Oscar for best movie in a foreign language: Latin American wins 2022

As of 2022, movies from Argentina had been nominated seven times for International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, having won this category twice. Mexican productions were nominated nine times and won that Oscar once. In 2022, the Academy did not select any movie from Latin American countries as a finalist in the International Feature Film category.

Number of Latin American films nominated for or awarded an Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by country

Characteristic	Winner	Nomination
Mexico	1	9
Argentina	2	7
Brazil	0	4
Chile	1	2
Nicaragua	0	1
Puerto Rico*	0	1
Colombia	0	1
Peru	0	1
Cuba	0	1

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2022

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LAC

Survey time period

1956 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Films produced in the U.S.'s overseas territories are eligible to apply for Best International Feature Film.

The film "A Place in the World" (1992) submitted by Uruguay was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but was later declared ineligible and removed from the nominations ballot.

The date of release is the date of access.

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