| Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Submitting country | Director(s) | Language(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 (20th) |
Shoe-Shine [C] | Sciuscià | Vittorio De Sica | Italian (some parts in English) |
|
| 1948 (21st) |
Monsieur Vincent [D] | Monsieur Vincent | Maurice Cloche | French | |
| 1949 (22nd) |
The Bicycle Thief [E] | Ladri di biciclette | Vittorio De Sica | Italian | |
| 1950 (23rd) |
The Walls of Malapaga [F] | French Au-delà des grilles Italian Le mura di Malapaga |
{co-production} |
René Clément | French (some parts in Italian) |
| 1951 (24th) |
Rashomon [G] | Rashômon 羅生門 |
Akira Kurosawa | Japanese | |
| 1952 (25th) |
Forbidden Games [H] | Jeux interdits | René Clément | French | |
| 1953 (26th) |
— (no award given) |
— (no award given) |
— (no award given) |
— (no award given) |
— (no award given) |
| 1954 (27th) |
Gate of Hell [I] | Jigokumon 地獄門 |
Teinosuke Kinugasa | Japanese | |
| 1955 (28th) |
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi[J] | Miyamoto Musashi 宮本武蔵 |
Hiroshi Inagaki | Japanese | |
| 1956 (29th) |
La Strada [K] | La strada | Federico Fellini | Italian | |
| 1957 (30th) |
Nights of Cabiria | Le notti di Cabiria | Federico Fellini | Italian | |
| 1958 (31st) |
My Uncle | Mon oncle | Jacques Tati | French | |
| 1959 (32nd) |
Black Orpheus | Orfeu Negro | Marcel Camus | Portuguese | |
| 1960 (33rd) |
The Virgin Spring | Jungfrukällan | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish (some parts in German) |
|
| 1961 (34th) |
Through a Glass Darkly | Såsom i en spegel | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish | |
| 1962 (35th) |
Sundays and Cybele | Les Dimanches de Ville d’Avray | Serge Bourguignon | French | |
| 1963 (36th) |
8½ | 8½ | Federico Fellini | Italian (some parts in English, French & German) |
|
| 1964 (37th) |
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Ieri, oggi, domani | Vittorio De Sica | Italian | |
| 1965 (38th) |
The Shop on Main Street | Obchod na korze | {co-directed by} Ján Kadár Elmar Klos |
Slovak (some parts in Yiddish) |
|
| 1966 (39th) |
A Man and a Woman | Un homme et une femme | Claude Lelouch | French | |
| 1967 (40th) |
Closely Watched Trains | Ostře sledované vlaky | Jiří Menzel | Czech (some parts in German) |
|
| 1968 (41st) |
War and Peace | Voyna i mir Война и мир |
Sergei Bondarchuk | Russian | |
| 1969 (42nd) |
Z | Z | Costa-Gavras | French | |
| 1970 (43rd) |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Elio Petri | Italian | |
| 1971 (44th) |
The Garden of the Finzi Continis | Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini | Vittorio De Sica | Italian | |
| 1972 (45th) |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie | Luis Buñuel | French (some parts in Spanish) |
|
| 1973 (46th) |
Day for Night | La Nuit américaine | François Truffaut | French (some parts in English) |
|
| 1974 (47th) |
Amarcord | Amarcord | Federico Fellini | Italian (some parts in Romagnolo) |
|
| 1975 (48th) |
Dersu Uzala | Dersu Uzala Дерсу Узала |
Akira Kurosawa | Russian | |
| 1976 (49th) |
Black and White in Color | La Victoire en chantant [M] | Jean-Jacques Annaud | French | |
| 1977 (50th) |
Madame Rosa | La Vie devant soi | Moshé Mizrahi | French | |
| 1978 (51st) |
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Préparez vos mouchoirs | Bertrand Blier | French | |
| 1979 (52nd) |
The Tin Drum | Die Blechtrommel | Volker Schlöndorff | German (some parts in Hebrew, Italian, Polish &Russian) |
|
| 1980 (53rd) |
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears | Moskva slezam ne verit Москва слезам не верит |
Vladimir Menshov | Russian | |
| 1981 (54th) |
Mephisto | Mephisto | István Szabó | German (some parts in English & Hungarian) |
|
| 1982 (55th) |
Volver a Empezar (‘To Begin Again’) | Volver a empezar | José Luis Garci | Spanish (some parts in English) |
|
| 1983 (56th) |
Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish (some parts in English, German & Yiddish) |
|
| 1984 (57th) |
Dangerous Moves | La Diagonale du fou | Richard Dembo | French | |
| 1985 (58th) |
The Official Story | La historia oficial | Luis Puenzo | Spanish | |
| 1986 (59th) |
The Assault | De Aanslag | Fons Rademakers | Dutch (some parts in English & German) |
|
| 1987 (60th) |
Babette’s Feast | Babettes gæstebud | Gabriel Axel | Danish (some parts in French & Swedish) |
|
| 1988 (61st) |
Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren | Bille August | Danish (some parts in Scanian & Swedish) |
|
| 1989 (62nd) |
Cinema Paradiso | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italian (some parts in English & Portuguese) |
|
| 1990 (63rd) |
Journey of Hope | Reise der Hoffnung | Xavier Koller | German (some parts in Turkish) |
|
| 1991 (64th) |
Mediterraneo | Mediterraneo | Gabriele Salvatores | Italian (some parts in English, Greek & Turkish) |
|
| 1992 (65th) |
Indochine | Indochine | Régis Wargnier | French (some parts in Vietnamese) |
|
| 1993 (66th) |
Belle Époque | Belle Époque | Fernando Trueba | Spanish | |
| 1994 (67th) |
Burnt by the Sun | Utomlyonnye solntsem Утомлённые солнцем |
Nikita Mikhalkov | Russian (some parts in French) |
|
| 1995 (68th) |
Antonia’s Line | Antonia | Marleen Gorris | Dutch | |
| 1996 (69th) |
Kolya | Kolja | Jan Svěrák | Czech (some parts in Russian & Slovak) |
|
| 1997 (70th) |
Character | Karakter | Mike van Diem | Dutch (some parts in English, French & German) |
|
| 1998 (71st) |
Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Roberto Benigni | Italian (some parts in English & German) |
|
| 1999 (72nd) |
All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spanish (some parts in Catalan & English) |
|
| 2000 (73rd) |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Wòhǔ Cánglóng 臥虎藏龍 |
Ang Lee | Mandarin | |
| 2001 (74th) |
No Man’s Land | Ničija zemlja | Danis Tanović | Bosnian (some parts in English, French & German) |
|
| 2002 (75th) |
Nowhere in Africa | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Caroline Link | German (some parts in English & Swahili) |
|
| 2003 (76th) |
The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Denys Arcand | French (some parts in English) |
|
| 2004 (77th) |
The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar | Spanish (some parts in Catalan & Galician) |
|
| 2005 (78th) |
Tsotsi | Tsotsi | Gavin Hood | Tsotsitaal (some parts in Afrikaans & English) |
|
| 2006 (79th) |
The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | German | |
| 2007 (80th) |
The Counterfeiters | Die Fälscher | Stefan Ruzowitzky | German | |
| 2008 (81st) |
Departures | Okuribito おくりびと |
Yojiro Takita | Japanese | |
| 2009 (82nd) |
The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Spanish | |
| 2010 (83rd) |
In a Better World | Hævnen | Susanne Bier | Danish (some parts in Swedish andEnglish) | |
| 2011 (84th) |
A Separation | Jodái-e Náder az Simin جدایی نادر از سیمین |
Asghar Farhadi | Persian | |







