Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film

The Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics (Danish: Filmedarbejderforeningen). It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. This category was called "Best European Film" until 2001, when it became the "Best Non-American Film".

1940s

 * 1948: A Matter of Life and Death directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
 * 1949: Hamlet directed by Laurence Olivier

1950s

 * 1950: The Third Man directed by Carol Reed
 * 1951: Bicycle Thieves directed by Vittorio De Sica
 * 1952: The Browning Version directed by Anthony Asquith
 * 1953: Only a Mother directed by Alf Sjöberg
 * 1954: Forbidden Games directed by René Clément
 * 1955: Umberto D. directed by Vittorio De Sica
 * 1956: La Strada directed by Federico Fellini
 * 1957: Smiles of a Summer Night directed by Ingmar Bergman
 * 1958: Gates of Paris directed by René Clair
 * 1959: Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman

1960s

 * 1960: 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut
 * 1961: Ballad of a Soldier directed by Grigory Chukhray
 * 1962: Rocco and His Brothers directed by Luchino Visconti
 * 1963: Jules and Jim directed by François Truffaut
 * 1964: 8½ directed by Federico Fellini and Dr. Strangelove directed by Stanley Kubrick
 * 1965: The Soft Skin directed by François Truffaut
 * 1966: The Rules of the Game directed by Jean Renoir
 * 1967: Loves of a Blonde directed by Miloš Forman
 * 1968: Belle de Jour directed by Luis Buñuel
 * 1969: Playtime directed by Jacques Tati

1970s

 * 1970: Adalen Riots directed by Bo Widerberg
 * 1971: Le Boucher directed by Claude Chabrol
 * 1972: Death in Venice directed by Luchino Visconti
 * 1973: The New Land directed by Jan Troell
 * 1974: Cries and Whispers directed by Ingmar Bergman
 * 1975: Amarcord directed by Federico Fellini
 * 1976: The Passenger directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
 * 1977: 1900 directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
 * 1978: Providence directed by Alain Resnais
 * 1979: Autumn Sonata directed by Ingmar Bergman

1980s

 * 1980: The Tin Drum directed by Volker Schlöndorff
 * 1981: Max Havelaar directed by Fons Rademakers
 * 1982: The French Lieutenant's Woman directed by Karel Reisz
 * 1983: The Simple-Minded Murderer directed by Hans Alfredson
 * 1984: Carmen directed by Carlos Saura
 * 1985: Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders
 * 1986: Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa
 * 1987: My Life as a Dog directed by Lasse Hallström
 * 1988: Round Midnight directed by Bertrand Tavernier
 * 1989: Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis Malle

1990s

 * 1990: A Short Film About Killing directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * 1991: Dekalog directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * 1992: Life Is Sweet directed by Mike Leigh
 * 1993: Howards End directed by James Ivory
 * 1994: Not awarded
 * 1995: Three Colours: Red directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * 1996: Lamerica directed by Gianni Amelio
 * 1997: Trainspotting directed by Danny Boyle
 * 1998: The Full Monty directed by Peter Cattaneo
 * 1999: My Name Is Joe directed by Ken Loach

2000s

 * 2000: All About My Mother directed by Pedro Almodóvar
 * 2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee
 * 2002: Songs from the Second Floor directed by Roy Andersson
 * 2003: Talk to Her directed by Pedro Almodóvar
 * 2004: Good Bye, Lenin! directed by Wolfgang Becker
 * 2005: Look at Me directed by Agnès Jaoui
 * 2006: Downfall directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
 * 2007: The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
 * 2008: Pan's Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
 * 2009: Let the Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson

2010s

 * 2010: Waltz with Bashir directed by Ari Folman
 * 2011: The White Ribbon directed by Michael Haneke
 * 2012: A Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi
 * 2013: Amour directed by Michael Haneke
 * 2014: Blue Is the Warmest Colour directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
 * 2015: Force Majeure directed by Ruben Östlund
 * 2016: Mommy directed by Xavier Dolan
 * 2017: Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade
 * 2018: The Square directed by Ruben Östlund
 * 2019: Roma directed by Alfonso Cuarón

2020s

 * 2020: Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho
 * 2021: Portrait of a Lady on Fire directed by Céline Sciamma