As a Special Award
As an Honorary Award
As a category in its own right
1950s
- 1956 La Strada (Italy) - Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica - Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti producers - Federico Fellini director
- 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy) - Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau - Dino De Laurentiis producer - Federico Fellini director
- 1958 My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France) - Alter, Centauro, Gray, Specta - Louis Dolivet, Fred Orain, Alain Terrouane, Jacques Tati producers, Jacques Tati director.
- 1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France/Italy - Portuguese) - Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan - Sacha Gordine producer - Marcel Camus director
1960s
- 1960 The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri - Ingmar Bergman, Allan Ekelund producers - Ingmar Bergman director
- 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - (Sĺsom i en spegel) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri - Allan Ekelund producer - Ingmar Bergman director
- 1962 Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) (France) - Fidčs, Les Films Trocadero, Orsay Films, Terra Film - Romain Pinčs producer - Serge Bourguignon director
- 1963 8˝ (Otto e mezzo) (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinez - Angelo Rizzoli producer - Federico Fellini director
- 1964 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy) - Compagna Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia - Carlo Ponti producer - Vittorio De Sica director
- 1965 The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) (Czechoslovakia) - Filmové Studio Barrandov - Jordan Balurov, M. Broz, Karel Feix, Jaromir Lukas producers - Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos directors
- 1966 A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France) - Les Films 13 - Claude Lelouch producer and director
- 1967 Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) (Czechoslovakia) - Filmové Studio Barrandov - Zdenek Oves producer - Jiri Menzel director
- 1968 War and Peace (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Sergei Bondarchuk director
- 1969 Z (Algeria) (in French) - Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique, Reggane Films, Valoria Films - Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi producers - Costa-Gavras director
- The Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) (Yugoslavia) - Bosna Film, Commonwealth United Entertainment, Echberg, Film Production Organisation, IFC International, Igor Film, Jadran Film, United Yugoslavia Producers, Vereinigte, Yugoslavia Film - Steve Previn producer - Veljko Bulajic director
- The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev, Mikhail Ulyanov directors
- My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) (France) - FFD, Films de Pléďade, Les Films des deux mondes, Les Films du Carrosse, Les Films du Losange, Productions de La Guéville, Renn Productions, Simar Films, Société Française de Production (SFP), Two World Entertainment - Pierre Cottrell, Barbet Schroeder producers - Eric Rohmer director
- Adalen Riots (Ĺdalen '31) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB - producer - Bo Widerberg director
1970s
- 1970 Investigation of a Citizen Above Susoicion (Indagin su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (Italy) - Vera Films - Daniele Senatore producer - Elio Petri director
- First Love (Erste Liebe) (Switzerland) (in German) - Alfa Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Glarus, Mafilm - Barry Levinson, Maximilian Schell producers - Maximilian Schell director
- Hoa-Binh (France) - C.A.P.A.C., La Guéville, Madeleine Films, Parc Film - Gilbert de Goldschmidt producer - Raoul Coutard director
- Peace in the Fields - (Paix sur les champs) (Belgium) (in French) - E. G. C. - Jacques de Pauw producer - Jacques Boigelot director
- Tristans (Spain) - Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica, Talía Films, Época Films S.A. - Luis Buńuel, Robert Dorfmann producers - Luis Buńuel director
- 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy) - CCC Filmkunst GmbH, Documento Films - Artur Brauner, Arthur Cohn, Gianni Hecht Lucari producers - Vittorio De Sica director
- 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) (France) - Dean Film, Greenwich Film Productions, Jet Films S. A, - Serge Silberman producer - Luis Buńuel director
- 1973 Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) (France) - Les Films du Carrosse, PECF, PIC - Marcel Berbert producer - François Truffaut
- 1974 Amarcord (Italy) - F. C. Productions, PECF. - Franco Cristaldi producer - Federico Fellini director
- 1975 Dersu Uzala (USSR) - Atelier 41, Daiei Studios, Mosfilm, Satra - Yoishi Matsue, Nikolai Sizov producers - Akira Kurosawa director
- 1976 Black and White in Color (Noir et blancs en couleur) (Côte d'Ivoire) - France 3 Cinéma, Reggane Films, Smart Film Produktion, Société Française de Production (SFP), Société Ivoirienne de Cinema - Arthur Cohn, Jacques Perrin, Giorgio Silagni producers - Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1977 Madame Rosa - (La Vie devant soi) (France) - Lira Films - Jean Bolvary producer - Moshé Mizrahi director
- 1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs - (Preparez vos mouchoirs) (France) - Belga Films, C.A.P.A.C., Les Films Ariane, SODEP - Paul Claudon, Georges Danciger, Alexandre Mnouchkine producers - Bertrand Blier director
- White Bim Black Ear (Belyi bim - Chyornoye ukho) (USSR) - Gorky Film Studios - producer - Stanislav Rostotsky director
- The Glass Cell (Die Gläsene Zelle) (Federal Republic of Germany) - Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Radiotelevisăo Portuguesa (RTP), Roxy Film GmbH, Royal, Solaris Film - Luggi Waldleitner producer - Hans W. Geissendörfer director
- Hungarians (Magyarok) (Hungary) - Capital, Clircio, Dialóg Filmstúdió, Hungarofilm, Mafilm - producer - Zoltán Fábri director
- The New Monsters (I Nuovi mostri) (Italy) - Dean Film - Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli producers - Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola directors
- 1979 The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (Federal Republic of Germany) - Argos Films, Artémis Productions, Bioskop Film, Film Polski Film Agency, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, GGB-14, Hallelujah Films, Jadran Film - Anatole Dauman, Franz Seitz producers - Volker Schlöndorff - director
- To Forget Venice (Dementicare Venezia) (Italy) - Action, Rizzoli Film S. p.a. - Franco Brusati, Claudio Grassetti producers - Franco Brusati director
- Mama Turns a Hundred (Mamá cumple cien ańos) (Spain) - Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., Films Moliere e Pierson Production, Les Films Moličre, Pierson Productions - Elías Querejeta producer - Carlos Saura director
- The Maids of Wilko (Panny z Wilko) (Poland) - Pierson Productions, Zespol Filmowy "X" - producer - Andrzej Wajda director
- A Simple Story (Une Histoire simple) (France) - France 3 Cinéma, Renn Productions, Rialto Film, Sara Films, Société Française de Production (SFP) - Horst Wendlandt producer - Claude Sautet director
1980s
- 1980 Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (Москва Слезам Не Верит) (USSR) - Mosfilm, Satra, Sovexportfilm - producer- Vladimir Menshov director
- 1981 Mephisto (Hungary) - Mafilm, Manfred Durniok Produktion, Objektiv Studio - Manfred Durniok producer - Istvan Szabo director
- 1982 Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar) (Spain) - Nickel Odeon S. A. - José Luis Garci producer and director
- Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el cóndor) (Nicaragua) - CRFC, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC), Latinamerican Film, NFI - Hernán Littin producer - Miguel Littin director
- Private life (Chastnaya zhizn) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Yuli Raisman director
- Clean Slate (Coup de Torchon) (France) - Films A2, Les Films de la Tour, Little Bear - Henri Lassa, Adolphe Viezzi producers - Bertrand Tavernier director
- The Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd) (Sweden) - Adnorsk, Bold Productions, Norsk Film A/S, Polyphon Film- und Fernseh GmbH, SVT Drama, Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Swedish Film Institute - Jörn Donner producer - Jan Troell director
- 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (Sweden) - Cinematograph AB, Gaumont International, Opera Film Produzione, Personafilm, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Swedish Film Institute, TVI, Tobis Filmkunst - Jörn Donner producer - Ingmar Bergman director
- Le Bal (Algeria) - Cinéproduction, Films A2, Massfilm, Ministčre de la Culture de la Republique Française, O.N.C.I.C. - Giorgio Silvagni producer - Ettore Scola director
- Carmen (Spain) - Emiliano Piedra - Emiliano Piedra producer - Carlos Saura director
- At First Sight (Coup de foudre) (France) - Alexandre Films, Films A2, Hachette Premičre, Partner's Production, Société Française de Production (SFP) - Ariel Zeitoun producer - Diane Kurys director
- The Revolt of Job - (Jób lázadása) (Hungary) - MAFILM Társulás Stúdió, Macropolis, * Magyar Televízió (MTV), Sefel Films, Starfilm, Tarsulac, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - producer - Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay directors
- 1984 Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du fou) (Switzerland) - Arthur Cohn Productions, Cécilia Films - Arthur Cohn, Martine Marignac producers - Richard Dembo director
- 1985 The Official Story (La Historia oficial) (Argentina) - Historia Cinematograficas Cinemania, Progress Communications - Marcelo Pińeyro producer - Luis Puenzo director
- 1986 The Assault (De Aanslag) (Netherlands) - Fons Rademakers Produktie - Fons Rademakers producer and director
- 38 - Vienna Before the Fall (38) (Austria) - Almaro Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Satel Film, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) - Michael von Wolkenstein producer - Wolfgang Glück director
- 37.2 Degrees in the Morning (a.k.a. Betty Blue) (37ş2 le matin) (France) - Cargo Films, Constellation - Jean-Jacques Beineix, Claudie Ossard producers - Jean-Jacques Beineix director
- The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (Canada) (in French) - Corporation Image M & M, Malofilm, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Societe Radio Cinema, Société Général du Cinéma du Québec, Téléfilm Canada - Roger Frappier, René Malo producers - Denys Arcand director
- My Sweet Little Village (Vesnicko má stredisková) (Czechoslovakia) - Fifth Group, Filmové Studio Barrandov - producer - Jirí Menzel director
- 1987 Babette's Feast (Babettes Gćstebud) (Denmark) - Danish Film Institute, Panorama - Just Betzer, Bo Christensen producers - Gabriel Axel director
- Course Completed (Asignatura aprobata) (Spain) - Nickel Odeon - José Luis García- producer - José Luis Garci director
- Goodbye Children (Au revoir les enfants) (France) - MK2 Productions, NEF Filmproduktion, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Stella Films - Louis Malle producer and director
- The Family (La famiglia) (Italy) - Cinecittŕ, Cinémax, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films Ariane, Massfilm, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), Séléna Audiovisuel - Franco Committeri producer - Ettore Scola director
- Pathfinder (Ofelas) (Norway) - Filmkameratene A/S, Mayco, Norsk Film A/S, Norway Film Development, The Norway Film Development Company - John M. Jacobsen producer - Nils Gaup director
- 1988 Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) - Danmarks Radio, Det Danske Filminstitut, Panorama Film, Per Holst Filmproduktion, SID, Specialarbejderforbundet, Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) - Per Holst producer - Bille August director
- Hanussen (Hungary) - CCC Filmkunst, Hungarofilm, Mafilm, Mokép, Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), - Artur Brauner producer - Istvan Szabo director
- The Music Teacher (Le Maître de Musique) (Belgium - French) - K2-One, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone - Alexandre Pletzer producer - Gérard Corbiau director
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (Spain) - El Deseo S. A., Lauren Film - Pedro Almodovar producer and director
- Salaam Bombay! (India) - Cadragee, Channel Four Films, Doordarshan, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, NDFC-Doordarshan - Mira Nair producer and director
- 1989 Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Miramax Films, Home Boxoffice Home Video, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), TF1 Films Productions - Mino Barbera, Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli producers - Giuseppe Tornatore director
- Camille Claudel (France) - Antenne-2, Centre National de la Cinématographie, DD Productions, Films A2, Films Christian Fechner, French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Gaumont International, Images Investissements, Lilith Films I.A., Sofica Créations, Sofica Investimage - Isabelle Adjani, Christian Fechner producers - Bruno Nuytten director
- Memories of a Marriage (Dansen med Regitze) (Denmark) - Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film - Lars Kolvig producer - Kaspar Rostrup director
- Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) (Canada - French) - Centre National de la Cinématographie, Communication, Gérard Mital Productions, Max Films Productions Inc., National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Premier Choix TVEC, Super Ecran, Téléfilm Canada - Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron, Monique Letourneau producers - Denys Arcand director
- Santiago, the Story of his New Life (Lo que le pasó a Santiago) (Puerto Rico) - Bacalao Inc., Dios los Cría Inc., Producciones Pedro Muńiz, Taleski Studios Inc. - Blanca Silvia Ero, Pedro Muńiz producers - Jacobo Morales director
1990s
- 1990 Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland - German and Turkish) - Anta, Catpics AG, Channel Four Films, Cineverde, Condor Films, Dewe Hellthaler International, Eurimages, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS - Peter-Christian, Fueter, Alfi Sinniger producers - Xavier Koller director
- Cyrano de Bergerac (France) - Caméra One, Centre National de la Cinématographie, DD Productions, Films A2, Hachette Premičre, Investors Club, La Sofica Sofinergie, UGC Images - René Cleitman, Michel Seydoux, André Szots producers - Jean-Paul Rappenau director
- Ju Dou (China - Mandarin) - China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Import and Export, Tokuma Shoten, Xi'an Film Studios - Hu Jian, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Wenze Zhang producers - Yang Fengliang, Yimou Zhang directors
- Open Doors (Porte aperte) (Italy) - Erre Produzioni, Instituto Luce, Italonegglio Cinematografico, Rai Due Radiotelevisione Italiana, Sacis, Urania Film - Angelo Rizzoli Jr. producer - Gianni Amelio director
- The Nasty Girl (Das Schreckliche Mädchen) (Germany) - Filmverlag der Autoren, Sentana Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - Michael Senftleben producer - Michael Verhoeven director
- 1991 Mediterraneo (Italy) - A. M. A. Film, Penta Films S. A., Silvio Berlusconi Communications - Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gianni Minervini producers - Gabriele Salvatores director
- Children of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar) (Iceland) - Icelandic Film Corporation, Max Film, Metro Film - Friđrik Ţor Friđriksson producer and director
- Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) (China - Mandarin) - Century Communications, China Film Co-Production Corporation, ERA International, Salon Films - Fu-Sheng Chiu producer - Yimou Zhang director
- The Elementary School (Obecná skola) (Czechoslovakia - Czech) - production co. - producer - Jan Sverák director
- The Ox (Oxen) (Sweden) - Josephson & Nykvist HB, Nordisk Film, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sweetland Films - Jean Doumanian producer - Sven Nykvist director
- 1992 Indochine (France) - Bac Films, Ciné Cinq, La Générale d'Images, Orly Films, Paradis Films - Eric Heumann, Jean Labadie producers - Regis Wargnier
- Daens (Belgium) (in Dutch, Latin, French) - Favourite Films, Films Dérives - Dirk Impens, Jean-Luc Ormičres, Maria Peters, Hans Pos, Dave Schram producers - Stijn Coninx director
- A Place in the World (Un Lugar en el mundo) (Uruguay) - Transmundo - Adolfo Aristrain, Osvaldo Papaleo producers - Adolfo Aristrain director Note: After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.
- Schtonk! (Germany) - Westdeutscher Rundfunk - Helmut Dietl, Gunter Rohrbach producers - Helmut Dietl director
- Close to Eden (Urga) (USSR - Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin) - Aria, Caméra One, Centre national de la Cinématographie, Hachette Premičre, Ministry of Culture and Communications, Studio Trite, UGC Images - Michel Seydoux producer - Nikita Mikhalkov director
- 1993 The Age of Beauty (Belle époque) (Spain, Portugal, France) (in Spanish) - Animatógrafo, Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinmatográficas, United International Pictures - Fernando Trueba producer and director
- Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) (China, Hong Kong) (in Mandarin) - Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corp., Maverick Picture Company, Tomson Films - Feng Hsu producer - Kaige Chen director
- Hedd Wyn (United Kingdom) (in Welsh and English) - Pendefig Ty Cefn, S4C (Sianel 4 Cymru) - Shan Davies producer - Paul Turner director
- The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen) (Taiwan) - Central Motion Pictures Corp., Good Machine - Ted Hope, Ang Lee, James Schamus producers - Ang Lee director
- The Scent of Green Papaya (Mui du du xanh) (Vietnam, France) - Centre National de la cinématographie, La SFP Cinema, La Sept Cinéma, Le Studio Canal+, Les Productions Lazennec - Christophe Rossignon producer - Anh Hung Tran director
- 1994 Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем) (Russia - Caméra One, Le Studio Canal+, Studio Trite - Nikita Mikhalkov, Michel Seydous producers - Nikita Mikhalkov director
- Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (Republic of Macedonia) - Aim, British Screen, European Co-production Fund, Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia, Noe, PolyGram Audiovisuel, Vardar Film - Judy Counihan, Cédomir Kolar, Sam Taylor, Cat Villiers producers - Milcho Manchevski director
- Farinelli the Castrato (Farinelli il castrato) (Belgium, France, Italy) (in French and Italian) - Le Studio Canal+, Sony Pictures Classics - Véra Belmont producer - Gérard Corbiau director
- Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate) (Cuba) - Instituto Cubano del arte e industrias cinematográphicos, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Miramax Films, SGAE, Tabasco Films, TeleMadrid - Georgina Balzaretti, Frank Cabrera, Nacho Cobo, Juan Muńoz, Camilo Vives executive producers - Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío directors
- Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (Taiwan) - Central Motion Pictures Corp., Good Machine - Kong Hsu, Li-Kong Hsu producers - Ang Lee director
- 1995 Antonia's Line (Antonia) (Netherlands) - Bard Entertainments, Dutch Co-Production Fund, Dutch Cultural Broadcasting, Eurimages, European Co-Production Fund, Flemish Film Community, Investco NV, NPS Televisie, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Prime Time, Stichting Bergen - Gerard Cornelisse, Hans de Weers, Hans de Wolf producers - Marleen Gorris director
- All Things Fair (a.k.a. Love Lessons) (Lust och fägring stor) (Denmark, Sweden) (in Swedish) - Danish Film Institute, Det Danske Filminstitut, Egmont Film, European Script Fund, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Per Holst Filmproduktion, SVT Drama, Svensk Filminstitutet - Hans Hansen, Per Holst producers - Bo Widerberg director
- Dust of Life (Poussičres de vie) (Algeria) - Hamster Productions, IVP, La Sept Cinéma, Paradise Film, Salon Films Production - Jean Bréhat producer - Rachid Bouchareb director
- O Quatrilho (Brazil) - Filmes do Equador, Luiz Carlos Barretos Produçőes Cinematográficas - Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Adair Roberto Carneiro executive producers - Fábio Barreto director
- The Star Maker (L'Uomo delle stelle) (Italy) - Cecchi Gori Group Cinematografica, Sciarlň, Tiger Cin Ca - Rita Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori producers - Giuseppe Tornatore director
- 1996 Kolya (Kolja) (Czech Republic) - Biograf Jan Sverak, Centre national de la Cinématographie, CinemArt, Czech TV, Eurimage, Pandora Cinema, Portobello Pictures, Space Films - Eric Abraham, Jan Sverák producers - Jan Sverák
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazkij plennik) (Russia) - production companies - Sergei Bodrov, Carolyn Cavallero, Boris Giller, Eduard Krapivsky producers - Sergei Bodrov director
- A Chef in Love (a.k.a. A Cook in Love) (Les mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux) (Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti) (Georgia) (in French, Georgian and Russian) - Adam et Eve, CMC, Centre national de la Cinematographie, Eurimages, European Script Fund, La Sept Cinema, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films du Rivage, Procirep, Sotra, Studio 1+1, Studio Babelsberg - Marc Ruscart producer - Nana Dzhordzhadze director
- Ridicule (France) - Centre national de la Cinematographie, Cinema, Epithete Films, France 3 Cinema, Le Studio Canal+, PolyGram Audiovisuel, Sofica Investimage 4 - Frédéric Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand producers - Patrice Leconte director
- The Other Side of Sunday (Sřndagsengler) (Norway) - NRK Drama, Norwegian Film Institute - Grete Rypdal, Oddvar Bull Tuhus producers - Berit Nesheim director
- 1997 Character (Karakter) (Netherlands) - Almerica Film, First Floor Features Laurens Geels producer - Mike van Diem, Karin Schagen directors
- Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) (Germany) - Bayerischer Rundfunk, Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion Gmb, Roxy Film GmbH, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, arte - Jakob Claussen, Luggi Waldtleitner, Thomas Wobke producers - Caroline Link director
- Four Days in September (O que é isso, companheiro) (Brazil) - Columbia Pictures Television Trading Company, Filmes do Equador, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produçees Cinematográficas, Pandora Cinema, Quanta Centro de Produçees, Sony Corporation of America - Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto producers - Bruno Barreto director
- Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón) (Spain) - Aiete Films S.A., Les Films Ariane - Thierry Forte, José Maceda producers - Montxo Armendáriz director
- The Thief (Vor) (Russia) - Centre national de la Cinematographie, Le Studio Canal+, NTV-PROFIT, Productions Le Pont, Roissy Films, Russian State Committee for Cinematography - Igor Tolstunov producer - Pavel Churaj director
- 1998 Life Is Beautiful (La vita č bella) (Italy) - Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Melampo Cinematografica - Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri producers- Roberto Benigni director
- The Grandfather (El Abuelo) (Spain) - Radio Televisión Espańola (RTVE) - José Luis Garci producer and director
- The Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye aseman) (Iran) - The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults - Amir Esfandiari, Mohammad Esfandiari producers - Majid Majidi director
- Central Station (Central do Brasil) (Brazil) - Le Studio Canal+, MACT Productions, Riofilmes, Videofilms - Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Arthur Cohn producers - Walter Salles director
- Tango (Argentina) - Adela Pictures, Alma Ata International Pictures S.L., Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I., Astrolabo Producciones S.L., Beco Films, Hollywood Partners Munich, Pandora Cinema, Saura Films, Terraplen Producciones - Juan Carlos Codazzi, Carlos Mentasti, Luis A. Scalella producers - Carlos Scala director
- 1999 All About My Mother - (Todo sobre mi madre) (Spain) - El Deseo S.A., France 2 Cinéma, Renn Productions, Vía Digital - Agostín Almodóvar executive producer - Pedro Almodóvar director
- East-West (Est-Ouest) (France) - BIM Distribuzione, Budapest Film, Sony Pictures Classics, UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD), Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) - Yves Marmion producer - Régis Wargnier director
- Himalaya (Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef) (Nepal) (in Tibetan) - Arthaus Filmverleih, EDKO Film Ltd., GAGA Communications, Gloria, JMH Distribution, Kino International, Mongrel Media - Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin producers - Eric Valli director
- Solomon and Gaenor (United Kingdom) (in English, Welsh and Yiddish) - APT Productions, Arts Council of England, Arts Council of Wales, Channel Four Films, National Lottery, S4C (Sianel 4 Cymru) (Channel 4 Wales), September Films - Sheryl Crown producer - Paul Morrisson director
- Under the Sun (Under solen) (Sweden) - Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweetwater - Colin Nutley producer and director
2000s
- 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - (Wo hu cang long) (Taiwan) - Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, EDKO Film Ltd., Good Machine, Sony Pictures Classics, United China Vision, Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd. - William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee producers - Ang Lee director
- Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) (Mexico) - Altavista Films, Zeta Film - Alejandro González Ińárritu producer and director
- The Taste of Others (Le Goűt des autres) (France) - France 2 Cinéma, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films A4 - Charles Gassot producer - Agnčs Jaoui director
- Everybody Famous! (Iedereen beroemd) (Belgium) (in Dutch) - Eurimages, Flanders Film Fund, Get Reel Productions, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films des Tournelles, NPS Televisie, Netherlands Fund for Film, Otomatic, Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT) - Dominique Deruddere, Loret Meus producers - Dominique Deruddere director
- Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) (Czech Republic) - Czech TV, Total HelpArt T.H.A. - Pavel Borovan, Ondrej Trohan producers - Jan Hrebejk director
- 2001 No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (in Serbo-Croatian) - Counihan Villiers Productions, Eurimages, Fabrica, Le Fonds Slovčne du Cinéma, Man's Films, Noé Productions, Studio Maj/Casasablanca, The Centre du Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Télédistributeurs Wallons - Marc Baschet, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela and Cédomir Kolar producers - Danis Tanovic director
- Elling (Norway) - Maipo Film- og TV Produksjon - Dag Alveberg producer - Petter Naess director
- Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulin) (France) - Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, France 3 Cinéma, La Sofica Sofinergie 5, Le Studio Canal+, MMC Independent GmbH, Tapioca Films, UGC Images, Victoires Productions - Jean-Marc Deschamps, Arne Meerkamp von Embden, Claudie Ossard producers - Jean-Pierre Jeunet director
- Son of the Bride (El hijo de la novia) (Argentina) - JEMPSA, Patagonik Film Group, Pol-Ka Producciones, Tornasol Films S.A. - Mariela Besuievski, Fernando Blanco, Pablo Bossi, Jorge Estrada Mora, Gerardo Herrero producers - Juan José Campanella director
- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (India) (in Hindi, English and Bhojpuri) - Aamir Khan Productions Ltd. - Aamir Khan producer - Ashutosh Gowariker director
- 2002 Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) (Germany) - Bavaria Film, Constantin Film Produktion GmbH, MTM Cineteve - Bernd Eichinger, Peter Herrmann, Michael Weber producers - Caroline Link director
- The Crime of Father Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro) (Mexico) - Alameda Films, Artcam, Blu Films, Cinecolor, Foprocine, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Ibermedia European Community Program, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Videocolor, Wanda Films S.L - Daniel Birman Ripstein, José María Morales producers - Carlos Carrera director
- The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) (Finland) - Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH, Pyramide Productions, Sputnik Oy, Yleisradio (YLE) - Aki Kaurismäki producer and director
- Hero (Ying xiong) (China) - Beijing New Picture Film Co., Elite Group Enterprises - William Kong, Yimou Zhang producers - Yimou Zhang director
- Zus & zo (Netherlands) - Filmprodukties de Luwte - Jacqueline de Goeij producer - Paula van der Oest director
- 2004 Nominations (this line will be replaced with the winner after the awards program)
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