New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Winners

1930s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1937Mayerling Anatole LitvakFrance1938Grand Illusion La Grande Illusion Jean Renoir1939Harvest Regain Marcel Pagnol

1940s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1940The Baker's WifeLa femme du boulanger Marcel PagnolFrance 1946Rome, Open City Roma città apertaRoberto RosselliniItaly 1947To Live in Peace Vivere in paceLuigi Zampa1948Paisan Paisà Roberto Rossellini1949Bicycle Thieves Ladri di biciclette Vittorio De Sica

1950s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1950L'AmoreRoberto RosselliniItaly 1951Miracle in MilanMiracolo a Milano Vittorio De Sica1952Forbidden GamesJeux interdits René ClémentFrance 1953Justice Is Done Justice est faite André Cayatte1954Gate of Hell 地獄門 Teinosuke KinugasaJapan 1955Umberto D. Vittorio De SicaItaly 1956The Road La StradaFederico Fellini1957Gervaise René ClémentFrance1958My Uncle Mon Oncle Jacques Tati1959The 400 Blows Les Quatre Cents Coups François Truffaut

1960s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1960Hiroshima My LoveHiroshima mon amour Alain ResnaisFrance 1961The Sweet LifeLa Dolce Vita Federico FelliniItaly 19638½ Otto e mezzo Federico Fellini1964That Man from Rio L'homme de Rio Philippe de BrocaFrance 1965Juliet of the Spirits Giulietta degli spiriti Federico FelliniItaly 1966The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korzeJán Kadár and Elmar KlosCzechoslovakia 1967The War Is Over La guerre est finieAlain ResnaisFrance1968War and Peace Война и мир Sergei BondarchukSoviet Union

1970s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1978Bread and Chocolate Pane e cioccolata Franco BrusatiItaly 1979The Tree with the Wooden ClogsL'albero degli zoccoliErmanno OlmiFrance, Italy

1980s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1980My American Uncle Mon oncle d'Amérique Alain ResnaisFrance 1981Pixote Pixote: A lei do mais fraco Hector Babenco Brazil1982 Time Stands Still Megáll az idö Péter GothárHungary 1983Fanny and Alexander Fanny och Alexander Ingmar Bergman Sweden1984A Sunday in the Country Un dimanche à la campagne Bertrand Tavernier France1985Ran 乱 Akira Kurosawa Japan, France 1986The Decline of the American Empire Le déclin de l'empire américain Denys Arcand Canada1987My Life as a DogMitt liv som hundLasse HallströmSweden1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Pedro AlmodóvarSpain 1989Story of Women Une affaire de femmes Claude Chabrol France

1990s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country1990The Nasty GirlDas Schreckliche Mädchen Michael VerhoevenWest Germany 1991Europa EuropaHitlerjunge SalomonAgnieszka Holland Germany 1992Raise the Red Lantern大紅燈籠高高掛Zhang Yimou China, Hong Kong, Taiwan1993Farewell My Concubine霸王別姬Chen KaigeChina/Hong Kong 1994Three Colours: RedTrois couleurs: RougeKrzysztof Kieślowski France/Poland/Switzerland1995Wild ReedsLes Roseaux sauvagesAndré TéchinéFrance 1996The White Balloonبادکنک سفيدJafar Panahi Iran1997 PonetteJacques Doillon France1998The CelebrationFestenThomas VinterbergDenmark 1999All About My MotherTodo sobre mi madrePedro AlmodóvarSpain

2000s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country2000Yi Yi 一一 Edward Yang Japan, Taiwan2001In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 Wong Kar-wai France, Hong Kong2002And Your Mother Too Y Tu Mamá También Alfonso Cuarón Mexico 2003City of God Cidade de Deus Fernando Meirelles Brazil 2004Bad Education La mala educación Pedro Almodóvar Spain 20052046 Wong Kar-wai China, Hong Kong2006Army of Shadows L'armée des ombres Jean-Pierre MelvilleFrance, Italy 2007The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany 20084 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Cristian Mungiu Romania 2009Summer Hours L'Heure d'été Olivier Assayas France

2010s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country2010Carlos Olivier Assayas France, Germany 2011A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Asghar Farhadi Iran 2012Amour Michael Haneke Austria, France, Germany 2013Blue Is the Warmest Colour La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 Abdellatif Kechiche France 2014Ida Paweł Pawlikowski Poland 2015Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako Mauritania 2016Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Germany 2017BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 BPM (Beats per Minute) Robin Campillo2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com France 2018Cold War Zimna Wojna Paweł Pawlikowski2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire Poland 2019Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline South Korea

2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country2020Bacurau Kleber Mendonça FilhoJuliano Dornelles Brazil 2021The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim TrierNew York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline Norway 2022EO Io Jerzy Skolimowski Poland 2023Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France 2024All We Imagine as Light പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലാം Payal Kapadia India 2025The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil

Multiple winners 10 directors have won the award multiple times.

Wins Director 4 Federico Fellini 3 Pedro Almodóvar Vittorio De Sica Alain Resnais Roberto Rossellini 2 Olivier Assayas René Clément Kleber Mendonça Filho Marcel Pagnol Paweł Pawlikowski Wong Kar-wai

See also Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film World cinema

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