Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Russian: Золотой Орёл за лучший зарубежный фильм в российском прокате) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were established by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the annual Nika Awards given by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.^[1][2] It is the only category of the Golden Eagle Award that honors non-Russian-language films.

Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Awarded for	Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Country	Russia
Presented by	National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia
First award	2002
Currently held by	1917 (2020) (last one)
Website	Official site of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia

Each year, three nominees are selected by the academy. Though infrequent, there have been occasions when all three nominees came from the same country; this happened in 2008 and 2010, when all the films were from the United States. In 2002, the first recipient of the award was Amélie.^[3] The most recent award was given in 2021 to 1917. The nomination was discontinued in 2022. The nation with the most cumulative nominations is the United States, with 38 of the 57 nominations and 13 of the 19 wins to date. Other nations with multiple nominations are United Kingdom (with twelve), France (with nine), Germany and Spain (with four) and China (with fhree).

Nominations and awards

Key

Sign	Meaning
†	As an executive producer
‡	Indicates the winner

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie was the first winner.

Sam Mendes's 1917 was the latest winner.

Year	International title	National title[A]	Production country	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref
2002	Amélie‡	Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain	France[4]	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Jean-Marc Deschamps, Claudie Ossard	[5]
	A Beautiful Mind	A Beautiful Mind	United States[6]	Ron Howard	Ron Howard, Brian Grazer	[7]
	The Piano Teacher	La Pianiste	France[8]	Michael Haneke	Michael Katz,† Yvon Crenn†	[7]
2003	The Pianist‡	Pianista	France[9]	Roman Polanski	Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde, Gene Gutowski†	[10]
	Dogville	Dogville	United Kingdom[11]	Lars von Trier	Vibeke Windeløv	[12]
	Good Bye, Lenin!	Good Bye, Lenin!	Germany[13]	Wolfgang Becker	Stefan Arndt	[12][14]
2004	The Passion of the Christ‡	The Passion of the Christ	United States[15]	Mel Gibson	Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety, Enzo Sisti	[16][17]
	Life Is a Miracle	La vie est un miracle!	France[18]	Emir Kusturica	Alain Sarde, Emir Kusturica, Maja Kusturica	[16][19]
	Lost in Translation	Lost in Translation	United States[20]	Sofia Coppola	Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola	[16][19]
2005	The Aviator‡	The Aviator	United States[21]	Martin Scorsese	Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans, Jr.	[22][23]
	House of Flying Daggers	十面埋伏 (shí miàn mái fú)	China[24]	Zhang Yimou	William Kong, Zhang Yimou	[22][23]
	Madagascar	Madagascar	United States[25]	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath	Mireille Soria	[22][23]
2006	Volver‡	Volver	Spain[26]	Pedro Almodovar	Esther García, Agustín Almodóvar†	[27][28]
	Match Point	Match Point	United Kingdom[29]	Woody Allen	Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley, Lucy Darwin	[27][28]
	Munich	Munich	United States[30]	Steven Spielberg	Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel, Colin Wilson	[27][28]
2007	The Queen‡	The Queen	France[31]	Stephen Frears	Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward, Francois Ivernel,† Cameron McCracken,† Scott Rudin†	[32][33]
	Apocalypto	Apocalypto	United States[34]	Mel Gibson	Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia, Bruce Davey, Ned Dowd	[32][33]
	Babel	Babel	United States[35]	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu	Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik	[32][33]
2008	There Will Be Blood‡	There Will Be Blood	United States[36]	Paul Thomas Anderson	Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, Scott Rudin	[37][38]
	No Country for Old Men	No Country for Old Men	United States[39]	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin	[37][38]
	Hancock	Hancock	United States[40]	Peter Berg	Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, Michael Mann, Will Smith	[37][38]
2009	Slumdog Millionaire‡	Slumdog Millionaire	United States[41]	Danny Boyle	Christian Colson	[42][43]
	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Spain[44]	Woody Allen	Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum, Gareth Wiley	[42][43]
	Inglourious Basterds	Inglourious Basterds	Germany[45]	Quentin Tarantino	Lawrence Bender	[42][43]
2010	Avatar‡	Avatar	United States[46]	James Cameron	James Cameron, Jon Landau	[47][48]
	Alice in Wonderland	Alice in Wonderland	United States[49]	Tim Burton	Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd	[47][48]
	Up	Up	United States[50]	Pete Docter	Jonas Rivera, John Lasseter,† Andrew Stanton†	[47][48]
2011	The King's Speech‡	The King's Speech	United Kingdom[46]	Tom Hooper	Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin	[51][52]
	Melancholia	Melancholia	Denmark[53]	Lars von Trier	Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth	[51][52]
	Black Swan	Black Swan	United States[54]	Darren Aronofsky	Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver	[51][52]
2012	The Artist‡	The Artist	France[55]	Michel Hazanavicius	Thomas Langmann	[56][57]
	The Dark Knight Rises	The Dark Knight Rises	United States[58]	Christopher Nolan	Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven	[56][57]
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	United Kingdom[59]	Tomas Alfredson	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo	[56][57]
2013	Gravity‡	Gravity	United States	Alfonso Cuarón	Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman	[60]
	The Great Gatsby	The Great Gatsby	United States	Baz Luhrmann	Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Catherine Martin	[60]
	Argo	Argo	United States	Ben Affleck	Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney	[60]
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel‡	The Grand Budapest Hotel	United States	Wes Anderson	Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson	[61]
	The Wolf of Wall Street	The Wolf of Wall Street	United States	Martin Scorsese	Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff	[61]
	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	La Vie d'Adèle : Chapitres 1 et 2	France Belgium Spain	Abdellatif Kechiche	Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval	[61]
2015	Birdman‡	Birdman	United States	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Alejandro González Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole	[62]
	The Theory of Everything	The Theory of Everything	United Kingdom Japan United States	James Marsh	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten	[62]
	The Martian	The Martian	United Kingdom United States	Ridley Scott	Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam	[62]
2016	The Revenant‡	The Revenant	United States	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole	[63]
	Café Society	Café Society	United States	Woody Allen	Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Edward Walson	[63]
	Bridge of Spies	Bridge of Spies	United States Germany	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger	[63]
2017	Loving Vincent‡	Loving Vincent	Poland United Kingdom United States	Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman	Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart, Sean M. Bobbitt	[64][65]
	Dunkirk	Dunkirk	United Kingdom United States France Netherlands	Christopher Nolan	Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan	[64][65]
	La La Land	La La Land	United States	Damien Chazelle	Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Gary Gilbert, Marc Platt	[64][65]
2018	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri‡	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	United Kingdom United States	Martin McDonagh	Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh	[66][67]
	The Shape of Water	The Shape of Water	United States	Guillermo del Toro	Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale	[66][67]
	A Star Is Born	A Star Is Born	United States	Bradley Cooper	Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Lynette Howell Taylor	[66][67]
2019	The Lion King‡	The Lion King	United States	Jon Favreau	Jon Favreau, Jeffrey Silver, Karen Gilchrist	[68]
	Green Book	Green Book	United States	Peter Farrelly	Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler	[68]
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	United States United Kingdom China	Quentin Tarantino	David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino	[68]
2020	1917‡	1917	United States United Kingdom India Spain Canada China	Sam Mendes	Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver	[69]
	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	Italy France United Kingdom	Matteo Garrone	Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco	[69]
	Enfant Terrible	Enfant Terrible	Germany	Oskar Roehler	Markus Zimmer	[69]

A ^ : (Titles in brackets are transliterated)