| Year | Movie |
| 2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) |
| 2021 | Drive My Car (Japan) |
| 2020 | Another Round (Denmark & Sweden) |
| 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 | 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 (Netherlands) |
| 1996 | Kolya (Czech Republic) |
| 1995 | Antonia’s Line (Netherlands) |
| 1994 | Burnt by the Sun (Russia) |
| 1993 | Belle Époque (Spain) |
| 1992 | Indochine (France) |
| 1991 | Mediterraneo (Italy) |
| 1990 | Journey of Hope (Switzerland) |
| 1989 | Cinema Paradiso (Italy) |
| 1988 | Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark) |
| 1987 | Babette’s Feast (Denmark) |
| 1986 | The Assault (Netherlands) |
| 1985 | The Official Story (Argentina) |
| 1984 | Dangerous Moves (Switzerland) |
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander (Sweden) |
| 1982 | To Begin Again (Spain) |
| 1981 | Mephisto (Hungary) |
| 1980 | Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Soviet Union) |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum (West Germany) |
| 1978 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (France) |
| 1977 | Madame Rosa (France) |
| 1976 | Black and White in Color (Ivory Coast) |
| 1975 | Dersu Uzala (Soviet Union) |
| 1974 | Amarcord (Italy) |
| 1973 | Day for Night (France) |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France) |
| 1971 | The Garden of the Finzi Continis (Italy) |
| 1970 | Investigation of a Citizen Above Susicion (Italy) |
| 1969 | Z (Algeria) |
| 1968 | War and Peace (Soviet Union) |
| 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 | 8½ (Italy) |
| 1962 | Sundays and Cybele (France) |
| 1961 | Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden) |
| 1960 | The Virgin Spring (Sweden) |
| 1959 | Black Orpheus (France) |
| 1958 | Mon Oncle (France) |
| 1957 | Nights of Cabiria (Italy) |
| 1956 | La strada (Italy) |
