Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony.

Until 1986, it was known as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, meaning that any non-American film could be honoured. In 1987, it was changed to Best Foreign Language Film, so that non-American English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...

 films are now considered for the Best Motion Picture awards.

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony.

Until 1986, it was known as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, meaning that any non-American film could be honoured. In 1987, it was changed to Best Foreign Language Film, so that non-American English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...

 films are now considered for the Best Motion Picture awards. Additionally, this change makes American movies primarily in another language eligible for this award, including recent winner Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

is a 2006 war film, directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the...

and nominees Apocalypto

Apocalypto

Apocalypto is a epic film directed by Mel Gibson. Set in Central America, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village.The film...

and The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a novel by the author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007.-Introduction:...

.

Note that since the 1987 change in the criteria for this award, its eligibility criteria have been considerably broader than those for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

. American films have never been eligible for this award, and even non-U.S. films had to have principal dialogue in an official (non-English) language of the submitting country until 2006

79th Academy Awards

The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , honored the best films of 2006 and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time. The producer was Laura Ziskin. The announcers were Don LaFontaine and Gina Tuttle.The...

.

Before 1974, the award was given only infrequently, and with several films being jointly honoured per year.

The most honored country in this category is United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

, with seven films honored. The most honoured countries after 1987 are Spain and France.

Best Foreign Film

• 1950: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy)
• 1951: The Walls of Malapaga
  The Walls of Malapaga
  The Walls of Malapaga , is a 1949 Franco-Italian film co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione. It was directed by René Clément and produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost...
  
   (Le mura di Malapaga) (Italy)
• 1952: Rashomon
  Rashomon (film)
  is a 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. It stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori and Minoru Chiaki...
  
   (羅生門) (Japan)
• 1953: The White Reindeer
  The White Reindeer
  The White Reindeer is a 1952 Finnish drama film directed by Erik Blomberg. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Mirjami Kuosmanen - Pirita / Maarita - Pirita's mother* Kalervo Nissilä - Aslak* Åke Lindman - Forest Ranger...
  
   (Valkoinen peura) (Finland)
• 1955: Twenty-Four Eyes
  Twenty-Four Eyes
  is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. The movie follows the career of a schoolteacher named Ōishi in Shōdoshima during the rise and fall of Japanese ultra-nationalism in the beginning of the Shōwa period...
  
  (Nijushi no hitomi) (Japan); No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr) (West Germany); The Lady of the Camellias
  The Lady of the Camellias
  The Lady of the Camellias is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subsequently adapted for the stage. The Lady of the Camellias premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France on February 2, 1852. An instant success, Giuseppe Verdi immediately set about to...
  
  (Argentina); Genevieve
  Genevieve (film)
  Genevieve is a 1953 British film directed by Henry Cornelius and starring John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall as two couples in a car race. The musical score was composed and performed by Larry Adler with dance numbers by Eric Rogers....
  
  (United Kingdom)
• 1956: Ordet
  Ordet
  Ordet is a 1955 Danish drama film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a 1932 play by Kaj Munk, a Danish pastor who was killed by the Nazis...
  
  (The Word) (Denmark); Stella (Greece); Sons, Mothers, and a General (Kinder, Mutter und Ein General) (West Germany); Eyes of Children (Japan); Dangerous Curves (1955 film) (United Kingdom);
• 1957: Before Sundown (Vor Sonnenuntergang) (West Germany); The Girl in Black
  The Girl in Black
  A Girl in Black is a 1956 Greek dramatic film by Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis starting Dimitris Horn and the hauntingly lovely Greek actress Ellie Lambeti...
  
  (To Koritsi me ta mavra) (Greece); Richard III
  Richard III (1955 film)
  Richard III is a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play Richard III, including elements of Henry VI, Part 3. It was directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. The cast includes many noted Shakespearean actors, including a quartet of...
  
  (United Kingdom); Roses on the Arm (Taiyo to bara) (Japan); War and Peace
  War and Peace (1956 film)
  War and Peace is the first English film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. The music score was by Nino Rota and the cinematography by Jack Cardiff...
  
  (Italy); The White Reindeer
  The White Reindeer
  The White Reindeer is a 1952 Finnish drama film directed by Erik Blomberg. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Mirjami Kuosmanen - Pirita / Maarita - Pirita's mother* Kalervo Nissilä - Aslak* Åke Lindman - Forest Ranger...
  
  (Valkoinen Peura) (Finland)
• 1958: Confessions of Felix Krull
  Confessions of Felix Krull
  A novel by the German author Thomas Mann. Original title: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull. Der Memoiren, erster Teil. Full original English title: Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years. First published in German in 1954 and a year later in English.Originally the...
  
  (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) (West Germany); Tizoc (Mexico); Woman in a Dressing Gown
  Woman in a Dressing Gown
  Woman in a Dressing Gown is a 1957 Golden Globe winning film directed by J. Lee Thompson.The screenplay was written by Ted Willis and the cinematographer was Gilbert Taylor.-Plot:...
  
  (United Kingdom); Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) (Japan)

• 1959: Die Brücke
  Die Brücke
  Die Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905, after which the Brücke Museum in Berlin was named. Founding members were Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later members were Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller...
  
   (The Bridge) (West Germany)
• 1960: Black Orpheus
  Black Orpheus
  Black Orpheus is a film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval...
  
   (Orfeu Negro) (France)
• 1961: The Virgin Spring
  The Virgin Spring
  The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in medieval Sweden, it is a revenge tale about a father's merciless response to the murder of his daughter. The story is based on a 13th century Swedish ballad named "Töres dotter i Wänge" which was adapted by screenwriter...
  
   (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden)
• 1962: Through A Glass Darkly
  Through A Glass Darkly
  Through A Glass Darkly is an abbreviated form of a much-quoted phrase from 1 Corinthians 13 in the Christian New Testament, "For now we see through a glass, darkly".It has been used as the title for various works, including:...
  
   (Såsom i en spegel) (Sweden)
• 1963: Sundays and Cybele
  Sundays and Cybele
  Sundays and Cybele is a 1962 French film directed by Serge Bourguignon. Its original French title is Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray , referring to the Ville-d'Avray suburb of Paris. The film tells the tragic story of a 12-year-old French orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally...
  
   (Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray) (France)
• 1964: 8½
  8½
  8½ is a 1963 film directed by Italian director Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
  
  (Italy)
• 1965: Girl with Green Eyes
  Girl with Green Eyes
  Girl with Green Eyes is a 1964 British drama film, which Edna O'Brien adapted from her novel The Lonely Girl. It was directed by Desmond Davis, and stars Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave and Julian Glover.- Plot :...
  
  (UK); Matrimonio all'italiana (Marriage Italian-Style) (Italy); Sallah Shabati
  Sallah Shabati
  Sallah Shabati is a 1964 Israeli comedy film about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement. This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success...
  
  (Israel)

Best Foreign Film – English Language

Awards for Foreign Language Films

1965-1972: Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language

1973-1985: Best Foreign Film

1986-present: Best Foreign Language Film

1960s

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language
1965	Juliet of the Spirits Juliet of the Spirits Juliet of the Spirits is a 1965 surrealist drama film about an Italian housewife, directed by Federico Fellini. It was Fellini's first feature-length color film, following its use in his "Temptation of Doctor Antonio" in the portmanteau film Boccaccio '70...	Giulietta degli spiriti	Italy	Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian film director. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century.- Rimini :Federico Fellini was born on January 20, 1920 to...
	Always Further On Always Further On Always Further On is a 1965 Mexican drama film directed by Luis Alcoriza. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Ignacio López Tarso* Jaime Fernández* Aurora Clavel* Eric del Castillo* Berta Castillón* Pancho Córdova...	Tarahumara, cada vez más lejos	Mexico	Luis Alcoriza Luis Alcoriza Luis Alcoriza de la Vega was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor.-Films as Writer :...
	Circle of Love	La ronde	France	Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Roger Vadim was a French journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Biography:...
	Red Beard Red Beard is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa about the relationship between a town doctor and his new trainee. The film was based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's short story collection, Akahige shinryotan . Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Insulted and the Injured provided the source for a subplot about a...	Akahige	Japan	Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. In a career that spanned 50 years, Kurosawa directed 30 films. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in film history...
	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Les parapluies de Cherbourg	France	Jacques Demy Jacques Demy Jacques Demy was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François...
1966	A Man and a Woman A Man and a Woman A Man and a Woman is a 1966 French film. The movie was written by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, and directed by Lelouch. It is notable for its lush photography , which features frequent segues between full color, black-and-white, and sepia-toned shots, and for its memorable musical score...	Un homme et une femme	France	Claude Lelouch Claude Lelouch Claude Lelouch is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer.- Biography :Born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to a Jewish family of Algerian origin, Lelouch won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 for Un homme et une femme , as well as two oscars...
	The Birds, the Bees and the Italians	Signore & signori	Italy	Pietro Germi Pietro Germi Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
	Hamlet Hamlet (1964 film) Hamlet is a film adaptation in Russian of Shakespeare's play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev, and stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet.-Background:...	Gamlet	USSR	Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev was a Soviet Russian theatre and film director. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964.He studied in the Imperial Academy of Arts...
	Impossible on Saturday	Pas question le samedi	France/Israel/Italy	Alex Joffé
	Loves of a Blonde Loves of a Blonde Loves of a Blonde is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film directed by Miloš Forman. It was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967. It is also known under an alternate title of A Blonde in Love.-Plot:Andula is a working-class woman...	Lásky jedné plavovlásky	Czechoslovakia	Milos Forman Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš Forman , better known as Miloš Forman , is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor and professor. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both garnering him the Academy Award as a director. He was also...
1967	Live for Life Live for Life Live for Life is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch and starred by Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot...	Vivre pour vivre	France	Claude Lelouch Claude Lelouch Claude Lelouch is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer.- Biography :Born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to a Jewish family of Algerian origin, Lelouch won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 for Un homme et une femme , as well as two oscars...
	Climax Climax In general, a climax is a point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; i.e., a culmination...	L'immorale	France/Italy	Pietro Germi Pietro Germi Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
	Closely Watched Trains Closely Watched Trains Closely Watched Trains is a 1966 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film is based on a story by Bohumil Hrabal. It is a coming-of-age story about a boy working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II...	Ostře sledované vlaky	Czechoslovakia	Jirí Menzel Jirí Menzel Jiří Menzel is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm...
	Elvira Madigan Elvira Madigan Elvira Madigan was a Danish tightrope walker and trick rider, whose illicit affair and dramatic death at the hands of her lover were the subject of the Swedish film of 1967.-Early life:...		Sweden	Bo Widerberg Bo Widerberg Bo Widerberg, was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor. He was born Bo Gunnar Widerberg in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden...
	The Stranger The Stranger (1967 film) The Stranger is a 1967 film by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, based on Albert Camus' novel L'Étranger, with Marcello Mastroianni.-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Arthur Meursault* Anna Karina - Marie Cardona...	Lo straniero	France	Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard and Death in Venice . He died in Rome of a stroke at the age of 69...
1968	War and Peace War and Peace (1968 film) War and Peace is a Soviet-produced film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. Sergei Bondarchuk directed the film, co-wrote the screenplay and also acted in the lead role of Pierre....	Voyna i mir	USSR	Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.- Biography :...
	The Bride Wore Black The Bride Wore Black The Bride Wore Black is a 1968 French film directed by François Truffaut and based on the novel of the same name by William Irish, a pseudonym for Cornell Woolrich. It stars Jeanne Moreau, Charles Denner, Alexandra Stewart, Michel Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Rich, and Jean-Claude Brialy.It...	La mariée était en noir	France	François Truffaut François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut was an influential filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry...
	I Even Met Happy Gypsies I Even Met Happy Gypsies I Even Met Happy Gypsies is a 1967 Yugoslavian film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrović. Its original Serbian title is Skupljači perja, which means The Feather Gatherers. The movie is centered around Roma people's life in a village in northern Vojvodina, but it also deals with subtler themes...	Skupljaci perja	Yugoslavia	Aleksandar Petrovic Aleksandar Petrovic Aleksandar "Saša" Petrović was a well known Serbian film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s. Two of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : Three in 1966 and I Even Met Happy Gypsies in 1967...
	Shame	Skammen	Sweden	Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. His influential body of work often dealt with themes such as bleakness and despair, as well as comedy and hope, in his cinematic exploration of the human condition...
	Stolen Kisses Stolen Kisses Stolen Kisses is a 1968 French film directed by François Truffaut. It continues the story of the character Antoine Doinel, whom Truffaut had previously depicted in The 400 Blows and the short film Antoine and Colette...	Baisers volés	France	François Truffaut François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut was an influential filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry...
1969	Z Z (film) Z is a 1969 French language political thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Semprún, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek...		Algeria	Costa-Gavras
	Adalen 31 Ådalen 31 Ådalen 31 is a 1969 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg. It depicts the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen killing five people, including a young girl.The film was X-rated in the United...	Ådalen '31	Sweden	Bo Widerberg Bo Widerberg Bo Widerberg, was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor. He was born Bo Gunnar Widerberg in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden...
	Blaumilch Canal Blaumilch Canal Blaumilch Canal is a 1969 Israeli comedy directed by Ephraim Kishon, which depicts the madness of bureaucracy through a municipality’s reaction to the actions of a lunatic....	Te'alat Blaumilch	Israel	Ephraim Kishon Ephraim Kishon ' was an Israeli writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director.- Biography :Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, as Ferenc Hoffmann , Kishon studied sculpture and painting, and then began publishing humorous essays and writing for the stage.During World War...
	Girls in the Sun	Koritsia ston ilio	Greece	Vasilis Georgiadis Vasilis Georgiadis Vasilis Georgiadis was a Greek film director and actor. His films The Red Lanterns and Blood on the Land were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
	Satyricon Satyricon Satyricon is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry. It is believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as a certain Titus Petronius...	Fellini - Satyricon	Italy	Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian film director. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century.- Rimini :Federico Fellini was born on January 20, 1920 to...

1970–1979

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
1970	Rider on the Rain Rider On The Rain Rider on the Rain is a 1969 French mystery thriller film starring Charles Bronson, directed by René Clément, produced by Serge Silberman, with film music composed by Francis Lai.-Plot summary:...	Le passager de la pluie	France
	Borsalino Borsalino (film) Borsalino is a 1970 gangster film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel.In 2009 Empire Magazine named it #19 in a poll of the 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* - Plot :...		France/Italy
	The Confession The Confession (1970 film) The Confession The Confession The Confession ( is a 1970 French-Italian film directed by Costa Gavras and starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret.It is based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, a defendant in the Slánský trial...	L'aveu	France
	Customer of the Off Season	Ore'ach B'Onah Metah	France/Israel
	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a 1970 Italian film crime drama directed by Elio Petri. It is a dramatic, psychological, black-humoured satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his lover and then tests whether the police would accuse...	Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto	Italy
1971	The Policeman The Policeman The Policeman is the international release title of a 1971 Israeli feature movie, written and directed by satirist Ephraim Kishon. Its Hebrew title is HaShoter Azoulay...	HaShoter Azulai	Israel
	Claire's Knee Claire's Knee Claire's Knee is a 1970 film by Éric Rohmer. It is the fifth movie in the series of the Six Moral Tales.-Plot:...	Le genou de Claire	France
	The Conformist The Conformist (film) The Conformist is a political film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay was written by Bertolucci based on the novel The Conformist by Alberto Moravia...	Il conformista	Italy
	Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky (film) Tchaikovsky is a 1969 Soviet film directed by Igor Talankin. It featured Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the role of the famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was nominated for the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Academy Award for Original Music Score....	Chaykovskiy	USSR
	To Die of Love	Mourir d'aimer	France
1972	The Emigrants	Utvandrarna	Sweden
	The New Land The New Land Nybyggarna is a 1972 Swedish film written by Bengt Forslund and directed by Jan Troell. It stars Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann and Eddie Axberg....	Nybyggarna	Sweden
	Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers is a 1972 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed, torn between fearing she might die and hoping that she will. The film was written and directed by Ingmar Bergman...	Viskningar och rop	Sweden
	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a 1972 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and written by Jean-Claude Carrière in collaboration with the director. The film was made in France and is mainly in French, some dialogue is in Spanish....	Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie	France
	Mirage Mirage (1972 film) Mirage is a 1972 Peruvian drama film directed by Armando Robles Godoy. Robles Godoy wrote the screenplay together with Bernardo Batievsky...	Espejismo	Peru
	Roma Roma (1972 film) Roma, also known as Fellini's Roma, is a 1972 semi-autobiographical, poetic film depicting director Federico Fellini's move from his native Rimini to Rome as a youth. It is formed by a series of loosely connected episodes. The plot is minimal, and the only character to develop significantly is...		Italy
Best Foreign Film
1973	The Pedestrian The Pedestrian (film) The Pedestrian is a 1973 film directed by Maximilian Schell. It is about the trial of an elderly war criminal. The film was a co-production between companies in Germany, Switzerland and Israel.-Cast:*Peggy Ashcroft - Lady Gray...	Der Fußgänger	West Germany
	Alfredo, Alfredo Alfredo, Alfredo Alfredo, Alfredo is a 1972 Italian language award winning comedy film directed by Pietro Germi.Starring Dustin Hoffman, it is dubbed into Italian by Ferruccio Amendola.-Awards:* Golden Globe Nominee: Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film...		Italy
	Day for Night Day for Night (film) La Nuit américaine is a 1974 French film directed by François Truffaut. It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Léaud. In French, nuit américaine is a technical process whereby sequences shot during the daytime are made to appear as if they are taking place at night...	La nuit américaine	France
	Kazablan		Israel
	State of Siege State of Siege State of Siege is a 1972 French film directed by Costa Gavras and starred by Yves Montand and Renato Salvatori.-Summary:...	État de siège	France
1974	Scenes from a Marriage Scenes from a Marriage Scenes from a Marriage is a 1973 Swedish film and mini-series written and directed by Ingmar Bergman...	Scener ur ett äktenskap	Sweden
	The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob	France
	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff; based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler.-Plot:...		Canada
	I Remember I Remember I Remember may refer to:*I Remember *I Remember *I Remember *I Remember *I Remember...	Amarcord	Italy
	Lacombe Lucien Lacombe Lucien Lacombe Lucien is a French film that tells the story of a teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II. It is based in part on director Louis Malle's own experiences.-Plot:...		France
1975	Lies My Father Told Me Lies My Father Told Me Lies My Father Told Me is a 1975 Canadian film made in Montreal Quebec. It was directed by Ján Kadár and stars Jeffrey Lynas as an orthodox Jewish boy growing up in 1920s Montreal....		Canada
	And Now My Love And Now My Love And Now My Love , is a film released in 1974 by French writer/director Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner, and Charles Gérard. The film tells the story of several generations of family members and the love affairs they experience...	Toute une vie	France
	Hedda Hedda (film) Hedda is a 1975 film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. It stars Peter Eyre, Glenda Jackson and Patrick Stewart and was directed by Trevor Nunn.This was the first major theatrical film version of the play in English...		UK
	The Magic Flute The Magic Flute The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder...	Trollflöjten	Sweden
	Special Section Section spéciale Section spéciale is a 1975 French film, directed by Costa Gavras. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, François Maistre, Jacques Spiesser, Henri Serre, Heinz Bennett and Claude Piéplu...	Section spéciale	France
1976	Face to Face Face to Face (1976 film) Face to Face is a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who is suffering from a mental illness. It stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main...	Ansikte mot ansikte	Sweden
	Cousin, cousine Cousin, cousine Cousin, cousine is a 1975 French language film which tells the story of cousins-by-marriage who have an affair when they discover that their spouses have been unfaithful. It stars Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux and Marie-France Pisier....		France
	Pocket Money Small Change Small Change is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1976 on Asylum Records. It was recorded in July 1976.-Production:Small Change was recorded, direct to 2-track stereo tape, from July 15 to July 20, 1976 at the Wally Heider Recording Studio, in Hollywood, USA under the production of Bones...	L'argent de poche	France
	Seven Beauties Seven Beauties Pasqualino Settebellezze is a 1975 Italian language film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller starring Giancarlo Giannini in the main role. Fernando Rey and Shirley Stoler are also featured...	Pasqualino Settebellezze	Italy
	The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella		UK
1977	A Special Day A Special Day A Special Day is a 1977 Italian language film which tells the story of a housewife and her neighbor who stay at home in Rome on the day that Adolf Hitler visits Benito Mussolini. It stars Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and John Vernon, as well as a special cameo appearance by Alessandra...	Una giornata particolare	Italy/Canada
	An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive Un éléphant ça trompe énormément Un éléphant ça trompe énormément is a French 1976 film directed by Yves Robert, it was remade as the 1984 American film The Woman in Red.- Awards and nominations :*César Awards...	Un éléphant ça trompe énormément	France
	A Life Ahead	La vie devant soi	France
	That Obscure Object of Desire That Obscure Object of Desire That Obscure Object of Desire is a 1977 film directed by Luis Buñuel. Set in Spain and France against the backdrop of a terrorist insurgency, the film tells the story of an aging Frenchman who falls in love with a young woman who repeatedly frustrates his romantic and sexual desires...	Cet obscur objet du désir	France/Spain
	Raise Ravens	Cría cuervos	Spain
1978	Autumn Sonata Autumn Sonata Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. It tells the story of a celebrated classical pianist who is confronted by her neglected daughter...	Höstsonaten	Sweden
	Death on the Nile Death on the Nile Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 1, 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00.The book...		England
	Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is a 1976 comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto. Based on the novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, it takes place in 1940s Bahia. It stars Sonia Braga, José Wilker, and Mauro Mendonça in the leading roles...	Dona Flor e seus dois maridos	Brazil
	A Dream of Passion A Dream of Passion A Dream of Passion is a 1978 Greek drama film directed by Jules Dassin. The story follows Melina Mercouri as an actress playing Medea who seeks out Ellen Burstyn, a mother in jail for murdering her own children-Awards:...	Kravgi gynaikon	Greece
	Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Get Out Your Handkerchiefs is a 1978 romantic comedy directed by Bertrand Blier.-Plot:Solange is depressed and sick. Friends and neighbors are convinced she needs a child. Her husband enlists the help of another man as her lover, Stéphane , in hopes of getting her pregnant. He fails to cheer...	Préparez vos mouchoirs	France
	Going All the Way Eskimo Limon Eskimo Limon is a 1978 Israeli cult film directed by Boaz Davidson which led to a series of sequels.- The original movie :Eskimo Limon was first released in February 11, 1978, starring Yftach Katzur , Jonathan Sagall , Zachi Noy and Anat Atzmon...	Eskimo Limon	Israel
1979	Birds of a Feather La Cage aux Folles (film) La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 film adaptation of the 1973 play by Jean Poiret. It was directed by Édouard Molinaro. Like the play, the film tells the story of a homosexual couple - Renato, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring transvestite entertainment, and Albin, his star attraction -...	La cage aux folles	France/Italy
	The Marriage of Maria Braun The Marriage of Maria Braun The Marriage of Maria Braun is a 1979 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It was nominated for the 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film...	Die Ehe der Maria Braun	West Germany
	The Europeans The Europeans The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The novel first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic...		UK
	Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!		Italy
	Soldier of Orange Soldier of Orange Soldier of Orange is a 1977 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé. The film is set during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war...	Soldaat van Oranje	Netherlands

1980–1989

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
1980	Tess Tess For other uses, see Tess Tess is a 1979 English language romantic drama film directed by Roman Polanski, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles...		UK/France	Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Roman Raymond Polanski is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a critically-acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films....
	'Breaker' Morant Breaker Morant (film) Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian feature film about the court martial of Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British actor Edward Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant...		Australia
	The Last Metro The Last Metro The Last Metro is a 1980 film made by Les Films du Carrosse, written and directed by the French filmmaker François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu....	Le dernier métro	France
	My Brilliant Career My Brilliant Career My Brilliant Career is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin.It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin , one of the major Australian writers of her time. It was written while she was still a teenager, as a romance to amuse her friends...		Australia
	The Shadow Warrior Kagemusha is a 1980 film by Akira Kurosawa. The title is a term used for an impersonator. It is set in the Warring States era of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying warlord in order to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable...	Kagemusha	Japan
	Special Treatment Special Treatment Special Treatment is a 1980 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Goran Paskaljević. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival where Milena Dravić won the award for Best Supporting Actress.-Cast:* Ljuba Tadic - Dr...	Poseban tretman	Yugoslavia
1981	Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British film loosely based on historical events surrounding the British athletic team before and during the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris...		UK	Hugh Hudson Hugh Hudson Hugh Hudson is a British film director.- Early life :Hudson was born in London, the only son of Jacynth Ellerton, who was the second wife of Michael Donaldson-Hudson from Cheswardine Hall in rural north Shropshire. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland and Cumberland...
	Atlantic City Atlantic City (film) Atlantic City is a Canadian/French romantic/crime/drama directed by Louis Malle. Filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and Germany in 1980 and in the United States in 1981. The script was written by John Guare...		Canada/France
	The Boat Das Boot Das Boot is a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted from a novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Hans-Joachim Krug, former first officer on U-219, served as a consultant, as did Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, the captain of the real U-96.The film is the story of a...	Das Boot	West Germany
	Gallipoli Gallipoli (1981 film) Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to Turkey, where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign...		Australia
	Pixote: The Law of the Weakest Pixote Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco , is a Brazilian drama film directed by Hector Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book A infância dos mortos by José Louzeiro....	Pixote: A lei do mais fraco	Brazil
1982	Gandhi Gandhi (film) Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film based on the life of Mohandas Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Ben Kingsley as Gandhi. They both won Academy...		UK/India	Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE is an English actor, director, producer, and entrepreneur. Attenborough has won two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes...
	Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman called Fitzcarraldo in Peru, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber...		West Germany
	The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River is an 1890 Australian poem by Banjo Paterson."The Man from Snowy River" may also refer to the following derived works:Film:* The Man from Snowy River , the silent black & white film....		Australia
	Quest for Fire Quest for Fire (film) ----Quest for Fire is a 1981 film based on the 1911 French novel by J.-H. Rosny aîné . Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and adapted by Gérard Brach, the film stars Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi, and Rae Dawn Chong. It won the Academy Award for Makeup. Michael D...	La guerre du feu	Canada/France
	La traviata La traviata La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. The title "La traviata" means literally The Woman Who Strayed, or perhaps more figuratively, The...		Italy
	The Way Yol Yol is a 1982 Turkish film. The screenplay was written by Yılmaz Güney, and it was directed by his assistant Şerif Gören, who strictly followed Güney's instructions, as Güney was in prison at the time. Later, when Güney escaped from prison, he took the negatives of the film and edited it in...	Yol	Switzerland/Turkey
1983	Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander is a 1982 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally conceived as a four part TV movie which spanned 312 minutes. A version lasting 188 minutes was created later for cinematic release...	Fanny och Alexander	Sweden	Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. His influential body of work often dealt with themes such as bleakness and despair, as well as comedy and hope, in his cinematic exploration of the human condition...
	Carmen Carmen (1983 film) Carmen is a 1983 film adaptation of the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, using the music of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura...		Spain
	The Dresser The Dresser The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charge's life together. The film is based on a screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on his successful West End and Broadway play....		UK
	Educating Rita Educating Rita (film) Educating Rita is a 1983 film of Willy Russell's play of the same title directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Julie Walters, Michael Caine, and Maureen Lipman with a screenplay by Russell.-Premise:...		UK
	The Grey Fox		Canada
1984	A Passage to India A Passage to India (film) A Passage to India is a 1984 British/American drama film written and directed by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1924 novel of the same title by E.M. Forster and the 1960 play by Santha Rama Rau that was inspired by the novel.-Plot:...		UK	David Lean David Lean Sir David Lean was an English filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai,Doctor Zhivago,...
	Carmen		France
	Dangerous Moves	La diagonale du fou	Switzerland
	Paris, Texas Paris, Texas (film) Paris, Texas is a 1984 Palme d'Or winning film directed by Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by L.M. Kit Carson and playwright Sam Shepard, and the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder...		West Germany/France
	A Sunday in the Country A Sunday in the Country A Sunday in the Country is a 1984 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.-Cast:* Louis Ducreux - Monsieur Ladmiral* Michel Aumont - Gonzague* Sabine Azéma - Irène* Geneviève Mnich - Marie-Thérèse...	Un dimanche à la campagne	France
1985	The Official Story The Official Story The Official Story is an Argentine drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It has also been released as The Official Version in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....	La historia oficial	Argentina	Luis Puenzo Luis Puenzo Luis Adalberto Puezo is a film director, producer and screenplay writer.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has worked in the United States.-Biography:...
	Colonel Redl Oberst Redl Colonel Redl is a 1985 drama film by Hungarian director István Szabó. It tells the life story of an Austrian Imperial military officer Alfred Redl who was blackmailed into espionage for the Russian secret service to prevent the revelation of his homosexuality,...	Oberst Redl	Hungary
	Ran Ran (film) is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a jidaigeki depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonji , an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons...		Japan
	When Father Was Away on Business	Otac na sluzbenom putu	Yugoslavia
	The Year of the Quiet Sun	Rok spokojnego slonca	Poland
Best Foreign Language Film
1986	The Assault The Assault (film) The Assault is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch. The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers...	De aanslag	Netherlands	Fons Rademakers Fons Rademakers Fons Rademakers was a Dutch filmmaker and actor.During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, and The Village on the River, nominated for the same award in 1959...
	Betty Blue	37°2 le matin	France
	Ginger and Fred Ginger and Fred Ginger and Fred is a 1985 comedy/drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.The title is a reference to the American dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...	Ginger e Fred	Italy
	Otello Otello (1986 film) Otello is a 1986 film based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name based on the Shakespeare play Othello. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Plácido Domingo in the title role, Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona and Justino Diaz as Jago.-Plot:With only a few exceptions, the...		Italy
	Three Men and a Cradle	3 hommes et un couffin	France
1987	My Life as a Dog My Life as a Dog My Life as a Dog is a Swedish drama film based on a novel by Reidar Jönsson. It tells the story of Ingemar, a young boy sent to live with relatives...	Mitt liv som hund	Sweden	Lasse Hallström Lasse Hallström Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director.Hallström's mother was the Swedish writer Karin Lyberg...
	Dark Eyes	Oci ciornie	Italy
	Goodbye, Children	Au revoir, les enfants	France
	Jean de Florette Jean de Florette Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited...		France
	Repentance	Monanieba	USSR
1988	Pelle the Conqueror Pelle the Conqueror Pelle the Conqueror is a 1987 Danish film by Bille August that tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves...	Pelle erobreren	Denmark	Bille August Bille August Bille August is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. Most of his projects have been in co-operation with Swedish production and with a mainly Swedish cast. He was partially educated in Sweden and also married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997...
	Babette's Feast Babette's Feast Babette's Feast is a 1987 Danish film directed by Gabriel Axel . The film's screenplay was written by Gabriel Axel based on the story by Isak Dinesen , who also wrote the story which inspired the 1985 Academy Award winning film Out of Africa...	Babettes gæstebud	Denmark
	Hanussen		West Germany
	Salaam Bombay! Salaam Bombay! Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Hindi film directed by Mira Nair, and screenwritten by her longtime creative collaborator, Sooni Taraporevala. The film chronicles the day-to-day life of children living on the streets of Mumbai...		India
	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas...	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Spain	Pedro Almodovar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero ' onMouseout='HidePop("39110")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nuovo_Cinema_Paradiso">Cinema Paradiso Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Nuovo Cinema Paradiso is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It was internationally released as Cinema Paradiso in France, Spain, the UK and the U.S....	Nuovo cinema Paradiso	Italy	Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore -Biography:Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo.He worked initially as a freelance photographer...
Camille Claudel Camille Claudel Camille Claudel was a French sculptor and graphic artist. She was the older sister of the French poet and diplomat, Paul Claudel.- Early years :...		France
Jesus of Montreal Jesus of Montreal Jesus of Montreal is a 1989 film by Quebec film director Denys Arcand.-Plot and allegory:The film revolves around a group of actors in Montreal, Quebec hired by a Roman Catholic site of pilgrimage to present a Passion play in its gardens, with an actor named Daniel playing the role of Christ...	Jésus de Montréal	Canada
My Uncle's Legacy	Život sa stricem	Yugoslavia
Story of Women Story of Women Story of Women is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. Based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on July 30 1943 for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the book by Francis Szpiner...	Une affaire de femmes	France

1990–1999

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
1990	Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film) Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...		France	Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau is a French film director, screenwriter, and actor.He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le metro in 1960 and Vie privee in 1961...
	Dreams		Japan/USA
	The Nasty Girl	Das Schreckliche Mädchen	Germany
	Requiem for Dominic	Requiem für Dominik	Austria
	Taxi Blues Taxi Blues Taxi Blues is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Pavel Lungin. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival where Lungin won the award for Best Director.-Cast:* Pyotr Mamonov - Lyosha* Pyotr Zaychenko - Shlykov...	Taksi-Blyuz	USSR
1991	Europa Europa Europa Europa Europa Europa is a 1990 German language film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its original German title is Hitlerjunge Salomon, which means Hitler Youth Salomon. It is based on the 1989 autobiography by Solomon Perel, a Jew who escaped persecution by the Nazis by masquerading as an Aryan...		Germany/Israel/Poland	Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish New Wave cinema, Holland ranks as one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.-Personal life:...
	The Double Life of Veronique The Double Life of Véronique The Double Life of Véronique is a 1991 French- and Polish-language film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, starring Irène Jacob, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. The film was Kieślowski's first to be produced partly outside Poland.A Criterion...	La double vie de Véronique	France/Poland
	High Heels	Tacones lejanos	Spain
	Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (1991 film) Madame Bovary is a 1991 French film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the eponymous novel by 19th-century French author Gustave Flaubert...		France
	Nikita	La Femme Nikita	France
	Lost in Siberia	Zateryannyy v Sibiri	USSR
1992	Indochine Indochine (film) Indochine is a 1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, with the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement set as a backdrop...		France	Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor and film score composer.-Director:*1986 : La Femme de ma vie avec Jane Birkin*1988 : Sueurs froides...
	All the Mornings of the World Tous les matins du monde All the World's Mornings may refer to:*Tous les matins du monde, a French novel*Tous les matins du monde , based on the novel of the same name...	Tous les matins du monde	France
	Close to Eden	Urga	Russia
	Like Water for Chocolate Like Water for Chocolate (film) Like Water for Chocolate is a 1992 film based on the popular novel, published in 1989 by first-time Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. It earned all 11 Ariel awards of the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures, including the Ariel Award for Best Picture, and became the highest grossing Spanish-language...	Como agua para chocolate	Mexico
	Schtonk! Schtonk! Schtonk! is a satirical German movie, retelling the hoax of the Hitler Diaries.Subtitled Der Film zum Buch vom Führer , the movie is a grotesque farce about the events when, in 1983, German Stern magazine began to publish, with great fanfare, the 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler...		Germany
1993	Farewell My Concubine	Ba wang bie ji	Hong Kong	Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:...
	The Flight of the Innocent	La corsa dell'innocente	Italy
	Justice Justice (1993 film) Justice is a 1993 German-language film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer. It was an international co-production between Germany and Switzerland. Based on a 1985 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the film was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language...	Justiz	Germany
	Three Colours: Blue	Trois couleurs: Bleu	Poland	Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieślowski , was an influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
	The Wedding Banquet The Wedding Banquet The Wedding Banquet , is a 1993 film about a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card...	Hsi yen	Taiwan	Ang Lee Ang Lee Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese American film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and...
1994	Farinelli Farinelli (film) Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time...		Belgium/France/Italy	Gérard Corbiau Gérard Corbiau Gérard Corbiau is a Belgian film director.He is best known for his costume dramas about music, Le maître de musique , Farinelli and Le roi danse . Two of them were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
	Eat Drink Man Woman Eat Drink Man Woman Eat Drink Man Woman is a Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-mei Yang. Many of the cast had starred in Ang Lee's previous film, The Wedding Banquet with Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua once more playing central elderly figures, and Winston Chao....	Yin shi nan nu	Taiwan	Ang Lee Ang Lee Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese American film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and...
	To Live	Huozhe	Hong Kong
	Queen Margot Queen Margot Queen Margot or La Reine Margot may mean:* Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV of France* La Reine Margot , by Alexandre Dumas, based on Marguerite de Valois' life...	La reine Margot	France
	Three Colours: Red Three Colours: Red Three Colours: Red is a 1994 French-Polish-Swiss co-production, co-written, produced, and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the final film of the Three Colors trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is preceded by Blue and White...	Trois couleurs: Rouge	Poland/Switzerland	Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieślowski , was an influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
1995	Les Misérables Les Misérables (1995 film) Les Misérables is a 1995 movie written and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during World War II, it concerns a poor and illiterate man Henri Fortin who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between it and his own life.-Plot:The film starts...		France	Claude Lelouch Claude Lelouch Claude Lelouch is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer.- Biography :Born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to a Jewish family of Algerian origin, Lelouch won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 for Un homme et une femme , as well as two oscars...
	Brother of Sleep Brother of Sleep Brother of Sleep is a 1995 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and based on a novel by Austrian writer Robert Schneider. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination....	Schlafes Bruder	Germany
	French Twist French Twist French Twist, also known as Gazon maudit, is a 1995 French comedy film. It was written and directed by co-star Josiane Balasko.-Synopsis:...	Gazon maudit	France
	Like Two Crocodiles Like Two Crocodiles Like Two Crocodiles is a 1994 Italian drama film directed and co-written by Giacomo Campiotti.-Plot:...	Come due coccodrilli	Italy
	Shanghai Triad Shanghai Triad Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai and spans seven days...	Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao	China China China is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
1996	Kolya Kolya Kolya is a 1996 Czech film drama about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father Zdeněk Svěrák who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig....	Kolja	Czech Republic	Jan Svěrák Jan Sverák Jan Svěrák is one of the most successful Czech film directors since the Velvet Revolution in 1989. He is the son of the prominent screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...
	The Eighth Day	Le huitième jour	Belgium
	Luna e l'altra		Italy
	Prisoner of the Mountains Prisoner of the Mountains Prisoner of the Mountains , also known as Prisoner of the Caucasus, is a Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov and written by Bodrov, Arif Aliyev and Boris Giller...	Kavkazskiy plennik	Russia
	Ridicule Ridicule Ridicule is a 1996 French film set in the 18th century at the decadent court of Versailles, where social status can rise and fall based on one's ability to mete out witty insults and avoid ridicule oneself...		France
1997	My Life in Pink	Ma vie en rose	Belgium	Alain Berliner Alain Berliner Alain Berliner is a Belgian director best known for the 1997 film Ma vie en rose, which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Golden Globe Awards in 1998....
	Artemisia Artemisia (film) Artemisia is a 1997 French biographical film about Artemisia Gentileschi, the female Italian Baroque painter. The film was directed by Agnès Merlet, and stars Valentina Cervi and Michel Serrault....		France
	The Best Man	Il testimone dello sposo	Italy
	Lea		Germany
	The Thief The Thief (1997 film) The Thief is a drama film written and directed by Pavel Chukhrai. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Directing...	Vor	Russia
1998	Central Station	Central do Brasil	Brazil	Walter Salles Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence. He is the son of Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a filmmaker...
	The Celebration The Celebration The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film whose plot was inspired by a hoax which was broadcast on a Danish radio station. Hearing it inspired director Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov to write the script. Its original Danish title is Festen, and it was released under this title in the UK...	Festen	Denmark
	Men with Guns Men with Guns Men with Guns is an American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The executive producers were Lou Gonda and Jody Patton, and the stars included Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado and Mandy Patinkin....	Hombres armados	USA
	The Polish Bride The Polish Bride The Polish Bride is a 1998 Dutch Golden Globe Award-nominated film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst.-Cast:*Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring*Monic Hendrickx as Anna Krzyzanowska*Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp...	De Poolse bruid	Netherlands
	Tango	Tango, no me dejes nunca	Argentina
1999	All About My Mother All About My Mother All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The screenplay deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism....	Todo sobre mi madre	France/Spain	Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero ' onMouseout='HidePop("67650")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Aimée_&_Jaguar">Aimée & Jaguar Aimée & Jaguar Aimée & Jaguar is a 1999 German drama film set during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck, based upon Erica Fischer's book, chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim during that time period....	Germany
	East/West East/West East/West is a French film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire , Oleg Menshikov , Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Catherine Deneuve...	Est-Ouest	Bulgaria/France/Russia/Spain
	The Girl on the Bridge	La fille sur le pont	France
	The Red Violin The Red Violin The Red Violin , is a 1998 Canadian drama film. It spans three centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a violin and its many owners. The film was an international co-production between companies in Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom.-Plot and style:The film tells the story of a...	Le violon rouge	Canada/Italy

2000–

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a Chinese-language film in the wuxia style, released in 2000. A China-Hong Kong-Taiwan-United States co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and...	臥虎藏龍 / Wo hu cang long	Taiwan	Ang Lee Ang Lee Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese American film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and...
	Love's a Bitch	Amores perros	Mexico	Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu is an award-winning Mexican film director. He was the first Mexican director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.-Early life and career:...
	Malèna Malèna Malèna is a 2000 Italian drama/romance film starring Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. It was directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni.-Plot:...		Italy	Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore -Biography:Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo.He worked initially as a freelance photographer...
	One Hundred Steps One Hundred Steps I Cento Passi is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe “Peppino” Impastato, a political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. The story takes place in the small town of Cinisi in the province of Palermo, the home town of the Impastato...	I cento passi	Italy	Marco Tullio Giordana Marco Tullio Giordana Marco Tullio Giordana is an Italian screenwriter and director.-Director:*Maledetti, vi amerò *La caduta degli angeli ribelli *Notti e nebbie - Film TV*Appuntamento a Liverpool...
	The Widow of Saint-Pierre The Widow of Saint-Pierre (film) The Widow of Saint-Pierre is a 2000 film by Patrice Leconte with Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil and Emir Kusturica. The film made its North American debut at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2001 for Best Foreign...	La veuve de Saint-Pierre	France	Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
2001	No Man's Land No Man's Land (2001 film) No Man's Land is a 2001 Academy Award-winning tragicomedy war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable with a tone of ironic black comedy. The film marked the debut of writer and director Danis Tanović...		Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( or (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Latin: Bosna i Hercegovina; Serbian Cyrillic: Босна и Херцеговина) is a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula...	Danis Tanović Danis Tanovic Danis Tanović is an acclaimed Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land...
	Amélie Amélie Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Its original French title is Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain . Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain	France	Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director.-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios...
	And Your Mother Too	Y tu mamá también	Mexico	Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Some of his works include Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, A Little Princess and Children of Men.-Early life:Cuarón was born in México City...
	Behind the Sun Behind the Sun (film) Behind the Sun is a 2001 Golden Globe-nominated Brazilian film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro...	Abril despedaçado	Brazil	Walter Salles Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence. He is the son of Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a filmmaker...
	Lagaan Lagaan Lagaan , also known as Lagaan: Once upon a time in India, is a 2001 Bollywood feature film made in India. The film, based on an original story by Ashutosh Gowariker, was also directed by him...		India	Amir Khan Amir Khan *Amir Khan , a British-Pakistani boxing world champion*Amir Khan , an Indian classical singer*Amir Khan , Nawab of Tonk*Amir Alam Khan, an Indian politician*Amir Ali Khan, Raja of Padal Pur*Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh...
2002	Talk to Her Talk to Her Talk to Her is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores...	Hable con ella	Spain	Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero .gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("48978")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Balzac_and_the_Little_Chinese_Seamstress_(film)">Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (film) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a 2002 Chinese-French drama / romance film with dialogues in Sichuan dialect directed by Dai Sijie and starring Zhou Xun, Chen Kun and Liu Ye...	Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise	France	Dai Sijie Dai Sijie Dai Sijie is a French author and filmmaker of Chinese ancestry.-Biography:Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954. Because he came from an educated middle-class family, the Maoist government sent him to a reeducation camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974, during the Cultural Revolution...
	City of God City of God (film) City of God is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins...	Cidade de Deus	Brazil	Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles is a Brazilian film director.He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films...
	The Crime of Father Amaro	El crimen del padre Amaro	Mexico	Carlos Carrera Carlos Carrera Carlos Carrera is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed El crimen del Padre Amaro , which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
	Hero Hero (2002 film) Hero is a 2002 Chinese wuxia film, directed by Zhang Yimou with music by Tan Dun. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the movie is loosely based on the legendary Jing Ke....	英雄 / Ying xiong	China	Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and former cinematographer, and one of the best known of the Fifth Generation of Chinese film directors. He made his directorial debut in 1987 with the film Red Sorghum...
	Nowhere in Africa Nowhere in Africa Nowhere in Africa is an epic 2001 German film directed by Caroline Link and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II to escape the Nazis and run a farm...	Nirgendwo in Afrika	Germany	Caroline Link Caroline Link Caroline Link , is a German film director and screenwriter.- Life and Work :Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the Munich Academy of Film and Television , and then worked as an assistant director and script writer.Link's early work includes the...
	2003	Osama Osama (film) Osama is a 2003 film made in Afghanistan by Siddiq Barmak. It tells a story about a young girl who disguises as a boy, Osama, that shows life under the Taliban, and was the first film to be shot entirely in that country since 1996, when the Taliban régime banned the creation of all films...	أسامة	Afghanistan Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south central Asia. It is variously described as being located within Central Asia, South Asia, or the Middle East...	Siddiq Barmak Siddiq Barmak Siddiq Barmak is an Afghan film director and producer. He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from Moscow Film Institute in 1987.He has written a few screenplays and has made a few short films...
The Barbarian Invasions		Les invasions barbares	Canada	Denys Arcand Denys Arcand Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, CC, CQ is an Academy Award-winning Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:...
Good Bye Lenin! Good Bye Lenin! Good Bye, Lenin! is a German tragicomedy film, released internationally in 2003. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon...		Germany	Wolfgang Becker Wolfgang Becker Wolfgang Becker is a German film director.-Work:Becker studied German, History and American Studies at the Free University in Berlin. He followed this with a job at a sound studio in 1980 and then began studies at the German Film and Television Academy...
Monsieur Ibrahim Monsieur Ibrahim Monsieur Ibrahim is a 2003 French movie starring Omar Sharif, and directed by François Dupeyron. The movie is based on a book and a play by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.-Plot:...	Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran	France	François Dupeyron François Dupeyron François Dupeyron is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. His film La chambre des officiers was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
The Return	Возвращение / Vozvrashcheniye	Russia	Andrei Zvyagintsev
2004	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro	France/Italy/Spain	Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1972, to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth...
	The Chorus	Les choristes	France	Christophe Barratier Christophe Barratier Christophe Barratier , son of actress Eva Simonet and nephew of film director Jacques Perrin, is a French film producer, film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his hugely successful film The Chorus . As the lyricist of the film's song Look To Your Path , he was nominated for an...
	House of Flying Daggers House of Flying Daggers House of Flying Daggers , is a 2004 Chinese action/romance film directed by Zhang Yimou. The film is in the wuxia genre, similar in style to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Warriors of Heaven and Earth...	十面埋伏 / Shi mian mai fu	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...	Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and former cinematographer, and one of the best known of the Fifth Generation of Chinese film directors. He made his directorial debut in 1987 with the film Red Sorghum...
	The Motorcycle Diaries The Motorcycle Diaries (film) The Motorcycle Diaries is a biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, who would years later become internationally known as the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. The film recounts the 1952 journey, initially by motorcycle, across South America by...	Diarios de motocicleta	Brazil	Walter Salles Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence. He is the son of Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a filmmaker...
	A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on a World War I battlefield...	Un long dimanche de fiançailles	France	Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director.-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios...
2005	Paradise Now Paradise Now Paradise Now is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category....	الجنّة الآن / Al Jannah al-Aan	Palestine Palestine Palestine is a conventional name used, among others, to describe a geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.As a geographical term, Palestine can also refer to 'ancient Palestine,' an area...	Hany Abu-Assad Hany Abu-Assad Hany Abu-Assad is a Palestinian film director. His film Paradise Now, about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.-Early life:...
	Kung Fu Hustle Kung Fu Hustle Kung Fu Hustle is a Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also produced and starred in the film. Additional production was performed by Po Chu Chui and Jeffrey Lau, while the screenplay was written by Xin Huo, Chan Man Keung and Kan-Cheung Tsang.The film stars Yuen Wah, Yuen...	功夫 / Kung fu	China	Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Sing-Chi , is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director and producer.Chow is a well-known, top-tier comedian and superstar of Hong Kong entertainment. This image is epitomized by his nickname 星爺...
	Merry Christmas	Joyeux Noël	France	Christian Carion Christian Carion Christian Carion is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter.-As director and writer:*2009 : L'affaire Farewell*2005 : Joyeux Noël, starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann and Guillaume Canet...
	The Promise The Promise (2005 film) The Promise is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse. The film is based on the wuxia romance The K’un-lun Slave, written by P’ei Hsing at the time of the Tang Dynasty.First released in mainland China on...	無極 / Wu ji	China	Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:...
	Tsotsi Tsotsi Tsotsi is a 2005 film written and directed by Gavin Hood. The film is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi, by Athol Fugard. The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by popular South African artist Zola as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African...		South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...	Gavin Hood Gavin Hood Gavin Hood is filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for writing and director the Academy Award-winning Foreign Language Film Tsotsi . He is the director of the 20th Century Fox film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released May 1, 2009.-Early life and career:Gavin Hood was educated at St...
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 war film, directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the...		Japan/USA	Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He has received five Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and five People's Choice Awards—including one for Favorite All-Time Motion Picture Star.Eastwood is...
	Apocalypto Apocalypto Apocalypto is a epic film directed by Mel Gibson. Set in Central America, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village.The film...		USA	Mel Gibson Mel Gibson Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American Australian actor, film director and producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in the Mad...
	The Lives of Others The Lives of Others The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...	Das Leben der Anderen	Germany	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck is an Oscar-winning German director and screenwriter.-Personal life:...
	Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish language fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films....	El laberinto del fauno	Mexico/Spain/USA	Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican director, producer, screenwriter and designer whose work has gained both critical acclaim and a devoted fanbase. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator...
	To Return Volver Volver is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar.Volver was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won two awards: Best Actress and Best Screenplay...	Volver	Spain	Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero Pedro Almodóvar Caballero ' onMouseout='HidePop("94039")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly_(film)">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a French/American biopic/drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Jean-Dominique Bauby. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome...	Le scaphandre et le papillon	France/USA	Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. He has been acclaimed at Cannes and has won a Golden Globe, as well as BAFTA, César Award, Golden Palm and two nominations for the Golden Lion and an Academy Award nomination...
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....	4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile	Romania Romania Romania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...	Cristian Mungiu Cristian Mungiu Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2007.After studying English literature at the University of Iaşi, he worked for a few years as a teacher and as a journalist. After that, he enrolled at the University of Film in Bucharest to study film directing. After...
The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (film) The Kite Runner is a 2007 film directed by Marc Forster based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara...		USA	Marc Forster Marc Forster Marc Forster is a German-Swiss filmmaker and screenwriter, known for films such as Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger than Fiction, and Quantum of Solace.- Life and career :...
Lust, Caution	色, 戒 / Se, jie	Taiwan/USA/China	Ang Lee Ang Lee Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese American film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and...
Persepolis Persepolis (film) Persepolis is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story ends with...		France	Vincent Paronnaud Vincent Paronnaud Vincent Paronnaud , a.k.a. Winshluss, is a French comics artist and filmmaker. He is best known for cowriting and codirecting with Marjane Satrapi the highly acclaimed animated film Persepolis , for which they received numerous awards including the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival as well as...  and Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian and French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, Academy Award-nominated animated film director, and children's book author.-Biography:...
2008	Waltz with Bashir Waltz with Bashir Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War....	ואלס עם באשיר / Vals Im Bashir	Israel	Ari Folman Ari Folman Ari Folman is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer.He witnessed the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre as a 19 year old Israeli soldier. This would serve as the basis of Waltz with Bashir...
	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	Germany	Uli Edel Uli Edel Uli Edel is an Academy Award-nominated German film director.- Work :After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted into Munich Film School alongside Bernd Eichinger...
	Everlasting Moments Everlasting Moments Everlasting Moments is a 2008 Swedish drama directed by Jan Troell, starring Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt and Jesper Christensen. It is based on the true story of Maria Larsson, a Swedish working class woman in the early 1900s, who wins a camera in a lottery and goes on to become a...	Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...	Jan Troell Jan Troell Jan Gustaf Troell is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish film director. Usually, Troell writes his own scripts and serves as his own director of photography...
	Gomorrah Gomorra (film) Gomorrah is a 2008 crime film directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the book by Roberto Saviano. It deals with crime and the Camorra in Naples and Caserta.-Plot:...	Gomorra	Italy	Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone is an Italian film maker.Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long film Terra di mezzo...
	I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 French drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel...	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	France	Philippe Claudel Philippe Claudel Philippe Claudel is a French writer and film director.His most famous work to date is the novel Les Âmes grises , which won the prix Renaudot award in France, was shortlisted for the American Gumshoe Award, and won Sweden's Martin Beck Award...