OSCAR'S BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS (1948- 2023)- UPDATED

2023 --  THE ZONE OF INTEREST  - United Kingdom

2022 -- ALL QUIET ON THE WSTERN FRONT - Germany

2021 -- DRIVE MY CAR- Japan

2020 -- ANOTHER ROUND ( Original title- DRUK) - Denmark

2019 -- PARASITE- South Korea

2018 -- ROMA- Mexico

2017 -- A FANTASTIC WOMAN- Chile

2016 -- THE SALESMAN- Iran

2015 -- SON OF SAUL- Hungary

2014 -- IDA- Poland

2013 -- THE GREAT BEAUTY- Italy

2012 -- AMOUR- Austria

2011 -- A SEPARATION- Iran

2010 -- IN A BETTER WORLD- Denmark
2009-- EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (The Secret in Their Eyes)- Argentina
2008-- DEPARTURES - Japan
2007-- THE COUNTERFEITERS - Austria
2006-- THE LIVES OF OTHERS - Germany
2005-- TSOTSI - South Africa
2004-- THE SEA INSIDE - Spain
2003-- THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - Canada
2002-- NOWHERE IN AFRICA - Germany
2001-- NO MAN’S LAND – Bosnia/Herzegovina
2000-- CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON – Taiwan
1999-- ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER – Spain
1998-- LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL – Italy
1997-- CHARACTER – The Netherlands
1996-- KOLYA – Czech Republic
1995-- ANTONIA’S LINE – The Netherlands
1994-- BURNT BY THE SUN – Russia
1993-- BELLE EPOQUE – Spain
1992-- INDOCHINE – France
1991-- MEDITERRANEO – Italy
1990-- JOURNEY OF HOPE – Switzerland
1989-- CINEMA PARADIS0 – Italy
1988-- PELLE THE CONQUEROR – Denmark
1987-- BABETTE’S FEAST – Denmark
1986-- THE ASSAULT – The Netherlands
1985-- THE OFFICIAL STORY – Argentina
1984-- DANGEROUS MOVES – Switzerland
1983-- FANNY & ALEXANDER – Sweden
1982-- VOLVER A EMPEZAR ( To Begin Again) – Spain
1981-- MEPHISTO – Hungary
1980-- MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS - USSR
1979-- THE TIN DRUM – Federal Republic of Germany
1978-- GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS – France
1977-- MADAME ROSA – France
1976-- BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR – Ivory Coast
1975-- DERSU UZALA – Union Soviet Socialist Republic
1974-- AMARCORD – Italy
1973-- DAY FOR NIGHT – France
1972-- THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISE- France
1971-- THE GARDEN OF FINZI-CONTINIS – Italy
1970-- INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION – Italy
1969-- Costa Gavras’ Z – Algeria
1968-- WAR AND PEACE – USSR
1967-- CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS – Czechoslovakia
1966-- A MAN AND A WOMAN – France
1965-- THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET – Czechoslovakia
1964-- YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW – Italy
1963-- Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ - Italy
1962-- SUNDAYS AND CYBELE – France
1961-- THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY – Sweden
1960-- THE VIRGIN SPRING – Sweden
1959-- BLACK ORPHEUS – France
1958-- MY UNCLE (MON ONCLE) – France
1957-- THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA – Italy
1956-- LA STRADA - -Italy
1955-- SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI – Japan
1954-- GATE OF HELL – Japan
1953-- N/A
1952-- FORBIDDEN GAMES – France
1951-- RASHOMON – Japan
1950-- THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA – France/Italy
1949-- THE BICYCLE THIEF – Italy
1948-- MONSIEUR VINCENT - France

OSCAR'S BEST PICTURES: FROM 1928 TO 2023/ UPDATED

2023- OPPENHEIMER

2022- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

2021- CODA

2020- NOMADLAND

2019- PARASITE

2018- GREEN BOOK

2017 -- THE SHAPE OF WATER

2016 -- MOONLIGHT

2015 -- SPOTLIGHT

2014 -- BIRDMAN

2013 -- 12 YEARS A SLAVE

2012 -- ARGO

2011 -- THE ARTIST

2010 -- THE KING'S SPEECH

2009 -- THE HURT LOCKER

2008 -- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 

2007 -- NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

2006 -- THE DEPARTED

2005 -- CRASH 

2004 -- MILLION DOLLAR BABY 

2003 -- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 

2002 -- CHICAGO

2001 -- A BEAUTIFUL MIND

2000 -- GLADIATOR

1999 -- AMERICAN BEAUTY

1998 -- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

1997 -- TITANIC

1996 -- THE ENGLISH PATIENT

1995 -- BRAVEHEART

1994 -- FORREST GUMP

1993 -- SCHINDLER’S LIST

1992 -- UNFORGIVEN

1991 -- THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

1990 -- DANCES WITH WOLVES

1989 -- DRIVING MISS DAISY

1988 -- RAIN MAN

1987 -- THE LAST EMPEROR

1986 -- PLATOON

1985 -- OUT OF AFRICA

1984 -- AMADEUS 

1983 -- TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

1982 -- GANDHI

1981 -- CHARIOTS OF FIRE

1980 -- ORDINARY PEOPLE

1979 -- KRAMER VS. KRAMER

1978 -- DEER HUNTER

1977 -- ANNIE HALL

1976 -- ROCKY

1975 -- ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

1974 -- THE GODFATHER II

1973 -- THE STING

1972 -- THE GODFATHER I

1971 -- THE FRENCH CONNECTION

1970 -- PATTON

1969 -- MIDNIGHT COWBOY

1968 -- OLIVER

1967 -- IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

1966 -- A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS 

1965 -- THE SOUND OF MUSIC

1964 -- MY FAIR LADY

1963 -- TOM JONES

1962 -- LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 

1961 -- WEST SIDE STORY

1960 -- THE APARTMENT

1959 -- BEN-HUR

1958 -- GIGI

1957 -- THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

1956 -- AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

1955 -- MARTY

1954 -- ON THE WATERFRONT

1953 -- FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

1952 -- THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

1951 -- AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

1950 -- ALL ABOUT EVE

1949 -- ALL THE KING’S MEN

1948 -- HAMLET

1947 -- GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT

1946 -- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

1945 -- THE LOST WEEKEND

1944 -- GOING MY WAY 

1943 -- CASABLANCA

1942 -- MRS. MINIVER

1941 -- HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

1940 -- REBECCA

1939 -- GONE WITH THE WIND

1938 -- YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

1937 -- THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA

1936 -- THE GREAT ZIEGFELD

1935 -- MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY

1934 -- IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

1933 -- CAVALCADE

1932 -- GRAND HOTEL

1931 -- CIMARRON

1930 -- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

1929 -- BROADWAY MELODY

1928 -- WINGS

87th OSCAR AWARDS: "BIRDMAN", BEST PICTURE; EDDIE REDMAYNE, BEST ACTOR; JULIANNE MOORE, BEST ACTRESS

(Fox's News) There were few surprises at the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted 87th Academy Awards. “Birdman” won for Best Picture, beating out main rival “Boyhood.” The film's director and screenwriter Alejandro Iñárritu also won in the directing and screenwriting categories, making "Birdman" the night’s big winner. “Two Mexicans in a row, that’s suspicious I guess,” Iñárritu joked, after the award’s presenter and friend Sean Penn cracked: “Who gave this son of a bi**h his green card?” Fellow Mexican director Alfson Cuaron won for "Gravity" in 2014.

Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” beating out co-favorite, "Birdman" star Michael Keaton.
“This Oscar – wooow!” Redmayne exclaimed before continuing more soberly. “This belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family, Stephen J. Hawking and children.”

Julianne Moore received a standing ovation for winning the Academy Award for her leading role as a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in “Still Alice.” “I read an article that said that winning an Oscar could lead to living five years longer,” she said. “If that’s true I’d really like to thank the academy because my husband is younger than me.”

The evening’s festivities got off to a slow start, with just one major award presented in its first hour and 15 minutes.

That Oscar, for Best Supporting Actor, went to J.K Simmons for his role as a domineering music teacher in “Whiplash.” It was the first Oscar nomination for Simmons, 60, a longtime character actor (and the guy on the Farmer's Insurance commercials). 

Patricia Arquette spiced things up a bit when she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Boyhood," a movie shot over a 12-year span. Bleeped for a curse word early in her acceptance speech, Arquette thanked everyone from friends and family and cast to her favorite painter, before getting political. Arquette dedicated her win to "to every woman who gave birth," saying "it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America."

The night had some other notable winners and moments. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” scored a handful of trophies, nabbing four Oscars for Best Original Score, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, and Production Design.

Graham Moore won for Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Imitation Game.” His list of thanks included one for Oprah, who presented the award. He also admitted to trying to commit suicide when he was 16 because he felt “weird” and "different,” and urged other kids who might feel the same way to “stay weird, stay different” so that one day they can be the ones up on the stage helping the next generation.

The Academy Awards had been criticized for omitting “Lego Movie” from the list of nominees for Best Animated Film. “Big Hero 6” ended up taking home the award.
The Song “Glory” from the film “Selma” won for Best Original Song, and winners John Legend and Common gave emotional speeches about equality, voting rights, and the incarceration rates for African-American men in the U.S.

Oh, and Lady Gaga sang a “Sound of Music” medley on the occasion of the movie’s 50th anniversary, and she was good. Then the subject of the tribute, Julie Andrews, came out and gave her a great big hug.

Neil Patrick Harris started the show with a tip of the cap to one of the controversies surrounding this year’s awards, which saw almost all of the major nominations go to white people.

“Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorry I mean brightest,” he joked.
Joined by Anna Kendrick and Jack Black, Harris then broke into the night’s big opening number “Moving Pictures,” the kind of lavish song and dance number for which the perennial Tony’s host has become famous.

The night's first big laughs came over an hour into the program, when Harris came out onto the stage in tightie whities like Keaton wore in “Birdman” during a bit in which he was locked out of his dressing room.

A running gag involving Octavia Spencer keeping an eye the host’s Oscar Prediction Box did not fare as well, recalling the time former host David Letterman repeated a lame introduction joke, “Uma, Oprah, Oprah, Uma,” over and over and over again.


When Harris' Oscar Prediction Box was opened at the end of the show revealing highlights of the show, the laughter was weary.

(Source: Fox' News: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/23/birdman-redmayne-
moore-oscar-winners/)

List of winners:

Best Picture- "Birdman" 
Best Director- Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" 
Best Actress- Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" 
Best Actor- Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" 
Best Supporting Actress- Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" 
Best Supporting Actor- J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" 
Best Adapted Screenplay- Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game" 
Best Original Screenplay- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, "Birdman
Best Foreign Language Film- "Ida" (Poland)
Best Documentary Feature- "CitizenFour”
Best Animated Feature- "Big Hero 6" 
Film Editing- "Whiplash" 
Best Song- "Glory" from "Selma" 
Best Original Score- Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 
Best Cinematography- Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman" 
Best Costume Design- "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 
Best Makeup and Hairstyling- "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 
Best Production Design- "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 
Best Sound Editing- "American Sniper" 
Best Sound Mixing- "Whiplash" 
Best Visual Effects- "Interstellar" 
Best Short Film, Live Action- The Phone Call" 
Best Short Film, Animated- "Feast" 
Best Documentary, Short Subject- "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"

86th OSCAR AWARDS: "12 YEARS A SLAVE", BEST PICTURE; McCONAUGHEY, BEST ACTOR; BLANCHETT, BEST ACTRESS

(CNN) -- The searing drama "12 Years a Slave" was named best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night.

The story of Solomon Northup, a free African-American man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, won just three awards, but they were all major: best picture, best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong'o) and best adapted screenplay (John Ridley).

Brad Pitt, one of the film's producers, accepted on behalf of the film before deferring to its director, a noticeably excited -- and tongue-tied -- Steve McQueen.

"Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live. This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup," McQueen said.

He added, "This is for all the people who have endured slavery, and the 21 million people who still endure slavery today."

Nyong'o, a newcomer, paid tribute to her character, Patsey, a slave in 1840s Louisiana. Her voice cracked as she spoke.
"It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is because of so much pain in someone else's," she said.

"Gravity" topped all films with seven Oscars, including an award for director Alfonso Cuaron.

The Mexican director devoted four years of his life to making the technically challenging film about a space mission gone wrong. He's the first Latin American to win the award.

"Gravity's" other Oscars are for original score, visual effects, sound mixing and sound editing, cinematography and film editing.

"Dallas Buyers Club" won three awards, including two in acting categories: best actor for Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for best supporting actor. The film also won for makeup and hairstyling.

As expected, Cate Blanchett won best actress for her turn as a modern-day Blanche DuBois in the Woody Allen film "Blue Jasmine."

Blanchett praised films with female protagonists. Female-centric movies are "not niche -- they make money!" she exclaimed to an ovation.

"Let It Go," from the animated film "Frozen," won best song. Robert Lopez, one of its songwriters, became an EGOT with his Oscar win: He now has an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. "Frozen" also won as best animated feature.

One of the evening's highlights was Darlene Love, one of the singers featured in documentary winner "20 Feet From Stardom." Love launched into an impromptu version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" upon the film's win, and her full-throated take brought down the house.

"The Great Gatsby" won two Oscars, for production design and costume design. Italy's "The Great Beauty" took home the Oscar for foreign-language film.


"American Hustle," which had tied "Gravity" for the most Oscar nominations (10), was completely shut out at the awards ceremony.

Source: CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/02/showbiz/movies/oscars-2014/

Best picture 
"12 Years a Slave

Actor in a leading role 
Matthew McConaughey - "Dallas Buyers Club"

Actor in a supporting role 
Jared Leto - "Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a leading role 
Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine

Actress in a supporting role 
Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years a Slave"

Directing 
Alfonso Cuaron - "Gravity"

Writing (adapted screenplay)
"12 Years A Slave" - John Ridley

Writing (original screenplay) 
"Her" - Spike Jonze

Animated feature film 
"Frozen"

 Documentary (feature) 
"20 Feet From Stardom"

Music (original song) 
"Let it Go" - "Frozen" - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Music (original score) 
"Gravity" Steven Price

Visual effects 
"Gravity"

Cinematography 
"Gravity"

 Costume design" 
"The Great Gatsby"

Makeup and hairstyling 
"Dallas Buyers Club"

Film editing 
"Gravity"

Documentary (short subject) 
 "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"

Foreign language film 
"The Great Beauty" - Italy

Short film (live action) 
"Helium"

 Short film (animated) 
"Mr. Hublot"

Production design 
""The Great Gatsby"

Sound editing 
""Gravity"

Sound mixing
"Gravity"

Posters- from internet source

85th OSCAR AWARDS: ARGO, BEST PICTURE; DAY-LEWIS, BEST ACTOR

(CNN) -- Ben Affleck may not have earned recognition from the Academy in the directing category, but his movie "Argo" walked away on Sunday with the best picture Oscar.
"Life of Pi" was another big winner during the 85th Oscars ceremony as it claimed four awards, including the best director statue for Ang Lee.

List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced on Monday in Los Angeles:
1. Best Picture: 'Argo.'
2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Lincoln.
3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, 'Silver Linings Playbook.'
4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, 'Django Unchained.'
5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, 'Les Miserables.'
6. Directing: Ang Lee, 'Life of Pi.'
7. Foreign Language Film: 'Amour.'
8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, 'Argo.'
9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, 'Django Unchained.'
10. Animated Feature Film: 'Brave.'
11. Production Design: 'Lincoln.'
12. Cinematography: 'Life of Pi.'
13. Sound Mixing: 'Les Miserables.'
14. Sound Editing (tie): 'Skyfall,' 'Zero Dark Thirty.'
15. Original Score: 'Life of Pi,' Mychael Danna.
16. Original Song: 'Skyfall' from 'Skyfall,' Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.
17. Costume: 'Anna Karenina.'
18. Documentary Feature: 'Searching for Sugar Man.'
19. Documentary (short subject): 'Inocente.'
20. Film Editing: 'Argo.'
21. Makeup and Hairstyling: 'Les Miserables.'
22. Animated Short Film: 'Paperman.'
23. Live Action Short Film: 'Curfew.'
24. Visual Effects: 'Life of Pi.

Oscar winners previously presented this season:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Honorary Award: Hal Needham
Honorary Award: DA Pennebaker
Honorary Award: George Stevens Jr
Award of Merit: Cooke Optics

Photo and movie posters- Internet source