THE LAST 30 YEARS: TOP NOMINATED COUNTRIES

Winners in bold

1: France (18 nominations, 3 wins)

2005 Joyeux Noel

2004 The Choir

2001 Amelie

2000 The Taste Of Others

1999 East/West

1996 Ridicule

1992 Indochine

1990 Cyrano De Bergerac

1989 Camille Claudel

1987 Au Revoir Les Enfants

1986 Betty Blue

1985 Three Men And A Cradle

1983 Entre Nous

1982 Coup De Torchon

1980 The Last Metro

1979 A Simple Story

1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

1977 Madame Rosa

2: Spain (13 nominations, 4 wins)

2004 The Sea Inside

1999 All About My Mother

1998 The Grandfather

1997 Secrets Of The Heart

1993 Belle Epoque

1988 Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown

1987 Course Completed

1984 Double Feature

1983 Carmen

1982 To Begin Again

1980 The Nest

1979 Mama Turns A Hundred

1977 That Obscure Object Of Desire

3: Italy (11 nominations, 3 wins)

2005 Don't Tell

1998 Life Is Beautiful

1995 The Starmaker

1991 Mediterraneo

1990 Open Doors

1989 Cinema Paradiso

1987 The Family

1981 Three Brothers

1979 To Forget Venice

1978 Viva Italia!

1977 A Special Day

4: Germany (10 nominations, 3 wins)

2006 The Lives Of Others

2005 Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

2004 Downfall

2002 Nowhere In Africa

1997 Beyond Silence

1992 Schtonk!

1990 The Nasty Girl

1985 Angry Harvest (as Federal Republic Of Germany)

1979 The Tin Drum (as Federal Republic Of Germany)

1978 The Glass Cell (as Federal Republic Of Germany)

5: Russia (8 nominations, 2 wins)

1997 The Thief

1996 Prisoner Of The Mountains

1994 Burnt By The Sun

1992 Close To Eden

1984 Wartime Romance (as USSR)

1982 Private Life (as USSR)

1980 Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (as USSR)

1978 White Bim Black Ear (as USSR)

6: Sweden (7 nominations, 1 win)

2004 As It Is In Heaven

2003 Evil

1999 Under The Sun

1995 All Things Fair

1991 The Ox

1983 Fanny And Alexander

1982 The Flight Of The Eagle

7: Hungary (6 nominations, 1 win)

1988 Hanussen

1985 Colonel Redl

1983 Job's Revolt

1981 Mephisto

1980 Confidence

1978 Hungarians