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The foreign language films with the most awards are Sweden's Fanny and Alexander, Taiwan's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, South Korea’s Parasite, and Germany’s All Quiet on the Western Front with four awards each, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
The Soviet epic War and Peace (1966–67), for its part, is the longest motion picture to have won the Best Foreign Language Film Award. Filmed from 1962 to 1966, it ran for more than seven hours.
YearFilm Title Used In NominationOriginal TitleDirector (s)French Au-delà des grilles Italian Le ...羅生門Jeux interdits地獄門The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
1. Shoeshine. 1946 1h 27m Not Rated. 8.0 (8.2K) Rate. Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship. Director Vittorio De Sica Stars Rinaldo Smordoni Franco Interlenghi Annielo Mele. 2.
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- Bicycle Thieves. Directed by Vittorio De Sica • 1948 • Italy. Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell. Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema.
- Rashomon. Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1950 • Japan. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, RASHOMON is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.
- Gate of Hell. Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa • 1953 • Japan. Starring Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyo. A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, GATE OF HELL is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Black Orpheus. 1959 1h 40m PG. 7.4 (12K) Rate. 81 Metascore. A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
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For the 1956 Academy Awards, a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since then.
