Film Asing Terbaik (Penghargaan César)
Pemenang dan nominee > 1980an

| Tahun | Pemenang dan nominee | Judul asli | Negara | Sutradara |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1980 (ke-5) | Manhattan | Manhattan |  Amerika Serikat | Woody Allen |
| 1980 (ke-5) | Apocalypse Now | Apocalypse Now |  Amerika Serikat | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 1980 (ke-5) | Hair | Hair |  Amerika Serikat | Miloš Forman |
| 1980 (ke-5) | The Tin Drum | Die Blechtrommel |  Jerman Barat | Volker Schlöndorff |

| 1981 (ke-6) | Shadow Warrior | 影武者 / Kagemusha |  Jepang | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1981 (ke-6) | Fame | Fame |  Amerika Serikat | Alan Parker |
| 1981 (ke-6) | Kramer vs. Kramer | Kramer vs. Kramer |  Amerika Serikat | Robert Benton |
| 1981 (ke-6) | The Rose | The Rose |  Amerika Serikat | Mark Rydell |
| 1982 (ke-7) | The Elephant Man | The Elephant Man |  Britania Raya | David Lynch |
| 1982 (ke-7) | The Circle of Deceit | Die Fälschung |  Jerman Barat | Volker Schlöndorff |
| 1982 (ke-7) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Raiders of the Lost Ark |  Amerika Serikat | Steven Spielberg |
| 1983 (ke-8) | Victor Victoria | Victor Victoria |  Britania Raya | Blake Edwards |
| 1983 (ke-8) | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |  Amerika Serikat | Steven Spielberg |
| 1983 (ke-8) | The French Lieutenant's Woman | The French Lieutenant's Woman |  Britania Raya | Karel Reisz |
| 1983 (ke-8) | The Way | Yol |  Turki | Serif Gören dan Yilmaz Güney |
| 1984 (ke-9) | Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander |  Swedia | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1984 (ke-9) | Carmen | Carmen |  Spanyol | Carlos Saura |
| 1984 (ke-9) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | The Gods Must Be Crazy |  Botswana | Jamie Uys |
| 1984 (ke-9) | Tootsie | Tootsie |  Amerika Serikat | Sydney Pollack |
| 1985 (ke-10) | Amadeus | Amadeus |  Amerika Serikat | Miloš Forman |
| 1985 (ke-10) | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |  Britania Raya | Hugh Hudson |
| 1985 (ke-10) | Maria's Lovers | Maria's Lovers |  Amerika Serikat | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| 1985 (ke-10) | Paris, Texas | Paris, Texas |  Jerman Barat | Wim Wenders |
| 1986 (ke-11) | The Purple Rose of Cairo | The Purple Rose of Cairo |  Amerika Serikat | Woody Allen |
| 1986 (ke-11) | Desperately Seeking Susan | Desperately Seeking Susan |  Amerika Serikat | Susan Seidelman |
| 1986 (ke-11) | The Killing Fields | The Killing Fields |  Britania Raya | Roland Joffé |
| 1986 (ke-11) | Ran | Ran |  Jepang | Akira Kurosawa |
| 1986 (ke-11) | Year of the Dragon | Year of the Dragon |  Amerika Serikat | Michael Cimino |
| 1987 (ke-12) | The Name of the Rose | Der Name der Rose |  Jerman Barat | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| 1987 (ke-12) | After Hours | After Hours |  Amerika Serikat | Martin Scorsese |
| 1987 (ke-12) | Hannah and Her Sisters | Hannah and Her Sisters |  Amerika Serikat | Woody Allen |
| 1987 (ke-12) | The Mission | The Mission |  Britania Raya | Roland Joffé |
| 1987 (ke-12) | Out of Africa | Out of Africa |  Amerika Serikat | Sydney Pollack |
| 1988 (ke-13) | The Last Emperor | The Last Emperor |  Italia/  Britania Raya | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| 1988 (ke-13) | Dark Eyes | Oci ciornie |  Italia | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| 1988 (ke-13) | Intervista | Intervista |  Italia | Federico Fellini |
| 1988 (ke-13) | The Untouchables | The Untouchables |  Amerika Serikat | Brian De Palma |
| 1988 (ke-13) | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin |  Jerman Barat | Wim Wenders |
| 1989 (ke-14) | Bagdad Café | Out of Rosenheim |  Jerman Barat | Percy Adlon |
| 1989 (ke-14) | Bird | Bird |  Amerika Serikat | Clint Eastwood |
| 1989 (ke-14) | Salaam Bombay! | सलाम बॉम्बे |  India | Mira Nair |
| 1989 (ke-14) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |  Amerika Serikat | Robert Zemeckis |