César Award for Best Foreign Film:

• 1976 - Profumo di donna - Dino Risi
  • Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes – Werner Herzog
  • Nashville – Robert Altman
  • Trollflöjten – Ingmar Bergman

• 1977 - C'eravamo tanto amati - Ettore Scola
  • Barry Lyndon – Stanley Kubrick
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Milos Forman
  • Cría Cuervos – Carlos Saura

• 1978 - A Special Day - Ettore Scola
  • Der Amerikanische Freund – Wim Wenders
  • Annie Hall – Woody Allen
  • Bread and Chocolate – Franco Brusati

• 1979 - The Tree of Wooden Clogs - Ermanno Olmi
  • Höstsonaten – Ingmar Bergman
  • Julia – Fred Zinnemann
  • A Wedding – Robert Altman

• 1980 - Manhattan - Woody Allen
  • Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola
  • Hair – Milos Forman
  • Die Blechtrommel – Volker Schlöndorff

• 1981 - Kagemusha - Akira Kurosawa
  • Fame – Alan Parker
  • Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton
  • The Rose – Mark Rydell

• 1982 - The Elephant Man - David Lynch
  • Die Fälschung – Volker Schlöndorff
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Spielberg

• 1983 - Victor/Victoria - Blake Edwards
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Steven Spielberg
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman – Karel Reisz
  • Yol – Serif Gören and Yilmaz Güney

• 1984 - Fanny och Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
  • Carmen – Carlos Saura
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy – Jamie Uys
  • Tootsie – Sydney Pollack

• 1985 - Amadeus - Milos Forman
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Hugh Hudson
  • Maria's Lovers – Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Paris, Texas – Wim Wenders

• 1986 - The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
  • Desperately Seeking Susan – Susan Seidelman
  • The Killing Fields – Roland Joffé
  • Ran – Akira Kurosawa
  • Year of the Dragon – Michael Cimino

• 1987 - Der Name der Rose - Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • After Hours – Martin Scorsese
  • Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen
  • The Mission – Roland Joffé
  • Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack

• 1988 - The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Der Himmel über Berlin – Wim Wenders
  • Intervista – Federico Fellini
  • Oci ciornie (Dark Eyes) – Nikita Mikhalkov
  • The Untouchables – Brian De Palma

• 1989 - Out of Rosenheim - Percy Adlon
  • Bird – Clint Eastwood
  • Salaam Bombay! – Mira Nair
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Robert Zemeckis

• 1990 - Dangerous Liaisons - Stephen Frears
  • Dom za vesanje – Emir Kusturica
  • Nuovo cinema Paradiso – Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Rain Man – Barry Levinson
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape – Steven Soderbergh

• 1991 - Dead Poets Society - Peter Weir
  • Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese
  • Pretty Woman – Garry Marshall
  • Template:Country data SOV Taxi Blues – Pavel Lungin
  • ¡Átame! – Pedro Almodóvar

• 1992 - Toto le héros - Jaco van Dormael
  • Alice – Woody Allen
  • Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner
  • The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme
  • Thelma & Louise – Ridley Scott
  • Urga – Nikita Mikhalkov

• 1993 - Tacones lejanos - Pedro Almodóvar
  • L' Amant – Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Howards End – James Ivory
  • Husbands and Wives – Woody Allen
  • The Player – Robert Altman

• 1994 - The Piano - Jane Campion
  • Ba wang bie ji – Kaige Chen
  • Manhattan Murder Mystery – Woody Allen
  • Raining Stones – Ken Loach
  • The Snapper – Stephen Frears

• 1995 - Four Weddings and a Funeral - Mike Newell
  • Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino
  • Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg
  • Short Cuts – Robert Altman
  • Caro diario – Nanni Moretti

• 1996 - Land and Freedom - Ken Loach
  • The Bridges of Madison County – Clint Eastwood
  • The Usual Suspects – Bryan Singer
  • Smoke – Wayne Wang Paul Auster
  • Underground – Emir Kusturica

• 1997: Breaking the Waves - Lars von Trier
  • Fargo - Joel Coen
  • The Promise (La promesse) - Luc Dardenne Jean-Pierre Dardenne
  • Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh

• 1998: Brassed Off - Mark Herman
  • / The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
  • Everyone Says I Love You - Woody Allen
  • Fireworks (Hana-bi) - Takeshi Kitano
  • The Full Monty - Peter Cattaneo

• 1999: Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) - Roberto Benigni
  • The Celebration (Festen) - Thomas Vinterberg
  • Central Station (Central do Brasil) - Walter Salles
  • Saving Private Ryan - Steven Spielberg
  • Titanic - James Cameron

2000s

• 2000: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) - Pedro Almodóvar
  • Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze
  • Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick
  • The Thin Red Line - Terrence Malick
  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - Jim Jarmusch

• 2001: In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wa) - Kar Wai Wong
  • American Beauty - Sam Mendes
  • Billy Elliot - Stephen Daldry
  • Dancer in the Dark - Lars von Trier
  • Yi yi: A One and a Two... (Yi yi) - Edward Yang

• 2002: Mulholland Dr - David Lynch
  • The Man Who Wasn't There - Joel Coen
  • Moulin Rouge! - Baz Luhrmann
  • Traffic - Steven Soderbergh
  • The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) - Nanni Moretti

• 2003: Bowling for Columbine - Michael Moore
  • Minority Report - Steven Spielberg
  • Ocean's Eleven - Steven Soderbergh
  • Painted Fire (Chihwaseon) - Kwon-taek Im
  • Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) - Hayao Miyazaki

• 2004: Mystic River - Clint Eastwood
  • Gangs of New York - Martin Scorsese
  • The Hours - Stephen Daldry
  • Elephant - Gus Van Sant
  • The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) - Andrei Zvyagintsev

• 2005: Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
  • 21 Grams - Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 - Michael Moore
  • The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) - Walter Salles

• 2006: Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood
  • A History of Violence - David Cronenberg
  • Match Point - Woody Allen
  • The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) - Alejandro Amenábar
  • Walk on Water - Eytan Fox

• 2007: Little Miss Sunshine - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  • Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Brokeback Mountain - Ang Lee
  • To Return (Volver) - Pedro Almodóvar
  • The Queen - Stephen Frears

• 2008: Das Leben der Anderen - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days - Cristian Mungiu
  • The Edge of Heaven - Fatih Akin
  • We Own the Night - James Gray
  • Eastern Promises - David Cronenberg

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