Bodil Award for Best Non-English Language Film
Annual Danish film award
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The Bodil Award for Best Non-English Language Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics (Danish: Filmedarbejderforeningen). It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. This category was called "Best European Film'" until 2001, when it became the "Best Non-American Film". The award obtained its current name in 2024.
Honorees
1940s
- 1948: A Matter of Life and Death directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger[1][2]
- 1949: Hamlet directed by Laurence Olivier[2][3]
1950s
- 1950: The Third Man directed by Carol Reed[2][4]
- 1951: Bicycle Thieves directed by Vittorio De Sica[2][5]
- 1952: The Browning Version directed by Anthony Asquith[6][7]
- 1953: Only a Mother directed by Alf Sjöberg[7][8]
- 1954: Forbidden Games directed by René Clément[7][9]
- 1955: Umberto D. directed by Vittorio De Sica[7][10]
- 1956: La Strada directed by Federico Fellini[7][11]
- 1957: Smiles of a Summer Night directed by Ingmar Bergman[7][12]
- 1958: Gates of Paris directed by René Clair[13][14]
- 1959: Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman[14][15]
1960s
- 1960: 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut[14][16]
- 1961: Ballad of a Soldier directed by Grigory Chukhray[14][17]
- 1962: Rocco and His Brothers directed by Luchino Visconti[18][19]
- 1963: Jules and Jim directed by François Truffaut[19][20]
- 1964: 8½ directed by Federico Fellini and Dr. Strangelove directed by Stanley Kubrick[19][21]
- 1965: The Soft Skin directed by François Truffaut[19][22]
- 1966: The Rules of the Game directed by Jean Renoir[19][23]
- 1967: Loves of a Blonde directed by Miloš Forman[19][24]
- 1968: Belle de Jour directed by Luis Buñuel[19][25]
- 1969: Playtime directed by Jacques Tati[19][26]
1970s
- 1970: Adalen Riots directed by Bo Widerberg[27][28]
- 1971: Le Boucher directed by Claude Chabrol[28][29]
- 1972: Death in Venice directed by Luchino Visconti[28][30]
- 1973: The New Land directed by Jan Troell[28][31]
- 1974: Cries and Whispers directed by Ingmar Bergman[28][32]
- 1975: Amarcord directed by Federico Fellini[28][33]
- 1976: The Passenger directed by Michelangelo Antonioni[34][35]
- 1977: 1900 directed by Bernardo Bertolucci[35][36]
- 1978: Providence directed by Alain Resnais[35][37]
- 1979: Autumn Sonata directed by Ingmar Bergman[35][38]
1980s
- 1980: The Tin Drum directed by Volker Schlöndorff[35][39]
- 1981: Max Havelaar directed by Fons Rademakers[40][41]
- 1982: The French Lieutenant's Woman directed by Karel Reisz[41][42]
- 1983: The Simple-Minded Murderer directed by Hans Alfredson[41][43]
- 1984: Carmen directed by Carlos Saura[41][44]
- 1985: Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders[41][45]
- 1986: Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa[41][46]
- 1987: My Life as a Dog directed by Lasse Hallström[47][48]
- 1988: Round Midnight directed by Bertrand Tavernier[48][49]
- 1989: Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis Malle[48][50]
1990s
- 1990: A Short Film About Killing directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski[48][51]
- 1991: Dekalog directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski[52]
- 1992: Life Is Sweet directed by Mike Leigh[53]
- 1993: Howards End directed by James Ivory[54]
- 1994: Not awarded[55]
- 1995: Three Colours: Red directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski[56]
- 1996: Lamerica directed by Gianni Amelio[57]
- 1997: Trainspotting directed by Danny Boyle[58]
- 1998: The Full Monty directed by Peter Cattaneo[59]
- 1999: My Name Is Joe directed by Ken Loach[60][61]
2000s
- 2000: All About My Mother directed by Pedro Almodóvar[62][63]
- 2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee[64][65]
- 2002: Songs from the Second Floor directed by Roy Andersson[66][67][68]
- 2003: Talk to Her directed by Pedro Almodóvar[69][70]
- 2004: Good Bye, Lenin! directed by Wolfgang Becker[71][72][73][74]
- 2005: Look at Me directed by Agnès Jaoui[75][76][77]
- 2006: Downfall directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel[78][79][80]
- 2007: The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck[81][82][83]
- 2008: Pan's Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro[84][85][86][87]
- 2009: Let the Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson[88][89][90]
2010s
- 2010: Waltz with Bashir directed by Ari Folman[91][92][93]
- 2011: The White Ribbon directed by Michael Haneke[94][95][96][97]
- 2012: A Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi[98][99][100]
- 2013: Amour directed by Michael Haneke[101][102][103]
- 2014: Blue Is the Warmest Colour directed by Abdellatif Kechiche[104][105][106]
- 2015: Force Majeure directed by Ruben Östlund[107][108][109]
- 2016: Mommy directed by Xavier Dolan[110][111][112][113]
- 2017: Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade[114][115]
- 2018: The Square directed by Ruben Östlund[116][117][118][119]
- 2019: Roma directed by Alfonso Cuarón[120][121][122]
2020s
- 2020: Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho[123][124][125]
- 2021: Portrait of a Lady on Fire directed by Céline Sciamma[126][127]
- 2022: The Power of the Dog directed by Jane Campion
- 2023: The Worst Person in the World directed by Joachim Trier
- 2024: Close directed by Lukas Dhont
- 2025: The Zone of Interest directed by Jonathan Glazer[128]
