List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Submissions Submissions

| Country | Film_title_used_in_nomination | Language_ | Original_title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Camila | Spanish | Camila | María Luisa Bemberg |
| Austria | Just Behind the Door | German | Dicht hinter der Tür | Mansur Madavi |
| Brazil | Memoirs of Prison | Portuguese | Memórias do Cárcere | Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
| Canada | Sonatine | French | Sonatine | Micheline Lanctôt |
| China | Life | Chinese | 人生 (Ren Sheng) | Wu Tianming |
| Colombia | A Man of Principle | Spanish | Cóndores no entierran todos los días | Francisco Norden |
| Czechoslovakia | The Millennial Bee | Slovak, Czech | Tisícročná včela | Juraj Jakubisko |
| Denmark | Tukuma | Danish | Tukuma | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt |
| Finland | Pessi and Illusia | Finnish | Pessi ja Illusia | Heikki Partanen |
| France | So Long, Stooge | French | Tchao Pantin | Claude Berri |