Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film

Best Foreign Film

2000s

• 2000: Dancer in the Dark • Denmark
  • Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love) • France/Hong Kong
  • Malli • India
  • The War Zone • UK
  • Zamani barayé masti asbha (A Time for Drunken Horses) • Iran

• 2001: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) • France
  • Amores perros (Love's a Bitch) • Mexico
  • Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti
  • Sexy Beast • Spain/UK
  • Tillsammans (Together) • Denmark/Italy/Sweden

• 2002: Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too) • Mexico
  • Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) • Canada
  • Bloody Sunday • Ireland
  • L'emploi du temps (Time Out) • France
  • La pianiste (The Piano Teacher) • France

• 2003: Whale Rider • New Zealand
  • Cidade de Deus (City of God) • Brazil
  • Lilja 4-ever (Lilya 4-ever) • Denmark
  • The Magdalene Sisters • England/Ireland
  • Les triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville) • France

• 2004: Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) • Spain
  • Feux rouges (Red Lights) • France
  • La mala educación (Bad Education) • Spain
  • Oasis • South Korea
  • Yesterday • South Africa

• 2005: Paradise Now • Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France
  • Gegen die Wand (Head-On) • Germany/Turkey
  • Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) • Romania
  • Temporada de patos (Duck Season) • Mexico
  • Tony Takitani • Japan

• 2006: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) • Germany
  • A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest) • Romania
  • Crónica de una fuga (Chronicle of an Escape) • Argentina
  • Indigènes (Days of Glory) • France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium
  • Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros) • Philippines

• 2007: Once • Ireland
  • 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) • Romania
  • Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit) • France/Israel/USA
  • Lady Chatterley • Belgium/France/UK
  • Persepolis • France/USA

• 2008: Entre les murs (The Class) • France
  • Gomorra • Italy
  • Hunger • Ireland/UK
  • La graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain) • France
  • Stellet licht (Silent Light) • France/Germany/Netherlands/Mexico