# Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film was an award presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), for a film made outside of Australia in English or non-English language. It was handed out at the Australian Film Institute Awards (known commonly as the AFI Awards), which are now the AACTA Awards after the establishment of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), by the AFI. The Award was handed out from 1992–2004.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, films listed first in boldface and highlighted in gold are the winners. Those that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.
| Year | Film title | Original title | Country(ies) | Recipient(s) |
| 1992 (34th) | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Truly, Madly, Deeply | United Kingdom | Robert Cooper |
| 1993 (35th) | The Crying Game | The Crying Game | United Kingdom | Stephen Woolley |
| 1993 (35th) | The Player | The Player | United States | David Brown, Michael Tolkin and Nick Wechsler |
| 1993 (35th) | Raise the Red Lantern | Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà 大紅燈籠高高掛 | China Hong Kong Taiwan | Chiu Fu-sheng |
| 1993 (35th) | Husbands and Wives | Husbands and Wives | United States | Robert Greenhut |
| 1994 (36th) | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Four Weddings and a Funeral | United Kingdom | Duncan Kenworthy |
| 1994 (36th) | Like Water for Chocolate | Como agua para chocolate | Mexico | Alfonso Arau |
| 1994 (36th) | Schindler's List | Schindler's List | United States | Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg |
| 1994 (36th) | In the Name of the Father | In the Name of the Father | Ireland United Kingdom | Jim Sheridan |
| 1995 (37th) | Once Were Warriors | Once Were Warriors | New Zealand | Lee Tamahori |
| 1995 (37th) | Heavenly Creatures | Heavenly Creatures | New Zealand | Jim Booth and Peter Jackson |
| 1995 (37th) | Priest | Priest | United Kingdom | George Faber and Josephine Ward |
| 1995 (37th) | Pulp Fiction | Pulp Fiction | United States | Lawrence Bender |
| 1996 (38th) | Fargo | Fargo | United States | Ethan Coen |
| 1996 (38th) | Burnt by the Sun | Utomlyonnye solntsem Утомлённые солнцем | Russia | Nikita Mikhalkov and Michael Seydoux |
| 1996 (38th) | Dead Man Walking | Dead Man Walking | United States | Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins and Rudd Simmons |
| 1996 (38th) | Trainspotting | Trainspotting | United Kingdom | Andrew Macdonald |
| 1997 (39th) | Secrets & Lies | Secrets & Lies | United Kingdom | Simon Channing-Williams |
| 1997 (39th) | Breaking the Waves | Breaking the Waves | Denmark | Peter Aalbaek Jensen and Vibeke Windeløv |
| 1997 (39th) | The English Patient | The English Patient | United Kingdom United States | Saul Zaentz |
| 1997 (39th) | Romeo + Juliet | Romeo + Juliet | United States | Baz Luhrmann and Gabriella Martinelli |
| 1998 (40th) | L.A. Confidential | L.A. Confidential | United States | Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan and Michael G. Nathanson |
| 1998 (40th) | Kundun | Kundun | United States | Barbara De Fina |
| 1998 (40th) | The Full Monty | The Full Monty | United Kingdom | Uberto Pasolini |
| 1998 (40th) | The Ice Storm | The Ice Storm | United States | Ted Hope, James Schamus and Ang Lee |
| 1999 (41st) | Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Italy | Gianluigi Braschi and Elda Ferri |
| 1999 (41st) | Elizabeth | Elizabeth | United Kingdom | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Alison Owen |
| 1999 (41st) | The Thin Red Line | The Thin Red Line | United States | Robert Michael Giesler, Grant Hill and John Roberdeau |
| 1999 (41st) | The Truman Show | The Truman Show | United States | Scott Rudin |
| 2000 (42nd) | American Beauty | American Beauty | United States | Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks |
| 2000 (42nd) | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Spain | Agustín Almodóvar |
| 2000 (42nd) | Being John Malkovich | Being John Malkovich | United States | Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern |
| 2000 (42nd) | The Sixth Sense | The Sixth Sense | United States | Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Barry Mendel |
| 2001 (43rd) | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Wòhǔ Cánglóng 臥虎藏龍 | Taiwan | Ang Lee and James Schamus |
| 2001 (43rd) | Almost Famous | Almost Famous | United States | Ian Bryce and Cameron Crowe |
| 2001 (43rd) | Billy Elliot | Billy Elliot | United Kingdom | Greg Brenman and Jon Finn |
| 2001 (43rd) | In the Mood for Love | Huāyàng niánhuá 花樣年華 | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai |
| 2002 (44th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | New Zealand | Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Tim Sanders and Fran Walsh |
| 2002 (44th) | A Beautiful Mind | A Beautiful Mind | United States | Brian Grazer and Ron Howard |
| 2002 (44th) | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | France | Claudie Ossard |
| 2002 (44th) | Gosford Park | Gosford Park | United Kingdom United States | Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy |
| 2003 (45th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Zealand | Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh |
| 2003 (45th) | Bowling for Columbine | Bowling for Columbine | United States | Charles Bishop, Jim Czarnecki, Michael Donovan, Kathleen Glynn and Michael Moore |
| 2003 (45th) | The Hours | The Hours | United Kingdom United States | Robert Fox and Scott Rudin |
| 2003 (45th) | Whale Rider | Whale Rider | New Zealand | John Barnett, Frank Hübner and Tim Sanders |
| 2004 (46th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Zealand | Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh |
| 2004 (46th) | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | United States | Anthony Bregman and Steve Golin |
| 2004 (46th) | Lost in Translation | Lost in Translation | Japan United States | Sofia Coppola and Ross Katz |
| 2004 (46th) | Mystic River | Mystic River | United States | Clint Eastwood, Judie G. Hoyt and Robert Lorenz |