David di Donatello for Best International Film

The David di Donatello for Best International Film (Italian : David di Donatello per il miglior film internazionale), known as the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film (Italian : David di Donatello per il miglior film straniero) prior to 2022, is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy's answer to the Oscars", ^[1] presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) since the 1959 edition. The category is specifically for films not competing for European honours. No awards were granted during the 1960 and 1961 editions, from 1965 to 1971, and in 1981. ^[2] Starting from the 2019 edition, the award also includes films that previously would have belonged to the category of Best European Film.

Winners and nominees

Winners are indicated in bold.

1950s–1960s

1958 The Prince and the Showgirl , directed by Laurence Olivier

1959 Gigi , directed by Vincente Minnelli

1960 No Award

1961 Ben Hur , directed by William Wyler

1962 Judgment at Nuremberg , directed by Stanley Kramer

1963 The Longest Day , produced by Darryl F. Zanuck

1964 Lawrence of Arabia , directed by David Lean

1965 My Fair Lady , directed by George Cukor

1966 The Agony and the Ecstasy , directed by Carol Reed

1967 Doctor Zhivago , directed by David Lean

1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner , directed by Stanley Kramer

1969 2001: A Space Odyssey , directed by Stanley Kubrick

1970s

1970 The Lion in Winter , directed by Anthony Harvey

1971 Ryan's Daughter , directed by David Lean

1972 The French Connection , directed by William Friedkin

1973 The Godfather , directed by Francis Ford Coppola

1974 Jesus Christ Superstar , directed by Norman Jewison

1975 The Towering Inferno , directed by Irwin Allen

1976 Nashville , directed by Robert Altman

1977 Marathon Man , directed by John Schlesinger

1978 Close Encounters of the Third Kind , directed by Steven Spielberg

1979 The Wishing Tree (ნატვრის ხე / Natvris khe), directed by Tengiz Abuladze

1980s

1980

• Kramer vs. Kramer , directed by Robert Benton

1981

• No Award

1982

• Mephisto , directed by István Szabó
  • Marianne and Juliane (Die bleierne Zeit), directed by Margarethe von Trotta
  • Reds , directed by Warren Beatty

1983

• Gandhi , directed by Richard Attenborough
  • The Way (Yol), directed by Yılmaz Güney
  • Victor/Victoria , directed by Blake Edwards
  • Missing , directed by Costa-Gavras

1984

• Fanny and Alexander , directed by Ingmar Bergman
  • Terms of Endearment , directed by James L. Brooks
  • Zelig , directed by Woody Allen

1985

• Amadeus , directed by Miloš Forman
  • The Killing Fields , directed by Roland Joffé
  • Paris, Texas , directed by Wim Wenders

1986

• Out of Africa , directed by Sydney Pollack
  • Another Time, Another Place , directed by Michael Radford
  • Ran (乱), directed by Akira Kurosawa

1987

• A Room with a View , directed by James Ivory
  • The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo
  • The Mission , directed by Roland Joffé

1988

• Au revoir les enfants , directed by Louis Malle
  • The Dead , directed by John Huston
  • Full Metal Jacket , directed by Stanley Kubrick

1989

• Rain Man , directed by Barry Levinson
  • Mississippi Burning , directed by Alan Parker
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios), directed by Pedro Almodóvar

1990s

1990

• Dead Poets Society , directed by Peter Weir
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors , directed by Woody Allen
  • May Fools (Milou en mai), directed by Louis Malle
  • Reunion , directed by Jerry Schatzberg
  • Life and Nothing But (La vie et rien d'autre), directed by Bertrand Tavernier

1991

• Cyrano de Bergerac , directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (ex aequo)
  Hamlet , directed by Franco Zeffirelli (ex aequo)
  • Dances with Wolves , directed by Kevin Costner
  • Nikita , directed by Luc Besson
  • Goodfellas , directed by Martin Scorsese

1992

• Raise the Red Lantern (Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà / 大紅燈籠高高掛), directed by Zhang Yimou
  • Thelma & Louise , directed by Ridley Scott
  • Shadows and Fog , directed by Woody Allen

1993

• A Heart in Winter (Un coeur en hiver), directed by Claude Sautet
  • Howards End , directed by James Ivory
  • The Crying Game , directed by Neil Jordan

1994

• In the Name of the Father , directed by Jim Sheridan
  • The Remains of the Day , directed by James Ivory
  • Schindler's List , directed by Steven Spielberg

1995

• Pulp Fiction , directed by Quentin Tarantino
  • Forrest Gump , directed by Robert Zemeckis
  • Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем / Utomlyonnye solntsem), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

1996

• Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud), directed by Claude Sautet
  • Mighty Aphrodite , directed by Woody Allen
  • Smoke , directed by Wayne Wang

1997

• Ridicule , directed by Patrice Leconte

1998

• The Full Monty , directed by Peter Cattaneo
  • Amistad , directed by Steven Spielberg
  • The Thief (Vor), directed by Pavel Chukhray

1999

• Train of Life (Train de vie), directed by Radu Mihaileanu
  • Shakespeare in Love , directed by John Madden
  • Central Station (Central do Brasil), directed by Walter Salles

2000s

2000

• All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • American Beauty , directed by Sam Mendes
  • East Is East , directed by Damien O'Donnell

2001

• The Taste of Others (Le goût des autres), directed by Agnès Jaoui
  • Billy Elliot , directed by Stephen Daldry
  • Chocolat , directed by Lasse Hallström
  • In the Mood for Love (花樣年華 / Fa yeung nin wa), directed by Wong Kar-wai

2002

• The Man Who Wasn't There , directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • No Man's Land (Ničija zemlja), directed by Danis Tanović

2003

• The Pianist , directed by Roman Polanski
  • Chicago , directed by Rob Marshall
  • Talk to Her (Hable con ella), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • The Hours , directed by Stephen Daldry
  • The Man on the Train (L'homme du train), directed by Patrice Leconte

2004

• The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares), directed by Denys Arcand
  • Big Fish , directed by Tim Burton
  • Lost in Translation , directed by Sofia Coppola
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World , directed by Peter Weir
  • Mystic River , directed by Clint Eastwood

2005

• Million Dollar Baby , directed by Clint Eastwood
  • 2046 , directed by Wong Kar-wai
  • 3-Iron (빈집 / Bin-jip), directed by Kim Ki-duk
  • Hotel Rwanda , directed by Terry George
  • Ray , directed by Taylor Hackford

2006

• Crash , directed by Paul Haggis
  • A History of Violence , directed by David Cronenberg
  • Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney
  • Brokeback Mountain , directed by Ang Lee
  • Tsotsi , directed by Gavin Hood

2007

• Babel , directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Letters from Iwo Jima , directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Little Miss Sunshine , directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  • The Pursuit of Happyness , directed by Gabriele Muccino
  • The Departed , directed by Martin Scorsese

2008

• No Country for Old Men , directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • Across the Universe , directed by Julie Taymor
  • Into the Wild , directed by Sean Penn
  • In the Valley of Elah , directed by Paul Haggis
  • There Will Be Blood , directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

2009

• Gran Torino , directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Milk , directed by Gus Van Sant
  • The Visitor , directed by Tom McCarthy
  • The Wrestler , directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • WALL-E , directed by Andrew Stanton

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
2010	Inglourious Basterds		Quentin Tarantino
	A Serious Man		Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
	Avatar		James Cameron
	Invictus		Clint Eastwood
	Up in the Air		Jason Reitman
2011	Hereafter		Clint Eastwood
	Black Swan		Darren Aronofsky
	Incendies		Denis Villeneuve
	The Social Network		David Fincher
	Inception		Christopher Nolan
2012	A Separation	جدایی نادر از سیمین	Asghar Farhadi
	Drive		Nicolas Winding Refn
	The Tree of Life		Terrence Malick
	The Ides of March		George Clooney
	Hugo		Martin Scorsese
2013	Django Unchained		Quentin Tarantino
	Life of Pi		Ang Lee
	Argo		Ben Affleck
	Silver Linings Playbook		David O. Russell
	Lincoln		Steven Spielberg
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel		Wes Anderson
	12 Years a Slave		Steve McQueen
	Blue Jasmine		Woody Allen
	American Hustle		David O. Russell
	The Wolf of Wall Street		Martin Scorsese
2015	Birdman		Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Boyhood		Richard Linklater
	The Salt of the Earth		Wim Wenders
	American Sniper		Clint Eastwood
	Mommy		Xavier Dolan
2016	Bridge of Spies		Steven Spielberg
	Carol		Todd Haynes
	Inside Out		Pete Docter
	Remember		Atom Egoyan
	Spotlight		Thomas McCarthy
2017	Nocturnal Animals		Tom Ford
	Captain Fantastic		Matt Ross
	Lion		Garth Davis
	Paterson		Jim Jarmusch
	Sully		Clint Eastwood
2018	Dunkirk		Christopher Nolan	[3]
	La La Land		Damien Chazelle
	The Insult	قضية رقم 23	Ziad Doueiri
	Manchester by the Sea		Kenneth Lonergan
	Loveless	Нелюбовь	Andrey Zvyagintsev
2019	Roma		Alfonso Cuarón	[4]
	Cold War	Zimna wojna	Paweł Pawlikowski
	Bohemian Rhapsody		Bryan Singer
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri		Martin McDonagh
	Phantom Thread		Paul Thomas Anderson

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
2020	Parasite	기생충	Bong Joon Ho	[5]
	Green Book		Peter Farrelly
	Joker		Todd Phillips
	An Officer and a Spy	J'accuse	Roman Polanski
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood		Quentin Tarantino
2021	1917		Sam Mendes
	Les Misérables		Ladj Ly
	Richard Jewell		Clint Eastwood
	Jojo Rabbit		Taika Waititi
	Sorry We Missed You		Ken Loach
2022	Belfast		Kenneth Branagh
	Drive My Car	ドライブ・マイ・カー	Ryusuke Hamaguchi
	Dune		Denis Villeneuve
	The Power of the Dog		Jane Campion
	Don't Look Up		Adam McKay
2023	The Fabelmans		Steven Spielberg
	Bones and All		Luca Guadagnino
	Elvis		Baz Luhrmann
	Licorice Pizza		Paul Thomas Anderson
	Triangle of Sadness		Ruben Östlund
2024	Anatomy of a Fall	Anatomie d'une chute	Justine Triet	[6]
	The Beasts	As bestas	Rodrigo Sorogoyen
	Fallen Leaves	Kuolleet lehdet	Aki Kaurismäki
	Killers of the Flower Moon		Martin Scorsese
	Oppenheimer		Christopher Nolan
2025	Anora		Sean Baker	[7]
	Conclave		Edward Berger
	Juror No. 2		Clint Eastwood
	The Zone of Interest		Jonathan Glazer
	Perfect Days		Wim Wenders

Awards by nation

Country	Number of winning films	Number of nominated films
United States of America	35	81
United Kingdom	11	18
France	8	8
Canada	1	3
Spain	1	2
Poland	1	1
South Korea	1	1
Sweden	1	1
China	1	0
Hungary	1	0
Iran	1	0
Ireland	1	0
Mexico	1	0
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [nb 1]	1	0
Russia	0	3
Germany [nb 2]	0	2
Hong Kong	0	2
Japan	0	3
Argentina	0	1
Australia	0	1
Brazil	0	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1
Lebanon	0	1
South Africa	0	1
Turkey	0	1
New Zealand	0	1

Notes

1. The Soviet Union received its nomination for a Georgian-language film and was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.
2. Includes films of West Germany.

References

1. Ariston Anderson, "'Spotlight,' 'Inside Out' Among Nominees for Italian Oscars," The Hollywood Reporter , 22 March 2016, URL accessed 24 July 2016.
2. "Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello" [Chronology of David di Donatello awards]. daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
3. Anderson, Ariston (21 March 2018). "Steven Spielberg, Diane Keaton, 'Dunkirk,' 'A Ciambra' Honored at Italy's David di Donatello Awards". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 April 2025.
4. Anderson, Ariston (28 March 2019). "'Dogman' Wins Big at Italy's David di Donatello Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 April 2025.
5. Yoo, Cheong-mo (19 February 2020). "'Parasite' wins prestigious Italian award". Yonhap News Agency . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
6. Santacatterina, Manuela (12 April 2024). "David di Donatello 2024: Anatomia di una caduta di Justine Triet è il miglior film internazionale" [David di Donatello 2024: Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet is the best international film]. The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 14 April 2025.
7. "David di Donatello, Anora miglior film internazionale" [David di Donatello, Anora Best International Film]. Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 22 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.

External links

• David di Donatello for Best International Film at IMDb
• David di Donatello official website