Each year, three nominees are selected by the academy. Though infrequent, there have been occasions when all three nominees came from the same country; this happened in 2008 and 2010, when all the films were from the United States. In 2002, the first recipient of the award was Amélie. The most recent award was given in 2021 to 1917. The nation with the most cumulative nominations is the United States, with 38 of the 57 nominations and 13 of the 19 wins to date. Other nations with multiple nominations are United Kingdom (with twelve), France (with nine), Germany and Spain (with four) and China (with fhree).
Year | International title | National title | Production country | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Ref |
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2002 | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain | France[3] | | Jean-Marc Deschamps, Claudie Ossard | [4] |
2002 | A Beautiful Mind | A Beautiful Mind | United States[5] | | Ron Howard, Brian Grazer | |
2002 | The Piano Teacher | La Pianiste | France[6] | | Michael Katz, Yvon Crenn | |
2003 | The Pianist | Pianista | France[7] | | Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde, Gene Gutowski | [8] |
2003 | Dogville | Dogville | United Kingdom[9] | | Vibeke Windeløv | |
2003 | Good Bye, Lenin! | Good Bye, Lenin! | Germany[10] | | Stefan Arndt | |
2004 | The Passion of the Christ | The Passion of the Christ | United States[11] | | Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety, Enzo Sisti | [12] |
2004 | Life Is a Miracle | La vie est un miracle! | France[13] | | Alain Sarde, Emir Kusturica, Maja Kusturica | |
2004 | Lost in Translation | Lost in Translation | United States[14] | | Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola | |
2005 | The Aviator | The Aviator | United States[15] | | Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans, Jr. | [16] |
2005 | House of Flying Daggers | | China[17] | | William Kong, Zhang Yimou | |
2005 | Madagascar | Madagascar | United States[18] | , | Mireille Soria | |
2006 | Volver | Volver | Spain[19] | | Esther García, Agustín Almodóvar | [20] |
2006 | Match Point | Match Point | United Kingdom[21] | | Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley, Lucy Darwin | |
2006 | Munich | Munich | United States[22] | | Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel, Colin Wilson | |
2007 | The Queen | The Queen | France[23] | | Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Scott Rudin | [24] |
2007 | Apocalypto | Apocalypto | United States[25] | | Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia, Bruce Davey, Ned Dowd | |
2007 | Babel | Babel | United States[26] | | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik | |
2008 | There Will Be Blood | There Will Be Blood | United States[27] | | Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, Scott Rudin | [28] |
2008 | No Country for Old Men | No Country for Old Men | United States[29] | , | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin | |
2008 | Hancock | Hancock | United States[30] | | Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, Michael Mann, Will Smith | |
2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire | United States[31] | | Christian Colson | [32] |
2009 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Spain[33] | | Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum, Gareth Wiley | |
2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Inglourious Basterds | Germany[34] | | Lawrence Bender | |
2010 | Avatar | Avatar | United States[35] | | James Cameron, Jon Landau | [36] |
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Alice in Wonderland | United States[37] | | Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd | |
2010 | Up | Up | United States[38] | | Jonas Rivera, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | |
2011 | The King's Speech | The King's Speech | United Kingdom | | Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin | [39] |
2011 | Melancholia | Melancholia | Denmark[40] | | Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth | |
2011 | Black Swan | Black Swan | United States[41] | | Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver | |
2012 | The Artist | The Artist | France[42] | | | [43] |
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | The Dark Knight Rises | United States[44] | | Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven | |
2012 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | United Kingdom[45] | | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo | |
2013 | Gravity | Gravity | United States | | Alfonso Cuarón, | [46] |
2013 | The Great Gatsby | The Great Gatsby | United States | | Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Catherine Martin | |
2013 | Argo | Argo | United States | | Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney | |
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | The Grand Budapest Hotel | United States | | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson | [47] |
2014 | The Wolf of Wall Street | The Wolf of Wall Street | United States | | Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff | |
2014 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle : Chapitres 1 et 2 | France Belgium Spain | | Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval | |
2015 | Birdman | Birdman | United States | | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole | [48] |
2015 | The Theory of Everything | The Theory of Everything | United Kingdom Japan United States | | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten | |
2015 | The Martian | The Martian | United Kingdom United States | | Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam | |
2016 | The Revenant | The Revenant | United States | | Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole | [49] |
2016 | Café Society | Café Society | United States | | Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Edward Walson | |
2016 | Bridge of Spies | Bridge of Spies | United States Germany | | Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger | |
2017 | Loving Vincent | Loving Vincent | Poland United Kingdom United States | , | Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart, Sean M. Bobbitt | |
2017 | Dunkirk | Dunkirk | United Kingdom United States France Netherlands | | Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan | |
2017 | La La Land | La La Land | United States | | Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Gary Gilbert, Marc Platt | |
2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | United Kingdom United States | Martin McDonagh | Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh | |
2018 | The Shape of Water | The Shape of Water | United States | | Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale | |
2018 | A Star Is Born | A Star Is Born | United States | | Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Lynette Howell Taylor | |
2019 | The Lion King | The Lion King | United States | Jon Favreau | Jon Favreau, Jeffrey Silver, Karen Gilchrist | |
2019 | Green Book | Green Book | United States | | Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler | |
2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | United States United Kingdom China | | David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino | |
2020 | 1917 | 1917 | United States United Kingdom India Spain Canada China | Sam Mendes | Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver | |
2020 | Pinocchio | Pinocchio | Italy France United Kingdom | Matteo Garrone | Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco | |
2020 | Enfant Terrible | Enfant Terrible | Germany | Oskar Roehler | Markus Zimmer | | |