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Over the years, the Best International Feature Film and its predecessors have been given almost exclusively to European films: out of the 74 awards handed out by the Academy since 1947 to foreign language films, fifty-seven have gone to European films, nine to Asian films, five to films from the Americas and three to African films.
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- Bicycle Thieves. Directed by Vittorio De Sica • 1948 • Italy. Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell. Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema.
- Rashomon. Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1950 • Japan. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, RASHOMON is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.
- Gate of Hell. Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa • 1953 • Japan. Starring Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyo. A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, GATE OF HELL is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa.
- The Lives of Others. Ulrich Tukur, Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck. 161 votes. The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, about the monitoring of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police.
- Life Is Beautiful. Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini. 164 votes. In the heart-warming yet poignant film Life is Beautiful, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) is an Italian Jewish bookshop owner.
- Cinema Paradiso. Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Leopoldo Trieste. 145 votes. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, internationally released as Cinema Paradiso, is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
- Rashomon. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyō. 122 votes. Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa.
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France are second on Italy's heels with more nominations (41) but only victorious 12 times. There hasn't been a night of glory for the French cinema industry for three decades as the last film to be recognised was Indochine in 1993. Japan is some way behind in third place with five awards, the two most recent awarded in 2009 and 2022. The first thr...
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, as it is now, has been awarded since 1956, but originally in 1947 it was an honorary award. It was chosen by the Board of Governors of the Academy without other nominated films in competition. During its run the board gave four awards to Italy, France and Japan both won three each, with a Franco-Italian co p...
Only two non-English language foreign films have triumphed in the Best Picture category. 'The Artist' in 2012, a French mainly silent film, which means that the South Korean movie 'Parasite' made history when it won the award in 2020, as the first non-English language winner. This year the German anti-war film 'All quiet on the Western front' can m...
Apr 25, 2017 · 26 of the 69 Best Foreign Language Film Awards that has been given out over the years have been won by France (12) and Italy (14). They have also have had the most films nominated in this category, with France receiving 39 and Italy 31 nominations.
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Oct 18, 2018 · In the last decade, for instance, foreign-language film performances have been nominated for or won Oscars every year except 2015. As the road to the 91st Academy Awards continues, “Roma ...
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The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.
