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Parasite made history as the first non-English language film to win Best Picture. It was only, I believe, just the 10th non-English language film to make the Best Picture list. I think had the expanded Best Picture been around in the past decades, there could be more. I thought it would be fun to speculate which non-English films of the years with five nominees would’ve made the list based on the nominations they received beyond Best Foreign Language Film/International Feature. I think these are most likely:
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (Director, Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography)*
Pan’s Labyrinth (Screenplay, plus Cinematography, Makeup and Production Design wins)+
City of God (Director, Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography)*
Talk to Her (Director plus Screenplay win)*
Amelie (Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Sound Mixing (!!!))+
Three Colors: Red (Director, Screenplay, Cinematography)*
Cyrano de Bergerac (Actor, Production Design plus a Costumes win)+
My Life As A Dog (Director and Screenplay)*
Fanny & Alexander (Director, Screenplay, plus wins for Production Design, Cinematography and Costumes)
Ran (Director, Production Design and Cinematography plus a win for Costumes)*
Seven Beauties (Director, Screenplay, Actor)*
Face to Face (Director and Actress)*
Day For Night (Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress)**
A Man and a Woman (Director, Actress plus a Screenplay win)
The Battle of Algiers (Director, Screenplay)**
Divorce: Italian Style (Director, Actor plus a Screenplay win)*
8½ (Director, Screenplay, Production Design plus a win for Costumes)+ = lost International Feature
* = not nominated for International Feature for whatever reason.
**= won/nominated for International Feature in a different year due to weird rule.Did I miss anything?
ReplyThe following foreign-language films were nominated in more than one of the major categories but NOT for Best Picture:
Never on Sunday (1960; Best Director and Best Actress)
La Dolce Vita (1961; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
Divorce Italian Style (1962; Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay)
8 1/2 (1963; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
A Man and a Woman (1966; Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay)
The Battle of Algiers (1968; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
Day for Night (1974; Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay)
Amarcord (1975; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
Cousine, Cousine (1976; Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay)
Face to Face (1976; Best Director and Best Actress)
Seven Beauties (1976; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
Autumn Sonata (1978; Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay)
La Cage aux Folles (1979; Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
Das Boot (1982; Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
Fanny and Alexander (1983; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
My Life as a Dog (1987; Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
Red (1994; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
Talk to Her (2002; Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)
City of God (2003; Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007; Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
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