List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Submissions Submissions

| Country | Film_title_used_in_nomination | Language_ | Original_name | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung | German | Egon Schiele - Exzesse | Herbert Vesely |
| Brazil | Bye Bye Brazil | Portuguese | Bye Bye Brazil | Carlos Diegues |
| Cameroon | Our Daughter | French | Notre fille | Daniel Kamwa |
| Canada | Good Riddance | French | Les Bons débarras | Francis Mankiewicz |
| Colombia | The Latin Immigrant | Spanish | El Inmigrante latino | Gustavo Nieto Roa |
| Czechoslovakia | Love Between the Raindrops | Czech | Lásky mezi kapkami deště | Karel Kachyňa |
| Finland | Tulipää | Finnish | Tulipää | Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto |
| France | The Last Metro | French | Le Dernier métro | François Truffaut |
| East Germany | The Fiancee | German | Die Verlobte | Günther Rücker and Günter Reisch |