Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards & Cannes Awards for Films not in the English Language
Award winning films, which are not in the english language.
• Honorary Academy Award (1947–1955), Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1956-2020) & Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2020-) — en.wikipedia.org
• Academy Award-winning foreign language films (in other categories) — en.wikipedia.org
• BAFTA Award for Best Film (1949-1982) & BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (1983-2011) — en.wikipedia.org; en.wikipedia.org
• Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (1950-) — en.wikipedia.org
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1996-) — en.wikipedia.org
• Festival de Cannes (1939-2017): Palme d'Or/Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, Grand Prix, Jury Prize & Caméra d'Or — en.wikipedia.org
Own lists:
• Top 100 FilmAffinity — filmaffinity.com
• Berlin Goldener Bär, Cannes Palm d'Or & Venice Leone d'Oro — en.wikipedia.org ; en.wikipedia.org ; en.wikipedia.org
• César du meilleur film, David di Donatello per il miglior film, Goyas por mejor película y mejor película iberoamericana, Lolas für den besten Spielfilm, Japan Academy Film Prizes for Picture of the Year & Nordic Council Film Prizes
• Honorary Academy Award (1947–1955), Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1956-2020) & Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2020-) — en.wikipedia.org
• Academy Award-winning foreign language films (in other categories) — en.wikipedia.org
• BAFTA Award for Best Film (1949-1982) & BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (1983-2011) — en.wikipedia.org; en.wikipedia.org
• Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (1950-) — en.wikipedia.org
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1996-) — en.wikipedia.org
• Festival de Cannes (1939-2017): Palme d'Or/Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, Grand Prix, Jury Prize & Caméra d'Or — en.wikipedia.org
Own lists:
• Top 100 FilmAffinity — filmaffinity.com
• Berlin Goldener Bär, Cannes Palm d'Or & Venice Leone d'Oro — en.wikipedia.org ; en.wikipedia.org ; en.wikipedia.org
• César du meilleur film, David di Donatello per il miglior film, Goyas por mejor película y mejor película iberoamericana, Lolas für den besten Spielfilm, Japan Academy Film Prizes for Picture of the Year & Nordic Council Film Prizes
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- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.Cannes Grand Prix (2023)
United States/United Kingdom/Poland - DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language (2024)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2024)
Cannes Palme d'Or (2023)
France - DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.Cannes Jury Prize (2023)
Finland/Germany - DirectorSantiago MitreStarsRicardo DarínGina MastronicolaFrancisco BertínA team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language (2023)
Argentina/United Kingdom/United States - DirectorS.S. RajamouliStarsN.T. Rama Rao Jr.Ram CharanAjay DevgnA fearless warrior on a perilous mission comes face to face with a steely cop serving British forces in this epic saga set in pre-independent India.Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) (2023)
Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Motion Picture (2023)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2023)
Critics Choice Award for Best Song (2023)
India - DirectorEdward BergerStarsFelix KammererAlbrecht SchuchAaron HilmerA young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2023)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) (2023)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (2023)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Production Design (2023)
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay (Adapted) (2023)
BAFTA Award for Best Film (2023)
BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language (2023)
BAFTA Award for Best Director (2023)
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (2023)
BAFTA Award for Original Score (2023)
BAFTA Award for Best Sound (2023)
Germany/United States/United Kingdom - DirectorLukas DhontStarsEden DambrineGustav De WaeleÉmilie DequenneThe intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.Cannes Grand Prix (2022)
Belgium/Netherlands/France - DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMariettaFollows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.Cannes Jury Prize (2022)
Poland/Italy/United Kingdom - DirectorFelix van GroeningenCharlotte VandermeerschStarsLupo BarbieroCristiano SassellaElena LiettiAn epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.Cannes Jury Prize (2022)
Italy/Belgium/France/United Kingdom - DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2022)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2022)
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2022)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2022) - DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsTilda SwintonAgnes BrekkeDaniel Giménez CachoA woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.Cannes Jury Prize (2022)
Colombia/Thailand/France/Germany/Mexico/Qatar/United Kingdom/China/United States/Switzerland - DirectorNadav LapidStarsAvshalom PollakNur FibakOded AzulayAn Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom, the other against the death of a mother.Cannes Jury Prize (2022)
France/Israel/Germany - DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2021)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2021)
Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands - DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsSteven YeunHan YeriAlan KimA Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2021)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2021)
Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress (2021)
USA - DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.Cannes Palme d'Or (2021)
France/Belgium - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsAmir JadidiMohsen TanabandehSahar GoldoostRahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.Cannes Grand Prix (2021)
France/Iran - DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.Cannes Grand Prix (2021)
Finland/Russia/Estonia/Germany - 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.Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year (2020)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing (2020)
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (2020)
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2020)
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay (Original) (2020)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2020)
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2020)
Critics Choice Award for Best Director (2020)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2019)
Cannes Palme d'Or (2019)
South Korea - DirectorMati DiopStarsMame Bineta SaneAmadou MbowTraoreIn a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.Cannes Grand Prix (2019)
France/Senegal/Belgium - DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.Cannes Jury Prize (2019)
Brazil/France - DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardAlexis ManentiDjebril ZongaA cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.Cannes Jury Prize (2019)
France - 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.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2019)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Cinematography (2019)
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2019)
BAFTA Award for Best Film (2019)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2019)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2019)
Mexico/USA - DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.Cannes Palme d'Or (2018)
Japan - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Luc GodardDimitri BasilJean-Pierre GosNothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.Cannes Special Palme d'Or (2018)
France/Switzerland - DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure BankoleWhile serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.Cannes Jury Prize (2018)
Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (2018)
Cannes Prix de la citoyenneté (2018)
Lebanon/United States/France/Cyprus/Qatar/United Kingdom - DirectorSebastián LelioStarsDaniela VegaFrancisco ReyesLuis GneccoMarina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2018)
Chile - DirectorFatih AkinStarsNuman AcarAdam BousdoukosDiane KrugerKatja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2018)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2018)
Germany/France - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.Cannes Palme d'Or (2017)
Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark - DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartArnaud ValoisAdèle HaenelMembers of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.Cannes Grand Prix (2017)
France - DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsMaryana SpivakAleksey RozinMatvey NovikovA couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.Cannes Jury Prize (2017)
Russia/France/Germany/Belgium - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsKim Min-heeHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woongA woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2018)
South Korea - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsShahab HosseiniTaraneh AlidoostiMina SadatiWhile Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2017)
Iran - DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsIsabelle HuppertLaurent LafitteAnne ConsignyA successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2017)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2017)
France - DirectorXavier DolanStarsGaspard UllielMarion CotillardLéa SeydouxLouis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.Cannes Grand Prix (2016)
Canada/France - DirectorLászló NemesStarsGéza RöhrigLevente MolnárUrs RechnA Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2016)
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (2016)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2017)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2016)
Cannes Grand Prix (2015)
Hungary - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJesuthasan AntonythasanKalieaswari SrinivasanClaudine VinasithambyDheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.Cannes Palme d'Or (2015)
France - DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2016)
Argentina/Spain - DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsAleksey SerebryakovElena LyadovaRoman MadyanovIn a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2015)
Russia - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsJohannes KuhnkeLisa Loven KongsliClara WettergrenA family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2015)
Sweden/France/Norway/Denmark - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.Cannes Palme d'Or (2014)
Turkey/Germany/France - DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsAlba RohrwacherMaria Alexandra LunguSam LouwyckA family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.Cannes Grand Prix (2014)
Italy/Switzerland/Germany - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsHéloïse GodetKamel AbdelliRichard ChevallierA silent, surreal parallel between a couple and a dog.Cannes Jury Prize (2014)
Cannes Palm Dog - Jury Prize (2014)
Switzerland/France - 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.Cannes Jury Prize (2014)
Canada - DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2015)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2015)
Poland - DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina FerilliJep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2014)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2014)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2014)
Italy - 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.Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2014)
Cannes Palme d'Or (2013)
France/Belgium/Spain - DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.Cannes Jury Prize (2013)
Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention (2013)
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.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2013)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2013)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2013)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2013)
Cannes Palme d'Or (2012)
Austria - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsAniello ArenaPaola MinaccioniLoredana SimioliLuciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia.Cannes Grand Prix (2012)
Italy/France - DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year (2012)
Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (2012)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing (2012)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design (2012)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score (2012)
BAFTA Award for Best Film (2012)
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay (2012)
BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor (2012)
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (2012)
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design (2012)
Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (2012)
Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (2012)
Golden Globe for Best Original Score - Motion Picture (2012)
Critics Choice Award for Best Picture (2012)
Critics Choice Award for Best Director (2012)
Critics Choice Award for Best Costume Design (2012)
Critics Choice Award for Best Score (2012)
France/Belgium/United States - 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.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2012)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2012)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2012)
Iran - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasElena AnayaJan CornetA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2012)
Spain - DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie RenierAbandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.Cannes Grand Prix (2011) [Joint]
Belgium/France/Italy - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.Cannes Grand Prix (2011) [Joint]
Turkey/Bosnia & Herzegovina - DirectorMaïwennStarsKarin ViardJoeyStarrMarina FoïsA journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.Cannes Jury Prize (2011)
France - DirectorSusanne BierStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmMarkus RygaardThe lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2011)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2011)
Denmark - DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsThanapat SaisaymarJenjira PongpasSakda KaewbuadeeDying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.Cannes Palme d'Or (2010)
Thailand/UK/France/Germany/Spain/Netherlands - DirectorXavier BeauvoisStarsLambert WilsonMichael LonsdaleOlivier RabourdinUnder threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.Cannes Grand Prix (2010)
France - DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsYoussouf DjaoroDiouc KomaEmile Abossolo M'boPresent-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. The authorities demand that the population contribute to the "war effort", giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the assailants. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son....Cannes Jury Prize (2010)
France/Belgium/Chad - DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceEwa FrölingA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2011)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2011)
Sweden - 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.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2010)
Argentina - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsChristian FriedelErnst JacobiLeonie BeneschStrange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2010)
Cannes Palme d'Or (2009)
Germany - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel BencherifA delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2010)
Cannes Grand Prix (2009)
France - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzLluís HomarBlanca PortilloHarry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2010)
Spain - DirectorYôjirô TakitaStarsMasahiro MotokiRyôko HirosueTsutomu YamazakiSoon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2009)
Japan - DirectorPhilippe ClaudelStarsKristin Scott ThomasElsa ZylbersteinSerge HazanaviciusA woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2009)
France - DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny DayagAn Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2009)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2009)
Israel - DirectorLaurent CantetStarsFrançois BégaudeauAgame Malembo-EmeneAngélica SancioTeacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.Cannes Palme d'Or (2008)
France - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsGianfelice ImparatoSalvatore AbbruzzeseToni ServilloScampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.Cannes Grand Prix (2008)
Italy - DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsKarl MarkovicsAugust DiehlDevid StriesowThe story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2008)
Austria - DirectorOlivier DahanStarsMarion CotillardSylvie TestudPascal GreggoryBiopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2008)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup (2008)
France/UK/Czech Republic - DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2008)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2008)
France/USA - DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAnamaria MarincaLaura VasiliuVlad IvanovA woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.Cannes Palme d'Or (2007)
Romania/Belgium - DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsShigeki UdaMachiko OnoKanako MasudaA care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.Cannes Grand Prix (2007)
Japan/France - DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2007)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2008)
Germany - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (2007)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction (2007)
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup (2007)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2007)
Mexico/Spain - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKen WatanabeKazunari NinomiyaTsuyoshi IharaThe story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing (2007)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2007)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2007)
Japan/USA - DirectorBruno DumontStarsAdélaïde LerouxSamuel BoidinHenri CretelBruno Dumont follows up the controversial Twentynine Palms with this tale of a group of young soldiers who go off to war and experience some life-changing events. Flandres won the Grand Prix Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.Cannes Grand Prix (2006)
France - DirectorGavin HoodStarsPresley ChweneyagaeMothusi MaganoIsrael Matseke-ZuluSix days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2006)
South Africa - DirectorLuc JacquetStarsMorgan FreemanRomane BohringerCharles BerlingIn the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.Academy Award for Best Documentary (2006)
France - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsRomain DurisAure AtikaEmmanuelle DevosWill Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2006)
France - DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsKais NashifAli SulimanLubna AzabalTwo childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2006)
Palestine - DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsJérémie RenierDéborah FrançoisJérémie SegardBruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.Cannes Palme d'Or (2005)
Belgium/France - DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu YuenIn Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign-Language Film (2006)
Hong Kong/China - 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.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2005)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2005)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign-Language Film (2005)
Spain - DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (2005)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2005)
Brazil/Argentina/Peru/Chile/UK/USA/France/Germany - DirectorDenys ArcandStarsRémy GirardDorothée BerrymanStéphane RousseauDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2004)
Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign-Language Film (2004)
Canada - DirectorSiddiq BarmakStarsMarina GolbahariZubaida SaharKhwaja NaderAfter the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2004)
Afghanistan - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.Cannes Grand Prix (2004)
South Korea - DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsJamal Udin TorabiEnayatullahImran ParachaA refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2004)
UK - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsRosario FloresJavier CámaraDarío GrandinettiTwo men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (2003)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2003)
BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language (2003)
Spain - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.Cannes Grand Prix (2003)
Turkey - DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMarkku PeltolaKati OutinenAnnikki TähtiM arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.Cannes Grand Prix (2002)
Finland/Germany/France - DirectorCaroline LinkStarsJuliane KöhlerMerab NinidzeMatthias HabichDue to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2003)
Germany - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (2003)
Japan - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign-Language Film (2003)
Mexico - DirectorDanis TanovicStarsBranko DjuricRene BitorajacFilip SovagovicBosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - 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.Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign-Language Film (2002)
France/Germany - DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiLaura MoranteJasmine TrincaA psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.Cannes Palme d'Or (2001)
Italy/France - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsIsabelle HuppertAnnie GirardotBenoît MagimelA young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.Cannes Grand Prix (2001)
Austria/France/Germany