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Best Foreign Language Film Winners

2009. The Secret of Her Eyes (2009)
2008. Departures (2008)
2007. The Counterfeiters (2007)
2006. The Lives of Others (2006)
2005. Tsotsi (2005)
2004. The Sea Inside (2004)
2003. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
2002. Nowhere In Africa (2001)
2001. No Man's Land (2001)
2000. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
1999. All About My Mother (1999)
1998. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
1997. Karakter (1997)
1996. Kolya (1996)
1995. Antonia's Line (1995)
1994. Burnt By the Sun (1994)
1993. Belle Epoque (1992)
1992. Indochine (1992)
1991. Mediterraneo (1991)
1990. Journey of Hope (1990)
1989. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
1988. Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
1987. Babette's Feast (1987)
1986. The Assault (1986)
1985. The Official Story (1985)
1984. Dangerous Moves (1984)
1983. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
1982. Volver a Empezar (1982)
1981. Mephisto (1981)
1980. Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1980)
1979. The Tin Drum (1979)
1978. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
1977. Madame Rosa (1977)
1976. Black and White In Color (1976)
1975. Dersu Uzala (1975)
1974. Amarcord (1973)
1973. Day For Night (1973)
1972. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
1971. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
1970. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
1969. Z (1969)
1968. War and Peace (1967)
1967. Closely Watched Trains (1966)
1966. A Man and a Woman (1966)
1965. The Shop On Main Street (1965)
1964. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1963)
1963. 8 1/2 (1963)
1962. Sundays and Cybele (1962)
1961. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
1960. The Virgin Spring (1960)
1959. Black Orpheus (1959)
1958. Mon Oncle (1958)
1957. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
1956. La Strada (1954)
1955. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
1954. Gate of Hell (1953)
1952. Forbidden Games (1952)
1951. Rashomon (1950)
1950. The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
1949. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
1948. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
1947. Shoe-Shine (1946)

Best Documentary Feature Winners

2009. The Cove (2009)
2008. Man On Wire (2008)
2007. Taxi To the Dark Side (2007)
2006. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
2005. March of the Penguins (2005)
2004. Born Into Brothels (2004)
2003. The Fog of War (2003)
2002. Bowling For Columbine (2002)
2001. Murder On a Sunday Morning (2001)
2000. Into the Arms of Strangers (2000)
1999. One Day In September (1999)
1998. The Last Days (1998)
1997. The Long Way Home (1997)
1996. When We Were Kings (1996)
1995. Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
1994. Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
1993. I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)
1992. The Panama Deception (1992)
1991. In the Shadow of the Stars (1991)
1990. American Dream (1990)
1989. Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989)
1988. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
1987. The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)
1986. Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
1986. Down and Out In America (1986)
1985. Broken Rainbow (1985)
1984. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
1983. He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
1982. The Fifth Estate: Just Another Missing Kid (1981)
1981. Genocide (1982)
1980. From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China (1981)
1979. Best Boy (1979)
1978. Scared Straight! (1978)
1977. Who Are the Debolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977)
1976. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
1975. The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
1974. Hearts and Minds (1974)
1973. The Great American Cowboy (1973)
1972. Marjoe (1972)
1971. The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
1970. Woodstock (1970)
1969. Arthur Rubinstein - the Love of Life (1969)
1968. Journey Into Self (1968)
1967. The Anderson Platoon (1967)
1966. The War Game (1965)
1965. The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)
1964. Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun (1964)
1963. Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World (1963)
1962. Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (1962)
1961. Sky Above and Mud Beneath (1961)
1960. The Horse With the Flying Tail (1960)
1959. Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959)
1958. White Wilderness (1958)
1957. Albert Schweitzer (1957)
1956. The Silent World (1956)
1955. Helen Keller In Her Story (1954)
1954. The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
1953. The Living Desert (1953)
1952. The Sea Around Us (1953)
1951. Kon-Tiki (1950)
1950. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
1949. Daybreak In Udi (1949)
1948. The Secret Land (1948)
1947. Design For Death (1947)
1945. The True Glory (1945)
1944. The Fighting Lady (1944)
1943. Desert Victory (1943)
1942. The Battle of Midway (1942)
1942. Kokoda Front Line (1942)
1942. Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
1942. Why We Fight, 1: Prelude To War (1943)

In 1942 there was one Documentary award given to both features and shorts. This year there were four winners.

There was no award for Documentary Feature given in 1946.

Young Americans was originally announced as the winner of the 1968 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. However, it was later declared ineligible and the first runner-up, Journey Into Self, was awarded the Oscar.

From 1947-1955 the Best Foreign Language Oscar was an honorary award.

There was no award for Best Foreign Language Film given in 1953.