# List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Czechoslovakia submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film between 1964 and 1991 before splitting into the independent Czech and Slovakia republics in 1993. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
Czechoslovak films received six Oscar nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, two of which won the Oscar, namely the Slovak-language The Shop on Main Street and the Czech-language Closely Watched Trains, both of which are black comedies set during World War II. Director Miloš Forman had two of his films selected to represent Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, and both were nominated. Forman eventually won two Oscars for Best Director after emigrating to the United States.
After the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic both began submitting films to the competition regularly. Since then, the Czech Republic has gotten three more Oscar nominations, including one win for Jan Svěrák's Kolya.

## Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Czechoslovakia for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.
Almost all submissions were primarily in Czech, although their 1982 and 1984 submissions were mainly in Slovak.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
| 1964 (37th) | Lemonade Joe | Limonádový Joe | Oldřich Lipský | Not nominated |
| 1965 (38th) | The Shop on Main Street | Obchod na korze | Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos | Won Academy Award |
| 1966 (39th) | Loves of a Blonde | Lásky jedné plavovlásky | Miloš Forman | Nominated |
| 1967 (40th) | Closely Watched Trains | Ostře sledované vlaky | Jiří Menzel | Won Academy Award |
| 1968 (41st) | The Firemen's Ball | Hoří, má panenko | Miloš Forman | Nominated |
| 1969 (42nd) | The Cremator | Spalovač mrtvol | Juraj Herz | Not nominated |
| 1973 (46th) | Days of Betrayal | Dny zrady I | Otakar Vávra | Not nominated |
| 1974 (47th) | Lovers in the Year One | Milenci v roce jedna | Jaroslav Balík | Not nominated |
| 1975 (48th) | Circus in the Circus | Cirkus v cirkuse | Oldřich Lipský | Not nominated |
| 1976 (49th) | One Silver Piece | Jeden stříbrný | Jaroslav Balík | Not nominated |
| 1978 (51st) | Nick Carter in Prague | Adéla ještě nevečeřela | Oldřich Lipský | Not nominated |
| 1979 (52nd) | Those Wonderful Men with a Crank | Báječní muži s klikou | Jiří Menzel | Not nominated |
| 1980 (53rd) | Love Between the Raindrops | Lásky mezi kapkami deště | Karel Kachyňa | Not nominated |
| 1981 (54th) | The Divine Emma | Božská Ema | Jiří Krejčík | Not nominated |
| 1982 (55th) | The Assistant | Pomocník | Zoro Záhon | Not nominated |
| 1983 (56th) | Incomplete Eclipse | Neúplné zatmění | Jaromil Jireš | Not nominated |
| 1984 (57th) | The Millennial Bee | Tisícročná včela | Juraj Jakubisko | Not nominated |
| 1985 (58th) | Scalpel, Please | Skalpel, prosím | Jiří Svoboda | Not nominated |
| 1986 (59th) | My Sweet Little Village | Vesničko má středisková | Jiří Menzel | Nominated |
| 1987 (60th) | Forbidden Dreams | Smrt krásných srnců | Karel Kachyňa | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | Tainted Horseplay | Kopytem sem, kopytem tam | Věra Chytilová | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | Vojtech, Called the Orphan | Vojtěch, řečený sirotek | Zdeněk Tyc | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | The Elementary School | Obecná škola | Jan Svěrák | Nominated |