The Valley Record. A cozy little archive for all my random by-year stuff.
and yes, the shorts noted don't count for the totals.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Best Foreign Language Film

51 nominated films in total seen.
20 winning films seen.
4 special/honorary winning films seen.

In chronological order of me having seen them.

2004
Hero (2002, China)

2005
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Taiwan)

2006
Water (2006, Canada)

January, 2007
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005, Germany)

April, 2007
Amélie (2001, France)

May, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Mexico)

September, 2007
The Lives of Others (2006, Germany)

October, 2007
Fanny and Alexander (1983, Sweden)

March, 2008
Downfall (2004, Germany)
After the Wedding (2006, Denmark)
The Battle of Algiers (1966, Italy)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, France)

April, 2008
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987, France)

July, 2008
The Shop on Main Street (1965, Czechoslovakia)

August, 2008
Day for Night (1973, France)

September, 2008
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994, Taiwan)

December, 2008
Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Hong Kong)

February, 2009
Waltz with Bashir (2008, Israel)

March, 2009
The Class (2008, France)
The Firemen's Ball (1968, Czechoslovakia)
Rashomon (1951, Japan)
The Last Metro (1980, France)
Forbidden Games (1952, France)

April, 2009
All About My Mother (1999, Spain)

May, 2009
(1963, Italy)

July, 2009
Closely Watched Trains (1967, Czechoslovakia)

August, 2009
The Virgin Spring (1960, Sweden)

September, 2009
La Strada (1956, Italy)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, France)

October, 2009
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008, Germany)
Nights of Cabiria (1957, Italy)
Loves of a Blonde (1966, Czechoslovakia)

January, 2010
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, Spain)

March, 2010
The White Ribbon (2009, Germany)
A Prophet (2009, France)

April, 2010
Knife in the Water (1963, Poland)

May, 2010
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009, Argentina)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow  (1964, Italy)

January, 2011
Black Orpheus (1959, France)

February, 2011
Z (1969, Algeria)
Biutiful (2010, Mexico)

October, 2011
Marriage Italian Style (1965, Italy)

February, 2012
Amarcord (1974, Italy)

March, 2012
Camille Claudel (1989, France)

June, 2012
A Man and a Woman (1966, France)

July, 2012
The Wedding Banquet (1993, Taiwan)

August, 2012
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955, Japan)
Cousin Cousine (1976, France)

September, 2012
Paradise Now (2005, Palestinian Territories)

February, 2013
A Separation (2011, Iran)

May, 2013
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958, Italy)

June, 2013
Through a Glass Darkly (1961, Sweden)
Gate of Hell (1954, Japan)

March, 2014
The Great War (1959, Italy)
Incendies (2010, Canada)
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All Nominees Seen in:
n/a

At least 75% of Nominees Seen in:
2006

At least 50% of Nominees Seen in:
2008 • 2009

Percent Seen by Decade
'50s: 25%
(5/20)
'60s: 28%
(14/50)
'70s: 8%
(4/50)
'80s: 10%
(5/50)
'90s: 8%
(4/49)
'00s: 32%
(16/50)
'10s: 15%
(3/20)

17% of nominees seen, of 284.
35% of winners seen, of 58.
50% of special honorary winners seen, of 8.

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