AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film/Best International Film
AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film/Best International Film
Awarded for	Best movie not in the English language that is by or about people over 50
Country	United States
Presented by	AARP
First awarded	2002 (for films released during the 2001 film season)
Currently held by	The Quiet Girl (2022)
Website	https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

Last updated October 20, 2024

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[2] In some years, it was referred to as Best Foreign Language Film instead.^[3] 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.^[4]^[5] They returned to the title Best Foreign Film the next year.^[6]

Winners and nominees

indicates the winners.

2000s

Year	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director(s)	Country or countries	Language(s)
2001 (1st) ^[2]	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	Walmajarri English
2003 (3rd)	Nowhere in Africa	Nirgendwo in Afrika	Caroline Link	Germany	German Swahili English
	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	Swedish English German
	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	Arabic English Hebrew Russian French
	Volver	Volver	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain	Spanish
	Water	Water वाटर	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	Danish English
	Vitus	Vitus	Fredi M. Murer	Switzerland	Swiss German
	La Vie en Rose	La Vie en Rose	Olivier Dahan	France	French
	Persepolis	Persepolis	Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud	France	French English Persian German
2008 (8th)	The Edge of Heaven	Auf der anderen Seite Yaşamın Kıyısında	Fatih Akin	Germany Turkey	German Turkish English
	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	French Russian English
	A Film Unfinished	שתיקת הארכיון Geheimsache Ghettofilm	Yael Hersonski	Germany Israel	English Hebrew German Polish
	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 Oppenheimer Christine Cynn Anonymous 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	French German
	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)	Rams	Hrútar	Grímur Hákonarson	Iceland	Icelandic
	Mia Madre		Nanni Moretti	Italy	Italian
	The Salt of the Earth	Le sel de la terre	Wim Wenders Juliano Ribeiro Salgado	Brazil	French Portuguese Italian
	Tangerines	მანდარინები Mandariinid	Zaza Urushadze	Estonia Georgia	Estonian Russian
	Taxi	تاکسی	Jafar Panahi	Iran	Persian
2016 (16th)	Elle	Elle	Paul Verhoeven	France	French
	A Man Called Ove	En man som heter Ove	Hannes Holm	Sweden	Swedish
	Aquarius		Kleber Mendonça Filho	Brazil	Portuguese
	Our Last Tango	Un tango más	German Kral	Argentina	Spanish
	The People vs. Fritz Bauer	Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer	Lars Kraume	Germany	German
2017 (17th)	A Taxi Driver	택시운전사	Jang Hoon	South Korea	Korean
	Chavela		Catherine Gund Daresha Kyi	Mexico	Spanish
	The Insult	ʼadiyye raʼam 23 (قضية رقم ٢٣)	Ziad Doueiri	Lebanon	Arabic (Lebanese)
	Like Crazy	La pazza gioia	Paolo Virzi	Italy	Italian
	The Women's Balcony	ישמח חתני	Emil Ben-Shimon	Israel	Hebrew
2018 (18th)	Roma		Alfonso Cuarón	Mexico	Spanish / Mixtec
	Cold War	Zimna wojna	Paweł Pawlikowski	Poland	Polish
	Never Look Away	Werk ohne Autor	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Germany	German
	Shoplifters	Manbiki Kazoku (万引き家族)	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan	Japanese
	The Guilty	Den skyldige	Gustav Möller	Denmark	Danish
2019 (19th)	Pain and Glory	Dolor y gloria	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain	Spanish
	An Unexpected Love	El amor menos pensado	Juan Vera	Argentina	Spanish
	Parasite	기생충	Bong Joon-ho	South Korea	Korean
	The Farewell	别告诉她	Lulu Wang	United States	Mandarin English
	The Unorthodox		Eliran Malka	Israel	Hebrew

2020s

Year	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director(s)	Country or countries	Language(s)
2020/21 ^[7] (20th)	Collective	Colectiv	Alexander Nanau	Romania	Romanian
	Another Round	Druk	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark	Danish
	Bacurau		Kleber Mendonça Filho Juliano 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) ^[8]^[9]	Sheep Without a Shepherd	误杀	Sam Quah	China	Mandarin
	Drive My Car	ドライブ・マイ・カー	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Japan	Japanese
	The Hand of God	È stata la mano di Dio	Paolo Sorrentino	Italy	Italian
	There Is No Evil	شیطان وجود ندارد	Mohammad Rasoulof	Iran	Persian
	Two of Us	Deux	Filippo Meneghetti	Cinema of France	French, German
2022 (22nd) ^[10]	The Quiet Girl	An Cailín Ciúin	Colm Bairéad	Ireland	Irish
	Argentina, 1985		Santiago Mitre	Argentina	Spanish
	Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths	Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades	Alejandro G. Iñárritu	Mexico	Spanish, English
	Broker	브로커	Hirokazu Kore-eda	South Korea	Korean
	One Fine Morning	Un beau matin	Mia Hansen-Løve	France	French

Awards and nominations by country

The following countries received three or more nominations for Best Foreign Film:

Wins	Country	Nominations
7	France	21
5	Germany	9
1	Israel	6
	Spain	6
	South Korea	5
	Mexico	4
0	Italy	6
	Denmark	5
	Argentina	5
	Brazil	3
	Canada	3
	Sweden	3

The following directors received multiple Best Foreign Film nominations:

Wins	Director	Nominations
1	Pedro Almodóvar	4
1	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	2
0	Paolo Virzi	3
	Bong Joon-ho	2
	Hirokazu Kore-eda	2
	Kleber Mendonça Filho	2

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References

↑ Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
1 2 3 Newcott, William R. (May 2002). "Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 56–58.
↑ Appelo, Tim. "Movies for Grownups: See the Full List of 2019 Winners". AARP.
↑ Appelo, Tim. "Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List". AARP.
↑ Donnelly, Matt (April 24, 2019). "Netflix Can Chill: Academy Rules No Change in Streaming Oscar Eligibility".
↑ "AARP Movie Award Noms Reveal That Grownups Love Spielberg and Butt Plug Jokes". 15 December 2022.
↑ The eligibility period for the 20th ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
↑ "'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . 11 January 2022.
↑ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Film; 'King Richard' Lone Double Winner – Full List". 19 March 2022.
↑ "'The Fabelmans' Leads AARP's 2023 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees".

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[1] Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.

[auto-2] 1 2 3 Newcott, William R. (May 2002). "Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 56–58.

[3] Appelo, Tim. "Movies for Grownups: See the Full List of 2019 Winners". AARP.

[4] Appelo, Tim. "Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List". AARP.

[5] Donnelly, Matt (April 24, 2019). "Netflix Can Chill: Academy Rules No Change in Streaming Oscar Eligibility".

[6] "AARP Movie Award Noms Reveal That Grownups Love Spielberg and Butt Plug Jokes". 15 December 2022.

[name=2020-21-7] The eligibility period for the 20th ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[8] "'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . 11 January 2022.

[9] "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Film; 'King Richard' Lone Double Winner – Full List". 19 March 2022.

[10] "'The Fabelmans' Leads AARP's 2023 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees".

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v t e AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Film	Best Movie for Grownups Director Actor Actress Documentary Foreign Film Screenwriter Intergenerational Film Time Capsule Grownup Love Story Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Buddy Picture Ensemble
Television	TV Movie/Limited Series Series Actor Actress
Discontinued	Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up Best Comedy
Ceremonies	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)