Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony.
Until 1986, it was known as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, meaning that any non-American film could be honoured. In 1987, it was changed to Best Foreign Language Film, so that non-American English-language films are now considered for the Best Motion Picture awards. Additionally, this change makes American films primarily in another language eligible for this award, including recent winner Letters from Iwo Jima and nominees Apocalypto, The Kite Runner, and In the Land of Blood and Honey.
Note that since the 1987 change in the criteria for this award, its eligibility criteria have been considerably broader than those for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. American films have never been eligible for this award, and even non-U.S. films had to have principal dialogue in an official (non-English) language of the submitting country until 2006.
Before 1974, the award was given only infrequently, and with several films being jointly honoured per year.[1]
The most honored country in this category is United Kingdom, with seven films honored. The most honoured countries after 1987 are Spain and France.
Eligibility criteria
Like the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this award does not require that an eligible film be released in the United States. The official rules for the award state that submitted films must be at least 70 minutes in length and have at least 51% of their dialogue in a language other than English, and that they be "first released in their country of origin during the 14-months period from November 1 to December 31, prior to the Awards". Films that were not released in their country of origin due to censorship qualify with a one-week release in the U.S. during the specified period.[2]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), presenter of the Golden Globes, also does not limit the number of submitted films from a given country.[2] This differs from the practice of the Academy Awards' presenter, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which limits each country to one submission per year.[3]
The two presenting organizations also differ slightly in their eligibility practices with respect to other awards. All foreign-language films, even those not submitted or not eligible for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, are eligible for all other Academy Awards as long as they are released in Los Angeles County, California during the award year.[3] The HFPA, however, specifically makes foreign-language films ineligible for its two Best Picture Awards for live-action films (Best Drama and Best Musical or Comedy).[2]
Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film
- 1948: Hamlet (United Kingdom)
- 1949: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy)
- 1954: Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi) (Japan); No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr) (West Germany); The Lady of the Camellias (Argentina); Genevieve (United Kingdom)
- 1955: Ordet (The Word) (Denmark); Stella (Greece); Sons, Mothers, and a General (Kinder, Mutter und Ein General) (West Germany); Eyes of Children (Japan); Dangerous Curves (United Kingdom);
- 1956: Before Sundown (Vor Sonnenuntergang) (West Germany); The Girl in Black (To Koritsi me ta mavra) (Greece); Roses on the Arm (Taiyo to bara) (Japan); War and Peace (Italy); The White Reindeer (Valkoinen Peura) (Finland)
- 1957: Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) (West Germany); Tizoc (Mexico); Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) (Japan)
- 1958: Girl and the River (L'Eau vive) (France); The Road a Year Long (Cesta duga godinu dana) (Yugoslavia); Das Mädchen Rosemarie (West Germany)
- 1959: Die Brücke (The Bridge) (West Germany); Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France); Odd Obsession (Kagi) (Japan); Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (Sweden); Wir Wunderkinder (WestGermany)
- 1960: Samuel Goldwyn Award: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden); The Truth (La Vérité) (France)
- 1961: Two Women (La ciociara) (Italy)
- 1964: Matrimonio all'italiana (Marriage Italian-Style) (Italy); Sallah Shabati (Israel)
Best Foreign Film – English Language
Awards for Foreign Language Films
1965-1972: Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language
1973-1985: Best Foreign Film
1986–present: Best Foreign Language Film
Notes:
- The winner in each year is shown with a blue background.
- "†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award.
- "‡" indicates a Golden Globe Award nominee that was nominated for an Academy Award
- "§" indicates a Golden Globe Award-winning film that was not nominated for an Academy Award in this category.
1960s
Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language | ||||
1965 | Juliet of the Spirits | Giulietta degli spiriti | Italy | Federico Fellini |
Always Further On | Tarahumara, cada vez más lejos | Mexico | Luis Alcoriza | |
Circle of Love | La ronde | France | Roger Vadim | |
Red Beard | Akahige | Japan | Akira Kurosawa | |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Les parapluies de Cherbourg | France | Jacques Demy | |
1966 | A Man and a Woman | Un homme et une femme | France | Claude Lelouch |
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Signore & signori | Italy | Pietro Germi | |
Hamlet | Гамлет | USSR | Grigori Kozintsev | |
Impossible on Saturday | Pas question le samedi | France/Israel/Italy | Alex Joffé | |
Loves of a Blonde | Lásky jedné plavovlásky | Czechoslovakia | Miloš Forman | |
1967 | Live for Life | Vivre pour vivre | France | Claude Lelouch |
Climax | L'immorale | France/Italy | Pietro Germi | |
Closely Watched Trains | Ostře sledované vlaky | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Menzel | |
Elvira Madigan | Sweden | Bo Widerberg | ||
The Stranger | Lo straniero | France | Luchino Visconti | |
1968 | War and Peace | Voyna i mir | USSR | Sergei Bondarchuk |
The Bride Wore Black | La mariée était en noir | France | François Truffaut | |
I Even Met Happy Gypsies | Skupljaci perja | Yugoslavia | Aleksandar Petrović | |
Shame | Skammen | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman | |
Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | France | François Truffaut | |
1969 | Z | Algeria | Costa-Gavras | |
Ådalen 31 | Ådalen '31 | Sweden | Bo Widerberg | |
Blaumilch Canal | Te'alat Blaumilch | Israel | Ephraim Kishon | |
Girls in the Sun | Koritsia ston ilio | Greece | Vasilis Georgiadis | |
Satyricon | Fellini - Satyricon | Italy | Federico Fellini | |
1970–1979
Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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1970 | Rider on the Rain | Le Passager de la Pluie | France | René Clément |
Borsalino | France/Italy | Jacques Deray | ||
The Confession | L'aveu | France | Costa-Gavras | |
The Customer of the Off Season | Ore'ach B'Onah Metah | France/Israel | Moshé Mizrahi | |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Italy | Elio Petri | |
1971 | The Policeman | HaShoter Azulai השוטר אזולאי | Israel | Ephraim Kishon |
Claire's Knee | Le genou de Claire | France | Éric Rohmer | |
The Conformist | Il conformista | Italy | Bernardo Bertolucci | |
Tchaikovsky | Chaykovskiy | USSR | Igor Talankin | |
To Die of Love | Mourir d'aimer | France | André Cayatte | |
1972 | The Emigrants | Utvandrarna | Sweden | Jan Troell |
The New Land | Nybyggarna | Sweden | Jan Troell | |
Cries and Whispers | Viskningar och rop | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman | |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie | France | Luis Buñuel | |
Mirage | Espejismo | Peru | Armando Robles Godoy | |
Roma | Italy | Federico Fellini | ||
Best Foreign Film | ||||
1973 | The Pedestrian | Der Fußgänger | West Germany | Maximilian Schell |
Alfredo, Alfredo | Italy | Pietro Germi | ||
Day for Night | La nuit américaine | France | François Truffaut | |
Kazablan | Israel | Menahem Golan | ||
State of Siege | État de siège | France | Costa-Gavras | |
1974 | Scenes from a Marriage | Scener ur ett äktenskap | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob | France | Gérard Oury | |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Canada | Ted Kotcheff | ||
Amarcord | Amarcord | Italy | Federico Fellini | |
Lacombe, Lucien | France | Louis Malle | ||
1975 | Lies My Father Told Me | Canada | Ján Kadár | |
And Now My Love | Toute une vie | France | Claude Lelouch | |
Hedda | UK | Trevor Nunn | ||
The Magic Flute | Trollflöjten | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman | |
Special Section | Section spéciale | France | Costa-Gavras | |
1976 | Face to Face | Ansikte mot ansikte | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
Cousin Cousine | France | Jean-Charles Tacchella | ||
Pocket Money | L'argent de poche | France | François Truffaut | |
Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Settebellezze | Italy | Lina Wertmüller | |
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella | UK | Bryan Forbes | ||
1977 | A Special Day | Una giornata particolare | Italy/Canada | Ettore Scola |
An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive | Un éléphant ça trompe énormément | France | Yves Robert | |
Madame Rosa | La vie devant soi | France | Moshé Mizrahi | |
That Obscure Object of Desire | Cet obscur objet du désir | France/Spain | Luis Buñuel | |
Raise Ravens | Cría cuervos | Spain | Carlos Saura | |
1978 | Autumn Sonata | Höstsonaten | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman |
Death on the Nile | England | John Guillermin | ||
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Dona Flor e seus dois maridos | Brazil | Bruno Barreto | |
A Dream of Passion | Kravgi gynaikon | Greece | Jules Dassin | |
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Préparez vos mouchoirs | France | Bertrand Blier | |
Going All the Way | Eskimo Limon | Israel | Boaz Davidson | |
1979 | Birds of a Feather | La cage aux folles | France/Italy | Édouard Molinaro |
The Marriage of Maria Braun | Die Ehe der Maria Braun | West Germany | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
The Europeans | UK | James Ivory | ||
Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso! | Italy | Luigi Comencini | ||
Soldier of Orange | Soldaat van Oranje | Netherlands | Paul Verhoeven | |
1980–1989
1990–1999
Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac ‡ | France | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
Dreams | Japan/USA | Akira Kurosawa | ||
The Nasty Girl ‡ | Das Schreckliche Mädchen | Germany | Michael Verhoeven | |
Requiem for Dominic | Requiem für Dominik | Austria | Robert Dornhelm | |
Taxi Blues | Taksi-Blyuz | USSR | Pavel Lungin | |
1991 | Europa Europa | Hitlerjunge Salomon | Germany/Israel/Poland | Agnieszka Holland |
The Double Life of Véronique | La double vie de Véronique | France/Poland | Krzysztof Kieślowski | |
High Heels | Tacones lejanos | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
Madame Bovary | France | Claude Chabrol | ||
Nikita | La Femme Nikita | France | Luc Besson | |
Lost in Siberia | Zateryannyy v Sibiri | USSR | Alexander Mitta | |
1992 | Indochine † | France | Régis Wargnier | |
All the Mornings of the World | Tous les matins du monde | France | Alain Corneau | |
Close to Eden | Urga | Russia | Nikita Mikhalkov | |
Like Water for Chocolate | Como agua para chocolate | Mexico | Alfonso Arau | |
Schtonk! ‡ | Germany | Helmut Dietl | ||
1993 | Farewell My Concubine ‡ | 霸王別姬 / Ba wang bie ji | Hong Kong | Chen Kaige |
Flight of the Innocent | La corsa dell'innocente | Italy | Carlo Carlei | |
Justice | Justiz | Germany | Hans W. Geißendörfer | |
Three Colors: Blue | Trois couleurs: Bleu | Poland | Krzysztof Kieślowski | |
The Wedding Banquet ‡ | 喜宴 / Xi yan | Taiwan | Ang Lee | |
1994 | Farinelli ‡ | Belgium/France/Italy | Gérard Corbiau | |
Eat Drink Man Woman ‡ | 飲食男女 / Yin shi nan nu | Taiwan | Ang Lee | |
To Live | 活著 / Huozhe | China | Zhang Yimou | |
Queen Margot | La reine Margot | France | Patrice Chéreau | |
Three Colors: Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge | Poland/Switzerland | Krzysztof Kieślowski | |
1995 | Les Misérables | France | Claude Lelouch | |
Brother of Sleep | Schlafes Bruder | Germany | Joseph Vilsmaier | |
French Twist | Gazon maudit | France | Josiane Balasko | |
Like Two Crocodiles | Come due coccodrilli | Italy | Giacomo Campiotti | |
Shanghai Triad | 搖啊搖,搖到外婆橋 / Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao | China | Zhang Yimou | |
1996 | Kolya † | Kolja | Czech Republic | Jan Svěrák |
The Eighth Day | Le huitième jour | Belgium | Jaco Van Dormael | |
Luna e l'altra | Italy | Maurizio Nichetti | ||
Prisoner of the Mountains ‡ | Kavkazskiy plennik | Russia | Sergei Bodrov | |
Ridicule ‡ | France | Patrice Leconte | ||
1997 | My Life in Pink | Ma vie en rose | Belgium | Alain Berliner |
Artemisia | France | Agnès Merlet | ||
The Best Man | Il testimone dello sposo | Italy | Pupi Avati | |
Lea | Germany | Ivan Fíla | ||
The Thief ‡ | Vor | Russia | Pavel Chukhray | |
1998 | Central Station ‡ | Central do Brasil | Brazil | Walter Salles |
The Celebration | Festen | Denmark | Thomas Vinterberg | |
Men with Guns | Hombres armados | USA | John Sayles | |
The Polish Bride | De Poolse bruid | Netherlands | Karim Traïdia | |
Tango ‡ | Tango, no me dejes nunca | Argentina | Carlos Saura | |
1999 | All About My Mother † | Todo sobre mi madre | France/Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
Aimée & Jaguar | Germany | Max Färberböck | ||
East/West ‡ | Est-Ouest | Bulgaria/France/Russia/Spain | Régis Wargnier | |
Girl on the Bridge | La fille sur le pont | France | Patrice Leconte | |
The Red Violin | Le violon rouge | Canada/Italy | François Girard |
2000–2009
Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon † | 臥虎藏龍 / Wo hu cang long | Taiwan | Ang Lee |
Love's a Bitch | Amores perros | Mexico | Alejandro González Iñárritu | |
Malèna | Italy | Giuseppe Tornatore | ||
One Hundred Steps | I cento passi | Italy | Marco Tullio Giordana | |
The Widow of Saint-Pierre | La veuve de Saint-Pierre | France | Patrice Leconte | |
2001 | No Man's Land † | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Danis Tanović | |
Amélie ‡ | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | France | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
And Your Mother Too | Y tu mamá también | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón | |
Behind the Sun | Abril despedaçado | Brazil | Walter Salles | |
Monsoon Wedding | India | Mira Nair | ||
2002 | Talk to Her | Hable con ella | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
City of God | Cidade de Deus | Brazil | Fernando Meirelles | |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise | France | Dai Sijie | |
The Crime of Father Amaro | El crimen del padre Amaro | Mexico | Carlos Carrera | |
Hero | 英雄 / Ying xiong | China | Zhang Yimou | |
Nowhere in Africa † | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Germany | Caroline Link | |
2003 | Osama | أسامة | Afghanistan | Siddiq Barmak |
The Barbarian Invasions † | Les invasions barbares | Canada | Denys Arcand | |
Good Bye, Lenin! | Germany | Wolfgang Becker | ||
Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | France | François Dupeyron | |
The Return | Возвращение / Vozvrashcheniye | Russia | Andrey Zvyagintsev | |
2004 | The Sea Inside † | Mar adentro | France/Italy/Spain | Alejandro Amenábar |
The Motorcycle Diaries | Diários de Motocicleta | Brazil | Walter Salles | |
The Chorus | Les choristes | France | Christophe Barratier | |
House of Flying Daggers | 十面埋伏 / Shi mian mai fu | China/Hong Kong | Zhang Yimou | |
A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | France | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
2005 | Paradise Now ‡ | الجنّة الآن / Al Jannah al-Aan | Palestine | Hany Abu-Assad |
Kung Fu Hustle | 功夫 / Kung fu | China | Stephen Chow | |
Merry Christmas ‡ | Joyeux Noël | France | Christian Carion | |
The Promise | 無極 / Wu ji | China | Chen Kaige | |
Tsotsi † | South Africa | Gavin Hood | ||
2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Japan/USA | Clint Eastwood | |
Apocalypto | USA | Mel Gibson | ||
The Lives of Others † | Das Leben der Anderen | Germany | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
Pan's Labyrinth ‡ | El laberinto del fauno | Mexico/Spain/USA | Guillermo del Toro | |
To Return | Volver | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le scaphandre et le papillon | France/USA | Julian Schnabel |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Romania | Cristian Mungiu | |
The Kite Runner | USA | Marc Forster | ||
Lust, Caution | 色, 戒 / Se, jie | Taiwan/USA/China | Ang Lee | |
Persepolis | France | Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi | ||
2008 | Waltz with Bashir ‡ | ואלס עם באשיר / Vals Im Bashir | Israel | Ari Folman |
The Baader Meinhof Complex | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex | Germany | Uli Edel | |
Everlasting Moments | Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick | Sweden | Jan Troell | |
Gomorrah | Gomorra | Italy | Matteo Garrone | |
I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | France | Philippe Claudel | |
2009 | The White Ribbon ‡ | Das weiße Band | Austria | Michael Haneke |
Baarìa – La porta del vento | Italy | Giuseppe Tornatore | ||
Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
The Maid | La Nana | Chile | Sebastián Silva | |
A Prophet ‡ | Un prophète | France | Jacques Audiard |
2010–
Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
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2010 | In a Better World † | Hævnen | Denmark | Susanne Bier |
Biutiful ‡ | Mexico / Spain | Alejandro González Iñárritu | ||
The Concert | Le Concert | France | Radu Mihăileanu | |
The Edge | Kpaй/Krai | Russia | Alexei Uchitel | |
I Am Love | Io Sono L’amore | Italy | Luca Guadagnino | |
2011 | A Separation † | جدایی نادر از سیمین / Jodái-e Náder az Simin | Iran | Asghar Farhadi |
In the Land of Blood and Honey | USA | Angelina Jolie | ||
The Flowers of War | 金陵十三钗 | China | Zhang Yimou | |
The Kid with a Bike | Le Gamin au vélo | Belgium | Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne | |
The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
2012 | Amour † | Austria | Michael Haneke | |
A Royal Affair ‡ | En kongelig affære | Denmark / Sweden / Czech Republic | Nikolaj Arcel | |
The Intouchables | Intouchables | France | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | |
Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | France / Belgium | Jacques Audiard | |
Kon-Tiki ‡ | Norway | Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg | ||
2013 | The Great Beauty † | La grande bellezza | Italy | Paolo Sorrentino |
Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | France | Abdellatif Kechiche | |
The Hunt ‡ | Jagten | Denmark | Thomas Vinterberg | |
The Past | Le Passé | Iran | Asghar Farhadi | |
The Wind Rises ‡ | Kaze Tachinu | Japan | Hayao Miyazaki | |
2014 | Leviathan ‡ | Левиафан | Russia | Andrey Zvyagintsev |
Ida † | Ida | Poland | Paweł Pawlikowski | |
Tangerines ‡ | Mandariinid / მანდარინები | Estonia | Zaza Urushadze | |
Force Majeure | Turist | Sweden | Ruben Östlund | |
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Gett: Le procès de Viviane Amsalem / גט - המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם | Israel | Ronit Elkabetz |
See also
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film)
- BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
References
- ↑ "Best Foreign Language Film". goldenglobes. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "Golden Globe Award Consideration: Best Foreign Language Film Submission" (PDF). Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "84th Annual Academy Awards of Merit: Rules" (PDF). Retrieved February 29, 2012. See especially Rule 14, "Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award".
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