Winners of Best Foreign Films by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC), 1937-present
1930s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
1937 Mayerling, France, Anatole Litvak
1938 Grand Illusion, La Grande Illusion, France Jean Renoir
1939 Harvest Regain, France Marcel Pagnol
1940s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
1940 The Baker’s Wife, La femme du boulanger, France Marcel Pagnol
1946 Rome, Open City Roma, città aperta Italy Roberto Rossellini
1947 To Live in Peace Vivere in pace Italy Luigi Zampa
1948 Paisan Paisà Italy Roberto Rossellini
1949 Bicycle Thieves Ladri di biciclette Italy Vittorio De Sica
1950s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
1950 L’Amore Italy Roberto Rossellini
1951 Miracle in Milan Miracolo a Milano Italy Vittorio De Sica
1952 Forbidden Games Jeux interdits France René Clément
1953 Justice Is Done Justice est faite France André Cayatte
1954 Gate of Hell Jigokumon Japan Teinosuke Kinugasa
1955 Umberto D. Italy Vittorio De Sica
1956 The Road La Strada Italy Federico Fellini
1957 Gervaise France René Clément
1958 My Uncle Mon Oncle France Jacques Tati
1959 The 400 Blows Les Quatre Cents Coups France, François Truffaut
1960s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
1960 Hiroshima My Love Hiroshima mon amour France Alain Resnais
1961 The Sweet Life La Dolce Vita Italy, Federico Fellini
1963 8½ Otto e mezzo Italy, Federico Fellini
1964 That Man from Rio L’homme de Rio, France Philippe de Broca
1965 Juliet of the Spirits Giulietta degli spiriti Italy, Federico Fellini
1966 The Shop on Main Street, Czechoslovakia Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
1967 The War Is Over La guerre est finie France, Alain Resnais
1968 War and Peace Voyna i mir Soviet Union, Sergei Bondarchuk
1970s
1978 Bread and Chocolate Pane e cioccolata Italy, Franco Brusati
1979 The Tree with the Wooden Clogs, France/Italy Ermanno Olmi
1980s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
1980 My American Uncle Mon oncle d’Amérique France, Alain Resnais
1981 Pixote Pixote: A lei do mais fraco Brazil Hector Babenco
1982 Time Stands Still Megáll az idö Hungary Péter Gothár
1983 Fanny and Alexander Fanny och Alexander Sweden Ingmar Bergman
1984 A Sunday in the Country Un dimanche à la campagne France, Bertrand Tavernier
1985 Ran Japan/France, Akira Kurosawa
1986 The Decline of the American Empire, Canada, Denys Arcand
1987 My Life as a Dog Mitt liv som hund Sweden, Lasse Hallström
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
1989 Story of Women Une affaire de femmes France, Claude Chabrol
1990s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
1990 The Nasty Girl Das Schreckliche Mädchen Germany, Michael Verhoeven
1991 Europa Europa Hitlerjunge Salomon Germany, Agnieszka Holland
1992 Raise the Red Lantern, China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, Zhang Yimou
1993 Farewell My Concubine Ba wang bie ji China/Hong Kong, Chen Kaige
1994 Three Colors: Red Trois couleurs: Rouge, France/Poland/Swiss Krzysztof Kieślowski
1995 Wild Reeds, Les Roseaux sauvages, France, André Téchiné
1996 The White Balloon Badkonake sefid Iran, Jafar Panahi
1997 Ponette France, Jacques Doillon
1998 The Celebration Festen Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg
1999 All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
2000s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
2000 Yi Yi Yī Yī Japan/Taiwan, Edward Yang
2001 In the Mood for Love Faa yeung nin wa France/Hong Kong, Wong Kar-wai
2002 And Your Mother Too Y Tu Mamá También Mexico, Alfonso Cuarón
2003 City of God Cidade de Deus Brazil, Fernando Meirelles
2004 Bad Education La mala educación Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
2005 2046 China/Hong Kong, Wong Kar-wai
2006 Army of Shadows L’armée des ombres France/Italy, Jean-Pierre Melville
2007 The Lives of Others, Germany Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2008 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4, Romania Cristian Mungiu
2009 Summer Hours L’Heure d’été France Olivier Assayas
2010s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
2010 Carlos France/Germany, Olivier Assayas
2011 A Separation Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín Iran Asghar Farhadi
2012 Amour, Austria/France/Germany, Michael Haneke
2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d’Adèle, Chapitres 1 & 2 France Abdellatif Kechiche
2014 Ida Poland Paweł Pawlikowski
2015 Timbuktu Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako
2016 Toni Erdmann Germany Maren Ade
2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) France, Robin Campillo
2018 Cold War Zimna Wojna Poland,Paweł Pawlikowski
2019 Parasite Gisaengchung South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
2020s
Year English title Original title Country Director(s)
2020 Bacurau, Brazil, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
