Top 10 International Feature Oscar Winners of All Time

It’s important to remember that the Oscars are both an American AND a global phenomenon. For almost 100 years the Academy has made space to award a Foreign-Language film, so, of course, that means we here at CineFix are overdue to do the same. So here, in an order that’s even more meaningless than usual because we’re doing it chronologically, are our picks for the 10 Best International Feature Film Winners in the history of the Academy Awards.
While the award wasn’t regularly presented until 1957, non-American and non-English films got plenty of recognition prior to that, going all the way back to the very first Oscar ceremony. From Italy, Czechoslovakia, Japan, The Soviet Union (at the time) and even the Ivory Coast, Foreign-Language Film award winners are as varied as the cultures from which they arrive at Oscars.
The Picks:
10 - Italy - Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1949) dir. Vittorio De Sica
9 - France - Orfeu Negro / Black Orpheus (1959) dir. Marcel Camus
8 - Czechoslovakia - Ostře sledované vlaky / Closely Watched Trains (1966) dir. Jiří Menzel
7 - Soviet Union - Dersu Uzala (1975) dir. Akira Kurosawa
6 - Ivory Coast - La Victoire en chantant / Black and White in Color (1976) dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
5 - Denmark - Babettes Gæstebud / Babette's Feast (1987) dir. Gabriel Axel
4 - The Netherlands - Antonia / Antonia’s Line (1995) dir. Marleen Gorris
3 - Bosnia & Herzegovina - Ničija zemlja / No Man’s Land (2001) dir. Danis Tanović
2 - Iran - Forushandeh / The Salesman (2016) dir. Asghar Farhadi
1 - Japan - Drive My Car (2021) dir. Hamaguchi Ryusuke
This movie list was written by Siddhant Adlakha and edited by Justin Donaldson and Nick Mundy.
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[@benjaminforman8901]

These top ten lists are always so powerful. The writing is extremely adept.

[@joshberkin5567]

They're the best in the business. Wish all top ten videos were like cinefix

[@PlatyNews]

My favorite tale about how the academy deals with international movies is that once a journalist asked Meryl Streep what was her feelings towards Gwyneth Paltrow winning best actress in the 1999's ceremony for Shakespear in Love, expecting Streep to say that she deserved to win instead. But Streep's reponse was that the actual best actress there was Fernanda Montenegro on Central Station, which lost the foreign language movie oscar to Life is Beautiful

[@romilrh]

So glad you acknowledged Drive My Car. What a staggeringly gorgeous film. I watched it shortly after ending a complicated relationship, and it blew me away.

[@marshaprice8226]

I saw “Closely Watched Trains” in the theater when it came out in 1966 and enjoyed it. I was so glad to see it on the list!

[@ScrooVonLoose]

Nice to see Antonia's Line getting some love, not enough people have seen that one.

[@HavasiP]

That was one of the first movies my film teacher showed us in High school. Most started laughing at the way they spoke Dutch, don't think any of us had heard Dutch at that point. But after 5-10 minutes everyone was so into the movie and eveeyone ended up really touched by it.

[@TheSaltydog07]

The man stole the bike because his was stolen. He is a hardworking man with a wife and family. The film is a masterpiece. Two films that I love are here that I had forgotten ("Dersu Uzala" and "No Mans Land.". Thank you❤❤❤

[@flenst]

Always happy to see Babette's Feast get some love. Wonderful movie 🐢

[@Altopasto]

It was also ranked #1 in the video about food in movies

[@frankunodostres473]

wow some of these movies sound extremely interesting especially with the background information, others not so much. nevertheless the research and passion put into this video deserves all the praise. impressive stuff

[@anotheryoutubeuser]

A Separation should have been the one on the list intead of The Salesman. It is not only the better film, but also a top three film of the 2010s.

[@tartaruga7814]

I'm usually happy with your lists, but this one disappoints a lot, mainly European films (even your Kurosawa pick is a European one), only one "latin American" film (directed by a European), no mention of other South American films, varely a mention of spanish speaking films (no mention of Almodovar is also weird), yes, the Academy has a bias for European sensibilities, that didn't mean you had to replicate that bias, in my opinion if you had made it about best international features "nominated" (where the real interesting films usually are) and gone continent by continent it would have solved a lot of the issues here.

[@michelehamilton961]

I agree. It is a little weird as this channel usually does a good job of being more open. That says the Academy does not give them much to work with.

[@erakfishfishfish]

I think the channel deserves a little credit for pointing out the problems with the African and Latin films being directed by white Europeans.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

​@@erakfishfishfishimagine if the Roman empire had submissions

[@AScreenwritersJourney]

Please list the movies you would recommend. Thank you!

[@waynechapman9823]

Or perhaps completely disregard the Oscars and open it up to ALL international features, which would admittedly be a very daunting task.

[@GT-wo2oj]

Clint don't fuck about. Man knows his cinema.

[@user-gv5wz9nn4m]

Great to see Balkan cinema getting some recognition!

[@jackiepike1466]

1. Seven Samurai - Kurozawa 2. Parasite 3. Breathless 4. Love and Anarchy 5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 6. Amélie 7. Y tu mamá también 8. City of God 9. Bicycle Thieves 10. Anatomy of a Fall 11. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 12. The Seventh Seal 13. Run, Lola, Run 14. Children of Paradise 15. Train to Busan 16. Nowhere in Africa 17. Brotherhood of the Wolf 18. The Emigrants 19. Hardcore Henry 20. OSS 117

[@kevinmassey1164]

Nowhere in Africa is such a good movie

[@zackerycooper7602]

Seven Samurai, Breathless, Love and Anarchy, Amélie, Y tu mamá también, City of God, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Seventh Seal, Run, Lola, Run, The Emigrants, Hardcore Henry, and OSS 117 all didn't win the Oscar for Best International Feature. Are you just naming your favorite foreign films?

[@jackiepike1466]

@zackerycooper7602 oh, someone asked for a list of good foreign films

[@noahboiv12]

Love that every entry transitions into the next one

[@HaagentheDazs]

Closely Watched Trains is soooo gooood! Way underrated!

[@ragul888]

Best international films won't even get nominated. That's the truth.

[@Nathanizbeast]

Are you saying that any foreign film nominated for an Oscar automatically gets taken out of consideration of your “best” international films?

[@pdzombie1906]

Some actually get nominated and don't win: just look which films lost to Moscow doesn't believe in tears!!!

[@SteveDCM]

Ahahhhhhhahhahahemmmmm…. Parasite?

[@Altopasto]

Don't even get submitted

[@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801]

Not always but it definitely happens.

[@miguelrosado6348]

I am happy that we finished with Drive my Car as this category has been mostly dominated by social-political movies as proven by the films elected as best in this category. Those movies are important and masterpieces but we also need foreign films about regular people living regular lives with their small everyday dramas. Not everything needs to be a war movie or an examination of society.

[@fabianhebestreit3240]

It doesn't get more "regular people movie" than Bicycle Thieves.

[@dobredavid7810]

Great ! Please make top 10 movies per decades. That would be amazing

[@bigschank]

Can't believe Cinema Paradiso isn't on this list.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Rejoice

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Not to put Cinema Paradiso on any list among the greatest movies ever made , let alone this one is a disgrace...I can't believe they disregarded it? Something bad is happening on CineFix. 😒😟

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Šta ''rejoice''? @@kostajovanovic3711

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@Zed-fq3lj damn, the overreaction

[@maartenn2217]

​@@Zed-fq3ljhahahahahaha Something bad is happening? Dramatic much?

[@lucianoserpa4982]

one day you need to talk about Argentina movies

[@tobiasvilapreno7424]

i was astonished as no to see "El secreto de sus Ojos" which clearly could have made the list or even "Relatos Salvajes" even though is still very new

[@lucianoserpa4982]

​@@tobiasvilapreno7424 i recomend you more movies, "medianeras2011"(is a romantic story), "El hombre de al lado" 2009 (is a comedy an drama) and "Nueve reinas" 2001 (the best movies of argentina)

[@lucianoserpa4982]

@@tobiasvilapreno7424 i recomend you more movies, "Medianeras 2011" (is a romantic story), "El hombre de al lado 2009" (is comedy and drama) and nueve reinas 2001 (for me is the best movie of argentina) all this movies are like movies of sundance jajaja

[@johnnzboy]

Always a pleasure to see the gentle and tender Babette's Feast get some love.

[@thefilmseeker]

While I do appreciate the channel's commitment to subverting typical Top 10 mindsets, I have to admit that having an overarching narrative towards the choices beyond which ones are "the best" does sometimes result in some questionable picks and snubs. Choosing Black Orpheus over any of Fellini's first 3 wins, jumping right over Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for No Man's Land and picking easily the second-best of the 2 available Farhadi wins were all definitely... choices.

[@sophiealka3431]

also no highlighting or comment on female directors in the category?

[@thefilmseeker]

@@sophiealka3431 Well to be fair, very few women have won this award, and the ones that have tend to be for unremarkable films like In a Better World or Nowhere in Africa. But even though they didn't explicitly say it was directed by a woman, they DID highlight the thematic importance of feminism in Antonia's Line.

[@joaocardoso6697]

I think with this channel in particular, the “top 10” format is more of a frame to tell a narrative about film, whether It be exploring an aspect of film, a type of film, etc.

[@thefilmseeker]

@@joaocardoso6697 Yeah I get that, it just sometimes comes at the expense of acknowledging certain films that probably earn the praise a bit more.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@joaocardoso6697 they were too subversive in this one to the point that it backfired a few times

[@blabla48076]

I love that you guys don't go for the obvious choices. And how hard would that be: the winners in the Best International Feature Film category are probably more impressive than those in the Best Picture category. The list of winning classics is practically endless.

[@tommybardwell2991]

I just want the best/most memorable/most rewatchable/most enjoyable international film winners. Not a list of top 10 movies that were groundbreaking or movies that you could learn a thing or two from them. I don’t mind this list but classify the title of the video differently. I feel duped. I’ll get over it though. :)

[@filmfreak21]

Wonderful that you mention Denmark

[@carmellebandibas]

I was fortunate to watch Babette's Feast in theaters for a European Festival. And it became my friend.

[@nikitaaverin]

"Parasite" is one of the best movies the last 20 years. Sadly missing here.

[@atari6357]

Where's my Cinema Paradiso? C'mon

[@Zed-fq3lj]

disgraceful omission indeed!

[@isaacmartinez6904]

My personal favorites are Dersu Uzala, Drive My Car, The Salesman and A Separation. I hope they made a list of The Top 10 Best International Feature Film Nominees. There are tons of good films that were nominated but didn’t win.

[@TheSaltydog07]

I'm 71. I forgot "Derzu Uzala." I'm so happy I watched this video!!

[@stephenhakimi2375]

Top 10 Best picture Winners is a great list for Y'all to do! Would really love to see that list next year!

[@c.johnhildebrand7309]

They already have that list.

[@danielbarrero2815]

Great vid!

[@ryebread9299]

Love love love this video

[@laurencelikestopgun]

I know it didn't win any Oscar but Ang Lee's Father knows best Trilogy deserves more love

[@andresymedio625]

Dersu Uzala and Drive my Car are just brilliant!

[@kjrollings]

Japan’s Okuribito is my personal favourite.

[@SamL12345]

Wow nothing for Michael Haneke's masterpiece "Amour"??

[@nl3064]

Oh ffs, IT'S THEIR DAMN LIST, NOT YOURS.

[@SamL12345]

@@nl3064 I only mention because they were discussing international films that were heavily nominated at the Oscars, and Amour was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and won the award for Best Foreign Language film.

[@nl3064]

@alfsmith7210 again, it's their damn list, not anyone else's. Do you know how many dozens and dozens of movies have gotten the "prestigious awards" treatment? - THEY CAN'T INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE ONE (and I'm sick of these shallow arguments that don't explain how a movie is so damn special, only that it won a few ribbons and merit badges). Plus, frankly Amour was boring. Solidly crafted movie, but there are far more memorable ones.

[@SamL12345]

@@nl3064 okay chill out bro damn

[@theenchantedrose3861]

DO A TOP 10 2010s LIST PLZZ PLZZZ PLZZZ

[@drdavid1963]

Ok then 10. A Fantastic Woman (2017) 9. Ida (2014) 8. The Salesman (2016) 7. In A Better World (2010) 6. Amour (2012) 5. Roma (2018) 4. Parasite (2019) 3. Son of Saul (2015) 2. The Great Beauty (2013) NUMBER ONE : A SEPARATION (2011)

[@QuinnPrivat]

Drive my Car is the first movie to make me cry. It's incredibly good.

[@maxkrueger9980]

It's shocking to me that no horror movie has ever been nominated for this award

[@Y.d.o.b.o.n]

The academy hates horror

[@JP-re9xj]

I would be *more* shocked if one was.

[@excalipoor]

When I was looking at the best picture nom list for 2021. I was wondering why there’s a Japanese movie called “drive my car” in there. When it was available for streaming. I was going to check it out and expect to watch in segments since it’s a long movie. I can’t believe I watched the whole thing in one sitting. It didn’t feel like it’s a 3 hour long film at all. The two main characters interaction plus the stories of the theatre actors involved kept me hooked.

[@erakfishfishfish]

I watch all the Best Picture nominees each year and I’ll admit, I wasn’t looking forward to Drive My Car. A 3 hour meditation on grief set to the backdrop of a production of Uncle Vanya sounded painfully dull. It ended up being my favorite of the nominees that year and it wasn’t even close. The scene at the end with the Uncle Vanya monologue in sign language was such a beautiful capper to the film.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Why were you surprised by a Japanese film being nominated for best foreign film?

[@erakfishfishfish]

@@kostajovanovic3711 I think excalipoor is referring to the Best Picture category, not just International Film

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@erakfishfishfish ooh yeah, drive my car also got that nod too, that I forgot

[@Zed-fq3lj]

No Cinema Paradiso - what a disgrace???!! Come on CineFix you used to mean something???!! Wtf happened to you? 😟😕🙁

[@veronikaholubova1072]

My favourite is Bicycle Thieves, but as a Czech, I am happy that 2 films from the lists are czech classics.

[@JamalW239]

The Oscars credibility is on a steep downwards trajectory, just like the Grammys.

[@yondie491]

Or their credibility has always been low and some people are just now realizing it

[@johnedwarddowney]

Heck of a year to make this claim when most of the Best Picture field could be reasonably argued as being the best film released in the past year.

[@nikokaapa]

In comparison to what? The 80s or 90s? They've been getting better since then at least.

[@Luciphell]

The Oscars being a global thing is recent. There is a difference between having a category for international films in an American awards show and turning the show into some Global awards show.

[@drdavid1963]

There are a lot of years where the most famous and best international films were not nominated. Of the winners for best international film here are my choices. 10. The Great Beauty (2013) 9. Through A Glass Darkly (1961) 8. Rashomon (1950) 7. All About My Mother (1999) 6. La Strada (1956) 5. A Separation (2011) 4. Bicycle Thieves (1949) 3. The Lives of Others (2006) 2. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) NUMBER ONE: EIGHT AND A HALF (1963)

[@ZerogunRivale]

Wait, no 8 1/2? Seriously? Are we trying to make a serious list here or not?

[@DigDug500]

Beat me to comment that, absolutley insane that it got left off

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Something is seriously rotten in CineFix lately 🤨

[@timatotoro]

totally agree, and only a passing mention of Fellini.

[@elmerglue21]

sad...although maybe it was too obvious for them to mention haha.

[@DigDug500]

@@elmerglue21 See thats my problem with this video. When you make a best video, you still have to give films that may seem obvious their inclusion. They not only did this to 8 1/2 but Cinema Paradiso, Life is Beautiful, All About My Mother, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Lives of Others and A Seperation

[@pauldriggere8300]

No device can measure the amount of disappointment I have for Cinefix not even mentioning "Cinema Paradiso" 😢

[@davidmurciaaristizabal5381]

A Separation >>>>> The Salesman Even Tonight Erdmann >>>>>> The Salesman

[@Coldo3895]

You have a clip from La Grande Vadrouille at the beginning of the video !!!!

[@hiramcal]

Jajaja quién diría que el Latin Lover saldrianen Cine Fix algún día 00:25

[@damienboucet4343]

Same for Cannes, Berlin, Venice ? :)

[@kostajovanovic3711]

All awards into one, or all separately?

[@kemoselimagic1479]

Glad to see No Man’s Land on the list. It’s a wonderful tragic comedy. I can say for a fact it’s much better if you understand the language. This video actually shows the very last scene of the movie and it’s very depressing.

[@branagain]

Fellini’s 8 1/2 is the greatest movie ever made.

[@RileyZilla1001]

Drive My Car made me cry my eyes out. That rarely happens

[@DigDug500]

See, my problem with this video is when you make a best video, you still have to give films that may seem obvious their inclusion. They not only did this to 8 1/2 but Cinema Paradiso, Life is Beautiful, All About My Mother, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Lives of Others and A Seperation. 8 1/2 was the only one mentioned in the entire video

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Good

[@nickyoude2694]

I would have considered Im Westen Nichts Neues aka All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) for this list personally. That was a complete knock out of a movie!

[@fitless]

Closely watched trains is an excellent film. It should top the list.

[@nl3064]

It is indeed an excellent movie, but just be glad they mentioned it.

[@mattyt1961]

@@nl3064the list was based on order of release/win and not a ranking

[@nl3064]

@@mattyt1961 o...kay? Why are you telling me that? Or did you mean to tell that to the OP?

[@mattyt1961]

​@@nl3064nope, since the OP might have posted before watching, yours had to be posted after (since you knew it made the list, it is unclear in OP's comment). Saying "be glad they mentioned it" implies that you also assumed that this was a ranked list rather than a chronological order despite having watched it

[@nl3064]

@@mattyt1961 ah. I hadn't noticed.

[@ayressoares]

cinema paradiso and La vita é bella?

[@charlesca5763]

I think La Vita e Bella is my favourite. Also a shout out to City of God which would've one if the committee nominated it (a bit like Anatomy of a Fall)

[@timgriffin3368]

I thought Lives of Others was Faaaaar superior to No Man's Land for the same period. Minus Parasite and, of course, In the Mood for Love, my favorite foreign language film.

[@juanignaciomontoya8408]

My favorites are: rashomon, the secret in their eyes, z, a través del espejo, el discreto encanto de la burguesía, amacor and cinema paraíso

[@adameggers8146]

All good choices but what about pre-Oscar foreign films? German expressionism and Russian trailblazers leap to mind. Show Nosferatu and Battleship Potemkin some love too!

[@emava]

Departures (2008)

[@harisnasir656]

I hope Pakistan will win oscars some day

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Was there any other movie aside from Joyland that got attention from the western sphere?

[@harisnasir656]

@@kostajovanovic3711 no there are none

[@archstanton6102]

Whilst i acknowledge and enjoy your highlighting the best of world cinema. I think you should do a worst 10 films of the last decade?

[@theylied1776]

Does anyone remember when British films were considered foreign films?

[@kostajovanovic3711]

When they are in a non-english language, both times they were nominated by Great Britain they were spoken in Welsh

[@pdgf]

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 🐅🐉 and Fanny and Alexander!

[@DarthEd77]

It seems kind of crazy that the Best International Feature from your list of the Best Oscar Winners from just one year ago, Fanny & Alexander, didn't make this list at all! What the...?! Well, at least it got a mention....

[@TechnicolorGhosts]

Lists like these are more often than not arranged chronological rather than a direct line of quality, so it's more so using the top ten format to highlight ten individual films from specific time periods and their importance to the category or genre mentioned. They're not saying number one is the best of films mentioned.

[@DarthEd77]

@@TechnicolorGhosts I realize that. I didn't say anything about the ordering. They are saying these are the ten best of all time though, right? But their #1 from just one year ago didn't make their top 10 this year. That's a big inconsistency, I feel. Three possibilities: (1) behind the scenes, these lists were made by different people with different tastes in movies; (2) the people who made the lists are the same, but their tastes have changed pretty radically since only a year ago; or (3) they just like messing with us and wanted to recommend a different movie for people to see. Which do you feel is the most plausible?

[@carrollmedeirosmd2242]

A Man and a Woman won foreign film, original screenplay, and Anouk Aimee was nominated for best actress

[@fabab5076]

No Fellini/Bergman/Bunuel The Salesman over The Separation.... Being different by not choosing the obvious choice (also far better).... Not Always Good...

[@osvaldomarkievicz823]

Recomiendo mucho "el secreto de sus ojos"

[@ikmarchini]

I'm not sure the Academy are the most informed group to make these awards. I think you have a better grasp of what's out there. Meh! That said, 'Ida' by Pawlowski in 2015 is a masterpiece. #10 Bicycle ThieveSSSS is about a boy becoming an adult in the blink of an eye. After 80 minutes of father worship, the boy suddenly seeing his father a captured, despised thief freezes the moment we all realize our parents are not gods, rather, flawed and human - as we will become. Ergo: the English singular title- Thief- is a gross mis-translation of Ladri di Biciclette. There must be plural thieves or there isn't a movie. The second thievery is what the film is about, the bicycle only DeSica's tool. Credimi bene.

[@bogardeth]

Parasite??

[@Emmathelady]

Somehow Godzilla Minus One did not win or get nominated

[@Shot007]

Not even a mention of Parasite?

[@Seannyboy70]

Gate Of Hell 1954... great movie!!!

[@osricen]

#1 is Okuribito, for me.

[@user-yc4lm8mu2v]

As a Japanese, can't believe they picked Drive My Car over Rashomon

[@FloraWest]

They were going in chronological order.

[@daveyoung8420]

Wow! Cinefix Top 10, Oscars, International Films... add baseball and porn and it would check all the boxes (haha, kidding about the baseball). Great list. I think American cinema is sliding back to where it was in the 60's under the Hays Code, where international films were a welcome outlet from American sameness. Films in this category run in parallel rather than behind the Best Picture nominations, with Parasite showing that the best overall film might not be in English. It won't win this year, but "The Zone of Influence" was likely the best film of 2023, and Anatomy of a Fall was no slouch.

[@paisan8766]

Just here for the pretentiousness and virtue signaling.

[@clintstewart5545]

a lot of movies I never heard so good to watch and discover but some omissions , some movies could have been mentioned , Cinema Paradiso for instance

[@riff1111]

So is Cliff's script just commas?

[@amirtvtk]

No man's Land ..Bosnia 🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦

[@kelleyceccato7025]

I love international movies, even though the ones I love most may not win awards (e.g. Pan's Labyrinth, A Very Long Engagement). I particularly like seeing international movies focused on women; most of them tend to be a bit less... I don't know... ham-fisted? than a lot of American woman-centered films. I'm a bit disappointed to see only two such films represented on this list, but any list that includes the superb Babette's Feast is definitely doing something right.

[@joe.osullivan]

Its too bad that France chose The Taste of Things instead of Anatomy of a Fall this year. On a future list, I think Anatomy of a Fall would deserve a mention, if it could beat out Zone of Interest (which also would probably deserve a mention if it wins)

[@chamindujanith6337]

El Conde and Fallen Leaves are way better than Anatomy of a Fall.

[@2radstef]

Haneke?

[@viniciusbfonseca]

So a movie in Portuguese, written by a Brazilian, based on a Brazilian Opera, with Brazilian Oscars, filmed in Brazil, won an Oscar for....France?

[@astuteacademics6456]

Life is Beautiful? Recent inclusions were not as strong and needed to be included with Cinema Paradiso.

[@clevelandphil]

Black And White In Color was NOT the movie they thought would win. Big upset there.

[@ArnaudMuller]

Life is beautiful should be on this list

[@HMAOO86]

Are there any comedy/terror/action best picture winners? (besides LOTR)

[@fabianhebestreit3240]

The Academy mostly ignores those, but comedy winners (that aren't mostly funny dramas like Forrest Gump, American Beauty, or Terms of Endearment) are It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It With You (1938), The Apartment (1960), Tom Jones (1963), Annie Hall (1977), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Artist (2011), and Everything Everywhere All At Once last year. That last one is also closest to an action movie winning Best Picture, though a lot of war movies have won, and one might also put historical pics like Gladiator. The closest terror winner would be 1991's Silence of the Lambs.

[@andywild9183]

I like what I see here

[@DanielMartActor]

City of God

[@GURken]

If you want to know good international movies, check international awards. Oscars "Best foreign-language" category always was a joke.

[@yoanastoyanova]

Please put at least some effort into pronouncing foreign names right. It is a video about foreign movies after all. You could have tried at least for the country name, Herzegovina

[@jackiepike1466]

I googled "Best Italian film ever," because I love them: Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 😂 🎉

[@abhijitraha1187]

Make a top 10 erotic movies list

[@luistorres3220]

If you have read any of the secret ballots that pop up every year around this time of Oscar voting, you will understand how irrelevant and frankly unnecessary the Oscars are! Sure, sometimes they made the “right” choice (Parasite and Moonlight come to mind) but mostly its a popularity contest. This year alone the International film category omitted Fallen Leaves, Anatomy of a Fall (I know it was France’s fault but the rule is absurd nonetheless) and Monster by Koreeda

[@NickJJU]

I agree that part of the issue with the category is that the countries themselves choose which films to submit. I saw both Monster and Perfect Days (Japan's nominee, though it's directed by Wim Wenders, who is German) at TIFF last year, and Monster was my favourite film of the year. However, it's also a film that depicts a gay relationship and criticizes Japanese society's treatment of those kinds of relationships, while Perfect Days depicts Japanese society and culture in a much more positive light. I think that could be a big part of why certain films get chosen over others - it's not because they're the best, it's because they're the ones that their country feels "represents" them the best on the international stage.

[@SamPasserdoodlesandhappenings]

Women Talking wasn't one of the winners.

[@jtmmprints.r.l3529]

"Intouchables" (2011) must have been nominated for several categories at the Oscars: best film, acting, screenplay, soundtrack and cinematography. It's a top 5 movie, 10/10.

[@lamselam]

Wasn't nominated for anything. So no, it must not have been

[@jtmmprints.r.l3529]

​@@lamselamI no longer trust the Oscars, the vast majority say that it is one of the best films of all time, I also agree.

[@thefilmseeker]

@@jtmmprints.r.l3529 No, the vast majority does NOT say that. I don't think I've ever met a single person who's said that...

[@jtmmprints.r.l3529]

@@thefilmseeker I know several people who love it and have seen it more than 20 times. It doesn't make sense to me that a movie that doesn't work, people watch it so much. Look for the trailer of the movie and look at the comments. I am one who will continue to watch it every time I can, I love it.

[@thefilmseeker]

@@jtmmprints.r.l3529 it’s a decent movie, and because it’s so populist and mainstream in its appeal, of course lots of people are gonna like it. It’s also very clearly schmaltzy and emotionally manipulative in a way that, sometimes, the Academy has the grace to see through.