| BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language | |
| Awarded For: | Excellence in world cinema |
| Presenter: | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Holder: | The Zone of Interest (2023) |
| Website: | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. The award was first given at the 36th British Academy Film Awards, recognising the films of 1982, and until 1990 was known as the Best Foreign Language Film. Prior to this, films recorded in a language other than English were often recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best Film, known between 1949 and 1969 as Best Film from any Source, also, in the 1980s there were only European films that the language originally recorded spoken in the film is not English, except Ran, between winners and nominees films in this category.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Stopped at Eboli | Cristo si è fermato a Eboli | Francesco Rosi | Nicola Carraro, Franco Cristaldi | Italy France | |
| Das Boot | Wolfgang Petersen | Günter Rohrbach | West Germany | ||
| Diva | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Claudie Ossard, Irène Silberman, Serge Silberman | France | ||
| Fitzcarraldo | Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog, Willi Segler, Lucki Stipetić | West Germany Peru | ||
| Danton | Andrzej Wajda | Margaret Ménégoz, Barbara Pec-Slesicka | France Poland | ||
| Confidentially Yours | Vivement dimanche! | François Truffaut | Armand Barbault, François Truffaut | France | |
| Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Jörn Donner | Sweden | |
| La Traviata | Franco Zeffirelli | Tarak Ben Ammar | Italy | ||
| Carmen | Carlos Saura | Emiliano Piedra | Spain | ||
| The Return of Martin Guerre | Le Retour de Martin Guerre | Daniel Vigne | Daniel Vigne | France | |
| Swann in Love | Un amour de Swann | Volker Schlöndorff | Eberhard Junkersdorf, Margaret Ménégoz | France West Germany | |
| A Sunday in the Country | Un dimanche à la campagne | Bertrand Tavernier | Bertrand Tavernier, Alain Sarde | France | |
| Colonel Redl | Oberst Redl | István Szabó | Manfred Durniok | West Germany Hungary Austria | |
| Carmen | Francesco Rosi | Patrice Ledoux | France Italy | ||
| Wayne Wang | Tom Sternberg, Wayne Wang, Danny Yung | United States | |||
| Subway | Luc Besson | Luc Besson, François Ruggieri | France | ||
| Ran | 乱 | Akira Kurosawa | Serge Silberman, Masato Hara | Japan | |
| Betty Blue | 37° 2 le matin | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Jean-Jacques Beineix | France | |
| Ginger and Fred | Ginger e Fred | Federico Fellini | Alberto Grimaldi | Italy France West Germany | |
| Otello | Franco Zeffirelli | Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan | Italy | ||
| The Sacrifice | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Anna-Lena Wibom | Sweden United Kingdom France | |
| Jean de Florette | Claude Berri | Pierre Grunstein, Alain Poiré | France | ||
| My Life as a Dog | Mitt liv som hund | Lasse Hallström | Waldemar Bergendahl | Sweden | |
| Manon des Sources | Claude Berri | Pierre Grunstein, Alain Poiré | France | ||
| Babette's Feast | Babettes Gæstebud | Gabriel Axel | Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, Benni Korzen, Pernille Siesbye | Denmark | |
| Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle | Louis Malle | France West Germany | ||
| Dark Eyes | Oci ciornie / Очи чёрные, Óchi chjórnyje | Nikita Mikhalkov | Carlo Cucchi | Italy Soviet Union | |
| Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | Wim Wenders | Anatole Dauman | West Germany | |
| Life and Nothing But | La vie et rien d'autre | Bertrand Tavernier | Frédéric Bourboulon, Albert Prévost, René Cleitman | France | |
| Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren | Bille August | Per Holst | Denmark Sweden | |
| Salaam Bombay! | Mira Nair | Gabriel Auer, Mira Nair | India | ||
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar | Spain | |
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Män som hatar kvinnor | Niels Arden Oplev | Søren Stærmose | Sweden | |
| I Am Love | Io sono l'amore | Luca Guadagnino | Luca Guadagnino, Tilda Swinton, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Marco Morabito, Alessandro Usai, Massimiliano Violante | Italy | |
| Biutiful | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira, Ann Ruark, Sandra Hermida | Mexico Spain | ||
| Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux) | Xavier Beauvois | Pascal Caucheteux, Étienne Comar, Grégoire Sorlat | France | |
| The Secret in Their Eyes | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Juan José Campanella, Mariela Besuievski | Argentina | |
| The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García | Spain | |
| Incendies | Denis Villeneuve | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | Canada | ||
| Pina | Wim Wenders | Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel | Germany | ||
| Potiche | François Ozon | Eric Altmeyer, Nicolas Altmeyer | France | ||
| A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین, Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín | Asghar Farhadi | Asghar Farhadi | Iran | |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz | France Austria | ||
| Headhunters | Hodejegerne | Morten Tyldum | Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn | Norway | |
| The Hunt | Jagten | Thomas Vinterberg | Morten Kaufmann, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | |
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Jacques Audiard | Jacques Audiard, Martine Cassinelli, Pascal Caucheteux, Alix Raynaud | France Belgium | |
| The Intouchables | Untouchable | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun | France | |
| The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Fabio Conversi | Italy France | |
| The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer | Signe Byrge Sørensen | Denmark | ||
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche | Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval | France Belgium | |
| Metro Manila | Sean Ellis | Mathilde Charpentier, Sean Ellis | United Kingdom Philippines | ||
| Wadjda | وجدة | Haifaa Al-Mansour | Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul | Saudi Arabia | |
| Ida | Pawel Pawlikowski | Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczyńska | Poland | ||
| Leviathan | Левиафан, Leviafan | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov | Russia | |
| The Lunchbox | Ritesh Batra | Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga, Arun Rangachari | India | ||
| Trash | Stephen Daldry | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier | United Kingdom Brazil | ||
| Two Days, One Night | Deux jours, une nuit | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd | Belgium France | |
| Wild Tales | Relatos Salvajes | Damián Szifron | Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García, Matías Mosteirín, Hugo Sigman | Argentina Spain | |
| The Assassin | 刺客聶隱娘, Cìkè Niè Yǐnniáng | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Wen-Ying Huang | Taiwan China Hong Kong | |
| Force Majeure | Turist | Ruben Östlund | Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson, Philippe Bober | Sweden France Norway | |
| Theeb | ذيب | Naji Abu Nowar | Bassel Ghandour, Rupert Lloyd | Jordan United Kingdom | |
| Timbuktu | Abderrahmane Sissako | Étienne Comar, Sylvie Pialat | Mauritania France | ||
| Son of Saul | Saul fia | László Nemes | Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna | Hungary | |
| Dheepan | Jacques Audiard | Pascal Caucheteux | France | ||
| Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García | Spain | ||
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | Charles Gillibert | Turkey France | ||
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michel Merkt | Germany Austria | ||
| The Handmaiden | 아가씨, Agassi | Park Chan-wook | Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim | South Korea | |
| Elle | Paul Verhoeven | Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt | France | ||
| First They Killed My Father | មុនដំបូងខ្មែរក្រហមសម្លាប់ប៉ារបស់ខ្ញុំ, Moun dambaung Khmer Krahm samleab ba robsa khnhom | Angelina Jolie | Angelina Jolie, Ted Sarandos, Michael Vieira | Cambodia United States | |
| Loveless | Нелюбовь, Nelyubov | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Gleb Fetisov | Russia | |
| The Salesman | فروشنده, Forušande | Asghar Farhadi | Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi | Iran | |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez, Nicolás Celis | Mexico | ||
| Capernaum | کفرناحوم, Kafarnāḥūm | Nadine Labaki | Michel Merkt, Khaled Mouzanar | Lebanon | |
| Cold War | Zimna wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska | Poland France | |
| Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Matteo Garrone, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco, Jean Labadie | Italy | ||
| Shoplifters | 万引き家族, Manbiki Kazoku | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Matsuzaki Kaoru, Hijiri Taguchi, Akihiko Yose | Japan | |
| Parasite | 기생충, Gisaengchung | Bong Joon-ho | Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon, Jang Young-hwan | South Korea | |
| The Farewell | Lulu Wang | Lulu Wang, Daniele Tate Melia, Anita Gou, Jane Zheng | United States | ||
| For Sama | من أجل سما, ‘min ajl sama‘ | Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Waad Al-Kateab | Syria United Kingdom | |
| Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Ricardo Marco Budé, Ignacio Salazar-Simpson | Spain | |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma | Bénédicte Couvreur | France | |
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another Round | Druk | Thomas Vinterberg | Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing | Denmark | |
| Dear Comrades! | Дорогие товарищи!, Dorogie tovarishchi | Andrei Konchalovsky | Andrei Konchalovsky, Olesya Gidrat, Alisher Usmanov | Russia | |
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral | France | ||
| Minari | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh | United States | |||
| Quo Vadis, Aida? | Jasmila Žbanić | Damir Ibrahimović, Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー, Doraibu mai kā | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Tsuyoshi Gorô, Misaki Kawamura, Osamu Kubota, Sachio Matsushita, Yoshito Nakabe, Keiji Okumura, Jin Suzuki, Akihisa Yamamoto | Japan | |
| The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Paolo Sorrentino | Paolo Sorrentino, Lorenzo Mieli | Italy | |
| Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | Pedro Almodóvar | Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García | Spain | |
| Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma | Bénédicte Couvreur | France | ||
| The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Joachim Trier | Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm | Norway | |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen nichts Neues | Edward Berger | Edward Berger, Malte Grunert | Germany | |
| Argentina, 1985 | Santiago Mitre | Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi-Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Mitre, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso | Argentina | ||
| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Marie Kreutzer | Austria Germany Luxembourg France | ||
| Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심, 헤어질 決心, Heeojil gyeolsim | Park Chan-wook | Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok | South Korea | |
| The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin | Colm Bairéad | Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí | Ireland | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | Ewa Puszczyńska, James Wilson | United Kingdom Poland United States | ||
| 20 Days in Mariupol | 20 днів у Маріуполі, 20 dniv u Mariupoli | Mstyslav Chernov | Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Derl McCrudden, Michelle Mizner | Ukraine | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion | France | |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler | United States | ||
| Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J.A. Bayona | Belén Atienza, Sandra Hermida, J.A. Bayona | Spain United States | |
4 directors have won the award multiple times.
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| 3 | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2 |  Zhang Yimou |
 Walter Salles | |
 Jacques Audiard | |
| Country | Number of winning films | Number of nominated films | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 7 | 52 | |
| Spain | 5 | 16 | |
| Italy | 4 | 17 | |
| Germany | 4 | 11 | |
| Mexico | 3 | 3 | |
| Sweden | 2 | 4 | |
| Denmark | 2 | 4 | |
| Japan | 2 | 4 | |
| Argentina | 2 | 3 | |
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2 | |
| Hungary | 2(-4) | 2 (-7[1]) | |
| Brazil | 1 | 5 | |
| Poland | 1 | 5 | |
| China | 1 | 3 | |
| Taiwan | 1 | 3 | |
| Hungary* | 2 | 2 | |
| India | 0 | 6 | |
| United States | 0 | 7 | |
| Russia | 0 | 4 | |
| Canada | 0 | 3 | |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | |
| Iran | 0 | 2 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | |
| Norway | 0 | 2 | |
| Cambodia | 0 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | |
| Israel | 0 | 1 | |
| Jordan | 0 | 1 | |
| Lebanon | 0 | 1 | |
| Mauritania | 0 | 1 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | |
| Syria | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 |