and Son - Russia - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsAna TorrentFele MartínezEduardo NoriegaWhile doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...1996 - Tesis
Nominees:
El amor perjudica seriamente la salud - Spain
El perro del hortelano - Spain
Kolya - Czech Republic
Tesis - Spain**
Tierra - Spain
Additions:
Conte d'été - France - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsMarisa ParedesJuan EchanoveCarme EliasLeo writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym but as she struggles in her relationship with her husband, she finds her output becoming darker.1995 - La flor de mi secreto
Nominees:
El día de la bestia - Spain
Il postino - Italy
La flor de mi secreto - Spain**
La haine - France
The white balloon - Iran
Additions:
Underground - Yugoslavia - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobJean-Louis TrintignantFrédérique FederA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.1994 - Trois couleurs: Rouge
Nominees:
Chungking Express - Hong Kong
Días contados - Spain
Through the olive trees - Iran
To Live - China
Trois couleurs: Rouge - France** - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.1993 - Trois couleurs: Bleu
Nominees:
Farewell my concubine - China
La ardilla roja - Spain
The wedding banquet - Taiwan
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould - Canada
Trois couleurs: Bleu - France** - DirectorFernando TruebaStarsFernando Fernán GómezJorge SanzPenélope CruzA 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.1992 - Belle Epoque
Nominees:
Belle Epoque - Spain**
Indochine - France
Léolo - Canada
Un lugar en el mundo - Argentina
Vacas - Spain
Additions:
Como agua para chocolate - Mexico - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsVictoria AbrilMarisa ParedesMiguel BoséA singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.1991 - Tacones lejanos
Nominees:
Amantes - Spain
Delicatessen - France
Europa - Denmark
Mediterraneo - Italy
Tacones lejanos - Spain** - DirectorCarlos SauraStarsCarmen MauraAndrés PajaresGabino DiegoDuring the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.1990 - ¡Ay, Carmela!
Nominees:
Átame - Spain
¡Ay, Carmela! - Spain**
Cyrano de Bergerac - France
Europa, Europa - Germany
Le Mari de la coiffeuse - France
Additions:
The Juniper Tree - Iceland - DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.1989 - Cinema Paradiso
Nominees:
Amanece, que no es poco - Spain
Asterix et le coup du menhir - France
Cinema Paradiso - Italy**
El vuelo de la paloma - Spain
Las cosas del querer - Spain - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraAntonio BanderasJulieta SerranoA television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.1988 - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Nominees:
A Short Film About Killing - Poland
Hanussen - Hungary
Jarrapellejos - Spain
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios - Spain**
Red Sorghum - China - DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.1987 - Der Himmel über Berlin
Nominees.
Au revoir, les enfants - France
Der Himmel über Berlin - Germany**
El bosque animado - Spain
La ley del deseo - Spain
Oci ciorne - Italy - DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsJosé SacristánLaura del SolJuan DiegoThe movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. We assist to the end of an era.1986 - El viaje a ninguna parte
Nominees:
27 horas - Spain
Castle in the sky - Japan
El año de las luces - Spain
El viaje a ninguna parte - Spain**
Le déclin de l'empire américain - Canada - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.1985 - Ran
Nominees:
La corte del faraón - Spain
Ran - Japan**
Sé infiel y no mires con quién - Spain - DirectorMario CamusStarsAlfredo LandaTerele PávezBelén BallesterosSpain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.1984 - Los santos inocentes
Nominees:
Los santos inocentes - Spain**
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! - Spain
Sesión contínua - Spain - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina AdolphsonTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.1983 - Fanny and Alexander
Nominees:
Carmen - Spain
De vierde man - Netherlands
El crack dos - Spain
El Sur - Spain
Fanny and Alexander - Sweden** - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsAntonio FerrandisEncarna PasoJosé BódaloA renowned Spanish writer returns to his natal city after 40 years and embarks on a journey back to his roots, triggering memories of his past.1982 - Volver a empezar
Nominees:
La colmena - Spain
Laberinto de pasiones - Spain
San Clemente - France
Volver a empezar - Spain** - DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus WennemannA German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.1981 - Das Boot
Nominees:
Bodas de sangre - Spain
Das Boot - Germany**
El crack - Spain - DirectorVladimir MenshovStarsVera AlentovaAleksey BatalovIrina MuravyovaThree young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.1980 - Moscow does not believe in tears
Nominees:
Arrebato - Spain
El nido - Spain
Moscow does not believe in tears - Soviet Union**
Ópera Prima - Spain
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón - Spain - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.1979 - Stalker
Nominees:
L’hypothèse du tableau volé - France
Stalker - Soviet Union** - DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsRafael AlonsoLuis EscobarAntonio FerrandisJaume Canivell, Catalan manufacturer of mechanical porters, accompanies his lover on a hunt to relate to important people. The farm where it is organized is full of strange characters.1978 - La escopeta nacional
Nominees:
La escopeta nacional - Spain**
Preparez vos mouchoirs - France - DirectorEttore ScolaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniJohn VernonTwo neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.1977 - Una giornata particolare
Nominees:
Asignatura pendiente - Spain
Cet obscur objet du desir - France
Der Amerikanische Freund - Germany
Soldaat van Oranje - Netherlands
Una giornata particolare - Italy** - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzCarmen MauraLola DueñasAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.Noms/wins per country:
Spain - 88 noms / 19 wins
France - 33 noms / 4 wins
Germany - 10 noms / 3 wins
Italy - 9 noms / 3 wins
Argentina - 8 noms / 2 wins
Canada - 5 noms / 1 wins
Mexico - 5 noms / 1 win
Iran - 4 noms / 1 win
Ran - 4 noms / 1 win
Sweden - 4 noms / 1 win
Denmark - 4 noms / 0 wins
Chile - 3 noms / 1 win
Hong Kong - 3 noms / 1 win
China - 3 noms / 0 wins
Brazil - 2 noms / 1 wins
South Korea - 2 noms / 1 win
Soviet Union - 2 noms / 1 win
Belgium - 2 noms / 0 wins
Hungary - 2 noms / 0 wins
Netherlands - 2 noms / 0 wins
Poland - 2 noms / 0 wins
Austria - 1 nom / 1 win
Georgia - 1 nom / 1 win
Colombia - 1 nom / 0 wins
Czech Republic - 1 nom / 0 wins
Guatemala - 1 nom / 0 wins
Romania - 1 nom / 0 wins
South Africa - 1 nom / 0 wins
Switzerland - 1 noms / 0 wins
Taiwan - 1 nom / 0 wins
Total Countries Nominated: 30
Total Countries Awarded: 16
Additions per country:
France - 3
Argentina - 2
Canada - 2
Italy - 2
Japan - 2
Russia - 2
Austria - 1
Belgium - 1
Brazil - 1
Cambodja -1
Denmark - 1
Germany - 1
Greece - 1
Iceland
India - 1
Israel - 1
Mexico - 1
Netherlands - 1
Turkey - 1
Yugoslavia - 1