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Oscars in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" 1948-2018, by country

Number of Oscar winners in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" from 1948 to 2018, by country

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This graph depicts the number of Oscar winners in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" from 1948 to 2018, broken down by country. Since 1948, 11 Italian films have won the Oscar for best foreign language film. Italy won its 13th Oscar in 2014 for "The Great Beauty". The 2018 award was won by the Chilean movie, "A Fantastic Woman",

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	Number of Oscar winning countries
Italy	11
France	9
Spain	4
Denmark	3
The Netherlands	3
Sweden	3
Soviet Union	3
Argentina	2
Austria	2
Czechoslovakia	2
Germany	2
Hungary	2
Iran	2
Switzerland	2
Algeria	1
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1
Canada	1
Chile	1
Czech Republic	1
West Germany	1
Ivory Coast	1
Japan	1
Poland	1
Russia	1
South Africa	1
Taiwan	1

	Number of Oscar winning countries
Italy	11
France	9
Spain	4
Denmark	3
The Netherlands	3
Sweden	3
Soviet Union	3
Argentina	2
Austria	2
Czechoslovakia	2
Germany	2
Hungary	2
Iran	2
Switzerland	2
Algeria	1
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1
Canada	1
Chile	1
Czech Republic	1
West Germany	1
Ivory Coast	1
Japan	1
Poland	1
Russia	1
South Africa	1
Taiwan	1

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This graph depicts the number of Oscar winners in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" from 1948 to 2018, broken down by country. Since 1948, 11 Italian films have won the Oscar for best foreign language film. Italy won its 13th Oscar in 2014 for "The Great Beauty". The 2018 award was won by the Chilean movie, "A Fantastic Woman",

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Release date: 2018

Region: Worldwide
Survey time period: 1948 to 2018
Special properties: does not include honorary awards

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