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Saturn Award for Best International Film

{{Short description|Annual film award}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Saturn Award for
Best International Film

| awarded_for = Best motion picture of the year in non-English language, or set or produced in a non-American country

| presenter = Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films

| country = United States

| year = 1979

| holder = Godzilla Minus One (2023/2024)

| website = {{url|http://www.saturnawards.org}}

}}

The Saturn Award for Best International Film is one of the annual awards given by the American professional organization, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society who reward science fiction and fantasy in various media, is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the Best International Film category (then named Best Foreign Film) for the first time for the 1980 film year. It was deactivated after 1982, and was revived for the 2006 film year.{{cite web |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Past Saturn Awards |access-date=2009-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=2010-02-09 }} It is given to a feature-length motion picture from outside the United States of America and/or films in foreign languages, including non-English American films.

Winners and nominees

= 1970s (Best Foreign Film) =

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width=7% | Year

! width=31% | Motion picture

! width=25% | Country

! width=25% | Language

rowspan=6|1979
(7th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Dinner for Adele

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |{{CZS}}

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Czech

Circle of Iron

|{{USA}}

| English

Message from Space

|{{JPN}}

| Japanese

Nosferatu the Vampyre

|{{FRG}}
{{FRA}}

| English, German, Romanian

Patrick

|{{AUS}}

| English

Starcrash

|{{USA}}
{{ITA}}

| English

= 1980s =

class="wikitable" width="88%" align="center"
width=7% | Year

! width=31% | Motion picture

! width=25% | Country

! width=25% | Language

rowspan=5|1980
(8th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Scanners

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |English

The Castle of Cagliostro

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan

|Japanese

The Changeling

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| English

Harlequin

|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| English

Terror Train

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| English

rowspan=5|1981
(9th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Quest for Fire

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Invented language

Full Circle

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

|English

Roadgames

|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| English

Time Bandits

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

The Watcher in the Woods

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

rowspan=5|1982
(10th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Mad Max 2

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |English

The Chain Reaction

|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| English

Class of 1984

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada

| English

The House Where Evil Dwells

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan

| English

The Last Horror Film

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| English

= 2000s =

class="wikitable" width="88%" align="center"
width=7% | Year

! width=31% | Motion picture

! width=25% | Country

! width=25% | Language

rowspan=6|2006
(33rd)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Pan's Labyrinth

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Spanish

Apocalypto

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| Mayan

Curse of the Golden Flower

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|China}} China

|rowspan=2|Chinese

Fearless
The Host

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| Korean

Letters from Iwo Jima

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| Japanese

rowspan=6|2007
(34th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Eastern Promises[https://www.slashfilm.com/2008-saturn-awards-winners/ 2008 Saturn Awards Winners — /Film]

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |English

Black Book

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands

| Dutch, German

Day Watch

|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia

| Russian

Goya's Ghosts

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain
{{flagicon|USA}} United States

| English

The Orphanage

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain
{{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico

| Spanish

Sleuth

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

rowspan=6|2008
(35th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Let the Right One In

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Swedish

The Bank Job

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

The Forbidden Kingdom

| {{flagicon|USA}} United States
{{flagicon|China}} China

| English
Chinese

In Bruges

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

Slumdog Millionaire

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
{{flagicon|India}} India

| Hindi
English

Transsiberian

| {{flagicon|USA}} United States

| English

rowspan=6|2009
(36th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |District 9[https://www.eonline.com/news/187630/avatar-lost-rack-up-saturn-awards Avatar, Lost Rack Up Saturn Awards - E! Online]

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |{{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | English

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|France}} France

| English

Lorna's Silence

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium

| French

Red Cliff

| {{flagicon|China}} China

| Mandarin

Taken

| {{flagicon|France}} France

| English

Thirst

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| Korean

= 2010s =

class="wikitable" width="88%" align="center"
width=7% | Year

! width=31% | Motion picture

! width=25% | Country

! width=25% | Language

rowspan=6|2010
(37th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Monsters

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |English

Centurion

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

The Complete Metropolis

| {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany

| German

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden

| Swedish

Mother

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| Korean

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

| {{flagicon|Finland}} Finland

| Finnish
English

rowspan=6|2011
(38th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Skin I Live In

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Spanish

Attack the Block

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

|English

Largo Winch

|{{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium

| French

Melancholia

|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark
{{flagicon|France}} France

|English

Point Blank

|{{flagicon|France}} France

| French

The Troll Hunter

| {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

| Norwegian

rowspan=6|2012
(39th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Headhunters[https://variety.com/2013/film/awards/saturn-award-winners-1200501950/#! Saturn Award winners: "The Avengers", "Breaking Bad" Jennifer Lawerence - Variety]

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Russian, English

Anna Karenina

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

Chicken with Plums

| {{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium

| French

The Fairy

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
{{flagicon|France}} France

| French

My Way

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| Korean, Japanese, Russian, German, Chinese, English

Pusher

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

rowspan=6|2013
(40th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Big Bad Wolves

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Israel}} Israel

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Hebrew

Blancanieves

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

| No dialogue {{nowrap|{{small|(Intertitles in Spanish)}}}}

A Hijacking

| {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

| Danish

How I Live Now

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

Stoker

| {{flagicon|United States}} United States
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

The World's End

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

rowspan=6|2014
(41st)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Theory of Everything

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | English

Bird People

| {{flagicon|France}} France

| French, English

Calvary

| {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

Force Majeure

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
{{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

| Swedish, English, French, Norwegian

Mood Indigo

| {{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium

| French

The Railway Man

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| English

rowspan=6|2015
(42nd)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Turbo Kid

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | English

Goodnight Mommy

| {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria

| German

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden

| Swedish

Labyrinth of Lies

| {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany

| German

Legend

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

The Wave

| {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

| Norwegian

rowspan=6|2016
(43rd)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Handmaiden

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Korean

Elle

| {{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany

| French

In Order of Disappearance

| {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

| Norwegian

The Mermaid

| {{flagicon|China}} China
{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong

| Chinese

Shin Godzilla

| {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan

| Japanese

Under the Shadow

| {{flagicon|Qatar}} Qatar
{{flagicon|Jordan}} Jordan
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| Persian

rowspan=6|2017
(44th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|India}} India

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Telugu

Brimstone

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
{{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

The Lodgers

| {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland

| English

The Man Who Invented Christmas

| {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland
{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada

| English

The Square

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
{{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

| Swedish, English, Danish

Wolf Warrior 2

| {{flagicon|China}} China

| Chinese, English

rowspan="6" |2018/2019
(45th)

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Burning[https://www.comicsbeat.com/2019-saturn-awards-winners/ Marvel sweeps the 45th annual Saturn Awards with AVENGERS: ENDGAME taking six awards - The Beat]

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Korean

Aniara

|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

|Swedish, Danish

Border

|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden

|Swedish

Ghost Stories

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

|English

The Guilty

|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

|Danish

Shadow

|{{flagicon|China}} China

|Chinese

rowspan="6" |{{center|2019/2020
(46th)}}

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Parasite

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Korean

Jojo Rabbit

|{{flagicon|United States}} United States
{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand
{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic

|English

The Nightingale

|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

|English, Irish, Palawa kani

Official Secrets

|{{flagicon|United States}} United States
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

|English

Sputnik

|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia

|Russian

The Whistlers

|{{flagicon|Romania}} Romania
{{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany

|Romanian, English, El Silbo, Spanish

= 2020s =

class="wikitable" width="88%" align="center"
width=7% | Year

! width=31% | Motion picture

! width=25% | Country

! width=25% | Language

rowspan="7" | {{center|2021/2022
(50th)}}
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | RRR

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |{{flagicon|India}} India

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Telugu

Downton Abbey: A New Era

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

Eiffel

| {{flagicon|France}} France

| French

I'm Your Man

| {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany

| German

Riders of Justice

| {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

| Danish

Silent Night

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| English

rowspan="7" | {{center|2022/2023
(51st)}}
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Sisu

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Finland}} Finland

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Finnish, English

Madeleine Collins

| {{flagicon|France}} France

| French

Missing

| {{flagicon|Philippines}} Philippines

| Ilocano, Tagalog

The Origin of Evil

| {{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada

| French

Ransomed

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| Korean

Speak No Evil

| {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

| Danish, Dutch, English

rowspan="7" | {{center|2023/2024
(52nd)}}
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Godzilla Minus One

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Japanese

Animal Kingdom

| {{flagicon|France}} France

| French

Kill

| {{flagicon|India}} India

| Hindi

Monkey Man

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
{{flagicon|India}} India

| English
Hindi

Oddity

| {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland

| English

Society of the Snow

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

| Spanish

Countries with most wins

Countries with most nominations (6 or more)

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External links

  • [http://www.saturnawards.org Official site]

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Saturn Award for Best International Film}}

{{Saturn Awards}}

International Film

Category:Film awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Category:Awards established in 1979