List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Submissions Submissions

| Country | Film_title_used_in_nomination | Language_ | Original_title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany | Every Man For Himself and God Against All | German | Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle | Werner Herzog |
| Greece | The Travelling Players | Greek | Ο Θίασος | Theodoros Angelopoulos |
| Hungary | Adoption | Hungarian | Örökbefogadás | Márta Mészáros |
| Israel | My Michael | Hebrew | מיכאל שלי | Dan Wolman |
| Italy | Scent of a Woman | Italian | Profumo di donna | Dino Risi |
| Japan | Sandakan No. 8 | Japanese | サンダカン八番娼館 望郷 | Kei Kumai |
| Mexico | Letters from Marusia | Spanish | Actas de Marusia | Miguel Littín |
| Netherlands | Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies | Dutch | Dokter Pulder zaait papavers | Bert Haanstra |
| Poland | Land of Promise | Polish | Ziemia obiecana | Andrzej Wajda |
| Spain | Poachers | Spanish | Furtivos | José Luis Borau |
| Switzerland | Confrontation | German | Konfrontation | Rolf Lyssy |
| Soviet Union | Dersu Uzala | Russian | Дерсу Узала | Akira Kurosawa |
| Yugoslavia | The Day That Shook the World | Serbo-Croatian | Sarajevski atentat | Veljko Bulajić |