National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given by the National Society of Film Critics since its inception in 1990.National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1990) - IMDb

Winners

1990s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector 1990 Ariel Finland Aki KaurismäkiPast Awards|National Society of Film Critics 1991 The Double Life of Veronique La Double Vie de Véronique France / Poland Krzysztof Kieślowski 1992 Raise the Red Lantern Da hong deng long gao gao gua China Zhang Yimou 1993 The Story of Qiu Ju Qiu Ju da guan si China Zhang Yimou 1994 Three Colors: Red Trois couleurs: Rouge France / Poland Krzysztof Kieślowski 1995 Wild Reeds Les Roseaux sauvages France André Téchiné 1996 La Cérémonie France Claude Chabrol 1997 La Promesse Belgium Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 1998 Taste of Cherry Ta'm e guilass Iran Abbas Kiarostami 1999 Autumn Tale Conte d'automne France Eric Rohmer

2000s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector 2000 Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Yi Yi) 2001 In the Mood for Love Fa yeung nin wa Hong Kong Wong Kar-wai 2002 Y tu mamá también Mexico Alfonso Cuarón 2003 The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä Finland Aki Kaurismäki 2004 Moolaadé Burkina Faso/Cameroon/France Ousmane Sembène 2005 Head-On Gegen die Wand Germany / Turkey Fatih Akin 2006 Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Pan's Labyrinth) 2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile Romania Cristian Mungiu 2008 Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Waltz with Bashir) 2009 Summer Hours L'Heure d'été France Olivier Assayas

2010s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector 2010 Carlos France / Germany Olivier Assayas 2011 A Separation Jodái-e Náder az Simin Iran Asghar Farhadi 2012 Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Amour) 2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 France Abdellatif Kechiche'Inside Llewyn Davis' wins National Society of Film Critics honors - Los Angeles Times 2014 Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Goodbye to Language) 2015 Timbuktu Timbuktu Mauritania Abderrahmane SissakoNational Society of Film Critics Awards 2015 (FULL LIST) - Variety 2016 Toni Erdmann Germany Maren Ade 2017 Graduation Bacalaureat Romania Cristian Mungiu 2018 Roma Mexico Alfonso Cuarón 2019 Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Parasite)

2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleCountryDirector 2020 Collective Colectiv Romania / Luxembourg Alexander Nanau‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap 2021 Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Drive My Car)National Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter 2022 EO IO Poland/Italy Jerzy Skolimowski‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire 2023 Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Finland Aki Kaurismäki 2024 All We Imagine as Light Prabhayaay Ninachathellam India Payal Kapadia 2025 The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Brazil Kleber Mendonça Filho

Superlatives Countries with more than two wins France – 8 Finland - 3 Germany – 3 Poland - 3 Romania – 3

Directors with multiple wins Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) – 3 Olivier Assayas (France) – 2 Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico) – 2 Krzysztof Kieślowski (Poland) – 2 Cristian Mungiu (Romania) – 2 Zhang Yimou (China) – 2

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