# List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is the list of the films submitted in 1992 to compete for the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.
For the 65th Academy Awards, thirty-three films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles in bold were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Germany, Russia, Uruguay (which was later disqualified) and France. For the first time films from the former USSR competed against each other in this category; Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia and the Russian Federation submitted their first-ever films. After being disqualified the previous year since the country was not yet internationally recognized, Croatia had a film accepted for the first time.
France won the award for the twelfth time for Indochina by Régis Wargnier, which was nominated for Best Actress (Catherine Deneuve). As of 2025, it marks the last time France won the category.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Argentina | The Dark Side of the Heart | El lado oscuro del corazón | Spanish | Eliseo Subiela | Not nominated |
| Austria | Benny's Video | Benny's Video | German | Michael Haneke | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Daens | Daens | Flemish, Dutch, French, Latin, Spanish | Stijn Coninx | Nominated |
| Canada | Léolo | Léolo | French | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Not nominated |
| China | The Story of Qiu Ju | 秋菊打官司 | Mandarin | Zhang Yimou | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Story from Croatia | Priča iz Hrvatske | Croatian | Krsto Papić | Not nominated |
| Cuba | Adorable Lies | Adorables mentiras | Spanish | Gerardo Chijona | Not nominated |
| Denmark | Sofie | Sofie | Danish | Liv Ullmann | Not nominated |
| Estonia | Those Old Love Letters | Need vanad armastuskirjad | Estonian | Mati Põldre | Not nominated |
| France | Indochina | Indochine | French, Vietnamese | Régis Wargnier | Won Academy Award |
| Germany | Schtonk! | Schtonk! | German | Helmut Dietl | Nominated |
| Hungary | Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe | Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok | Hungarian | István Szabó | Not nominated |
| Iceland | As in Heaven | Svo á jörðu sem á himni | Icelandic | Kristín Jóhannesdóttir | Not nominated |
| India | Thevar Magan | தேவர் மகன் | Tamil | Bharathan | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | Mer's Lips | Bibir Mer | Indonesian | Arifin C. Noer | Not nominated |
| Israel | Life According to Agfa | החיים על פי אגפה | Hebrew | Assi Dayan | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Stolen Children | Il Ladro di Bambini | Italian | Gianni Amelio | Not nominated |
| Japan | The Oil-Hell Murder | 女殺し油地獄 | Japanese | Hideo Gosha | Not nominated |
| Kazakhstan | The Fall of Otrar | Гибел Отрара | Kazakh, Mandarin, Mongolian | Ardak Amirkulov | Not nominated |
| Latvia | The Child of Man | Cilvēka bērns | Latvian | Jānis Streičs | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Like Water for Chocolate | Como agua para chocolate | Spanish, English | Alfonso Arau | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | The Northerners | De Noorderlingen | Dutch | Alex van Warmerdam | Not nominated |
| Norway | The Warrior's Heart | Krigerens hjerte | Norwegian | Leidulv Risan | Not nominated |
| Poland | All That Really Matters | Wszystko, co najważniejsze | Polish | Robert Gliński | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Day of Despair | O dia do desespero | Portuguese | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| Romania | Luxury Hotel | Hotel de Lux | Romanian | Dan Pița | Not nominated |
| Russia | Close to Eden | Урга | Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin | Nikita Mikhalkov | Nominated |
| Spain | The Fencing Master | El maestro de esgrima | Spanish | Pedro Olea | Not nominated |
| Sweden | House of Angels | Änglagård | Swedish | Colin Nutley | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Off Season | Hors saison | French | Daniel Schmid | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Peach Blossom Land | 暗戀桃花源 | Mandarin | Stan Lai | Not nominated |
| Turkey | Piano Piano Kid | Piano Piano Bacaksız | Turkish | Tunç Başaran | Not nominated |
| Uruguay | A Place in the World | Un lugar en el mundo | Spanish | Adolfo Aristarain | Nominated and Disqualified |