Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language category in CineRoll's records: 289 films across 57 years, 65 of them winners.

The most recent winner is The Secret Agent (2026); the earliest on record is Bicycle Thieves (1950).

The last three winners were The Secret Agent (2026), Emilia Pérez (2025) and Anatomy of a Fall (2024).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2026

2025

Emilia Pérez(2024)
Winner
All We Imagine as Light(2024)
I'm Still Here(2024)
The Girl with the Needle(2024)
The Girl With The Needle
The Seed of the Sacred Fig(2024)
The Seed of The Sacred Fig
Vermiglio(2024)

2024

2023

Argentina 1985(2022)
Argentina, 1985
Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front(2022)
Close(2022)
Decision to Leave(2022)
RRR(2022)

2022

Drive My Car(2021)
Winner
A Hero(2021)
Hero, A
Compartment No. 6(2021)
Parallel Mothers(2021)
The Hand of God(2021)

2021

Minari(2021)
Winner
Another Round(2020)
La Llorona(2020)
The Life Ahead (The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se))(2020)
Life Ahead, The
Two of Us(2020)

2020

Parasite(2019)
Winner
Les Misérables(2012)
Les Misérables(2019)
Pain and Glory(2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire(2019)
The Farewell(2019)
Farewell, The

2019

Roma(2018)
Winner
Capernaum(2018)
Girl(2018)
Never Look Away(2018)
Shoplifters(2018)

2018

In the Fade(2017)
In The Fade
Winner
A Fantastic Woman(2017)
First They Killed My Father(2017)
Loveless(2017)
The Square(2017)

2017

Elle(2016)
Winner
Divines(2016)
Neruda(2016)
The Salesman(2016)
Toni Erdmann(2016)

2016

Son of Saul(2015)
Winner
Mustang(2015)
The Brand New Testament(2015)
The Club (El Club)(2015)
The Club
The Fencer(2015)

2015

Leviathan(2014)
Winner
Force Majeure(2014)
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem(2014)
Ida(2013)
Tangerines(2013)

2014

The Great Beauty(2013)
Winner
Blue Is the Warmest Color(2013)
Blue is the Warmest Color
The Hunt(2012)
The Past(2013)
The Wind Rises(2013)

2013

Amour(2012)
Winner
A Royal Affair(2012)
Kon-Tiki(2012)
Kon Tiki
Rust and Bone(2012)
The Intouchables(2012)

2012

A Separation(2011)
Winner
In the Land of Blood and Honey(2011)
The Flowers of War(2011)
The Flowers Of War
The Kid with a Bike(2011)
The Kid With A Bike
The Skin I Live In(2011)

2011

In a Better World(2010)
In A Better World
Winner
Biutiful(2010)
I Am Love(2010)
Le concert de M. et Mme. Kabal (The Concert)(1963)
The Concert
The Concert(2010)
The Edge(2010)

2010

The White Ribbon(2009)
Winner
A Prophet(2009)
Baaria(2009)
Baarìa
Broken Embraces(2009)
The Maid(2009)
The Maid (La Nana)

2009

2008

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Winner
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days(2007)
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
Lust, Caution(2007)
Persepolis(2007)
The Kite Runner(2007)

2007

Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
Winner
Apocalypto(2006)
Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
The Lives of Others(2006)
The Lives Of Others
Volver(2006)

2006

Paradise Now(2005)
Winner
Joyeux Noel(2005)
Joyeux Noël
Kung Fu Hustle(2004)
The Promise(2005)
The Promise (Master of the Crimson Armor)
Tsotsi(2005)

2005

The Sea Inside(2004)
Sea Inside, The
Winner
A Very Long Engagement(2004)
House of Flying Daggers(2004)
The Chorus(2004)
The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)

2004

Osama(2004)
Winner
Good Bye, Lenin!(2003)
Good Bye Lenin!
Monsieur Ibrahim(2003)
The Barbarian Invasions(2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)
The Return
The Return(2003)

2003

Talk to Her(2002)
Talk To Her
Winner
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress(2002)
Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress
City of God(2002)
Hero(2002)
Nowhere in Africa(2001)
Nowhere In Africa
The Crime of Padre Amaro(2002)

2002

No Man's Land(2001)
Winner
Amélie(2001)
Behind the Sun(2001)
Behind The Sun
Monsoon Wedding(2001)
Y Tu Mamá También(2001)

2001

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(2000)
Winner
Amores Perros(2000)
Malèna(2000)
One Hundred Steps(2000)
The Widow of Saint-Pierre(2000)

2000

1999

Central Station(1998)
Winner
Men with Guns(1998)
Men With Guns
Tango(1998)
The Celebration(1998)
The Polish Bride(1998)

1998

Ma Vie en Rose(1997)
Winner
Artemisia(1997)
Lea(1996)
The Best Man(1997)
The Thief(1997)
Thief, The

1997

Kolya(1996)
Winner
Luna e l'altra(1996)
Luna e l'Altra
Prisoner of the Mountains(1996)
Ridicule(1996)
The Eighth Day(1996)

1996

1995

1994

Farewell My Concubine(1993)
Winner
Flight of the Innocent(1992)
Justiz(1993)
The Wedding Banquet(1993)
Three Colours: Blue (Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu))(1993)
Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)

1993

Indochine(1992)
Winner
All the Mornings of the World(1991)
All The Mornings of The World
Close to Eden(1991)
Like Water for Chocolate(1992)
Schtonk!(1992)

1992

Europa Europa(1990)
Winner
High Heels(1991)
La Femme Nikita (Femme Nikita, La)(1990)
Femme Nikita, La
La Femme Nikita (Femme Nikita, La)(1990)
La Femme Nikita
Lost in Siberia(1991)
Madame Bovary(1991)
The Double Life of Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique)(1991)
The Double Life of Veronique

1991

Cyrano de Bergerac(1990)
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
Winner
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams(1990)
Requiem for Dominic(1990)
Requiem For Dominic
Taxi Blues(1990)
The Nasty Girl(1990)
Nasty Girl, The

1990

1989

Pelle the Conqueror(1987)
Winner
Babette's Feast(1987)
Hanussen(1988)
Salaam Bombay!(1988)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown(1988)

1988

My Life as a Dog(1985)
Winner
Au Revoir les Enfants(1987)
Goodbye, Children
Dark Eyes(1987)
Jean de Florette(1986)
Jean De Florette
Repentance(1987)

1987

The Assault(1986)
Assault, The
Winner
Betty Blue(1986)
Ginger & Fred(1986)
Otello(1986)
Three Men and a Cradle(1986)
3 Men and a Cradle

1986

The Official Story(1985)
Official Story, The
Winner
A Year of the Quiet Sun(1984)
Year of the Quiet Sun, A
Colonel Redl(1985)
Ran(1985)
When Father Was Away on Business(1985)

1985

A Passage to India(1984)
Passage to India, A
Winner
A Sunday in the Country(1984)
Sunday in the Country, A
Carmen(1983)
Carmen(1984)
Carmen (1984)
Dangerous Moves(1984)
Paris, Texas(1984)

1984

Fanny and Alexander(1982)
Fanny & Alexander
Winner
Carmen(1983)
Educating Rita(1983)
The Dresser(1983)
The Grey Fox(1982)
Grey Fox, The

1983

Gandhi(1982)
Winner
Fitzcarraldo(1982)
La Traviata (Traviata, La)(1982)
Traviata, La
La Traviata (Traviata, La)(1982)
La Traviata
Quest for Fire(1981)
Quest For Fire
The Man from Snowy River(1982)
Man from Snowy River, The
Yol(1982)

1982

Chariots of Fire(1981)
Winner
Atlantic City(1980)
Das Boot(1981)
Gallipoli(1981)
Pixote(1980)

1981

1980

La Cage aux Folles(1978)
Winner
Soldier of Orange(1979)
The Europeans(1979)
The Marriage of Maria Braun(1979)
Marriage of Maria Braun, The
Till Marriage Do Us Part(1979)

1979

Autumn Sonata(1978)
Winner
A Dream of Passion(1978)
Dream of Passion, A
Death on the Nile(1978)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands(1978)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs(1978)
Lemon Popsicle(1978)

1978

A Special Day(1977)
Winner
Cria!(1977)
Cría Cuervos
Madame Rosa(1977)
Pardon Mon Affaire(1977)
That Obscure Object of Desire(1977)

1977

Face to Face(1976)
Winner
Cousin, Cousine(1975)
Seven Beauties(1975)
Small Change(1976)
The Slipper and the Rose(1976)
Slipper and the Rose - The Story of Cinderella, The

1976

Lies My Father Told Me(1975)
Winner
And Now My Love(1974)
Hedda(1975)
Special Section(1975)
The Magic Flute(1975)
Magic Flute, The

1975

Scenes from a Marriage(1974)
Scenes From a Marriage
Winner
Amarcord(1973)
Lacombe, Lucien(1974)
Lacombe Lucien
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974)
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob, The)(1973)
Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob, The

1974

1961

Rocco and His Brothers(1960)
Winner
Macario(1960)

1956

Dangerous Curves (Dangerous Curves (UK))(1950)
Dangerous Curves (UK)
Winner
Eyes of Children(1956)
Winner
Ordet(1955)
Winner
Sons, Mothers and a General(1955)
Sons, Mothers And A General
Winner
Stella(1955)
Winner

1955

Genevieve(1953)
Winner
No Way Back(1953)
Winner
The Lady of the Camelias(1953)
The Lady Of The Camelias
Winner
Twenty-Four Eyes(1954)
Winner

1950

Bicycle Thieves(1948)
The Bicycle Thief
Winner
The Fallen Idol(1948)

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