This article lists all the foreign language films which have been nominated for or won Academy Awards in categories other than the International Feature Film category (known before the 2019 awards as Best Foreign Language Film) itself. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are among the world's oldest and most prestigious film prizes. They were first handed out on May 16, 1929 by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and have been given annually ever since. Even though a separate prize has existed for foreign language films since the 1956 Academy Awards, such films continue to be eligible for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided that they have been commercially released in Los Angeles County, California and that they comply with the special rules governing those categories. The French comedy "À Nous la Liberté" (1931) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award; the German-language Swiss drama "Marie-Louise" (1944) was the first to actually win one.