The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film is an annual film award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society.
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ridicule | France | Patrice Leconte |
| 1998 | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | Italy | Roberto Benigni |
| 1999 | Tango (Tango, no me dejes nunca) | Argentina / Spain | Carlos Saura |
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Colour of Paradise (Rang-e khoda) | Iran | Majid Majidi |
| 2001 | Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) | France / Germany | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 2002 | Talk to Her (Hable con ella) | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) | Canada / France | Denys Arcand |
| Irréversible | France | Gaspar Noé | |
| 2004 | The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) | Spain / France / Italy | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 2005 | Innocent Voices (Voces inocentes) | Mexico / Puerto Rico / USA | Luis Mandoki |
| 2006 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Qian li zou dan qi) | China / Hong Kong / Japan | Zhang Yimou |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) | France / USA | Julian Schnabel |
| 2008 | Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) | Sweden | Tomas Alfredson |
| 2009 | Il Divo | Italy | Paolo Sorrentino |
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) | Italy | Luca Guadagnino |
| 2011 | Le quattro volte | Italy | Michelangelo Frammartino |
| 2012 | The Kid with a Bike(Le gamin au vélo) | Belgium / France / Italy | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2013 | Drug War(Du zhan) | China / Hong Kong | Johnnie To |
| 2014 | Force Majeure(Turist) | Sweden | Ruben Östlund |
| 2015 | Taxi | Iran | Jafar Panahi |
| 2016 | Mountains May Depart | China | Jia Zhangke |
| 2017 | Thelma | Norway | Joachim Trier |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | Japan | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2019 | Parasite | South Korea | Bong Joon-ho |
| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé) | Italy | Edoardo Ponti |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Germany | Edward Berger |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | France | Justine Triet |