My Best International Film winners
by aleix_wiggum_93 | created - 08 Dec 2020 | updated - 19 Oct 2021 | PublicMy nominees (and winners) for Best International Film. Only films that are not English-spoken. I will include my top 5 films each year and, in cases where countries are repeated, I will add the runner-ups of other countries.
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1. Beginning (2020)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
When a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili | Stars: Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Saba Gogichaishvili
Votes: 2,384
2020 - Beginning
Nominees:
Beginning - Georgia*
El agente topo - Chile
Josep - France
La Llorona - Guatemala
Las Niñas - Spain
2. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 958,868 | Gross: $53.37M
2019 - Parasite
Nominees:
Dolor y Gloria - Spain
Ema - Chile
La trinchera infinita - Spain
Parasite - South Korea**
Portrait de jeune fille en feu - France
Additions:
Bacurau - Brazil
3. Roma (2018)
R | 135 min | Drama
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Votes: 169,773
2018 - Roma
Nominees:
Cold War - Poland
El Reino - Spain
Girl - Belgium
Roma - Mexico**
Quién te cantará - Spain
Additions:
Shoplifters - Japan
4. Uncertain Glory (2017)
115 min | Drama
In war-torn Spain, during the tumultuous 1937, a Republican young officer will hopelessly fall for the charms of a deceitful femme-fatale who will not hesitate to use him in her best interest.
Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Marcel Borràs, Núria Prims, Oriol Pla, Bruna Cusí
Votes: 1,032
2017 - Incerta glòria
Nominees:
El Autor - Spain
Estiu 1993 - Spain/Catalonia
Incerta glòria - Spain/Catalonia**
The Square - Sweden
Verónica - Spain
Additions:
Loveless - Russia
Nadie nos mira - Argentina
Visages Villages - France
5. Toni Erdmann (2016)
R | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Votes: 52,019 | Gross: $1.48M
2016 - Toni Erdmann
Nominees:
Elle - France
Forushande - Iran
Julieta - Spain
Ma vie de courgette - Switzerland
Toni Erdmann - Germany**
6. The Club (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso
Votes: 11,986 | Gross: $0.03M
2015 - El club
Nominees:
El club - Chile**
Mi gran noche - Spain
Mustang - France
Saul Fia - Hungary
Truman - Spain
Additions:
Mia Madre - Italy
7. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,818 | Gross: $3.49M
2014 - Mommy
Nominees:
Deux Jours, une nuit - Belgium
La isla mínima - Spain
Magical Girl - Spain
Mommy - Canada**
Relatos salvajes - Argentina
Additions:
Winter Sleep - Turkey
8. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 163,042 | Gross: $2.20M
2013 - La vie d'Adèle
Nominees:
La gran familia española - Spain
La grande bellezza - Italy
La herida - Spain
La vie d'Adèle - France**
Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados - Spain
Additions:
The Missing Picture - Cambodja
The wind rises - Japan
9. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Votes: 105,675 | Gross: $6.74M
2012 - Amour
Nominees:
A Royal Affair - Denmark
Amour - Austria**
Blancanieves - Spain
Dans la maison - France
De rouille et d'os - France
Additions:
Reality - Italy
10. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,484 | Gross: $7.10M
2011 - Nader and Simin, A Separation
Nominees:
Arrugas - Spain
Intouchables - France
La piel que habito - Spain
Mientras duermes - Spain
Nader and Simin, A Separation - Iran**
Additions:
Footnote - Israel
Monsieur Lazhar - Canada
11. Black Bread (2010)
Unrated | 108 min | Crime, Drama
In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to ... See full summary »
Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Francesc Colomer, Marina Comas, Nora Navas, Roger Casamajor
Votes: 5,068
2010 - Pa Negre
Nominees:
Biutiful - Mexico
Haevnen - Denmark
Les petits mouchoirs - France
Pa Negre - Spain/Catalonia
También la lluvia - Spain
Additions:
Dogtooth - Greece
12. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
Votes: 222,333 | Gross: $6.39M
2009 - El secreto de sus ojos
Nominees:
Das weisse Band - Germany
El secreto de sus ojos - Argentina**
Los abrazos rotos - Spain
Millenium: Män som hatar kvinnor - Sweden
Un prophète - France
13. Camino (2008)
TV-14 | 138 min | Drama
The young daughter of sectarian religious fanatics faces a deadly illness soon after falling in love for the first time.
Director: Javier Fesser | Stars: Nerea Camacho, Carme Elias, Mariano Venancio, Manuela Vellés
Votes: 5,338
2008 - Camino
Nominees:
Camino - Spain**
Departures - Japan
Entre les murs - France
L'heure d'été - France
Lat den rätte komma inn - Sweden
Additions:
Die Welle - Germany
14. The Orphanage (2007)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 163,576 | Gross: $7.16M
2007 - El orfanato
Nominees:
4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days - Romania
El orfanato - Spain/Catalonia**
La vie en Rose - France
Persepolis - France
REC - Spain/Catalonia
Additions:
Ben X - Belgium
Die Fälscher - Austria
15. Volver (I) (2006)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Votes: 107,462 | Gross: $12.90M
2006 - Volver
Nominees:
After the wedding - Denmark
Das Leben der Anderen - Germany
El laberinto del fauno - Mexico
Salvador (Puig Antich) - Spain/Catalonia
Volver - Spain**
Additions:
Zwartboek - Netherlands
16. The Method (2005)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
7 Spanish top corporate job candidates are left in a room and informed on computer screens about their tasks and that one of them is an observer. Let the psyching begin.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Eduard Fernández, Pablo Echarri
Votes: 12,156 | Gross: $0.01M
El método - Spain
Nominees:
Caché - France
C.R.A.Z.Y. - Canada
El método - Spain**
La bestia nel cuore - Italy
Tsotsi - South Africa
17. The Sea Inside (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 85,249 | Gross: $2.09M
2004 - Mar adentro
Nominees:
Der Untergang - Germany
La mala educación - Spain
Mar adentro - Spain**
María llena eres de Gracia - Colombia
Un longe dimanche de fiançailles - France
Additions:
Roma - Argentina
18. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 800,861 | Gross: $7.56M
2003 - Cidade de Deus
Nominees:
Cidade de Deus - Brazil**
En la ciudad - Spain/Catalonia
Good Bye, Lenin! - Germany
Memories of murder - South Korea
Te doy mis ojos - Spain
Additions:
Les invasions barbares - Canada
19. Talk to Her (2002)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling
Votes: 117,477 | Gross: $9.36M
2002 - Hable con ella
Nominees:
Hable con ella - Spain**
Irreversible - France
Lugares comunes - Argentina
Spirited Away - Japan
Y tu mamá también - Mexico
20. Amélie (2001)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta
Votes: 794,094 | Gross: $33.23M
2001 - Amélie
Nominees:
Amélie - France**
El hijo de la novia - Argentina
La pianiste - France
La stanza del figlio - Italy
Lucía y el sexo - Spain
Additions:
Monsoon Wedding - India
21. In the Mood for Love (2000)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Votes: 166,792 | Gross: $2.73M
2000 - In the mood for love
Nominees:
Amores perros - Mexico
In the mood for love - Hong Kong**
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse - France
Nueve reinas - Argentina
You're the one (Una historia de entonces) - Spain
22. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,853 | Gross: $8.26M
1999 - Todo sobre mi madre
Nominees:
Cuando vuelvas a mi lado - Spain
El mismo amor, la misma lluvia - Argentina
La lengua de las mariposas - Spain
Todo sobre mi madre - Spain**
Une liaison pornographique - France
23. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,009 | Gross: $57.60M
1998 - La vita è bella
Nominees:
Central do Brasil - Brazil
La niña de tus ojos - Spain
La vita è bella - Italy**
Lola rennt - Germany
Los amantes del Círculo Polar - Spain
Additions:
Idioterne - Denmark
24. Martín (Hache) (1997)
123 min | Drama
19-year-old Argentina Martin has a nearly fatal drug overdose. After that his mother sends him to Madrid, where his film director father (also called Martin) lives with his new much younger lover Alicia and bisexual actor friend Dante.
Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth
Votes: 4,755
1997 - Martín (Hache)
Nominees:
Martín (Hache) - Argentina**
Familia - Spain
Happy together - Hong Kong
La buena estrella - Spain
Secretos del corazón - Spain
Additions:
Marius et Jeannette - France
Mother and Son - Russia
25. Thesis (1996)
R | 125 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga
Votes: 42,451
1996 - Tesis
Nominees:
El amor perjudica seriamente la salud - Spain
El perro del hortelano - Spain
Kolya - Czech Republic
Tesis - Spain**
Tierra - Spain
Additions:
Conte d'été - France
26. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym but as she struggles in her relationship with her husband, she finds her output becoming darker.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 12,768 | Gross: $1.16M
1995 - La flor de mi secreto
Nominees:
El día de la bestia - Spain
Il postino - Italy
La flor de mi secreto - Spain**
La haine - France
The white balloon - Iran
Additions:
Underground - Yugoslavia
27. Three Colors: Red (1994)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit
Votes: 109,985 | Gross: $4.04M
1994 - Trois couleurs: Rouge
Nominees:
Chungking Express - Hong Kong
Días contados - Spain
Through the olive trees - Iran
To Live - China
Trois couleurs: Rouge - France**
28. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
R | 94 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Benoît Régent
Votes: 110,472 | Gross: $1.32M
1993 - Trois couleurs: Bleu
Nominees:
Farewell my concubine - China
La ardilla roja - Spain
The wedding banquet - Taiwan
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould - Canada
Trois couleurs: Bleu - France**
29. Belle Epoque (1992)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca
Votes: 11,394 | Gross: $5.97M
1992 - Belle Epoque
Nominees:
Belle Epoque - Spain**
Indochine - France
Léolo - Canada
Un lugar en el mundo - Argentina
Vacas - Spain
Additions:
Como agua para chocolate - Mexico
30. High Heels (1991)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran
Votes: 17,439 | Gross: $1.71M
1991 - Tacones lejanos
Nominees:
Amantes - Spain
Delicatessen - France
Europa - Denmark
Mediterraneo - Italy
Tacones lejanos - Spain**
31. Oh, Carmela! (1990)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares, Gabino Diego, Armando De Razza
Votes: 3,336 | Gross: $0.30M
1990 - ¡Ay, Carmela!
Nominees:
Átame - Spain
¡Ay, Carmela! - Spain**
Cyrano de Bergerac - France
Europa, Europa - Germany
Le Mari de la coiffeuse - France
Additions:
The Juniper Tree - Iceland
32. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 282,827 | Gross: $11.99M
1989 - Cinema Paradiso
Nominees:
Amanece, que no es poco - Spain
Asterix et le coup du menhir - France
Cinema Paradiso - Italy**
El vuelo de la paloma - Spain
Las cosas del querer - Spain
33. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 46,439 | Gross: $7.18M
1988 - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Nominees:
A Short Film About Killing - Poland
Hanussen - Hungary
Jarrapellejos - Spain
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios - Spain**
Red Sorghum - China
34. Wings of Desire (1987)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Votes: 76,988 | Gross: $3.33M
1987 - Der Himmel über Berlin
Nominees.
Au revoir, les enfants - France
Der Himmel über Berlin - Germany**
El bosque animado - Spain
La ley del deseo - Spain
Oci ciorne - Italy
35. El viaje a ninguna parte (1986)
134 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: José Sacristán, Laura del Sol, Juan Diego, María Luisa Ponte
Votes: 1,858
1986 - El viaje a ninguna parte
Nominees:
27 horas - Spain
Castle in the sky - Japan
El año de las luces - Spain
El viaje a ninguna parte - Spain**
Le déclin de l'empire américain - Canada
36. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,153 | Gross: $4.14M
1985 - Ran
Nominees:
La corte del faraón - Spain
Ran - Japan**
Sé infiel y no mires con quién - Spain
37. The Holy Innocents (1984)
PG | 107 min | Drama
Spain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros, Juan Sachez
Votes: 4,700
1984 - Los santos inocentes
Nominees:
Los santos inocentes - Spain**
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! - Spain
Sesión contínua - Spain
38. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
R | 188 min | Drama
Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 67,481 | Gross: $4.97M
1983 - Fanny and Alexander
Nominees:
Carmen - Spain
De vierde man - Netherlands
El crack dos - Spain
El Sur - Spain
Fanny and Alexander - Sweden**
39. Begin the Beguine (1982)
PG | 87 min | Drama
A renowned Spanish writer returns to his natal city after 40 years and embarks on a journey back to his roots, triggering memories of his past.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, José Bódalo, Agustín González
Votes: 1,610
1982 - Volver a empezar
Nominees:
La colmena - Spain
Laberinto de pasiones - Spain
San Clemente - France
Volver a empezar - Spain**
40. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 264,291 | Gross: $11.49M
1981 - Das Boot
Nominees:
Bodas de sangre - Spain
Das Boot - Germany**
El crack - Spain
41. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
PG | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.
Director: Vladimir Menshov | Stars: Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova, Aleksandr Fatyushin
Votes: 14,287 | Gross: $2.50M
1980 - Moscow does not believe in tears
Nominees:
Arrebato - Spain
El nido - Spain
Moscow does not believe in tears - Soviet Union**
Ópera Prima - Spain
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón - Spain
42. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 144,704 | Gross: $0.23M
1979 - Stalker
Nominees:
L’hypothèse du tableau volé - France
Stalker - Soviet Union**
43. La escopeta nacional (1978)
95 min | Comedy
Jaume Canivell, Catalan manufacturer of mechanical porters, accompanies his lover on a hunt to relate to important people. The farm where it is organized is full of strange characters.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Rafael Alonso, Luis Escobar, Antonio Ferrandis, Agustín González
Votes: 2,223
1978 - La escopeta nacional
Nominees:
La escopeta nacional - Spain**
Preparez vos mouchoirs - France
44. A Special Day (1977)
Approved | 106 min | Drama
Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd
Votes: 15,827
1977 - Una giornata particolare
Nominees:
Asignatura pendiente - Spain
Cet obscur objet du desir - France
Der Amerikanische Freund - Germany
Soldaat van Oranje - Netherlands
Una giornata particolare - Italy**
45. Volver (I) (2006)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Votes: 107,462 | Gross: $12.90M
Noms/wins per country:
Spain - 88 noms / 19 wins
France - 33 noms / 4 wins
Germany - 10 noms / 3 wins
Italy - 9 noms / 3 wins
Argentina - 8 noms / 2 wins
Canada - 5 noms / 1 wins
Mexico - 5 noms / 1 win
Iran - 4 noms / 1 win
Ran - 4 noms / 1 win
Sweden - 4 noms / 1 win
Denmark - 4 noms / 0 wins
Chile - 3 noms / 1 win
Hong Kong - 3 noms / 1 win
China - 3 noms / 0 wins
Brazil - 2 noms / 1 wins
South Korea - 2 noms / 1 win
Soviet Union - 2 noms / 1 win
Belgium - 2 noms / 0 wins
Hungary - 2 noms / 0 wins
Netherlands - 2 noms / 0 wins
Poland - 2 noms / 0 wins
Austria - 1 nom / 1 win
Georgia - 1 nom / 1 win
Colombia - 1 nom / 0 wins
Czech Republic - 1 nom / 0 wins
Guatemala - 1 nom / 0 wins
Romania - 1 nom / 0 wins
South Africa - 1 nom / 0 wins
Switzerland - 1 noms / 0 wins
Taiwan - 1 nom / 0 wins
Total Countries Nominated: 30
Total Countries Awarded: 16
Additions per country:
France - 3
Argentina - 2
Canada - 2
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