Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Russian: Золотой Орёл за лучший зарубежный фильм в российском прокате) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were established by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the annual Nika Awards given by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.^[1][2] It is the only category of the Golden Eagle Award that honors non-Russian-language films.

Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Awarded for	Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Country	Russia
Presented by	National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia
First awarded	2002
Currently held by	1917 (2020)
Website	Official site of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia

Each year, three nominees are selected by the academy. Though infrequent, there have been occasions when all three nominees came from the same country; this happened in 2008 and 2010, when all the films were from the United States. In 2002, the first recipient of the award was Amélie.^[3] The most recent award was given in 2021 to 1917. The nation with the most cumulative nominations is the United States, with 38 of the 57 nominations and 13 of the 19 wins to date. Other nations with multiple nominations are United Kingdom (with twelve), France (with nine), Germany and Spain (with four) and China (with fhree).

Nominations and awards

Key

Sign	Meaning
†	As an executive producer
‡	Indicates the winner

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie was the first winner.

Sam Mendes's 1917 was the latest winner.

Year	International title	National title[A]	Production country	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref
2002	Amélie‡	Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain	France[4]	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Jean-Marc Deschamps, Claudie Ossard	[3][5]
2002	A Beautiful Mind	A Beautiful Mind	United States[6]	Ron Howard	Ron Howard, Brian Grazer	[3][5]
2002	The Piano Teacher	La Pianiste	France[7]	Michael Haneke	Michael Katz,† Yvon Crenn†	[3][5]
2003	The Pianist‡	Pianista	France[8]	Roman Polanski	Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde, Gene Gutowski†	[9][10]
2003	Dogville	Dogville	United Kingdom[11]	Lars von Trier	Vibeke Windeløv	[9][10]
2003	Good Bye, Lenin!	Good Bye, Lenin!	Germany[12]	Wolfgang Becker	Stefan Arndt	[9][10]
2004	The Passion of the Christ‡	The Passion of the Christ	United States[13]	Mel Gibson	Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety, Enzo Sisti	[14][15]
2004	Life Is a Miracle	La vie est un miracle!	France[16]	Emir Kusturica	Alain Sarde, Emir Kusturica, Maja Kusturica	[14][15]
2004	Lost in Translation	Lost in Translation	United States[17]	Sofia Coppola	Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola	[14][15]
2005	The Aviator‡	The Aviator	United States[18]	Martin Scorsese	Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans, Jr.	[19][20]
2005	House of Flying Daggers	十面埋伏 (shí miàn mái fú)	China[21]	Zhang Yimou	William Kong, Zhang Yimou	[19][20]
2005	Madagascar	Madagascar	United States[22]	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath	Mireille Soria	[19][20]
2006	Volver‡	Volver	Spain[23]	Pedro Almodovar	Esther García, Agustín Almodóvar†	[24][25]
2006	Match Point	Match Point	United Kingdom[26]	Woody Allen	Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley, Lucy Darwin	[24][25]
2006	Munich	Munich	United States[27]	Steven Spielberg	Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel, Colin Wilson	[24][25]
2007	The Queen‡	The Queen	France[28]	Stephen Frears	Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward, Francois Ivernel,† Cameron McCracken,† Scott Rudin†	[29][30]
2007	Apocalypto	Apocalypto	United States[31]	Mel Gibson	Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia, Bruce Davey, Ned Dowd	[29][30]
2007	Babel	Babel	United States[32]	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu	Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik	[29][30]
2008	There Will Be Blood‡	There Will Be Blood	United States[33]	Paul Thomas Anderson	Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, Scott Rudin	[34][35]
2008	No Country for Old Men	No Country for Old Men	United States[36]	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin	[34][35]
2008	Hancock	Hancock	United States[37]	Peter Berg	Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, Michael Mann, Will Smith	[34][35]
2009	Slumdog Millionaire‡	Slumdog Millionaire	United States[38]	Danny Boyle	Christian Colson	[39][40]
2009	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Spain[41]	Woody Allen	Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum, Gareth Wiley	[39][40]
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Inglourious Basterds	Germany[42]	Quentin Tarantino	Lawrence Bender	[39][40]
2010	Avatar‡	Avatar	United States[43]	James Cameron	James Cameron, Jon Landau	[44][45]
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Alice in Wonderland	United States[46]	Tim Burton	Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd	[44][45]
2010	Up	Up	United States[47]	Pete Docter	Jonas Rivera, John Lasseter,† Andrew Stanton†	[44][45]
2011	The King's Speech‡	The King's Speech	United Kingdom[43]	Tom Hooper	Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin	[48][49]
2011	Melancholia	Melancholia	Denmark[50]	Lars von Trier	Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth	[48][49]
2011	Black Swan	Black Swan	United States[51]	Darren Aronofsky	Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver	[48][49]
2012	The Artist‡	The Artist	France[52]	Michel Hazanavicius	Thomas Langmann	[53][54]
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	The Dark Knight Rises	United States[55]	Christopher Nolan	Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven	[53][54]
2012	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	United Kingdom[56]	Tomas Alfredson	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo	[53][54]
2013	Gravity‡	Gravity	United States	Alfonso Cuarón	Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman	[57]
2013	The Great Gatsby	The Great Gatsby	United States	Baz Luhrmann	Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Catherine Martin	[57]
2013	Argo	Argo	United States	Ben Affleck	Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney	[57]
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel‡	The Grand Budapest Hotel	United States	Wes Anderson	Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson	[58]
2014	The Wolf of Wall Street	The Wolf of Wall Street	United States	Martin Scorsese	Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff	[58]
2014	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	La Vie d'Adèle : Chapitres 1 et 2	France  Belgium  Spain	Abdellatif Kechiche	Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval	[58]
2015	Birdman‡	Birdman	United States	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Alejandro González Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole	[59]
2015	The Theory of Everything	The Theory of Everything	United Kingdom  Japan  United States	James Marsh	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten	[59]
2015	The Martian	The Martian	United Kingdom  United States	Ridley Scott	Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam	[59]
2016	The Revenant‡	The Revenant	United States	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole	[60]
2016	Café Society	Café Society	United States	Woody Allen	Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Edward Walson	[60]
2016	Bridge of Spies	Bridge of Spies	United States  Germany	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger	[60]
2017	Loving Vincent‡	Loving Vincent	Poland  United Kingdom  United States	Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman	Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart, Sean M. Bobbitt	[61][62]
2017	Dunkirk	Dunkirk	United Kingdom  United States  France  Netherlands	Christopher Nolan	Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan	[61][62]
2017	La La Land	La La Land	United States	Damien Chazelle	Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Gary Gilbert, Marc Platt	[61][62]
2018	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri‡	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	United Kingdom  United States	Martin McDonagh	Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh	[63][64]
2018	The Shape of Water	The Shape of Water	United States	Guillermo del Toro	Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale	[63][64]
2018	A Star Is Born	A Star Is Born	United States	Bradley Cooper	Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Lynette Howell Taylor	[63][64]
2019	The Lion King‡	The Lion King	United States	Jon Favreau	Jon Favreau, Jeffrey Silver, Karen Gilchrist	[65]
2019	Green Book	Green Book	United States	Peter Farrelly	Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler	[65]
2019	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	United States  United Kingdom  China	Quentin Tarantino	David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino	[65]
2020	1917‡	1917	United States  United Kingdom  India  Spain  Canada  China	Sam Mendes	Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver	[66]
2020	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	Italy  France  United Kingdom	Matteo Garrone	Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco	[66]
2020	Enfant Terrible	Enfant Terrible	Germany	Oskar Roehler	Markus Zimmer	[66]

A ^ : (Titles in brackets are transliterated)

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External links

• Official website (in Russian)