As a Special Award 1947 Shoeshine (Sciusciŕ) (Italy) 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy) As an Honorary Award 1950 The Walls of Malapaga (Au delŕ des grilles) (France/Italy) 1951 Rashomon (羅生門) (Japan) 1952 Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (France) 1953 none given 1954 Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (地獄門) (Japan) 1955 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Miyamoto Musashi) (宮本 武蔵) (Japan) As a category in its own right 1950s 1956 La Strada (Italy) The Captain of Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) (Germany) Gervaise (France) Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) (ビルマの竪琴) (Japan) Qivitoq (Denmark - Greenland Inuit) 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy) The Devil Came at Night (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) (Germany) Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas) (France) Mother India (Bharat Mata) (India-Hindi) Nine Lives (Ni liv) (Norway) 1958 My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France) Arms and the Man (Helden) (Germany) Vengeance (La Venganza) (Spain) The Road a Year Long (La Strada lunga un anno) (Yugoslavia/Italy - Italian) The Usual Unidentified Thieves (a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street) (I soliti ignoti) (Italy) 1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France/Italy - Portuguese) The Bridge (Die Brücke) (Germany) The Great War (La Grande Guerra) (Italy) Paw (Denmark) The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) (Netherlands) 1960s 1960 The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden) Kapo (Kapň) (Italy) The Truth (La Verité) (France) Macario (Mexico) The Ninth Circle (Deveti krug) (Yugoslavia) 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - (Sĺsom i en spegel) (Sweden) Harry and the Butler (Harry og kammertjeneren)(Denmark) Immortal Love (Eien no hito) (永遠の人) (Japan) The Important Man (Ánimas Trujano) (Mexico) Plácido (Spain) 1962 Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) (France) Electra (Elektra) (Greece) The Keeper of Promises a.k.a. The Given Word (O pagador de promessas) (Brazil) The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) (Italy) The Pearl of Tlayucan (Tlayucan) (Mexico) 1963 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) (Italy) Knife in the Water (Nôz w wodzie) (Poland) La Tarantos (Spain) The Red Lanterns (Ta kokkina fanaria) (Greece) Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Koto) (琴) (Japan) 1964 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy) Raven's End (Kvarteret korpen) (Sweden) Sallah Shabbati (סאלח שבתי) (Israel) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) (France) Woman in the Dunes (砂の女; Suna no onna) (Japan) 1965 The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) (Czechoslovakia) Blood on the Land (To homa vaftike kokkino)(Greece) Dear John (Käre John) (Sweden) Kwaidan (a.k.a. Ghost Story, Hoichi the Earless, Weird Tales) (怪談; Kaidan) (Japan) Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana) (Italy) 1966 A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France) The Battle of Algiers - (La Battaglia di Algeri) (Maarakat madinat al Jazaer) (Algeria/Italy) Pharaoh (Faraon) (Poland) The Loves of a Blond (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) (Czechoslovakia) Three (Tri) (Yugoslavia) 1967 Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) (Czechoslovakia) El Amor Brujo (Spain) Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄; Chieko-sho) (Japan) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljaci perja) (Yugoslavia) Live for life (Vivre pour vivre) (France) 1968 War and Peace (USSR) Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) (France) The Firemen's Ball (Horí, má panenko) (Czechoslovakia) (in Czech) The Boys of Paul Street (A Pál utcai fiúk) (Hungary) Girl with a Pistol - (La ragazza con la pistola) (Italy) 1969 Z (Algeria) (in French) The Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) (Yugoslavia) The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы) (USSR) My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) (France) Adalen Riots (Ĺdalen '31) (Sweden) 1970s 1970 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagin su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (Italy) First Love (Erste Liebe) (Switzerland) (in German) Hoa-Binh (France) Peace in the Fields - (Paix sur les champs) (Belgium) (in French) Tristans (Spain) 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy) Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) (USSR) Clickety-Clack (Dodesukaden) (Japan) The Policeman (השוטר אזולאי) (Israel) The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) (Sweden) 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) (France) The Dawns Here Are Quiet (А зори здесь тихие) (USSR) I Love You Rosa - (אני אוהב אותך רוזה) (Israel) My Dearest Senorita - (Mi querida seńorita) (Spain) The New Land (Nybyggarna) (Sweden) 1973 Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) (France) The House on Chelouche Street (הבית ברחוב שלוש) (Israel) The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger) (Germany) The Invitation (L'Invitation) (Switzerland) (in French) Turkish Delight (Turks fruit) (Netherlands) 1974 Amarcord (Italy) Italian/Greek) Lacombe Lucien (France) Cat's Play (Macskajáték) (Hungary) The Deluge (Potop) (Poland) The Truce (La Tregua) (Argentina) 1975 Dersu Uzala (USSR) Letters from Marusia (Actas de Marusia) (Mexico) Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) (Italy) Sandakan 8 (a.k.a. Brothel No. 8) (Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo) (Japan) Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana) (Poland) 1976 Black and White in Color (Noir et blancs en couleur) (Cote d'Ivoire) Cousin, Cousine (France) Jacob the Liar (Jakob, der Lügner) (German Democratic Republic) Night and Days (Noce i dnie) (Poland) Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) (Italy) 1977 Madame Rosa - (La Vie devant soi) (France) That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) (Spain) The Great Day (a.k.a. A Special Day) (Una Giornata particolare) (Italy) Iphigenia (Greece) Entebbe, Operation Thunderbolt (מבצע יונתן) (Israel) 1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs - (Preparez vos mouchoirs) (France) White Bim Black Ear (Belyi bim - Chyornoye ukho) (USSR) The Glass Cell (Die Gläsene Zelle) (Federal Republic of Germany) Hungarians (Magyarok) (Hungary) The New Monsters (I Nuovi mostri) (Italy) 1979 The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (Federal Republic of Germany) To Forget Venice (Dementicare Venezia) (Italy) Mama Turns a Hundred (Mamá cumple cien ańos) (Spain) The Maids of Wilko (Panny z Wilko) (Poland) A Simple Story (Une Histoire simple) (France) 1980s 1980 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Москва слизам не верит) (USSR) Confidence (Bizalom) (Hungary) The Last Metro - (Le Dernier métro) (France) Kagemusha (影武者) (Japan) The Nest (El nido) (Spain) 1981 Mephisto (Hungary) The Boat is Full (Das Boot ist voll) (Switzerland) Man of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza) (Poland) Muddy River (泥の川; Doro no kawa) (Japan) Three Brothers (Tre fratelli) (Italy) 1982 Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar) (Spain) Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el cóndor) (Nicaragua)rector Private life (Chastnaya zhizn) (USSR) Clean Slate (Coup de Torchon) (France) The Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd) (Sweden) 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (Sweden) Le Bal (Algeria) Carmen (Spain) At First Sight (Coup de foudre) (France)r The Revolt of Job - (Jób lázadása) (Hungary) 1984 Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du fou) (Switzerland) Camila (Argentina) Beyond the Law (a.k.a. Beyond the Walls) (מאחורי הסורגים) (Israel) Double Feature (Sessión continua) (Spain) War-time Romance (Военно-полевой роман) (USSR) 1985 The Official Story (La Historia oficial) Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) (France) Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte) (Federal Republic of Germany) Oberst Redl (Hungary) When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (Yugoslavia) 1986 The Assault (De Aanslag) (Netherlands) 38 - Vienna Before the Fall (38) (Austria) 37.2 Degrees in the Morning (a.k.a. Betty Blue) (37ş2 le matin) (France) The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (Canada) (in French) My Sweet Little Village (Vesnicko má stredisková) (Czechoslovakia) 1987 Babette's Feast (Babettes Gćstebud) (Denmark) Course Completed (Asignatura aprobata) (Spain) Goodbye Children (Au revoir les enfants) (France) The Family (La famiglia) (Italy) Pathfinder (Ofelas) (Norway) 1988 Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) Hanussen (Hungary) The Music Teacher (Le Maître de Musique) (Belgium - French) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (Spain) Salaam Bombay (India) 1989 Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Italy Camille Claudel (France) Memories of a Marriage (Dansen med Regitze) (Denmark) Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) (Canada - French) Santiago, the Story of his New Life (Lo que le pasó a Santiago) (Puerto Rico) 1990s 1990 Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland - German and Turkish) Cyrano de Bergerac (France) Ju Dou (China - Mandarin) Open Doors (Porte aperte) (Italy) The Nasty Girl (Das Schreckliche Mädchen) (Germany) 1991 Mediterraneo (Italy) Children of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar) (Iceland) Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) (China The Elementary School (Obecná skola) (Czechoslovakia - Czech) The Ox (Oxen) (Sweden) 1992 Indochina (Indochine) (France) Daens (Belgium) (in Dutch, Latin, French) A Place in the World (Un Lugar en el mundo) (Argentina) Schtonk (Germany) Close to Eden (Urga) (USSR - Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin) 1993 The Age of Beauty (Belle époque) (Spain, Portugal, France) (in Spanish) Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) (China, Hong Kong) (in Mandarin) Hedd Wyn (United Kingdom) (in Welsh and English) The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen) (Taiwan) The Scent of Green Papaya (Mui du du xanh) (Vietnam, France) 1994 Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем) (Russia Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (Republic of Macedonia) Farinelli the Castrato (Farinelli il castrato) (Belgium, France, Italy) (in French and Italian) Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate) (Cuba) Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (Taiwan) 1995 Antonia's Line (Antonia) (Netherlands) All Things Fair (a.k.a. Love Lessons) (Lust och fägring stor) (Denmark, Sweden) (in Swedish) Dust of Life (Poussičres de vie) (Algeria) O Quatrilho (Brazil) The Star Maker (L'Uomo delle stelle) (Italy) 1996 Kolya (Kolja) (Czech Republic) Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazkij plennik) (Russia) A Chef in Love (a.k.a. A Cook in Love) (Les mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux) (Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti) (Georgia) (in French, Georgian and Russian) Ridicule (France) The Other Side of Sunday (Sřndagsengler) (Norway) 1997 Character (Karakter) (Netherlands) Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) (Germany) Four Days in September (O que é isso, companheiro) (Brazil) Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón) (Spain) The Thief (Vor) (Russia) 1998 Life Is Beautiful (La vita č bella) (Italy) The Grandfather (El Abuelo) (Spain) The Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye aseman) (Iran) Central Station (Central do Brasil) (Brazil) Tango (Argentina) 1999 All About My Mother - (Todo sobre mi madre) (Spain) East-West (Est-Ouest) (France) Himalaya (Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef) (Nepal) (in Tibetan) Solomon and Gaenor (United Kingdom) (in English, Welsh and Yiddish) Under the Sun (Under solen) (Sweden) 2000s 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - (Wo hu cang long) (Taiwan) Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) (Mexico) The Taste of Others (Le Goűt des autres) (France) Everybody Famous (Iedereen beroemd) (Belgium) (in Dutch) Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) (Czech Republic) 2001 No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (in Serbo-Croatian) Elling (Norway) Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulin) (France) Son of the Bride (El Hijo de la novia) (Argentina) Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (India) (in Hindi, English and Bhojpuri) 2002 Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) (Germany) The Crime of Father Amaro (El Crimen del padre Amaro) (Mexico) The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) (Finland) Hero (Ying xiong) (China) Zus & zo (Netherlands) 2003 nominees: The Barbarian Invasions (Canada) French Zelary (Czech Republic) The Twilight Samurai (Japan) Twin Sisters (The Netherlands) Evil (Ondskan) (Sweden) See also Academy Awards
