New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC): Best Foreign Language Film, by Year, Country, and Director.
The NYFCC began recognizing achievements in foreign language cinema two decades before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) established a separate, competitive category.
Winners
1930s
1937: Mayerling, France, Anatole Litvak
1938 Grand Illusion La Grande Illusion, France, Jean Renoir
1939 Harvest Regain, France, Marcel Pagnol
1940s
1940 Baker’s Wife, La femme du boulanger, France , M. Pagnol
1946 Rome, Open City, Roma città aperta Italy, R. 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
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, Truffaut
1960s
1960 Hiroshima mon amour France, Resnais
1961 The Sweet Life La Dolce Vita Italy Federico Fellini
1962: No award
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, 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, Soviet Union, Sergei Bondarchuk
1969: No award
1970s
1970-1977: No Awards
1978 Bread and Chocolate, Pane e cioccolata Italy, Franco Brusati
1979 The Tree with the Wooden Clogs, France/Italy, Ermanno Olmi
1980s
1980 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, 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 Le déclin de l’empire américain Canada Denys Arcand
1987 My Life as a Dog, Sweden Lasse Hallström
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Spain Pedro Almodóvar≈
1989 Story of Women Une affaire de femmes France, Chabrol
1990s
1990 The Nasty Girl, Germany Michael Verhoeven
1991 Europa Europa, Germany Agnieszka Holland
1992 Raise the Red Lantern, China-Hong Kong-Taiwan, Zhang Yimou
1993 Farewell My Concubine, China/Hong Kong Chen Kaige
1994 Three Colours: Red Trois couleurs: Rouge, France/Poland/Switzerland 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 Almodóvar
2000s
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 Das Leben der Anderen Germany Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck≠
2008 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Romania Cristian Mungiu
2009 Summer Hours L’Heure d’été France Olivier Assayas
2010s
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≈[2]
2019 Parasite Gisaengchung South Korea Bong Joon-ho[3]
2020s
2020 Bacurau, Brazil, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
2021:
2022: EO