List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 19 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 51st Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy and the USSR. France won the award for the comedy, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, starring Gerard Depardieu as a husband who finds a new lover for his depressed wife.

Cuba and Lebanon submitted films for consideration for the first time.

Spain reportedly submitted Sonámbulos, although it is not on the official AMPAS list.

Country	Film title used in nomination	Language	Original name	Director	-
Brazil	Carnival Dreams	(Portuguese)	A Lira do Delírio	Walter Lima Jr.	[1]
Cuba	Viva el Presidente	(Spanish)	El Recurso del método	Miguel Littin	[2]
Czechoslovakia	Nick Carter in Prague	(Czech)	Adéla ještě nevečeřela	Oldřich Lipský	[3]
Denmark	Me and Charly	(Danish)	Mig og Charly	Morten Arnfred and Henning Kristiansen	[4]
France	Get Out Your Handkerchiefs	(French)	Préparez vos mouchoirs	Bertrand Blier	[5]
West Germany	The Glass Cell	(German)	Die Gläserne Zelle	Hans W. Geissendörfer	[6]
Hungary	Hungarians	(Hungarian)	Magyarok	Zoltán Fábri	[7]
India	The Chess Players	(Hindi) (Urdu)	Shatranj Ke Khilari शतरंज के खिलाड़ी	Satyajit Ray	[8]
Israel	Lemon Popsicle	(Hebrew)	אסקימו לימון	Boaz Davidson	[9]
Italy	Viva Italia!	(Italian)	I Nuovi mostri	Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli	[10]
Japan	Empire of Passion	(Japanese)	愛の亡霊	Nagisa Oshima	[11]
Kuwait	The Wedding of Zein	(Arabic)	عرس الزين	Khalid Al Siddiq	[12]
Lebanon	Promise of Love	(Armenian)	Սիրո Խոստումը	Sarky Mouradian	[13]
Mexico	A Limitless Place	(Spanish)	El Lugar sin límites	Arturo Ripstein	[14]
Netherlands	Pastorale 1943	(Dutch)	Pastorale 1943	Wim Verstappen	[15]
Philippines	As We Were	(Tagalog)	Ganito kami noon, paano kayo ngayon	Eddie Romero	[16]
Poland	Death of a President	(Polish)	Smierc prezydenta	Jerzy Kawalerowicz	[17]
Soviet Union	White Bim Black Ear	(Russian)	Белый Бим Черное ухо	Stanislav Rostotsky	[18]
Yugoslavia	Occupation in 26 Pictures	(Croatian) (Italian)	Okupacija u 26 slika	Lordan Zafranović	[19]
Spain	Somnambulists	(Spanish)	Sonámbulos	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón	[20]