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Hello everyone. This is Erik, the Asian Movie Enthusiast.

This is a video I’ve been wanting to do for years. And it’s time to stop procrastinating. It’s now or never. After “Parasite’s” recent victories at last week’s Academy Awards, I think we need to talk about the “Best Foreign Language Film” award – now known as “Best International Feature Film.” Grab some snacks and a drink, because we’re gonna be here a while.

I’ve always wondered why South Korea was never even nominated for this Award before “Parasite” cleaned house. And that’s exactly what we’re going to talk about here. In this video, I’m going to give my opinions on various aspects of that award – as well as “Parasite’s” historic win – but the meat of this video is going to be a discussion of the last 20 years – 2000 to 2019. More specifically, (1) who won the award each year; (2) what film South Korea selected as its official submission for each year; and (3) whether or not I agree with both of these decisions. This will be presented in a chronological format, as I always like to do.

Time Stamps:

Introduction – 0:00
Year-By-Year Analysis of Best Foreign Language Film – 5:45
Summary and Thoughts on the Analysis – 42:52
What is the Impact of Parasite’s Win? – 54:03

My discussion video playlist can be found here:    • Discussion Videos  

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners

2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan)
2001 - No Man’s Land (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
2002 - Nowhere In Africa (Germany)
2003 - The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)
2004 - The Sea Inside (Spain)
2005 - Tsotsi (South Africa)
2006 - The Lives of Others (Germany)
2007 - The Counterfeiters (Austria)
2008 - Departures (Japan)
2009 - The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina)
2010 - In a Better World (Denmark)
2011 - A Separation (Iran)
2012 - Amour (Austria)
2013 - The Great Beauty (Italy)
2014 - Ida (Poland)
2015 - Son of Saul (Hungary)
2016 - The Salesman (Iran)
2017 - A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
2018 - Roma (Mexico)
2019 - Parasite (South Korea)

Korean Film Council Submissions - My Picks (if different)

2000 - Chunhyang - Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Peppermint Candy
2001 - no submission - One Fine Spring Day
2002 - Oasis
2003 - Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring - Oldboy, Memories of Murder
2004 - Taegukgi
2005 - Welcome To Dongmakgol - This Charming Girl, 3-Iron
2006 - The King and the Clown
2007 - Secret Sunshine
2008 - Crossing - My Dear Enemy
2009 - Mother
2010 - A Barefoot Dream - Poetry, The Housemaid
2011 - The Front Line - Silenced, Bleak Night, Re-encounter
2012 - Pieta - A Muse
2013 - Juvenile Offender - Jiseul
2014 - Haemoo - Han Gong-ju
2015 - The Throne - Madonna
2016 - The Age of Shadows - The Handmaiden, The World of Us
2017 - A Taxi Driver
2018 - Burning
2019 - Parasite