The Guldbagge for Best Foreign Film is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen").
The category was discontinued, after four years of evaluation, as of the 58th gala, in 2023. In the last years it was called Best International Film.
Winners and nominees Each Guldbagge Awards ceremony is listed chronologically below along with the winner of the Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film and the director associated with the award. Before 1991 the awards did not announce nominees, only winners. In the columns under the winner of each award are the other nominees for best foreign film, which are listed from 1991 and forward.
1980s Year Film Original title(s) Country Director(s) Language(s) 1987(23rd) Bagdad Cafe Out of Rosenheim Germany (West) Percy Adlon German, English 1988(24th) —(no award given) —(no award given) —(no award given) —(no award given) —(no award given) 1989(25th) A World Apart {co-production} United Kingdom Zimbabwe Chris Menges English
1990s Year Film Original title(s) Country Director(s) Language(s) 1990(26th) Time of the Gypsies Dom za vešanjeДом за вешање Yugoslavia Emir Kusturica Romani, Serbo-Croatian & Italian 1991(27th) Monsieur Hire France Patrice Leconte French The Double Life of Véronique La double vie de Véronique {co-production} France Norway Poland Krzysztof Kieślowski French & Polish The Fisher King United States Terry Gilliam English 1992(28th) Husbands and Wives United States Woody Allen English Raise the Red Lantern Dà Hóng Dēnglong Gāogāo Guà大紅燈籠高高掛 {co-production} China Hong Kong Taiwan Zhang Yimou Mandarin Fried Green Tomatoes United States Jon Avnet English 1993(29th) The Piano {co-production} New Zealand Australia France Jane Campion English, Māori & British Sign Language Three Colors: Blue Trois couleurs: Bleu France, Poland & Switzerland Krzysztof Kieślowski French & Polish Orlando United Kingdom Sally Potter English 1994(30th) Short Cuts United States Robert Altman English Forrest Gump United States Robert Zemeckis English Schindler's List United States Steven Spielberg English 1995(31st) Before the Rain Pred doždotПред дождот {co-production} Macedonia United Kingdom Milcho Manchevski Macedonian, English & Albanian Lamerica Italy Gianni Amelio Italian & Albanian Bullets over Broadway United States Woody Allen English 1996(32nd) Breaking the Waves Denmark Lars von Trier English Fargo United States Joel Coen English Trainspotting United Kingdom Danny Boyle English 1997(33rd) The Ice Storm United States Ang Lee English Brassed Off {co-production} United Kingdom United States Mark Herman English The Promise La Promesse {co-production} Belgium France Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne French 1998(34th) The Celebration Festen Denmark Thomas Vinterberg Danish The Dreamlife of Angels La Vie rêvée des anges France Erick Zonca French Character Karakter {co-production} Netherlands Belgium Mike van Diem Dutch 1999(35th) All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre Spain Pedro Almodóvar Spanish The Straight Story {co-production} United States United Kingdom France David Lynch English Central Station Central do Brasil {co-production} Brazil France Walter Salles Portuguese
2000s Year Film Original title(s) Country Director(s) Language(s) 2000(36th) Magnolia United States Paul Thomas Anderson English, French & German Boys Don't Cry United States Kimberly Peirce English American Beauty United States Sam Mendes English 2001(37th) Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain {co-production} France Germany Jean-Pierre Jeunet French The Taste of Others Le goût des autres France Agnès Jaoui French Italian for Beginners Italiensk for begyndere {co-production} Denmark Sweden Lone Scherfig Danish, Italian & English 2002(38th) The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä Finland Aki Kaurismäki Finnish Talk to Her Hable con ella Spain Pedro Almodóvar Spanish The Royal Tenenbaums United States Wes Anderson English 2003(39th) The Hours {co-production} United Kingdom United States Stephen Daldry English Good Bye, Lenin! Germany Wolfgang Becker German Dogville Denmark Lars von Trier English 2004(40th) The Return VozvrashcheniyeВозвращение Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev Russian Lost in Translation United States Sofia Coppola English & Japanese 21 Grams United States Alejandro González Iñárritu English 2005(41st) The Child L'Enfant Belgium Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne French Nobody Knows Dare mo Shiranai誰も知らない Japan Hirokazu Koreeda Japanese Caché France Michael Haneke French 2006(42nd) The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Germany Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck German To Return Volver Spain Pedro Almodóvar Spanish Babel {co-production} United States Mexico France Alejandro González Iñárritu English, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Japanese Sign Language & Berber 2007(43rd) This Is England United Kingdom Shane Meadows English The Edge of Heaven German:Auf der anderen SeiteTurkish:Yaşamın Kıyısında {co-production} Germany Turkey Fatih Akın German, Turkish & English 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile Romania Cristian Mungiu Romanian 2008(44th) Lust, Caution Se, jie色，戒 {co-production} United States China Taiwan Ang Lee Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Szechwanese, Japanese, Hindi & English There Will Be Blood United States Paul Thomas Anderson English No Country for Old Men United States Joel & Ethan Coen English 2009(45th) The White Ribbon Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte {co-production} Austria Germany Michael Haneke German Waltz with Bashir Vals im Bashirואלס עם באשיר {co-production} Israel Germany France Ari Folman Hebrew Still Walking Aruitemo aruitemo歩いても 歩いても Japan Hirokazu Koreeda Japanese
2010s Year Film Original title(s) Country Director(s) Language(s) 2010(46th) Lourdes {co-production} Austria France Germany Jessica Hausner French The Social Network United States David Fincher English Fish Tank United Kingdom Andrea Arnold English 2011(47th) A Separation Jodaí-e Nadér az Simínجدایی نادر از سیمین Iran Asghar Farhadi Persian Dogtooth KynodontasΚυνόδοντας Greece Yorgos Lanthimos Greek Winter's Bone United States Debra Granik English 2012(48th) Amour {co-production} France Germany Austria Michael Haneke French Laurence Anyways Canada Xavier Dolan French Moonrise Kingdom United States Wes Anderson English 2013(49th) Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 {co-production} France Belgium Spain Abdellatif Kechiche French 12 Years a Slave {co-production} United States United Kingdom Steve McQueen English The Turin Horse A torinói ló Hungary Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky Hungarian 2014(50th) Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit {co-production} Belgium France Italy Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne French & Arabic Ida {co-production} Poland Denmark France United Kingdom Paweł Pawlikowski Polish, French & Latin Boyhood United States Richard Linklater English 2015(51st) Leviathan LeviafanЛевиафан Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev Russian Carol {co-production} United Kingdom United States Todd Haynes English Timbuktu {co-production} France Mauritania Abderrahmane Sissako Arabic, French, Tamasheq & Bambara 2016(52nd) Son of Saul Saul fia Hungary László Nemes Hungarian Toni Erdmann {co-production} Germany Austria Maren Ade German, Romanian & English Mustang {co-production} France Turkey Germany Deniz Gamze Ergüven Turkish 2017(53rd) The Salesman Forušandeفروشنده {co-production} Iran France Asghar Farhadi Persian BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute France Robin Campillo French Moonlight United States Barry Jenkins English 2018(54th) Shoplifters Manbiki Kazoku万引き家族 Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Japanese Cold War Zimna wojna {co-production} Poland France United Kingdom Paweł Pawlikowski Polish BlacKkKlansman United States Spike Lee English 2019(55th) Parasite Gisaengchung기생충 South Korea Bong Joon-ho Korean CapernaumKafarnāḥūmکفرناحوم Lebanon Nadine Labaki LebaneseMarriage Story United States Noah Baumbach English
2020s Year Film Original title(s) Country Director(s) Language(s) 2020(56th) For Sama ‘min ajl sama‘من أجل سما {co-production} Syria United States United Kingdom Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Arabic & English Babyteeth Australia Shannon Murphy English Mank United States David Fincher English 2021(57th) Flee ‘Flugt‘ Denmark Jonas Poher Rasmussen English & Danish The Father France UK Florian Zeller English Nomadland United States Chloé Zhao English
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See also Academy Award for Best Picture BAFTA Award for Best Film Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film) Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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