# List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

**Section:** Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Language(s) | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | The Last Image | French | La Dernière image | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Not Nominated |
| Argentina | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Spanish, French | Tangos, el exilio de Gardel | Fernando Solanas | Not Nominated |
| Austria | '38 – Vienna Before the Fall | German | 38 – Auch das war Wien | Wolfgang Glück | Nominated |
| Belgium | Jumping | Dutch | Springen | Jean-Pierre De Decker | Not Nominated |
| Brazil | The Hour of the Star | Portuguese | A Hora da Estrela | Suzana Amaral | Not Nominated |
| Canada | The Decline of the American Empire | French | Le Déclin de l'empire américain | Denys Arcand | Nominated |
| China | Dr. Sun Yat-sen | Chinese | 孙中山 | Ding Yinnan | Not Nominated |
| Colombia | Time to Die | Spanish | Tiempo de morir | Jorge Alí Triana | Not Nominated |
| Czechoslovakia | My Sweet Little Village | Czech | Vesnicko má stredisková | Jiří Menzel | Nominated |
| Denmark | The Dark Side of the Moon | Danish | Manden i månen | Erik Clausen | Not Nominated |
| Finland | The Unknown Soldier | Finnish | Tuntematon sotilas | Rauni Mollberg | Not Nominated |
| France | Betty Blue | French | 37°2 le matin | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Nominated |
| West Germany | Men... | German | Männer... | Doris Dörrie | Not Nominated |
| Hungary | Cat City | Hungarian | Macskafogó | Béla Ternovszk | Not Nominated |
| Iceland | The Beast | Icelandic | Eins og skepnan deyr | Hilmar Oddsson | Not Nominated |
| India | The Pearl | Telugu | Swati Mutyam | Kasinathuni Viswanath | Not Nominated |
| Israel | Avanti Popolo | Arabic, Hebrew | אוונטי פופלו | Rafi Bukai | Not Nominated |
| Italy | Summer Night | Italian | Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico | Lina Wertmüller | Not Nominated |
| Japan | Final Take | Japanese | キネマの転地 | Yôji Yamada | Not Nominated |
| South Korea | Eunuch | Korean | 내시 | Doo-yong Lee | Not Nominated |
| Mexico | The Realm of Fortune | Spanish | El imperio de la fortuna | Arturo Ripstein | Not Nominated |
| Netherlands | The Assault | Dutch, German | De Aanslag | Fons Rademakers | Won Academy Award |
| Norway | Hard Asphalt | Norwegian | Hard Asfalt | Sølve Skagen | Not Nominated |
| Poland | Axiliad | Polish | Siekierezada | Witold Leszczyński | Not Nominated |
| Puerto Rico | La Gran Fiesta | Spanish | La Gran Fiesta | Marcos Zurinaga | Not Nominated |
| Romania | The Last Assault | Romanian | Noi, cei din linia întîi | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not Nominated |
| Spain | Half of Heaven | Spanish | La Mitad del cielo | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Not Nominated |
| Sweden | The Sacrifice | Swedish, French | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Not Nominated |
| Switzerland | Tanner | Swiss German | Der Schwarze Tanner | Xavier Koller | Not Nominated |
| Taiwan | The Heroic Pioneers | Chinese | 唐山过台湾 | Li Hsing | Not Nominated |
| Soviet Union | The Wild Pigeon | Russian | Чужая белая и рябой | Sergei Solovyov | Not Nominated |
| Yugoslavia | Happy New Year '49 | Macedonian, Serbian | Среќна Нова '49 | Stole Popov | Not Nominated |