Annex: César for best foreign film

The César for best foreign film is an award given annually by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques to the most notable foreign film of the previous season. It has been awarded continuously by the French Academy since the awards began in 1976. In 2003, 2004 and 2005, a César was awarded for the best European Union film, in addition to this César for the best foreign film.

Films awarded the César for best foreign film

Year	Movie	Original title	Director	Country
2022	The Father	The Father	Florian Zeller	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
2021	Another round	Druk	Thomas Vinterberg	DenmarkDenmark
2020	Parasites	Русский	Bong Joon-ho	South KoreaSouth Korea
2019	A family matter	▷✅ - Manbiki kazoku	Hirokazu Koreeda	JapanJapan
2018	No love	- Nelyubov	Andréi Zviáguintsev	Russia Russia
2017	I, Daniel Blake	I, Daniel Blake	Ken Loach	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
2016	Birdman or (the unexpected virtue of ignorance)	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Alejandro González Iñárritu	United States
2015	Mommy	Mommy	Xavier Dolan	CanadaCanada
2014	The Broken Circle Breakdown	The Broken Circle Breakdown	Felix Van Groeningen	BelgiumBelgium
2013	Argo	Argo	Ben Affleck	United States
2012	Yodaí-e Nader az Simín	Jodái-e Náder az Simin	Asghar Farhadi	IranIran
2011	The Social Network	The Social Network	David Fincher	United States
2010	Great Torino	Great Torino	Clint Eastwood	United States
2009	Vals with Bashir	מ н ה ה – Vals Im Bashir	Ari Folman	IsraelIsrael
2008	The life of others	Das leben der anderen	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	GermanyGermany
2007	Little Miss Sunshine	Little Miss Sunshine	Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris	United States
2006	Fate beatings	Million Dollar	Clint Eastwood	United States
2005	Lost in Tokyo	Lost in Translation	Sofia Coppola	United States
2004	Mystic River	Mystic River	Clint Eastwood	United States
2003	Bowling for Columbine	Bowling for Columbine	Michael Moore	United States
2002	Mulholland Drive	Mulholland Drive	David Lynch	United States
2001	Wishing to love	In the Mood for Love	Wong Kar-Wai	Hong KongHong Kong
2000	All about my mother	All about my mother	Pedro Almodóvar	SpainSpain
1999	Life is beautiful	The vita è bella	Roberto Benigni	ItalyItaly
1998	Touching the wind	Brassed Off	Mark Herman	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
1997	Breaking the waves	Breaking The Waves	Lars von Trier	DenmarkDenmark
1996	Earth and freedom	Land and Freedom	Ken Loach	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
1995	Four weddings and a funeral	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Mike Newell	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
1994	The piano	The Piano	Jane Campion	New ZealandNew Zealand
1993	Far Tacons	Far Tacons	Pedro Almodóvar	SpainSpain
1992	He touched the hero	Toto le héros	Jaco van Dormael	BelgiumBelgium
1991	The club of dead poets	Dead Poets Society	Peter Weir	United States
1990	Dangerous friendships	Dangerous Liaisons	Stephen Frears	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
1989	Baghdad	Baghdad Cafe (Out of Rosenheim)	Percy Adlon	United States
1988	The last emperor	The Last Emperor	Bernardo Bertolucci	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
1987	The name of the rose	Le nom de la rose	Jean-Jacques Annaud	GermanyGermany
1986	The Purple Rose of Cairo	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Woody Allen	United States
1985	Amadeus	Amadeus	Miloš Forman	United States
1984	Fanny and Alexander	Fanny och Alexander	Ingmar Bergman	Sweden Sweden
1983	Victor.	Victor.	Blake Edwards	United States
1982	The Elephant Man	Elephant Man	David Lynch	United States
1981	Kagemusha (The Shadow of the Warrior)	Kagemusha	Akira Kurosawa	JapanJapan
1980	Manhattan	Manhattan	Woody Allen	United States
1979	The tree of the clogs	L'albero degli zoccoli	Ermanno Olmi	ItalyItaly
1978	A particular day	A particolare gymnast	Ettore Scola	ItalyItaly
1977	One woman and three men	C'eravamo so amati	Ettore Scola	ItalyItaly
1976	Perfume de mujer	Profumo di donna	Dino Risi	ItalyItaly

1. ^ a b c d This film was also awarded with the Oscar to the best non-English-speaking film.
2. ^ a b c d e f h i This film was also a candidate for the Oscar for the best film without getting it.
3. ^ a b c d This film was also a candidate for the Oscar for the best non-English-speaking film without getting it.
4. ↑ a bc This film was also awarded with the Oscar to the best film.