The Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winners of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 9 votes from people: Journey of Hope · Belle Époque · Mediterraneo. (Updated Mar 24, 2026.)
The ten films from 1990 to 1999 that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, two of them Spanish: Belle Époque and All About My Mother.
Automatically translated (original in Català). See the original
Top 10
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1
Journey of Hope
Xavier Koller, Switzerland, 1990. A Kurdish family tries to reach Switzerland.
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2
Belle Époque
Fernando Trueba, Spain, 1992. A deserter and four sisters in 1931.
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3
Mediterraneo
Gabriele Salvatores, Italy, 1991. Italian soldiers forgotten on a Greek island.
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4
Indochine
Régis Wargnier, France, 1992. Catherine Deneuve on a colonial plantation.
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5
Antonia's Line
Marleen Gorris, Netherlands, 1995. Four generations of women in a village.
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6
Kolya
Jan Svěrák, Czech Republic, 1996. A cellist and a Russian boy in Prague.
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7
All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 1999. A mother looks for her late son's father in Barcelona.
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8
Burnt by the Sun
Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia, 1994. A revolutionary hero during Stalin's purges.
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9
Character
Mike van Diem, Netherlands, 1997. A son against his father in Rotterdam.
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10
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni, Italy, 1997. A father protects his son in a concentration camp.
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Comments (4)
La vida és bella, Benigni saltant per sobre les cadires 😄
Tot sobre la meva mare, l'Almodóvar més rodó.
Mediterraneo, la vaig veure a l'institut i em va encantar.
Belle Époque de Trueba, quina pel·li tan bonica.