New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual film critics awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.
1960s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
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| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits Juliet of the Spirits Juliet of the Spirits is a 1965 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini that uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape"... |
Giulietta degli spiriti | Italy | Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century... |
| 1966 | A Shop on the High Street The Shop on Main Street The Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Aryanization programme during World War II in the Slovak State.... |
Obchod na korze | Czechoslovakia | Ján Kadár Ján Kadár Ján Kadár was a Slovak film writer and director. As a filmmaker, he worked in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the United States, and Canada. Most of his films were directed in tandem with Elmar Klos. The two became best known for their Oscar-winning The Shop on Main Street... and Elmar Klos Elmar Klos Elmar Klos was a Czechoslovakian film director who collaborated for 17 years with Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with the film The Shop on Main Street.-References:... |
| 1967 | The War Is Over | La guerre est finie | France | Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began... |
| 1968 | War and Peace | Voyna i mir | Soviet Union | Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.- Biography :Born in Belozerka, in the Kherson Governorate, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeysk and Taganrog, graduating from the Taganrog School Number 4 in 1938. His first performance as an... |
1970s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
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| 1978 | Bread and Chocolate Bread and Chocolate Bread and Chocolate is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Franco Brusati. This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the commedia all'italiana film genre.-Plot:... |
Pane e cioccolata | Italy | Franco Brusati |
| 1979 | The Tree with the Wooden Clogs | L'albero degli zoccoli | France/Italy | Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi is a renowned Italian film director.-Biography:Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto.... |
1980s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
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| 1980 | My American Uncle | Mon oncle d'Amérique | France | Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began... |
| 1981 | Pixote Pixote Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco , is a Brazilian drama film directed by Hector Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book A infância dos mortos by José Louzeiro.... |
Pixote: A lei do mais fraco | Brazil | Hector Babenco Hector Babenco Héctor Eduardo Babenco is an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.He has worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States.... |
| 1982 | Time Stands Still Time Stands Still Time Stands Still is a 1982 Hungarian film about two brothers and the woman they both love, all living in Budapest during the uprisings of the 1950s. It stars István Znamenák, Henrik Pauer, Sőth Sándor and Anikó Iván and was directed by Péter Gothár... |
Megáll az idö | Hungary | Péter Gothár Péter Gothár Péter Gothár is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film The Outpost was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:... |
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander is a 1982 Swedish fantasy drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally conceived as a four-part TV movie and cut in that version, spanning 312 minutes. A 188-minute version was created later for cinematic release, although this version was in fact the... |
Fanny och Alexander | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and... |
| 1984 | A Sunday in the Country A Sunday in the Country A Sunday in the Country is a 1984 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.-Cast:* Louis Ducreux - Monsieur Ladmiral* Michel Aumont - Gonzague* Sabine Azéma - Irène* Geneviève Mnich - Marie-Thérèse* Monique Chaumette - Mercédès... |
Un dimanche à la campagne | France | Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen... |
| 1985 | Ran Ran (film) is a 1985 Japanese-French jidaigeki film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film starred Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. It also stars Mieko Harada as the wife of Ichimonji's eldest son... |
Japan/France | Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;... |
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| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Le déclin de l'empire américain | Canada | Denys Arcand Denys Arcand Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions... |
| 1987 | My Life as a Dog My Life as a Dog My Life as a Dog is a 1985 Swedish drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on a novel by Reidar Jönsson. It tells the story of Ingemar, a young boy sent to live with relatives... |
Mitt liv som hund | Sweden | Lasse Hallström Lasse Hallström Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog and later for The Cider House Rules .-Life and career:... |
| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas... |
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
| 1989 | Story of Women Story of Women Story of Women is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on July 30, 1943, for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the book by Francis Szpiner. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.-Plot:Isabelle... |
Une affaire de femmes | France | Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s... |
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
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| 1990 | The Nasty Girl | Das Schreckliche Mädchen | Germany | Michael Verhoeven Michael Verhoeven -Life and work:Verhoeven is the son of German film director, Paul Verhoeven . He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their son is the actor-director Simon Verhoeven. Together, the couple formed a production company to make films... |
| 1991 | Europa Europe Europa Europa Europa Europa is a 1990 German language film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its original German title is Hitlerjunge Salomon, i.e. "Hitler Youth Salomon". It is based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel, a German Jewish boy who escaped The Holocaust by masquerading not just as a non-Jew, but... |
Europa Europa | Germany | Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.-Personal life:... |
| 1992 | Raise the Red Lantern Raise the Red Lantern Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaption by Ni Zhen of the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong... |
Da hong deng long gao gao gua | China/Hong Kong/Taiwan | Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum.... |
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine | Ba wang bie ji | Hong Kong | Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:... |
| 1994 | Three Colours: Red Three Colours: Red Three Colors: Red is a 1994 film co-written, produced, and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the final film of The Three Colors Trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is preceded by Blue and White. Kieślowski had announced that this would be his final... |
Trois couleurs: Rouge | France/Poland/Switzerland | Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:... |
| 1995 | Wild Reeds | Les roseaux sauvages | France | André Téchiné André Téchiné André Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors.... |
| 1996 | The White Balloon | Badkonake sefid | Iran | Jafar Panahi Jafar Panahi Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He has gained recognition from film theorists and critics worldwide and received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear at the... |
| 1997 | Ponette Ponette Ponette is a 1996 French film directed by Jacques Doillon. The film centers on four-year-old Ponette , who is coming to terms with the death of her mother... |
France | Jacques Doillon Jacques Doillon Jacques Doillon is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women... |
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| 1998 | The Celebration The Celebration The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film, produced by Nimbus Film and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its original Danish title is Festen , and it was released under this title in the UK.... |
Festen | Denmark | Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production.... |
| 1999 | All About My Mother All About My Mother All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism.... |
Todo sobre mi madre | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
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| 2000 | Yi Yi: A One and a Two | Yi yi | Japan/Taiwan | Edward Yang Edward Yang Edward Yang , along with Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Tsai Ming Liang, was one of the leading filmmakers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. He won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film Yi Yi .-Biography:... |
| 2001 | In the Mood for Love In the Mood for Love In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung... |
Fa yeung nin wa | France/Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046... |
| 2002 | And Your Mother Too | Y tu mamá también | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :... |
| 2003 | City of God | Cidade de Deus | Brazil | Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films... |
| 2004 | Bad Education Bad Education Bad Education is a 2004 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Lluís Homar. The plot is about two reunited childhood friends in the vein of a murder mystery... |
La mala educación | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
| 2005 | 2046 2046 (film) 2046 is a 2004 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It is a loose sequel to the 1991 Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild and the 2000 Hong Kong film In the Mood for Love... |
China/Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046... |
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| 2006 | Army of Shadows | L'armée des ombres | France/Italy | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| 2007 | The Lives of Others The Lives of Others The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police... |
Das Leben der Anderen | Germany | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Maria Georg Christian, Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck is a German film director, best known for writing and directing the 2007 Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others and the 2010 film The Tourist.-Personal life and family:... |
| 2008 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.... |
4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Romania | Cristian Mungiu |
| 2009 | Summer Hours | L'heure de été | France | Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:... |
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
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| 2010 | Carlos Carlos (TV miniseries) Carlos is a 3-part French television drama mini-series, first broadcast on Canal+ in 2010. Produced by Film En Stock's Daniel Leconte in coproduction with Jens Meuer in association with Canal +, Studio Canal, ARTE, the Sundance Channel, it was created by Daniel Leconte and written by Dan Franck and... |
France/Germany | Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:... |
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| 2011 | A Separation | Jodái-e Náder az Simin | Iran | Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi -Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for... |