The 2008 winner for Best Foreign Film will be announced at the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony in February 2009.

2007	The Counterfeiters - Austria
2006	The Lives of Others - Germany
2005	Tsotsi - South Africa
2004	The Sea Inside - Spain
2003	The Barbarian Invasions - Canada
2002	Nowhere in Africa - Germany
2001	No Man's Land - Bosnia & Herzegovina
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Taiwan
1999	All About My Mother - Spain
1998	Life is Beautiful - Italy
1997	Character - The Netherlands
1996	Kolya - Czech Republic
1995	Antonia's Line - The Netherlands
1994	Burnt by the Sun - Russia
1993	Belle Epoque - Spain
1992	Indochine - France
1991	Mediterraneo - Italy
1990	Journey of Hope - Switzerland
1989	Cinema Paradiso - Italy
1988	Pelle the Conqueror - Denmark
1987	Babette's Feast - Denmark
1986	The Assault - The Netherlands
1985	The Official Story - Argentina
1984	Dangerous Moves - Switzerland
1983	Fanny & Alexander - Sweden
1982	Volver a Empezar (To Begin Again) - Spain
1981	Mephisto - Hungary
1980	Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1979	The Tin Drum - Federal Republic of Germany
1978	Get Out Your Handkerchiefs - France
1977	Madame Rosa - France
1976	Black and White in Color - Ivory Coast
1975	Dersu Uzala - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1974	Amarcord - Italy
1973	Day for Night - France
1972	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeisie - France
1971	The Garden of the Finzi Continis - Italy
1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Italy
1969	Z - Algeria
1968	War and Peace - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1967	Closely Watched Trains - Czechoslovakia
1966	A Man and a Woman - France
1965	The Shop on Main Street - Czechoslovakia
1964	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Italy
1963	Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 - Italy
1962	Sundays and Cybele - France
1961	Through a Glass Darkly - Sweden
1960	The Virgin Spring - Sweden
1959	Black Orpheus - France
1958	My Uncle - France
1957	The Nights of Cabiria - Italy
1956	La Strada - Italy
1955	Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
1954	Gate of Hell
1953	(No Award)
1952	Forbidden Games
1951	Rashomon
1950	Walls of Malapaga
1949	The Bicycle Thief
1948	Monsieur Vincent
1947	Shoe-Shine

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