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Presented annually at the British Academy Film Awards
The BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . The award was first given at the 36th British Academy Film Awards , recognising the films of 1982, and until 1990 was known as the Best Foreign Language Film . Prior to this, films recorded in a language other than English were often recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best Film , known between 1949 and 1969 as Best Film from any Source, also, in the 1980s there were only European films that the language originally recorded spoken in the film is not English, except Ran , between winners and nominees films in this category.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
1980s
1990s
2000s
Film
Director(s)
Producer(s)
Country
2000 (53rd)
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre )
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar
Spain
Buena Vista Social Club
Wim Wenders
Ulrich Felsberg Deepak Nayar
Germany Cuba United States
The Celebration (Festen )
Thomas Vinterberg
Birgitte Hald Morten Kaufmann
Denmark
Run Lola Run (Lola rennt )
Tom Tykwer
Stefan Arndt
Germany
2001 (54th)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍 , Wò hǔ cáng lóng )
Ang Lee
Hsu Li-kong William Kong Ang Lee
Taiwan China Hong Kong
Girl on the Bridge (La fille sur le pont )
Patrice Leconte
Christian Fechner
France
Harry, He's Here to Help (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien )
Dominik Moll
Michel Saint-Jean
France
In the Mood for Love (花樣年華 , Fa yeung nin wa )
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong
Malèna
Giuseppe Tornatore
Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Carlo Bernasconi
Italy
2002 (55th)
Amores perros
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexico
Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain )
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Marc Deschamps Claudie Ossard
France
Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado )
Walter Salles
Arthur Cohn
Brazil
Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair
Caroline Baron Mira Nair
India
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste )
Michael Haneke
Veit Heiduschka
France Austria Germany
2003 (56th)
Talk to Her (Hable con ella )
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar
Spain
City of God (Cidade de Deus )
Fernando Meirelles Kátia Lund
Andrea Barata Ribeiro Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Brazil
Devdas
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Bharat Shah
India
The Warrior
Asif Kapadia
Bertrand Faivre
United Kingdom India
Y Tu Mamá También
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Jorge Vergara
Mexico
2004 (57th)
In This World
Michael Winterbottom
Andrew Eaton Anita Overland
United Kingdom
The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares )
Denys Arcand
Daniel Louis Denise Robert
Canada
Good Bye, Lenin!
Wolfgang Becker
Stefan Arndt
Germany
Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し , Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi )
Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki
Japan
To Be and to Have (Être et avoir )
Nicolas Philibert
Gilles Sandoz
France
Belleville Rendez-vous (Les Triplettes de Belleville )
Sylvain Chomet
Adam Adler Didier Brunner Viviane Vanfleteren
France Canada
2005 (58th)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta )
Walter Salles
Michael Nozik Edgard Tenenbaum Karen Tenkhoff
Argentina Brazil
Bad Education (La mala educación )
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
The Chorus (Les Choristes )
Christophe Barratier
Arthur Cohn Nicolas Mauvernay Jacques Perrin
France
House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏 , Shí Miàn Mái Fú )
Zhang Yimou
William Kong Zhang Yimou
China Hong Kong
A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles )
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
France United States
2006 (59th)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté )
Jacques Audiard
Pascal Caucheteux
France
Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas )
Christian Carion
Benjamin Herrmann Christophe Rossignon
France United Kingdom Germany Belgium
Kung Fu Hustle (功夫 , Gūng Fū )
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow Po Chu Chui Jeffrey Lau
Hong Kong China
Le Grand Voyage
Ismaël Ferrouhki
Humbert Balsan
France Morocco
Tsotsi
Gavin Hood
Peter Fudakowski
South Africa
2007 (60th)
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno )
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Bertha Navarro Alfonso Cuarón Frida Torresblanco Álvaro Augustin
Spain Mexico
Apocalypto
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson Bruce Davey
United States
Black Book (Zwartboek )
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Beker San Fu Maltha Teun Hilte Jens Meurer Frans van Gestel
Netherlands Germany Belgium
Rang De Basanti
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Ronnie Screwvala
India
Volver
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar Esther García
Spain
2008 (61st)
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen )
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Quirin Berg Max Wiedemann
Germany
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon )
Julian Schnabel
Kathleen Kennedy Jon Kilik
France
The Kite Runner
Marc Forster
William Horberg Walter F. Parkes Rebecca Yeldham E. Bennett Walsh
USA
La Vie en Rose (La Môme )
Olivier Dahan
Alain Goldman
France United Kingdom Czech Republic
Lust, Caution (色,戒 , Sè, Jiè )
Ang Lee
Ang Lee William Kong James Schamus
Taiwan China United States
2009 (62nd)
I've Loved You So Long ( Il y a longtemps que je t'aime )
Philippe Claudel
Sylvestre Guarino Yves Marmion
France
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex )
Uli Edel
Bernd Eichinger
Germany
Gomorrah (Gomorra )
Matteo Garrone
Domenico Procacci
Italy
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud
Xavier Rigault Marc-Antoine Robert
France United States
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר , Vals Im Bashir )
Ari Folman
Ari Folman Serge Lalou Gerhard Meixner Yael Nahlieli Roman Paul
Israel
2010s
Film
Director(s)
Producer(s)
Country
2010 (63rd)
A Prophet (Un prophète )
Jacques Audiard
Lauranne Bourrachot Martine Cassinelli Pascal Caucheteux Marco Cherqui
France
Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos )
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar Esther García
Spain
Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel )
Anne Fontaine
Simon Arnal Caroline Benjo Philippe Carcassonne Carole Scotta
France Belgium
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in )
Tomas Alfredson
Carl Molinder John Nordling
Sweden
The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte )
Michael Haneke
Stefan Arndt Michael Katz Veit Heiduschka Margaret Ménégoz Andrea Occhipinti
Germany Austria
2011 (64th)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor )
Niels Arden Oplev
Søren Stærmose
Sweden
I Am Love (Io sono l'amore )
Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino Tilda Swinton Francesco Melzi d'Eril Marco Morabito Alessandro Usai Massimiliano Violante
Italy
Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu Jon Kilik Fernando Bovaira Ann Ruark Sandra Hermida
Mexico Spain
Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux )
Xavier Beauvois
Pascal Caucheteux Étienne Comar Grégoire Sorlat
France
The Secret in Their Eyes ( El secreto de sus ojos )
Juan José Campanella
Juan José Campanella Mariela Besuievski
Argentina
2012 (65th)
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito )
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar Esther García
Spain
Incendies
Denis Villeneuve
Luc Déry Kim McCraw
Canada
Pina
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders Gian-Piero Ringel
Germany
Potiche
François Ozon
Eric Altmeyer Nicolas Altmeyer
France
A Separation ( جدایی نادر از سیمین , Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín )
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
Iran
2013 (66th)
Amour
Michael Haneke
Margaret Ménégoz Stefan Arndt Veit Heiduschka Michael Katz
France Austria
Headhunters (Hodejegerne )
Morten Tyldum
Marianne Gray Asle Vatn
Norway
The Hunt (Jagten )
Thomas Vinterberg
Morten Kaufmann Sisse Graum Jørgensen Thomas Vinterberg
Denmark
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os )
Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard Martine Cassinelli Pascal Caucheteux Alix Raynaud
France Belgium
The Intouchables (Untouchable )
Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky Yann Zenou Laurent Zeitoun
France
2014 (67th)
The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza )
Paolo Sorrentino
Nicola Giuliano Francesca Cima Fabio Conversi
Italy France
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Denmark
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 )
Abdellatif Kechiche
Abdellatif Kechiche Brahim Chioua Vincent Maraval
France Belgium
Metro Manila
Sean Ellis
Mathilde Charpentier Sean Ellis
United Kingdom Philippines
Wadjda (وجدة )
Haifaa Al-Mansour
Gerhard Meixner Roman Paul
Saudi Arabia
2015 (68th)
Ida
Pawel Pawlikowski
Eric Abraham Piotr Dzięcioł Ewa Puszczyńska
Poland
Leviathan (Левиафан , Leviafan )
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Alexander Rodnyansky Sergey Melkumov
Russia
The Lunchbox
Ritesh Batra
Anurag Kashyap Guneet Monga Arun Rangachari
India
Trash
Stephen Daldry
Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Kris Thykier
United Kingdom Brazil
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit )
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Denis Freyd
Belgium France
2016 (69th)
Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes )
Damián Szifron
Agustín Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Esther García Matías Mosteirín Hugo Sigman
Argentina Spain
The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘 , Cìkè Niè Yǐnniáng )
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Wen-Ying Huang
Taiwan China Hong Kong
Force Majeure (Turist )
Ruben Östlund
Erik Hemmendorff Marie Kjellson Philippe Bober
Sweden France Norway
Theeb (ذيب )
Naji Abu Nowar
Bassel Ghandour Rupert Lloyd
Jordan United Kingdom
Timbuktu
Abderrahmane Sissako
Étienne Comar Sylvie Pialat
Mauritania France
2017 (70th)
Son of Saul (Saul fia )
László Nemes
Gábor Sipos Gábor Rajna
Hungary
Dheepan
Jacques Audiard
Pascal Caucheteux
France
Julieta
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Esther García
Spain
Mustang
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Charles Gillibert
Turkey France
Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade
Maren Ade Jonas Dornbach Janine Jackowski Michel Merkt
Germany Austria
2018 (71st)
The Handmaiden (아가씨, Agassi )
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook Syd Lim
South Korea
Elle
Paul Verhoeven
Saïd Ben Saïd Michel Merkt
France
First They Killed My Father (មុនដំបូងខ្មែរក្រហមសម្លាប់ប៉ារបស់ខ្ញុំ , Moun dambaung Khmer Krahm samleab ba robsa khnhom )
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie Ted Sarandos Michael Vieira
Cambodia United States
Loveless (Нелюбовь , Nelyubov )
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Alexander Rodnyansky Sergey Melkumov Gleb Fetisov
Russia
The Salesman (فروشنده , Forušande )
Asghar Farhadi
Alexandre Mallet-Guy Asghar Farhadi
Iran
2019 (72nd)
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Gabriela Rodríguez Nicolás Celis
Mexico
Capernaum (کفرناحوم , Kafarnāḥūm )
Nadine Labaki
Michel Merkt Khaled Mouzanar
Lebanon
Cold War (Zimna wojna )
Paweł Pawlikowski
Tanya Seghatchian Ewa Puszczyńska
Poland France
Dogman
Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone Jeremy Thomas Paolo Del Brocco Jean Labadie
Italy
Shoplifters (万引き家族 , Manbiki Kazoku )
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Matsuzaki Kaoru Hijiri Taguchi Akihiko Yose
Japan
2020s
Awards by nation
Notes
^ Includes films of West Germany .
^ Films which contain primarily non-English dialogue.
^ Films which contain primarily non-English dialogue with the exception of Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985).
^ Films which contain primarily French dialogue.
See also
References
External links
Best Foreign Language Film 1982–1987 Best Film Not in the English Language 1988–present
Current awards Special awards Retired awards Ceremonies