Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Best Film Not in the English Language) is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best foreign language film of the year.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
1997 [1]	Shall We Dance?	Shall We Dansu?	Japan	Masayuki Suo
	Ponette		France	Jacques Doillon
	La Promesse		Belgium	Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
1998 [2]	Life Is Beautiful	La vita è bella	Italy	Roberto Benigni
	The Celebration	Festen	Denmark	Thomas Vinterberg
	Central Station	Central do Brasil	Brazil	Walter Salles
1999 [3]	Run Lola Run	Lola rennt	Germany	Tom Tykwer
	All About My Mother	Todo sobre mi madre	Spain	Pedro Almodóvar
	The Dreamlife of Angels	La Vie rêvée des anges	France	Erick Zonca
	The Red Violin	Le Violon Rouge	Canada	François Girard
	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	天浴 (Tiān Yù)	China	Joan Chen

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
2000 [4]	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Wo hu cang long	China	Ang Lee
	The Color of Paradise	رنگ خدا,Rang-e Khodā	Iran	Majid Majidi
	Girl on the Bridge	La fille sur le pont	France	Patrice Leconte
	Shower	洗澡, Xǐ zǎo	China	Zhang Yang
	Yi Yi	Yī Yī	Taiwan	Edward Yang
2001 [5]	Amélie	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain	France/Germany	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
	Fat Girl	À ma sœur!	France	Catherine Breillat
	In the Mood for Love	花樣年華	Hong Kong	Wong Kar-wai
	No Man’s Land	Ničija zemlja, Ничија земља	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Danis Tanović
	With a Friend Like Harry…	Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien	France	Dominik Moll
2002 [6]	And Your Mother Too	Y Tu Mamá También	Mexico	Alfonso Cuarón
	Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner	ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ	Canada	Zacharias Kunuk
	Monsoon Wedding		India	Mira Nair
	Spirited Away	千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki
	Talk to Her	Hable Con Ella	Spain	Pedro Almodóvar
2003 [7]	City of God	Cidade de Deus	Brazil	Fernando Meirelles
	The Barbarian Invasions	Les Invasions barbares	Canada/France	Denys Arcand
	Irreversible	Irréversible	France	Gaspar Noé
	The Man Without a Past	Mies vailla menneisyyttä	Finland	Aki Kaurismäki
	The Triplets of Belleville	Les Triplettes de Belleville	France/Belgium	Sylvain Chomet
2004 [8]	Hero	Ying xiong	China/Hong Kong	Zhang Yimou
	House of Flying Daggers	十面埋伏, Shímiàn máifú	China/Hong Kong	Zhang Yimou
	Maria Full of Grace	María, llena eres de gracia	Colombia	Joshua Marston
	The Motorcycle Diaries	Diarios de motocicleta	Argentina/Brazil	Walter Salles
	A Very Long Engagement	Un long dimanche de fiançailles	France	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2005 [9]	Downfall	Der Untergang	Germany	Oliver Hirschbiegel
	2046		Hong Kong	Wong Kar-wai
	Caché		France/Austria	Michael Haneke
	Kung Fu Hustle	功夫	Hong Kong/China	Stephen Chow
	Oldboy	올드보이, Oldeuboi	South Korea	Park Chan-wook
2006 [10]	Pan's Labyrinth	El laberinto del fauno	Mexico	Guillermo del Toro
	The Death of Mr. Lazarescu	Moartea domnului Lăzărescu	Romania	Cristi Puiu
	L’Enfant		Belgium	Dardenne brothers
	Volver		Spain	Pedro Almodóvar
	Water	जल, Jal	Canada/USA/India	Deepa Mehta
2007 [11]	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Le scaphandre et le papillon	France/USA	Julian Schnabel
	The Host	괴물, Goemul	South Korea/Japan	Bong Joon-ho
	The Lives of Others	Das Leben der Anderen	Germany	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
	The Orphanage	El orfanato	Spain/Mexico	J. A. Bayona
	La Vie en Rose	La Môme	France	Olivier Dahan
2008 [12]	Let the Right One In	Låt den rätte komma in	Sweden	Tomas Alfredson
	A Christmas Tale	Un conte de Noël	France	Arnaud Desplechin
	The Counterfeiters	Die Fälscher	Austria/Germany	Stefan Ruzowitzky
	I’ve Loved You So Long	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	France/Germany	Philippe Claudel
	Waltz with Bashir	ואלס עם באשיר, Vals Im Bashir	Israel	Ari Folman
2009 [13]	The White Ribbon	Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte	Germany	Michael Haneke
	Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos	Spain	Pedro Almodóvar
	Police, Adjective	Polițist, Adjectiv	Romania	Corneliu Porumboiu
	Silent Light	Stellet Licht	Mexico/France	Carlos Reygadas
	Summer Hours	L'Heure d'été	France	Olivier Assayas

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
2010 [14]	Mother	Madeo	South Korea	Bong Joon-ho
	Carlos		France/Germany	Olivier Assayas
	Dogtooth	Κυνόδοντας, Kynothontas	Greece	Yorgos Lanthimos
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Män som hatar kvinnor	Sweden/Denmark	Niels Arden Oplev
	A Prophet	Un prophète	France	Jacques Audiard
2011 [15]	A Separation	Jodái-e Náder az Simin	Iran	Asghar Farhadi
	13 Assassins	十三人の刺客, Jūsannin no Shikaku	United Kingdom/Japan	Takashi Miike
	Certified Copy	Copie conforme	France/Italy	Abbas Kiarostami
	The Skin I Live In	La piel que habito	Spain	Pedro Almodóvar
	Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives	ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ, Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat	Thailand	Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2012 [16]	Holy Motors		France/Germany	Leos Carax
	Amour		France/Austria	Michael Haneke
	Rust and Bone	De rouille et d'os	France/Belgium	Jacques Audiard
	This Is Not a Film	این فیلم نیست	Iran	Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
	The Turin Horse	A torinói ló	Hungary	Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky
2013 [17]	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	La vie d'Adèle	France	Abdellatif Kechiche
	Drug War	毒战	Hong Kong	Johnnie To
	Museum Hours		Austria	Jem Cohen
	Wadjda	وجدة	Saudi Arabia	Haifaa al-Mansour
	The Wind Rises	風立ちぬ, Kaze Tachinu	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki
2014 [18]	Two Days, One Night	Deux jours, une nuit	Belgium	Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
	Ida		Poland	Paweł Pawlikowski
	The Missing Picture	L'Image manquante	Cambodia/France	Rithy Panh
	Mommy		Canada	Xavier Dolan
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	かぐや姫の物語, Kaguya-hime no Monogatari	Japan	Isao Takahata
2015	The Assassin	Nie yin niang	Taiwan	Hou Hsiao-hsien
2016	The Handmaiden	Agassi	South Korea	Park Chan-wook
2017	BPM (Beats per Minute)	120 battements par minute	France	Robin Campillo
2018	Roma		Mexico	Alfonso Cuarón
2019	Parasite	Gisaengchung	South Korea	Bong Joon-ho

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Country	Director
2020	Minari	-	United States	Lee Isaac Chung
2021	Drive My Car	ドライブ・マイ・カー (Doraibu Mai Kā)	Japan	Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2022	Decision to Leave	헤어질 결심 (Heeojil gyeolsim)	South Korea	Park Chan-wook
2023	Anatomy of a Fall	Anatomie d'une chute	France	Justine Triet

References

• "OFCS - Awards". 3 January 2012. Retrieved 2020-12-22.

1. "1997 Awards (1st Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
2. "1998 Awards (2nd Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
3. "1999 Awards (3rd Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
4. "2000 Awards (4th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
5. "2001 Awards (5th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
6. "2002 Awards (6th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
7. "2003 Awards (7th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
8. "2004 Awards (8th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
9. "2005 Awards (9th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
10. "2006 Awards (10th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
11. "2007 Awards (11th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
12. "2008 Awards (12th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
13. "2009 Awards (13th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
14. "2010 Awards (14th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
15. "2011 Awards (15th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
16. "2012 Awards (16th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
17. "2013 Awards (17th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
18. "2014 Awards (18th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2025-02-27.