# AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the best film in the English language that is made by or focuses on people over the age of 50. The Best Foreign Film Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.
The exact name of the award has shifted occasionally throughout its history. At the 1st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, it was referred to as Best Foreign Film. In some years, it was referred to as Best Foreign Language Film instead. In 2021, the AARP titled the award "Best Foreign Film/Best International Film," mirroring the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's shift that year from Best Foreign Language Feature Film to Best International Feature Film. They returned to the title Best Foreign Film the next year.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

| Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Country or countries | Language(s) |
| 2001 (1st) | Under the Sand | Sous le sable | François Ozon | France | French |
| 2002 (2nd) | Monsoon Wedding | Monsoon Wedding | Mira Nair | India | Hindi |
| 2002 (2nd) | The Fast Runner | ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada | Inuktitut |
| 2002 (2nd) | I'm Going Home | Je rentre à la maison Vou Para Casa | Manoel de Oliveira | France Portugal | French English |
| 2002 (2nd) | Rabbit-Proof Fence | Rabbit-Proof Fence | Phillip Noyce | Australia | Walmajarri English |
| 2003 (3rd) | Nowhere in Africa | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Caroline Link | Germany | German Swahili English |
| 2003 (3rd) | Autumn Spring | Babí léto | Vladimír Michálek | Czech Republic | Czech |
| 2003 (3rd) | The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Denys Arcand | Canada France | French English |
| 2003 (3rd) | Russian Ark | Русский ковчег Russkij Kovcheg | Alexander Sokurov | Russia | Russian Persian |
| 2004 (4th) | Good Bye, Lenin! | Good Bye, Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany | German |
| 2004 (4th) | The Motorcycle Diaries | Diarios de motocicleta | Walter Salles | Argentina | Spanish Quechua |
| 2004 (4th) | Osama | اُسامه | Siddiq Barmak | Afghanistan | Dari |
| 2004 (4th) | Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | François Dupeyron | France | French |
| 2004 (4th) | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain | Spanish Galician Catalan |
| 2005 (5th) | Ushpizin | האושפיזין | Gidi Dar | Israel | Hebrew |
| 2005 (5th) | Bad Education | La mala educación | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Spanish |
| 2005 (5th) | Saraband | Saraband | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | Swedish English German |
| 2005 (5th) | After You... | Après vous | Pierre Salvadori | France | French |
| 2005 (5th) | Crónicas | Crónicas | Sebastián Cordero | Ecuador | Spanish English |
| 2006 (6th) | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany | German |
| 2006 (6th) | The Young Lieutenant | Le Petit Lieutenant | Xavier Beauvois | France | French |
| 2006 (6th) | The Syrian Bride | הכלה הסורית | Eran Riklis | Israel | Arabic English Hebrew Russian French |
| 2006 (6th) | Volver | Volver | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Spanish |
| 2006 (6th) | Water | Water वाटर | Deepa Mehta | Canada | Hindi |
| 2007 (7th) | My Best Friend | Mon meilleur ami | Patrice Leconte | France | French |
| 2007 (7th) | After the Wedding | Efter brylluppet | Susanne Bier | Denmark Sweden | Danish English |
| 2007 (7th) | Vitus | Vitus | Fredi M. Murer | Switzerland | Swiss German |
| 2007 (7th) | La Vie en Rose | La Vie en Rose | Olivier Dahan | France | French |
| 2007 (7th) | Persepolis | Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud | France | French English Persian German |
| 2008 (8th) | The Edge of Heaven | Auf der anderen Seite Yaşamın Kıyısında | Fatih Akin | Germany Turkey | German Turkish English |
| 2008 (8th) | A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | Arnaud Desplechin | France | French |
| 2008 (8th) | Late Bloomers | Die Herbstzeitlosen | Bettina Oberli Stephanie Glaser | Switzerland | Swiss German |
| 2008 (8th) | Silent Light | Stellet Licht | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico | Plautdietsch |
| 2008 (8th) | The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | France | French |
| 2009 (9th) | Captain Abu Raed | كابتن أبو رائد | Amin Matalqa | Jordan | Arabic |
| 2009 (9th) | The Beaches of Agnès | Les plages d'Agnès | Agnès Varda | France | French |
| 2009 (9th) | For My Father | סוף שבוע בתל אביב | Dror Zahavi | Israel | Hebrew |
| 2009 (9th) | O' Horten | O' Horten | Bent Hamer | Norway | Norwegian |
| 2009 (9th) | Terribly Happy | Frygtelig lykkelig | Henrik Ruben Genz | Denmark | Danish |

### 2010s

| Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Country or countries | Language(s) |
| 2010 (10th) | Farewell | L'affaire Farewell | Christian Carion | France | French Russian English |
| 2010 (10th) | A Film Unfinished | שתיקת הארכיון Geheimsache Ghettofilm | Yael Hersonski | Germany Israel | English Hebrew German Polish |
| 2010 (10th) | The First Beautiful Thing | La prima cosa bella | Paolo Virzi | Italy | Italian |
| 2010 (10th) | Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea | Korean |
| 2010 (10th) | Peepli Live | Peepli Live | Anusha Rizvi | India | Hindi |
| 2011 (11th) | The Names of Love | Le Nom des gens | Michel Leclerc | France | French |
| 2011 (11th) | For 80 Days | 80 Dias | Jon Garaño | Spain | Spanish |
| 2011 (11th) | In Darkness | W ciemności | Agnieszka Holland | Poland | Polish |
| 2011 (11th) | Queen to Play | Joueuse | Caroline Bottaro | France | French |
| 2011 (11th) | The Skin I Live In | La piel que habito | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Spanish |
| 2012 (12th) | Amour | Amour | Michael Haneke | Austria | French |
| 2013 (13th) | Renoir | Renoir | Gilles Bourdos | France | French |
| 2013 (13th) | The Act of Killing | Jagal | Joshua Oppenheimer Christine Cynn Anonymous Indonesian | Denmark Norway United Kingdom | Indonesian |
| 2013 (13th) | Child's Pose | Poziția copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania | Romanian |
| 2013 (13th) | Gloria | Gloria | Sebastián Lelio | Chile | Spanish |
| 2013 (13th) | Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany Luxembourg France | German English French Hebrew Latin |
| 2014 (14th) | Diplomacy | Diplomatie | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany France | French German |
| 2014 (14th) | The Admiral: Roaring Currents | 명량 | Kim Han-min | South Korea | Korean Japanese |
| 2014 (14th) | Human Capital | Il capitale umano | Paolo Virzi | Italy | Italian |
| 2014 (14th) | Leviathan | Левиафан | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia | Russian |
| 2014 (14th) | Manakamana | Manakamana | Stephanie Spray Pacho Velez | Nepal | Nepali |
| 2015 (15th) | Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland | Icelandic |
| 2015 (15th) | Mia Madre | Mia Madre | Nanni Moretti | Italy | Italian |
| 2015 (15th) | The Salt of the Earth | Le sel de la terre | Wim Wenders Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | Brazil | French Portuguese Italian |
| 2015 (15th) | Tangerines | მანდარინები Mandariinid | Zaza Urushadze | Estonia Georgia | Estonian Russian |
| 2015 (15th) | Taxi | تاکسی | Jafar Panahi | Iran | Persian |
| 2016 (16th) | Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | France | French |
| 2016 (16th) | A Man Called Ove | En man som heter Ove | Hannes Holm | Sweden | Swedish |
| 2016 (16th) | Aquarius | Aquarius | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | Portuguese |
| 2016 (16th) | Our Last Tango | Un tango más | German Kral | Argentina | Spanish |
| 2016 (16th) | The People vs. Fritz Bauer | Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer | Lars Kraume | Germany | German |
| 2017 (17th) | A Taxi Driver | 택시운전사 | Jang Hoon | South Korea | Korean |
| 2017 (17th) | Chavela | Chavela | Catherine Gund Daresha Kyi | Mexico | Spanish |
| 2017 (17th) | The Insult | ʼadiyye raʼam 23 (قضية رقم ٢٣) | Ziad Doueiri | Lebanon | Arabic (Lebanese) |
| 2017 (17th) | Like Crazy | La pazza gioia | Paolo Virzi | Italy | Italian |
| 2017 (17th) | The Women's Balcony | ישמח חתני | Emil Ben-Shimon | Israel | Hebrew |
| 2018 (18th) | Roma | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | Mexico | Spanish / Mixtec |
| 2018 (18th) | Cold War | Zimna wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland | Polish |
| 2018 (18th) | Never Look Away | Werk ohne Autor | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany | German |
| 2018 (18th) | Shoplifters | Manbiki Kazoku (万引き家族) | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | Japanese |
| 2018 (18th) | The Guilty | Den skyldige | Gustav Möller | Denmark | Danish |
| 2019 (19th) | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Spanish |
| 2019 (19th) | An Unexpected Love | El amor menos pensado | Juan Vera | Argentina | Spanish |
| 2019 (19th) | Parasite | 기생충 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea | Korean |
| 2019 (19th) | The Farewell | 别告诉她 | Lulu Wang | United States | Mandarin English |
| 2019 (19th) | The Unorthodox | The Unorthodox | Eliran Malka | Israel | Hebrew |

### 2020s

| Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Country or countries | Language(s) |
| 2020/21 (20th) | Collective | Colectiv | Alexander Nanau | Romania | Romanian |
| 2020/21 (20th) | Another Round | Druk | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | Danish |
| 2020/21 (20th) | Bacurau | Bacurau | Kleber Mendonça Filho Juliano Dornelles | Brazil | Portuguese |
| 2020/21 (20th) | The Life Ahead | La vita davanti a sé | Edoardo Ponti | Italy | Italian |
| 2020/21 (20th) | The Weasels' Tale | El Cuento de las Comadrejas | Juan José Campanella | Argentina | Spanish |
| 2021 (21st) | Sheep Without a Shepherd | 误杀 | Sam Quah | China | Mandarin |
| 2021 (21st) | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | Japanese |
| 2021 (21st) | The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy | Italian |
| 2021 (21st) | There Is No Evil | شیطان وجود ندارد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran | Persian |
| 2021 (21st) | Two of Us | Deux | Filippo Meneghetti | France | French, German |
| 2022 (22nd) | The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin | Colm Bairéad | Ireland | Irish |
| 2022 (22nd) | Argentina, 1985 | Argentina, 1985 | Santiago Mitre | Argentina | Spanish |
| 2022 (22nd) | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Mexico | Spanish, English |
| 2022 (22nd) | Broker | 브로커 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | South Korea | Korean |
| 2022 (22nd) | One Fine Morning | Un beau matin | Mia Hansen-Løve | France | French |
| 2023 (23rd) | The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom | German, Polish, Yiddish |
| 2023 (23rd) | Amerikatsi | Ամերիկացի | Michael A. Goorjian | Armenia | Armenian, English, Russian |
| 2023 (23rd) | Perfect Days | パーフェクト・デイズ | Wim Wenders | Japan | Japanese |
| 2023 (23rd) | Radical | Radical | Christopher Zalla | Mexico | Spanish |
| 2023 (23rd) | The Taste of Things | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Trần Anh Hùng | France | French |

## Awards and nominations by country

| Wins | Country | Nominations |
| 7 | France | 22 |
| 5 | Germany | 9 |
| 1 | Israel | 6 |
| 1 | Spain | 6 |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 |
| 1 | Mexico | 5 |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 0 | Italy | 6 |
| 0 | Denmark | 5 |
| 0 | Argentina | 5 |
| 0 | Brazil | 3 |
| 0 | Canada | 3 |
| 0 | Sweden | 3 |
| 0 | Japan | 3 |
| Wins | Director | Nominations |
| 1 | Pedro Almodóvar | 4 |
| 1 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | 2 |
| 0 | Paolo Virzi | 3 |
| 0 | Bong Joon-ho | 2 |
| 0 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | 2 |
| 0 | Kleber Mendonça Filho | 2 |
| 0 | Wim Wenders | 2 |