The Dominican Republic has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1983. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.

As of 2026, the Dominican Republic has submitted nineteen films, but none of them were nominated.

Submissions Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.

All films were produced primary in Spanish. Below is a list of the films submitted by the Dominican Republic in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards.

Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result 1983(56th) GuaguasiSpanish Jorge Ulla 1988(61st) One Way Ticket Un pasaje de Ida 1995(68th) Nueba Yol Nueba Yol: Por fin llegó BalbuenaSpanish, Fula, English Ángel Muñiz 2011(84th) Love Child La hija naturalSpanish 2012(85th) Jaque Mate José María Cabral 2013(86th) Who's the Boss? ¿Quién Manda? Ronni Castillo 2014(87th) Cristo Rey Leticia Tonos 2015(88th) Sand Dollars Dólares de ArenaSpanish, French, English Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas 2016(89th) Sugar Fields Flor de AzúcarSpanish Fernando Baez Mella 2017(90th) Woodpeckers Carpinteros José María Cabral 2018(91st) Cocote Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias 2019(92nd) The Projectionist El proyeccionista José María Cabral 2020(93rd) A State of Madness Mis 500 Locos Leticia Tonos 2021(94th) Holy Beasts La Fiera y la Fiesta Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas 2022(95th) Bantú MamaSpanish, French Ivan Herrera 2023(96th) CuarencenaSpanish David Maler 2024(97th) Aire: Just Breathe Aire Leticia Tonos 2025(98th) PepeSpanish, Afrikaans, Mbukushu, German Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias 2026(99th) Melodrama Spanish, French, Haitian Andrés Farías

Shortlisted films Since 2021, the Dominican Republic announced a list of finalists or eligible films that varies in number over the years (from 2 to 7 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee The following films have been shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the Dominican Republic: YearFilms2021Cabarete · Candela · Hotel Coppelia · Liborio · Papi2022Carajita2023Babygirl · Croma Kid2024Boca Chica · Captain Avispa · The Fisherman's Daughter · The Method · Pérez Rodríguez · The Tenderness2025Bionico's Bachata · Golden Dreams · Olivia & the Clouds · The Silence of Marcos Tremmer · Sugar Island · El Tiburón

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