# National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given by the National Society of Film Critics since its inception in 1990.

## Winners
### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
| 1990 | Ariel | Ariel | Finland | Aki Kaurismäki |
| 1991 | The Double Life of Veronique | La Double Vie de Véronique | France / Poland | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 1992 | Raise the Red Lantern | Da hong deng long gao gao gua | China | Zhang Yimou |
| 1993 | The Story of Qiu Ju | Qiu Ju da guan si | China | Zhang Yimou |
| 1994 | Three Colors: Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge | France / Poland | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 1995 | Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | France | André Téchiné |
| 1996 | La Cérémonie | La Cérémonie | France | Claude Chabrol |
| 1997 | La Promesse | La Promesse | Belgium | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 1998 | Taste of Cherry | Ta'm e guilass | Iran | Abbas Kiarostami |
| 1999 | Autumn Tale | Conte d'automne | France | Eric Rohmer |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
| 2000 | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Yi Yi) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Yi Yi) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Yi Yi) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Yi Yi) |
| 2001 | In the Mood for Love | Fa yeung nin wa | Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai |
| 2002 | Y tu mamá también | Y tu mamá también | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2003 | The Man Without a Past | Mies vailla menneisyyttä | Finland | Aki Kaurismäki |
| 2004 | Moolaadé | Moolaadé | Burkina Faso/Cameroon/France | Ousmane Sembène |
| 2005 | Head-On | Gegen die Wand | Germany / Turkey | Fatih Akin |
| 2006 | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Pan's Labyrinth) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Pan's Labyrinth) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Pan's Labyrinth) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Pan's Labyrinth) |
| 2007 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile | Romania | Cristian Mungiu |
| 2008 | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Waltz with Bashir) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Waltz with Bashir) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Waltz with Bashir) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Waltz with Bashir) |
| 2009 | Summer Hours | L'Heure d'été | France | Olivier Assayas |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
| 2010 | Carlos | Carlos | France / Germany | Olivier Assayas |
| 2011 | A Separation | Jodái-e Náder az Simin | Iran | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2012 | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Amour) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Amour) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Amour) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Amour) |
| 2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | France | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2014 | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Goodbye to Language) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Goodbye to Language) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Goodbye to Language) | Not awarded because the year's best film is a foreign language film (Goodbye to Language) |
| 2015 | Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Mauritania | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| 2016 | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Germany | Maren Ade |
| 2017 | Graduation | Bacalaureat | Romania | Cristian Mungiu |
| 2018 | Roma | Roma | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2019 | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Parasite) | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Parasite) | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Parasite) | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Parasite) |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
| 2020 | Collective | Colectiv | Romania / Luxembourg | Alexander Nanau |
| 2021 | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Drive My Car) | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Drive My Car) | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Drive My Car) | Not awarded because the year's best film was a foreign language film (Drive My Car) |
| 2022 | EO | | Poland/Italy | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| 2023 | Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Finland | Aki Kaurismäki |
| 2024 | All We Imagine as Light | | India | Payal Kapadia |

## Superlatives
### Countries with more than two wins

* France – 8
* Finland - 3
* Germany – 3
* Poland - 3
* Romania – 3

### Directors with multiple wins

* Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) – 3
* Olivier Assayas (France) – 2
* Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico) – 2
* Krzysztof Kieślowski (Poland) – 2
* Cristian Mungiu (Romania) – 2
* Zhang Yimou (China) – 2