Best Foreign Language Film
| Foreign Language Film | |||||
| Year | Country | Film | Director | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Japan | Rashômon 羅生門 |
Akira Kurosawa | Won | Special Honorary Award |
| 1954 | Japan | Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) 地獄門 |
Teinosuke Kinugasa | Won | Special Honorary Award |
| 1955 | Japan | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto 宮本武蔵 |
Hiroshi Inagaki | Won | Special Honorary Award |
| 1956 | Japan | Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) ビルマの竪琴 |
Masayuki Takagi | Nominated | First Asian country nominated for competitive award in category |
| 1957 | India | Mother India (Bharat Mata) भारत माता |
Mehboob Khan | Nominated | First Asian musical film nominated in category First South Asian country nominated in category |
| 1961 | Japan | Immortal Love (Eien no hito) 永遠の人 |
Keisuke Kinoshita | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Japan | Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Koto) 古都 |
Noboru Nakamura | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Japan | Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) 砂の女 |
Hiroshi Teshigahara | Nominated | |
| Israel | Sallah Shabati סאלח שבתי |
Ephraim Kishon | Nominated | ||
| 1965 | Japan | Kwaidan 怪談 |
Masaki Kobayashi | Nominated | |
| 1967 | Japan | Portrait of Chieko (Chieko-sho) 智恵子抄 |
Noboru Nakamura | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Israel | The Policeman השוטר אזולאי |
Ephraim Kishon | Nominated | |
| Japan | Dodes'ka-Den どですかでん |
Akira Kurosawa | Nominated | ||
| 1972 | Israel | I Love You Rosa (Ani Ohev Otach Rosa) אני אוהב אותך רוזה |
Moshé Mizrahi | Nominated | |
| 1973 | Israel | The House on Chelouche Street הבית ברחוב שלוש |
Moshé Mizrahi | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Soviet Union | Dersu Uzala Дерсу Узала |
Akira Kurosawa | Won | Second Asian to win two Academy Awards Siberian-set Russian-language film |
| Japan | Sandakan No. 8 (Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo) サンダカン八番娼館 望郷 |
Kei Kumai | Nominated | ||
| 1977 | Israel | Operation Thunderbolt (Mivtsa Yonatan) מבצע יונתן |
Menahem Golan | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Japan | Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) 影武者 |
Akira Kurosawa | Nominated | Fourth Kurosawa film nominated or awarded in Foreign Language Film category |
| 1981 | Japan | Muddy River (Doro no kawa) 泥の河 |
Kohei Oguri | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Israel | Beyond the Walls (e'Ahorei Hasoragim) מאחורי הסורגים |
Uri Barbash and Rudy Cohen | Nominated | |
| 1988 | India | Salaam Bombay! सलाम बॉम्बे |
Mira Nair | Nominated | |
| 1990 | China | Jú Dòu 菊豆 |
Zhang Yimou Yang Fengliang |
Nominated | |
| 1991 | Hong Kong | Raise the Red Lantern (Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà) 大紅燈籠高高掛 |
Zhang Yimou | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Hong Kong | Farewell My Concubine (Bàwáng Bié Jī) 霸王別姬 |
Chen Kaige | Nominated | |
| Vietnam | The Scent of Green Papaya (Mùi đu đủ xanh) |
Anh Hung Tran | Nominated | ||
| Taiwan | The Wedding Banquet (Xǐyàn) 喜宴 |
Ang Lee | Nominated | ||
| 1994 | Taiwan | Eat Drink Man Woman (yǐn shí nán nǚ) 飲食男女 |
Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Georgia | A Chef in Love (Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti) შეყვარებული მზარეულის 1001 რეცეპტი |
Nana Dzhordzhadze | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Iran | Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye aseman) بچه های آسمان |
Majid Majidi | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Nepal | Himalaya (film)(हिमालय) |
Eric Valli | Nominated | First Nepalese film to be nominated in Best Foreign Language Film category. |
| 2000 | Taiwan | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wòhǔ Cánglóng) 臥虎藏龍 |
Ang Lee | Won | First Asian country to win competitive award in category |
| 2001 | India | Lagaan लगान |
Ashutosh Gowariker | Nominated | |
| 2002 | China | Hero (Yīngxióng) 英雄 |
Zhang Yimou | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Japan | The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) たそがれ清兵衛 |
Yoji Yamada | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Palestine | Paradise Now الجنّة الآن |
Hany Abu-Assad | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Canada | Water वाटर |
Deepa Mehta | Nominated | Indo-Canadian Hindi-language film |
| 2007 | Israel | Beaufort בופור |
Joseph Cedar | Nominated | |
| Kazakhstan | Mongol Монгол |
Sergei Bodrov | Nominated | Mongolian-language film | |
| 2008 | Israel | Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) ואלס עם באשיר |
Ari Folman | Nominated | |
| Japan | Departures (Okuribito) おくりびと |
Yojiro Takita | Won | 4th most-winning country of all time with 4 awards. 5th most-nominated country with 12 competitive nominations. Most winning and nominated Asian country. |
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| 2009 | Israel | Ajami عجمي עג'מי |
Yaron Shani Scandar Copti |
Nominated | |
| 2011 | Israel | Footnote | Joseph Cedar | Nominated | |
| Iran | A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین |
Asghar Farhadi | Won | ||
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