The National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given (since 1934) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1]
WinnersEdit
1930sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Man of Aran | Ireland | Robert J. Flaherty |
| 1936 | Carnival in Flanders | France | Jacques Feyder |
| 1937 | The Eternal Mask | Austria/Switzerland | Werner Hochbaum |
| 1938 | Grand Illusion | France | Jean Renoir |
| 1939 | Port of Shadows | France | Marcel Carné |
1940sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife) | France | Marcel Pagnol |
| 1941 | Pepe le Moko | France | Julien Duvivier |
1950sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Titan | West Germany | Robert J. Flaherty, Richard Lyford, and Curt Oertel |
| 1951 | Rashomon | Japan | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1952 | The Sound Barrier | UK | David Lean |
| 1953 | A Queen is Crowned | UK | Christopher Fry |
| 1954 | Romeo and Juliet | UK- Italy | Renato Castellani |
| 1955 | The Prisoner | UK | Peter Glenville |
| 1956 | The Silent World | France | Jacques Cousteau & Louis Malle |
| 1957 | The Word (Ordet) | Denmark | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| 1958 | Pather Panchali | India | Satyajit Ray |
| 1959 | Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
1960sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) | India | Satyajit Ray |
| 1961 | The Bridge (Die Brücke) | West Germany | Bernhard Wicki |
| 1962 | Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray) | France | Serge Bourguignon |
| 1963 | 8½ | Italy | Federico Fellini |
| 1964 | World Without Sun (Le monde sans soleil) | France | Jacques-Yves Cousteau |
| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti) | Italy | Federico Fellini |
| 1966 | The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment tueurs) | France | Costa-Gavras |
| 1967 | Elvira Madigan | Sweden | Bo Widerberg |
| 1968 | War and Peace (Voyna i mir) | Soviet Union | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| 1969 | Shame (Skammen) | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
1970sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Wild Child (L'enfant sauvage) | France | François Truffaut |
| 1971 | Claire's Knee (Le genou de Claire) | France | Eric Rohmer |
| 1972 | The Sorrow and the Pity (Le chagrin et la pitié) | France | Marcel Ophüls |
| 1973 | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1974 | I Remember (Amarcord) | Italy | Federico Fellini |
| 1975 | The Story of Adele H. (L'histoire d'Adèle H.) | France | François Truffaut |
| 1976 | The Marquise of O (Die Marquise von O...) | West Germany | Eric Rohmer |
| 1977 | That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) | France | Luis Buñuel |
| 1978 | Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1979 | Birds of a Feather (La cage aux Folles) | France | Edouard Molinaro |
1980sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) | West Germany | Volker Schlöndorff |
| 1981 | Oblomov (Neskolko dney iz zhizni I.I. Oblomova) | Soviet Union | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| 1982 | Mephisto | West Germany | István Szabó |
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1984 | A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) | France | Bertrand Tavernier |
| 1985 | Ran | Japan | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1986 | Otello | Italy | Franco Zeffirelli |
| 1987 | Jean de Florette | France | Claude Berri |
| Manon of the Spring (Manon des sources) | France | Claude Berri | |
| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 1989 | Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) | France | Claude Chabrol |
1990sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac | France | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| 1991 | Europa Europe (Europa Europa) | France/Germany/Poland | Agnieszka Holland |
| 1992 | Indochine | France | Régis Wargnier |
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) | China/Hong Kong | Chen Kaige |
| 1994 | Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) | Taiwan/USA | Ang Lee |
| 1995 | Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) | China/France | Zhang Yimou |
| 1996 | Ridicule | France | Patrice Leconte |
| 1997 | Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) | Japan | Masayuki Suo |
| 1998 | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Brazil | Walter Salles |
| 1999 | All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
2000sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) | Taiwan/China/USA/Hong Kong | Ang Lee |
| 2001 | Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) | Mexico | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
| 2002 | Talk to Her (Hable con ella) | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) | Canada/France | Denys Arcand |
| 2004 | The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) | Spain | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 2005 | Paradise Now | Palestine Authority | Hany Abu-Assad |
| 2006 | To Return (Volver) | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) | France/USA | Julian Schnabel |
| 2008 | Mongol | Kazakhstan | Sergei Bodrov |
| 2009 | A Prophet (Un prophète) | France | Jacques Audiard |
2010sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Of Gods and Men | France | Xavier Beauvois |
| 2011 | A Separation | Iran | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2012 | Amour | Austria | Michael Haneke |
| 2013 | The Past | France/Iran | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2014 | Wild Tales | Argentina/Spain | Damián Szifron |
| 2015 | Son of Saul | Hungary | László Nemes |
| 2016 | The Salesman | Iran | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2017 | Foxtrot | Israel | Samuel Maoz |
| 2018 | Cold War | Poland | Paweł Pawlikowski[2] |
| 2019 | Parasite | South Korea | Bong Joon-ho[3] |
2020sEdit
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | La Llorona[4] | Guatemala | Jayro Bustamante |
| 2021 | A Hero[5] | lran | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2022 | Close | Belgium | Lukas Dhont |
Multiple winnersEdit
- Ingmar Bergman – 5
- Pedro Almodóvar – 4
- Asghar Farhadi – 4
- Federico Fellini – 3
- Akira Kurosawa – 2
- Ang Lee – 2
- Satyajit Ray – 2
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Best Foreign Language Film Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ National Board of Review Names 'Green Book' Best Film of 2018 - Variety
- ^ National Board of Review 2019 Winners|IndieWire
- ^ 2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety
- ^ National Board of Review Winners 2021:|IndieWire