The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the best film in the English language that is made by or focuses on people over the age of 50. The Best Foreign Film Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.
The exact name of the award has shifted occasionally throughout its history. At the 1st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, it was referred to as Best Foreign Film. In some years, it was referred to as Best Foreign Language Film instead. In 2021, the AARP titled the award "Best Foreign Film/Best International Film," mirroring the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's shift that year from Best Foreign Language Feature Film to Best International Feature Film. They returned to the title Best Foreign Film the next year.
Winners and nominees
2000s Year Film title used in nomination Original title Director(s) Country or countries Language(s) 2001(1st) Under the Sand Sous le sable François Ozon France French 2002(2nd) Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair India Hindi The Fast Runner ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ Zacharias Kunuk Canada Inuktitut I'm Going Home Je rentre à la maison Vou Para Casa Manoel de Oliveira France Portugal French English Rabbit-Proof Fence Rabbit-Proof Fence Phillip Noyce Australia WalmajarriEnglish 2003(3rd) Nowhere in Africa Nirgendwo in Afrika Caroline Link Germany GermanSwahiliEnglish Autumn Spring Babí léto Vladimír Michálek Czech Republic Czech The Barbarian Invasions Les Invasions barbares Denys Arcand Canada France French English Russian Ark Русский ковчег Russkij Kovcheg Alexander Sokurov Russia Russian Persian 2004(4th) Good Bye, Lenin! Good Bye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker Germany German The Motorcycle Diaries Diarios de motocicleta Walter Salles Argentina Spanish Quechua Osama اُسامه Siddiq Barmak Afghanistan Dari Monsieur Ibrahim Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran François Dupeyron France French The Sea Inside Mar adentro Alejandro Amenábar Spain Spanish Galician Catalan 2005(5th) Ushpizin האושפיזין Gidi Dar Israel Hebrew Bad Education La mala educación Pedro Almodóvar Spain Spanish Saraband Saraband Ingmar Bergman Sweden SwedishEnglishGerman After You... Après vous Pierre Salvadori France French Crónicas Crónicas Sebastián Cordero Ecuador Spanish English 2006(6th) The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany German The Young Lieutenant Le Petit Lieutenant Xavier Beauvois France French The Syrian Bride הכלה הסורית Eran Riklis Israel ArabicEnglishHebrewRussianFrench Volver Volver Pedro Almodóvar Spain Spanish Water Waterवाटर Deepa Mehta Canada Hindi 2007(7th) My Best Friend Mon meilleur ami Patrice Leconte France French After the Wedding Efter brylluppet Susanne Bier Denmark Sweden DanishEnglish Vitus Vitus Fredi M. Murer Switzerland Swiss German La Vie en Rose La Vie en Rose Olivier Dahan France French Persepolis Persepolis Marjane SatrapiVincent Paronnaud France FrenchEnglishPersianGerman 2008(8th) The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen SeiteYaşamın Kıyısında Fatih Akin Germany Turkey GermanTurkishEnglish A Christmas Tale Un conte de Noël Arnaud Desplechin France French Late Bloomers Die Herbstzeitlosen Bettina Oberli Stephanie Glaser Switzerland Swiss German Silent Light Stellet Licht Carlos Reygadas Mexico Plautdietsch The Class Entre les murs Laurent Cantet France French 2009(9th) Captain Abu Raed كابتن أبو رائد Amin Matalqa Jordan Arabic The Beaches of Agnès Les plages d'Agnès Agnès Varda France French For My Father סוף שבוע בתל אביב Dror Zahavi Israel Hebrew O' Horten O' Horten Bent Hamer Norway Norwegian Terribly Happy Frygtelig lykkelig Henrik Ruben Genz Denmark Danish
2010s Year Film title used in nomination Original title Director(s) Country or countries Language(s) 2010(10th) Farewell L'affaire Farewell Christian Carion France FrenchRussianEnglish A Film Unfinished שתיקת הארכיון Geheimsache Ghettofilm Yael Hersonski Germany Israel EnglishHebrewGermanPolish The First Beautiful Thing La prima cosa bella Paolo Virzi Italy Italian Mother 마더 Bong Joon-ho South Korea Korean Peepli Live Peepli Live Anusha Rizvi India Hindi 2011(11th) The Names of Love Le Nom des gens Michel Leclerc France French For 80 Days 80 Dias Jon Garaño Spain Spanish In Darkness W ciemności Agnieszka Holland Poland Polish Queen to Play Joueuse Caroline Bottaro France French The Skin I Live In La piel que habito Pedro Almodóvar Spain Spanish 2012(12th) Amour Michael Haneke Austria French 2013(13th) Renoir Renoir Gilles Bourdos France French The Act of Killing Jagal Joshua OppenheimerChristine CynnAnonymous Indonesian Denmark Norway United Kingdom Indonesian Child's Pose Poziția copilului Călin Peter Netzer Romania Romanian Gloria Gloria Sebastián Lelio Chile Spanish Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt Margarethe von Trotta Germany Luxembourg France German English French Hebrew Latin 2014(14th) Diplomacy Diplomatie Volker Schlöndorff Germany France FrenchGerman The Admiral: Roaring Currents 명량 Kim Han-min South Korea Korean Japanese Human Capital Il capitale umano Paolo Virzi Italy Italian Leviathan Левиафан Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia Russian Manakamana Manakamana Stephanie Spray Pacho Velez Nepal Nepali 2015(15th) RamsHrútarGrímur Hákonarson Iceland IcelandicMia MadreNanni Moretti Italy Italian The Salt of the Earth Le sel de la terreWim WendersJuliano Ribeiro Salgado BrazilFrenchPortugueseItalianTangerines მანდარინები MandariinidZaza Urushadze Estonia GeorgiaEstonianRussianTaxiتاکسیJafar Panahi IranPersian2016(16th)ElleEllePaul Verhoeven FranceFrenchA Man Called OveEn man som heter OveHannes Holm SwedenSwedishAquariusKleber Mendonça Filho BrazilPortuguese Our Last Tango Un tango másGerman Kral ArgentinaSpanish The People vs. Fritz BauerDer Staat gegen Fritz BauerLars Kraume GermanyGerman2017(17th)A Taxi Driver택시운전사Jang Hoon South Korea KoreanChavelaCatherine GundDaresha Kyi MexicoSpanishThe Insultʼadiyye raʼam 23 (قضية رقم ٢٣)Ziad Doueiri LebanonArabic (Lebanese) Like CrazyLa pazza gioiaPaolo Virzi ItalyItalianThe Women's Balcony ישמח חתני Emil Ben-Shimon IsraelHebrew2018(18th)RomaAlfonso Cuarón Mexico Cold War Zimna wojna Paweł Pawlikowski Poland Polish Never Look Away Werk ohne Autor Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany German Shoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Japanese The Guilty Den skyldige Gustav Möller Denmark Danish 2019(19th) Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria Pedro Almodóvar Spain SpanishAn Unexpected LoveEl amor menos pensadoJuan Vera ArgentinaSpanish Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho South Korea KoreanThe Farewell 别告诉她 Lulu Wang United States Mandarin EnglishThe Unorthodox Eliran Malka Israel Hebrew
2020s Year Film title used in nomination Original title Director(s) Country or countries Language(s) 2020/21The eligibility period for the 20th ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.(20th) Collective Colectiv Alexander Nanau Romania Romanian Another Round Druk Thomas Vinterberg Denmark Danish Bacurau Kleber Mendonça FilhoJuliano Dornelles Brazil Portuguese The Life Ahead La vita davanti a sé Edoardo Ponti Italy Italian The Weasels' Tale El Cuento de las Comadrejas Juan José Campanella Argentina Spanish 2021(21st)Sheep Without a Shepherd误杀Sam Quah ChinaMandarinDrive My Carドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi JapanJapaneseThe Hand of GodÈ stata la mano di DioPaolo Sorrentino ItalyItalianThere Is No Evil شیطان وجود ندارد Mohammad Rasoulof IranPersianTwo of UsDeuxFilippo Meneghetti FranceFrench, German 2022(22nd)The Quiet GirlAn Cailín CiúinColm Bairéad IrelandIrishArgentina, 1985Santiago Mitre ArgentinaSpanishBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsBardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdadesAlejandro G. Iñárritu MexicoSpanish, EnglishBroker브로커Hirokazu Kore-eda South KoreaKoreanOne Fine MorningUn beau matinMia Hansen-Løve FranceFrench 2023(23rd)The Zone of InterestJonathan Glazer United KingdomGerman, Polish, YiddishAmerikatsiԱմերիկացիMichael A. Goorjian ArmeniaArmenian, English, RussianPerfect Daysパーフェクト・デイズWim Wenders JapanJapaneseRadicalChristopher Zalla MexicoSpanishThe Taste of ThingsLa Passion de Dodin BouffantTrần Anh Hùng FranceFrench 2025(25th) Sentimental Value AffeksjonsverdiJoachim Trier NorwayNorwegian, English, SwedishIt Was Just an Accidentیک تصادف سادهJafar Panahi Iran FrancePersian, AzerbaijaniNo Other Choice어쩔수가없다Park Chan-wook South KoreaKoreanNouvelle VagueRichard Linklater FranceFrench, EnglishThe Secret AgentO Agente SecretoKleber Mendonça Filho BrazilPortuguese, German
Awards and nominations by country
The following countries received three or more nominations for Best Foreign Film:
Wins Country Nominations 7 France 22 5 Germany 9 1 Israel 6 Spain 6 South Korea 5 Mexico 5 United Kingdom 2 0 Italy 6 Denmark 5 Argentina 5 Brazil 3 Canada 3 Sweden 3 Japan 3
The following directors received multiple Best Foreign Film nominations: Wins Director Nominations 1 Pedro Almodóvar 4 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2 0 Paolo Virzi 3 Bong Joon-ho 2 Hirokazu Kore-eda 2 Kleber Mendonça Filho 2 Wim Wenders 2
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