The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Best Film Not in the English Language) is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best foreign language film of the year.

Winners and nominees

1990s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector1997 Shall We Dance? Shall We Dansu? Japan Masayuki SuoPonette FranceJacques Doillon La Promesse BelgiumJean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne1998 Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Italy Roberto Benigni The Celebration Festen DenmarkThomas Vinterberg Central Station Central do Brasil BrazilWalter Salles1999 Run Lola Run Lola rennt Germany Tom Tykwer All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre SpainPedro Almodóvar The Dreamlife of Angels La Vie rêvée des anges FranceErick Zonca The Red Violin Le Violon Rouge CanadaFrançois Girard Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl 天浴 (Tiān Yù) ChinaJoan Chen

2000s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Wo hu cang long China Ang Lee The Color of Paradise رنگ خدا, Rang-e Khodā|| Iran||Majid Majidi |- | Girl on the Bridge|| La fille sur le pont|| France||Patrice Leconte |- | Shower|| 洗澡, Xǐ zǎo|| China||Zhang Yang |- | Yi Yi|| Yī Yī|| Taiwan||Edward Yang |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2001|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie PoulainFrance/Germany Jean-Pierre Jeunet Fat Girl À ma sœur! FranceCatherine Breillat In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 Hong KongWong Kar-wai No Man’s Land Ničija zemlja, Ничија земља Bosnia and HerzegovinaDanis Tanović With a Friend Like Harry… Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien FranceDominik Moll2002 And Your Mother Too Y Tu Mamá También Mexico Alfonso Cuarón Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ CanadaZacharias Kunuk Monsoon Wedding IndiaMira Nair Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi JapanHayao Miyazaki Talk to Her Hable Con Ella SpainPedro Almodóvar2003 City of God Cidade de Deus Brazil Fernando Meirelles The Barbarian Invasions Les Invasions barbares Canada/FranceDenys Arcand Irreversible Irréversible FranceGaspar Noé The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä FinlandAki Kaurismäki The Triplets of Belleville Les Triplettes de Belleville France/BelgiumSylvain Chomet2004 Hero Ying xiong China/Hong Kong Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers 十面埋伏, Shímiàn máifú China/Hong KongZhang Yimou Maria Full of Grace María, llena eres de gracia ColombiaJoshua Marston The Motorcycle Diaries Diarios de motocicleta Argentina/BrazilWalter Salles A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles FranceJean-Pierre Jeunet2005 Downfall Der UntergangGermany Oliver Hirschbiegel2046 Hong KongWong Kar-wai Caché France/AustriaMichael Haneke Kung Fu Hustle 功夫 Hong Kong/ChinaStephen Chow Oldboy 올드보이, Oldeuboi South KoreaPark Chan-wook2006 Pan's Labyrinth El laberinto del fauno MexicoGuillermo del ToroThe Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lăzărescu RomaniaCristi Puiu L’Enfant BelgiumDardenne brothersVolver SpainPedro AlmodóvarWater जल, Jal Canada/USA/IndiaDeepa Mehta2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Le scaphandre et le papillon France/USA Julian SchnabelThe Host 괴물, Goemul South Korea/JapanBong Joon-hoThe Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen GermanyFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckThe Orphanage El orfanato Spain/MexicoJ. A. BayonaLa Vie en Rose La Môme FranceOlivier Dahan2008 Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in Sweden Tomas AlfredsonA Christmas Tale Un conte de Noël FranceArnaud DesplechinThe Counterfeiters Die Fälscher Austria/GermanyStefan RuzowitzkyI’ve Loved You So Long Il y a longtemps que je t'aime France/GermanyPhilippe ClaudelWaltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר, Vals Im Bashir IsraelAri Folman2009 The White Ribbon Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte Germany Michael HanekeBroken Embraces Los abrazos rotos SpainPedro AlmodóvarPolice, Adjective Polițist, Adjectiv RomaniaCorneliu PorumboiuSilent Light Stellet Licht Mexico/FranceCarlos ReygadasSummer Hours L'Heure d'été FranceOlivier Assayas

2010s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector2010 Mother Madeo South Korea Bong Joon-hoCarlos France/GermanyOlivier AssayasDogtooth Κυνόδοντας, Kynothontas GreeceYorgos LanthimosThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Män som hatar kvinnor Sweden/DenmarkNiels Arden OplevA Prophet Un prophète FranceJacques Audiard2011 A Separation Jodái-e Náder az Simin Iran Asghar Farhadi13 Assassins 十三人の刺客, Jūsannin no Shikaku United Kingdom/JapanTakashi MiikeCertified Copy Copie conforme France/ItalyAbbas KiarostamiThe Skin I Live In La piel que habito SpainPedro AlmodóvarUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ, Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat ThailandApichatpong Weerasethakul2012Holy Motors France/Germany Leos CaraxAmour France/AustriaMichael HanekeRust and Bone De rouille et d'os France/BelgiumJacques AudiardThis Is Not a Film این فیلم نیست IranJafar Panahi and Mojtaba MirtahmasbThe Turin Horse A torinói ló HungaryBéla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour La vie d'Adèle France Abdellatif KechicheDrug War 毒战 Hong KongJohnnie ToMuseum Hours AustriaJem CohenWadjda وجدة Saudi ArabiaHaifaa al-MansourThe Wind Rises 風立ちぬ, Kaze Tachinu JapanHayao Miyazaki2014 Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Belgium Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre DardenneIda PolandPaweł PawlikowskiThe Missing Picture L'Image manquante Cambodia/FranceRithy PanhMommy CanadaXavier DolanThe Tale of the Princess Kaguya かぐや姫の物語, Kaguya-hime no Monogatari JapanIsao Takahata2015 The Assassin Nie yin niang Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsienGoodnight Mommy Ich seh, Ich seh AustriaVeronika FranzMustang FranceDeniz Gamze ErgüvenPhoenix GermanyChristian PetzoldSon of Saul Saul fia HungaryLászló Nemes2016 The Handmaiden Agassi South Korea Park Chan-wookElle FrancePaul VerhoevenNeruda ChilePablo LarraínThe Salesman فروشنده, Forušande IranAsghar FarhadiToni Erdmann GermanyMaren Ade2017 BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute France Robin CampilloNocturama France/BelgiumBertrand BonelloRaw Grave France/BelgiumJulia DucournauThelma Norway/SwedenJoachim TrierThe Square Sweden/GermanyRuben Östlund2018Roma Mexico Alfonso CuarónBurning 버닝, Beoning South Korea/JapanLee Chang-dongCold War Zimna wojna Poland/FrancePaweł PawlikowskiShoplifters 万引き家族, Manbiki Kazoku JapanHirokazu Kore-edaZama Argentina/SpainLucrecia Martel2019 Parasite Gisaengchung South Korea Bong Joon-hoAtlantics Atlantique France/SenegalMati DiopMonos Colombia/ArgentinaAlejandro LandesPain and Glory Dolor y gloria SpainPedro AlmodóvarPortrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu FranceCéline Sciamma

2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector 2020 Minari United States Lee Isaac ChungAnother Round Druk DenmarkThomas VinterbergBacurau BrazilKleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano DornellesCollective ColectivRomaniaAlexander NanauLa Llorona GuatemalaJayro Bustamante 2021 Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー (Doraibu Mai Kā) Japan Ryusuke HamaguchiFlee Flugt DenmarkJonas Poher RasmussenA Hero قهرمان, Qahremaan IranAsghar FarhadiTitane FranceJulia DucournauThe Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske NorwayJoachim Trier 2022 Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심, Heeojil gyeolsim South Korea Park Chan-wookAll Quiet on the Western Front Im Westen nichts Neues GermanyEdward BergerEO Io PolandJerzy SkolimowskiNo Bears خرس نیست, Khers Nist IranJafar PanahiRRR IndiaS. S. Rajamouli 2023 Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute France Justine TrietFallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet FinlandAki KaurismäkiGodzilla Minus One ゴジラ マイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan JapanTakashi YamazakiPerfect Days JapanWim WendersThe Zone of Interest United Kingdom/PolandJonathan Glazer 2024All We Imagine as Light France/IndiaPayal KapadiaEmilia Pérez FranceJacques AudiardFlow Straume LatviaGints ZilbalodisI’m Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui  BrazilWalter SallesThe Seed of the Sacred Fig دانه‌ی انجیر معابد,Dāne-ye anjīr-e ma'ābed Germany/IranMohammad Rasoulof

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