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Best Foreign Language Films at the Oscars

by jyotirmay21 • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
Best Foreign Language Films at the Oscars through the Years World Cinema
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  • La Strada (1954)

    1. La Strada

    19541h 48mNot Rated
    8.0 (69K)
    A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard Basehart
  • Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)

    2. Nights of Cabiria

    19571h 50mNot Rated
    8.1 (55K)
    A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaFrançois PérierFranca Marzi
  • My Uncle (1958)

    3. My Uncle

    19581h 56mNot Rated84Metascore
    7.6 (25K)
    Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
    DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiJean-Pierre ZolaAdrienne Servantie
  • Black Orpheus (1959)

    4. Black Orpheus

    19591h 40mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
    DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de Oliveira
  • The Virgin Spring (1960)

    5. The Virgin Spring

    19601h 29mNot Rated
    8.0 (33K)
    In 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowBirgitta ValbergGunnel Lindblom
  • Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

    6. Through a Glass Darkly

    19611h 30mNot Rated84Metascore
    7.9 (29K)
    Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsHarriet AnderssonGunnar BjörnstrandMax von Sydow
  • Sundays and Cybèle (1962)

    7. Sundays and Cybèle

    19621h 51mNot Rated
    7.8 (5K)
    Story of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
    DirectorSerge BourguignonStarsHardy KrügerNicole CourcelPatricia Gozzi
  • 8½ (1963)

    8. 8½

    19632h 18mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.0 (130K)
    A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia Cardinale
  • Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

    9. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    19631h 59mNot Rated
    7.2 (11K)
    Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo Giuffrè
  • The Shop on Main Street (1965)

    10. The Shop on Main Street

    19652h 8mNot Rated
    8.2 (10K)
    A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.
    DirectorsJán KadárElmar KlosStarsIda KaminskaJozef KronerFrantisek Zvarík
  • Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Pierre Barouh in A Man and a Woman (1966)

    11. A Man and a Woman

    19661h 42mApproved
    7.5 (13K)
    A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.
    DirectorClaude LelouchStarsAnouk AiméeJean-Louis TrintignantPierre Barouh
  • Václav Neckár in Closely Watched Trains (1966)

    12. Closely Watched Trains

    19661h 32mNot Rated
    7.6 (15K)
    An apprentice train dispatcher looks for love while aiding his colleagues in their resistance against the Nazis.
    DirectorJirí MenzelStarsVáclav NeckárJosef SomrVlastimil Brodský
  • War and Peace (1965)

    13. War and Peace

    19656h 33mGP
    8.3 (9.1K)
    The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
    DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey Bondarchuk
  • Z (1969)

    14. Z

    19692h 7mM/PG86Metascore
    8.1 (33K)
    The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
    DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis Trintignant
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

    15. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

    19701h 55mR89Metascore
    8.0 (14K)
    A high-ranking police inspector kills his mistress and deliberately plants clues indicating his responsibility for the crime in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion.
    DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni Santuccio
  • Dominique Sanda in The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

    16. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

    19701h 34mR
    7.2 (8.2K)
    The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsDominique SandaLino CapolicchioHelmut Berger
  • Stéphane Audran, Paul Frankeur, Fernando Rey, and Delphine Seyrig in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

    17. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

    19721h 42mPG93Metascore
    7.7 (49K)
    A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyDelphine SeyrigPaul Frankeur
  • Day for Night (1973)

    18. Day for Night

    19731h 56mPG
    8.0 (26K)
    A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJacqueline BissetJean-Pierre LéaudFrançois Truffaut
  • Amarcord (1973)

    19. Amarcord

    19732h 3mR
    7.8 (50K)
    A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMagali NoëlBruno ZaninPupella Maggio
  • Dersu Uzala (1975)

    20. Dersu Uzala

    19752h 22mG
    8.2 (35K)
    The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsMaksim MunzukYuriy SolominMikhail Bychkov
  • Black and White in Color (1976)

    21. Black and White in Color

    19761h 30mPG
    6.7 (1.9K)
    During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.
    DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJean CarmetJacques DufilhoCatherine Rouvel
  • Madame Rosa (1977)

    22. Madame Rosa

    19771h 45mPG
    7.1 (1.9K)
    Madame Rosa, an ex-prostitute of Jewish origin, lives in a dilapidated old building in Belleville. Tired and worn out by life, she looks after young children, placed in her care by the social welfare people.
    DirectorMoshé MizrahiStarsSimone SignoretMichal Bat-AdamSamy Ben-Youb
  • Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, and Michel Serrault in Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

    23. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

    19781h 48mR
    6.9 (4.6K)
    A worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.
    DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuCarole LaurePatrick Dewaere
  • David Bennent in The Tin Drum (1979)

    24. The Tin Drum

    19792h 22mR63Metascore
    7.4 (27K)
    In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
    DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDavid BennentMario AdorfAngela Winkler
  • Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)

    25. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

    19802h 30mPG
    8.0 (15K)
    Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.
    DirectorVladimir MenshovStarsVera AlentovaAleksey BatalovIrina Muravyova

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