Awards & Winners

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film

David di Donatello Award

Il David di Donatello per il miglior film straniero è un premio cinematografico assegnato annualmente nell'ambito dei David di Donatello, a partire dall'edizione del 1959, con l'eccezione delle edizioni del 1960, 1961, di quelle dal 1965 al 1971 e di quella del 1981.
Date Established : 1958

Check all the winners of David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film presented under David di Donatello Award since 1958 .


Wes Anderson

Honored for : The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell American Hustle
Woody Allen Blue Jasmine
Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel
Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street

Quentin Tarantino

Honored for : Django Unchained

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ben Affleck Argo
Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained
David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg Lincoln
Ang Lee Life of Pi

Asghar Farhadi

Honored for : A Separation

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
Martin Scorsese Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive
Asghar Farhadi A Separation
George Clooney The Ides of March

Clint Eastwood

Honored for : Hereafter

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Darren Aronofsky Black Swan
Denis Villeneuve Incendies
Clint Eastwood Hereafter
Christopher Nolan Inception
David Fincher The Social Network

Quentin Tarantino

Honored for : Inglourious Basterds

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joel Coen A Serious Man
Ethan Coen A Serious Man
James Cameron Avatar
Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Clint Eastwood Invictus
Jason Reitman Up in the Air

Clint Eastwood

Honored for : Gran Torino

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Clint Eastwood Gran Torino
Gus Van Sant Milk
Thomas McCarthy The Visitor
Darren Aronofsky The Wrestler
Andrew Stanton WALL-E

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Honored for : No Country for Old Men

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joel Coen No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Julie Taymor Across the Universe
Sean Penn Into the Wild
Paul Haggis In the Valley of Elah
Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Honored for : Babel

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel
Clint Eastwood Letters from Iwo Jima
Jonathan Dayton Little Miss Sunshine
Valerie Faris Little Miss Sunshine
Gabriele Muccino The Pursuit of Happyness
Martin Scorsese The Departed

Paul Haggis

Honored for : Crash

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Haggis Crash
David Cronenberg A History of Violence
George Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck
Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
Gavin Hood Tsotsi

Clint Eastwood

Honored for : Million Dollar Baby

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Wong Kar-wai 2046
Kim Ki-duk 3-Iron
Terry George Hotel Rwanda
Taylor Hackford Ray

Denys Arcand

Honored for : The Barbarian Invasions

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Denys Arcand The Barbarian Invasions
Tim Burton Big Fish
Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation
Peter Weir Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Clint Eastwood Mystic River

Roman Polanski

Honored for : The Pianist

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roman Polanski The Pianist
Pedro Almodóvar Talk to Her
Stephen Daldry The Hours
Patrice Leconte The Man on the Train
Rob Marshall Chicago

Joel Coen

Honored for : The Man Who Wasn't There

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joel Coen The Man Who Wasn't There
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amélie
Danis Tanovi? No Man's Land

Agnès Jaoui

Honored for : The Taste of Others

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Agnès Jaoui The Taste of Others
Stephen Daldry Billy Elliot
Lasse Hallström Chocolat
Wong Kar-wai In the Mood for Love

Pedro Almodóvar

Honored for : All About My Mother

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pedro Almodóvar All About My Mother
Sam Mendes American Beauty
Damien O'Donnell East Is East

Radu Mih?ileanu

Honored for : Train of Life

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Radu Mih?ileanu Train of Life
John Madden Shakespeare in Love
Walter Salles Central Station

Peter Cattaneo

Honored for : The Full Monty

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Cattaneo The Full Monty
Steven Spielberg Amistad
Pavel Chukhray The Thief

Patrice Leconte

Honored for : Ridicule

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patrice Leconte Ridicule

Claude Sautet

Honored for : Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Claude Sautet Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Woody Allen Mighty Aphrodite
Wayne Wang Smoke

Quentin Tarantino

Honored for : Pulp Fiction

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction
Nikita Mikhalkov Burnt by the Sun
Robert Zemeckis Forrest Gump

Jim Sheridan

Honored for : In the Name of the Father

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Sheridan In the Name of the Father
James Ivory The Remains of the Day
Steven Spielberg Schindler's List

Claude Sautet

Honored for : A Heart in Winter

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Claude Sautet A Heart in Winter
Neil Jordan The Crying Game
James Ivory Howards End

Zhang Yimou

Honored for : Raise the Red Lantern

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zhang Yimou Raise the Red Lantern
Woody Allen Shadows and Fog
Ridley Scott Thelma & Louise

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Honored for : Cyrano de Bergerac

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jean-Paul Rappeneau Cyrano de Bergerac
Franco Zeffirelli Hamlet
Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves
Martin Scorsese Goodfellas
Luc Besson Nikita

Franco Zeffirelli

Honored for : Hamlet

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jean-Paul Rappeneau Cyrano de Bergerac
Franco Zeffirelli Hamlet
Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves
Martin Scorsese Goodfellas
Luc Besson Nikita

Peter Weir

Honored for : Dead Poets Society

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Weir Dead Poets Society
Woody Allen Crimes and Misdemeanors
Bertrand Tavernier Life and Nothing But
Jerry Schatzberg Reunion
Louis Malle May Fools

Barry Levinson

Honored for : Rain Man

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barry Levinson Rain Man
Alan Parker Mississippi Burning
Pedro Almodóvar Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Louis Malle

Honored for : Au revoir, les enfants

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Louis Malle Au revoir, les enfants
Stanley Kubrick Full Metal Jacket
John Huston The Dead

James Ivory

Honored for : A Room with a View

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Ivory A Room with a View
Roland Joffé The Mission
Luis Puenzo The Official Story

Sydney Pollack

Honored for : Out of Africa

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sydney Pollack Out of Africa
Michael Radford Another Time, Another Place

Miloš Forman

Honored for : Amadeus

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Miloš Forman Amadeus
Roland Joffé The Killing Fields
Wim Wenders Paris, Texas

Ingmar Bergman

Honored for : Fanny and Alexander

Richard Attenborough

Honored for : Gandhi

István Szabó

Honored for : Mephisto

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
István Szabó Mephisto
Margarethe von Trotta Marianne and Juliane

Stanley R. Jaffe

Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer

Kartuli Pilmi

Honored for : The Miracle Tree

Steven Spielberg

Honored for : Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Robert Evans

Honored for : Marathon Man

Robert Altman

Honored for : Nashville

Irwin Allen

Honored for : The Towering Inferno

Norman Jewison

Honored for : Jesus Christ Superstar

Francis Ford Coppola

Honored for : The Godfather

Philip D'Antoni

Honored for : The French Connection

Stanley Kubrick

Honored for : 2001: A Space Odyssey

Sam Spiegel

Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia

Darryl F. Zanuck

Honored for : The Longest Day

Stanley Kramer

Honored for : Judgment at Nuremberg

Vincente Minnelli

Honored for : Gigi

Laurence Olivier

Honored for : The Prince and the Showgirl