These are the films that truly transcend language barriers.
The win launched Cotillard to international fame and made her a bona fide Hollywood star.M.L.L.
Highly regarded as one of the best films of its decade, it marked a then-career-high for Almodovar.M.L.L.
Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’; Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Yeo-jeong in ‘Parasite’; Yalitza Aparicio in ‘Roma’.Credit:Neon (2); Netflix
Despite being based on Giovanni Arpino’s novelHonour Killing,it won in the original screenplay category.
The category for international feature then known as Best Foreign Film wasn’t even officially created until 1956.M.L.L.
Jehnny Beth, Milo Machado-Graner, and Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’.Neon
Cho Yeo-jeong in ‘Parasite’.Courtesy of NEON CJ Entertainment
Alfonso Cuarón and Yalitza Aparicio on the set of ‘Roma’.Carlos Somonte/Netflix
Marion Cotillard in ‘La Vie en Rose’.Everett Collection
Leonor Watling in ‘Talk to Her’; inset: Pedro Almodóvar.Everett Collection; Jesus Merida/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Roberto Benigni in ‘Life is Beautiful’.Everett Collection
Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant in ‘A Man and a Woman’; inset: Pierre Uytterhoeven.Everett Collection (2)
Daniela Rocca and Marcello Mastroianni in ‘Divorce Italian Style’; inset: Pietro Germi.Courtesy Everett Collection (2)
Sophia Loren and Jean-Paul Belmondo in ‘Two Women’.Everett Collection
Pascal Lamorisse in ‘The Red Balloon’; inset: Albert Lamorisse.Everett Collection (2)
Josiane Hegg (seated, left) and Anne-Marie Blanc (standing, center) in ‘Marie-Louise’.Everett Collection
