David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film

Albo d'oro

1950s-1960s

1958 The Prince and the Showgirl, directed by Laurence Olivier

1959 Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli

1962 Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by Stanley Kramer

1963 The Longest Day, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck

1964 Lawrence of Arabia, produced by Sam Spiegel

1970s

1972 The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin

1973 The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by Albert S. Ruddy

1974 Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Norman Jewison

1975 The Towering Inferno, directed by Irwin Allen

1976 Nashville, directed by Robert Altman

1977 Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger

1978 Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg

1979 The Wishing Tree (Natvris khe), directed by Tengiz Abuladze

1980s

1980 Kramer vs. Kramer, directed by Robert Benton

1982 Mephisto, directed by István Szabó

1983 Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough

1984 Fanny and Alexander, directed by Ingmar Bergman

1985 Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman

1986 Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack

1987 A Room with a View (A Room with a View), directed by James Ivory

1988 Au revoir les enfants, directed by Louis Malle

1989 Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson

1990s

1990 Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir

1991 Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film), directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (ex aequo)

Hamlet', directed by Franco Zeffirelli (ex aequo)

1992 Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Zhang Yimou

1993 Un coeur en hiver, directed by Claude Sautet

1994 In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan

1995 Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino

1996 Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud, directed by Claude Sautet

1997 Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte

1998 The Full Monty, directed by Peter Cattaneo

Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg

Vor, directed by Pavel Chukhray

1999 Train de vie, directed by Radu Mihaileanu

Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden

Central do Brasil, directed by Walter Salles

2000s

• 2000 Todo sobre mi madre, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes
  • East Is East, directed by Damien O'Donnell
• 2001 Le goût des autres, directed by Agnès Jaoui
  • Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry
  • Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallström
  • In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai
• 2002 The Man Who Wasn't There, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • No Man's Land, directed by Danis Tanovic
• 2003 The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski
  • Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall
  • Hable con ella, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry
  • L'homme du train, directed by Patrice Leconte
• 2004 Les invasions barbares, directed by Denys Arcand
  • Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton
  • Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, directed by Peter Weir
  • Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood
• 2005 Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood
  • 2046, directed by Wong Kar-wai
  • 3-Iron (Binjip), directed by Kim Ki-duk
  • Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George
  • Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford
• 2006 Crash, directed by Paul Haggis
  • A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg
  • Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney
  • Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee
  • Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood
• 2007 Babel, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Letters from Iwo Jima, directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  • The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabriele Muccino
  • The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese
• 2008 No Country for Old Men, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
  • Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor
  • Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn
  • In the Valley of Elah, directed by Paul Haggis
  • There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2009 Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant
  • The Visitor, directed by Thomas McCarthy
  • The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • WALL-E, directed by Andrew Stanton

2010s

• 2010 Inglourious Basterds, regia di Quentin Tarantino
  • A Serious Man, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
  • Avatar, directed by James Cameron
  • Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman
• 2011 Hereafter, directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan
  • Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve
  • The Social Network, directed by David Fincher
• 2012 A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi
  • Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
  • Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese
  • The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney
  • The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick
• 2013 Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino
  • Argo, directed by Ben Affleck
  • Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russell
  • Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee
• 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson
  • 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen
  • American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell
  • Blue Jasmine, directed by Woody Allen
  • The Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese
• 2015 Birdman, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater
  • The Salt of the Earth, directed by Wim Wenders
  • Mommy, directed by Xavier Dolan
• 2016
  • Bridge of Spies, directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Carol, directed by Todd Haynes
  • Inside Out, directed by Pete Docter
  • Remember, directed by Atom Egoyan
  • Spotlight, directed by Thomas McCarthy