| Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film | |
| Awarded For: | Best Motion Picture in a Foreign Language |
| Presenter: | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| Location: | United States |
| Holder: | Anatomy of a Fall (2023) |
| Website: | www.goldenglobes.com |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is a Golden Globe Award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to reward theatrically-released feature film not in the English language.
It was first introduced at the 7th Golden Globe Awards for the 1949 film year as Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film, and would return to be awarded yearly from the 1957 film year onwards; from 1948 to 1972, it existed alongside the Best English-Language Foreign Film category, which was intented for English-language films made outside the United States. The two categories were fused into Best Foreign Language Film in 1973, now rewarding any non-American films regardless of language; this was reversed in 1986 when it was renamed to Best Foreign Language Film, although this last change also made American films in non-English language eligible, such as winners Letters from Iwo Jima and Minari.
The award was originally an equivalent to the pre-existent Best English-Language Foreign Film, for English-language film made outside the United States. Following
Since the 1987 change in the criteria for this award, its eligibility criteria have been considerably broader than those for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; films are notably not submitted by their country, and there is not limit of one-eligible film per country as in the Academy Awards. Before 1974, the award was given only infrequently, and with several films being jointly honoured per year.[1]
The most honored country in this category is the United Kingdom, with seven films honored, followed by Spain and France.
Like the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, this award does not require that an eligible film be released in the United States. The official rules for the award state that submitted films must be at least 70 minutes in length and have at least 51% of their dialogue in a language other than English, and that they be "first released in their country of origin during the 14-months period from November 1 to December 31, prior to the Awards". Films that were not released in their country of origin due to censorship qualify with a one-week release in the U.S. during the specified period.[2]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), presenter of the Golden Globes, also does not limit the number of submitted films from a given country.[2] This differs from the practice of the Academy Awards' presenter, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which limits each country to one submission per year.[3]
Notes:
See also: Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film.
1965-1972: Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language
1973-1985: Best Foreign Film
1986–present: Best Foreign Language Film
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language | ||||
| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits | Giulietta degli spiriti | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| Always Further On | Tarahumara, cada vez más lejos | Luis Alcoriza | Mexico | |
| Circle of Love | La ronde | Roger Vadim | France | |
| Red Beard | 赤ひげ | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | |
| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Les parapluies de Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | France | |
| 1966 | A Man and a Woman | Un homme et une femme | Claude Lelouch | France |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Signore & signori | Pietro Germi | Italy | |
| Hamlet | Гамлет | Grigori Kozintsev | Soviet Union | |
| Impossible on Saturday | Pas question le samedi | Alex Joffé | France | |
| Loves of a Blonde | Lásky jedné plavovlásky | Miloš Forman | Czechoslovakia | |
| 1967 | Live for Life | Vivre pour vivre | Claude Lelouch | France |
| L'immorale | Pietro Germi | Italy | ||
| Closely Watched Trains | Ostře sledované vlaky | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia | |
| Elvira Madigan | Bo Widerberg | Sweden | ||
| The Stranger | Lo straniero | Luchino Visconti | Italy | |
| 1968 | War and Peace | Война и мир | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union |
| The Bride Wore Black | La mariée était en noir | François Truffaut | France | |
| I Even Met Happy Gypsies | Skupljači perja | Aleksandar Petrović | Yugoslavia | |
| Shame | Skammen | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | |
| Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | François Truffaut | France | |
| 1969 | Z | Costa-Gavras | Algeria | |
| Ådalen 31 | Ådalen '31 | Bo Widerberg | Sweden | |
| Blaumilch Canal | Te'alat Blaumilch | Ephraim Kishon | Israel | |
| Girls in the Sun | Κορίτσια στον Ήλιο | Vasilis Georgiadis | Greece | |
| Fellini Satyricon | Federico Fellini | Italy | ||
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Rider on the Rain | Le Passager de la Pluie | René Clément | France |
| Borsalino | Jacques Deray | Italy | ||
| The Confession | L'aveu | Costa-Gavras | France | |
| The Customer of the Off Season | אורח בעונה מתה | Moshé Mizrahi | France, Israel | |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Elio Petri | Italy | |
| 1971 | The Policeman | השוטר אזולאי | Ephraim Kishon | Israel |
| Claire's Knee | Le genou de Claire | Éric Rohmer | France | |
| The Conformist | Il conformista | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy | |
| Tchaikovsky | Чайковский | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union | |
| To Die of Love | Mourir d'aimer | André Cayatte | France | |
| 1972 | The Emigrants | Utvandrarna | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| The New Land | Nybyggarna | |||
| Cries and Whispers | Viskningar och rop | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | |
| The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie | Luis Buñuel | France | |
| Mirage | Espejismo | Armando Robles Godoy | Peru | |
| Roma | Federico Fellini | Italy | ||
| Best Foreign Film | ||||
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Der Fußgänger | Maximilian Schell | West Germany |
| Alfredo, Alfredo | Pietro Germi | Italy | ||
| Day for Night | La nuit américaine | François Truffaut | France | |
| Kazablan | Menahem Golan | Israel | ||
| State of Siege | État de siège | Costa-Gavras | France | |
| 1974 | Scenes from a Marriage | Scener ur ett äktenskap | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob | Gérard Oury | France | |
| The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Ted Kotcheff | Canada | ||
| Amarcord | Federico Fellini | Italy | ||
| Lacombe, Lucien | Louis Malle | France | ||
| 1975 | Lies My Father Told Me | Ján Kadár | Canada | |
| And Now My Love | Toute une vie | Claude Lelouch | France | |
| Hedda | Trevor Nunn | United Kingdom | ||
| The Magic Flute | Trollflöjten | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | |
| Special Section | Section spéciale | Costa-Gavras | France | |
| 1976 | Face to Face | Ansikte mot ansikte | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Cousin Cousine | Jean-Charles Tacchella | France | ||
| Pocket Money | L'argent de poche | François Truffaut | ||
| Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Settebellezze | Lina Wertmüller | Italy | |
| Bryan Forbes | United Kingdom | |||
| 1977 | A Special Day | Una giornata particolare | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive | Un éléphant ça trompe énormément | Yves Robert | France | |
| Madame Rosa | La vie devant soi | Moshé Mizrahi | ||
| That Obscure Object of Desire | Cet obscur objet du désir | Luis Buñuel | ||
| Raise Ravens | Cría cuervos | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| 1978 | Autumn Sonata | Höstsonaten | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Death on the Nile | John Guillermin | England | ||
| Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Dona Flor e seus dois maridos | Bruno Barreto | Brazil | |
| A Dream of Passion | Κραυγή Γυναικών | Jules Dassin | Greece | |
| Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Préparez vos mouchoirs | Bertrand Blier | France | |
| Going All the Way | Eskimo Limon | Boaz Davidson | Israel | |
| 1979 | Birds of a Feather | La cage aux folles | Édouard Molinaro | France, Italy |
| The Marriage of Maria Braun | Die Ehe der Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany | |
| The Europeans | James Ivory | United Kingdom | ||
| Till Marriage Do Us Part | Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso! | Luigi Comencini | Italy | |
| Soldier of Orange | Soldaat van Oranje | Paul Verhoeven | Netherlands | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minari | Lee Isaac Chung | United States | ||
| Another Round | Druk | Denmark | ||
| La Llorona | Guatemala | |||
| The Life Ahead | La vita davanti a sé | Italy | ||
| Two of Us | Deux | Filippo Meneghetti | France | |
| Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | |
| Compartment No. 6 | Hytti nro 6 | Juho Kuosmanen | Germany, Finland, Russia | |
| The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy | |
| A Hero | قهرمان | Asghar Farhadi | France, Iran | |
| Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | |
| Argentina, 1985 | Santiago Mitre | Argentina | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen nichts Neues | Edward Berger | Germany | |
| Close | Lukas Dhont | Belgium | ||
| Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea | |
| RRR | S. S. Rajamouli | India | ||
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland | |
| Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy | ||
| Past Lives | Celine Song | United States | ||
| Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J. A. Bayona | Spain | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland | ||
Nine directors have won the award multiple times.
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| 6 |  Ingmar Bergman |
| 3 |  Vittorio De Sica |
| 2 | Pedro Almodóvar |
 Michael Cacoyannis | |
 Michael Haneke | |
| Kurt Hoffmann | |
 Keisuke Kinoshita | |
| Jan Troell | |