David di Donatello for Best International Film

The David di Donatello for Best International Film (David di Donatello per il miglior film internazionale), known as the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film (David di Donatello per il miglior film straniero) prior to 2022, is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy’s answer to the Oscars", presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) since the 1959 edition. The category is specifically for films not competing for European honours. No awards were granted during the 1960 and 1961 editions, from 1965 to 1971, and in 1981. Starting from the 2019 edition, the award also includes films that previously would have belonged to the category of Best European Film.

Winners and nominees
Winners are indicated in bold.

1950s-1960s

 * 1958 The Prince and the Showgirl, directed by Laurence Olivier
 * 1959 Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli
 * 1960 No Award
 * 1961 Ben Hur, directed by William Wyler
 * 1962 Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by Stanley Kramer
 * 1963 The Longest Day, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
 * 1964 Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean
 * 1965 My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor
 * 1966 The Agony and the Ecstasy, directed by Carol Reed
 * 1967 Doctor Zhivago, directed by David Lean
 * 1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer
 * 1969 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick

1970s

 * 1970 The Lion in Winter, directed by Anthony Harvey
 * 1971 Ryan's Daughter, directed by David Lean
 * 1972 The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin
 * 1973 The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
 * 1974 Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Norman Jewison
 * 1975 The Towering Inferno, directed by Irwin Allen
 * 1976 Nashville, directed by Robert Altman
 * 1977 Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger
 * 1978 Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg
 * 1979 The Wishing Tree (ნატვრის ხე / Natvris khe), directed by Tengiz Abuladze

1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
 * Kramer vs. Kramer, directed by Robert Benton
 * No Award
 * Mephisto, directed by István Szabó
 * Marianne and Juliane (Die bleierne Zeit), directed by Margarethe von Trotta
 * Reds, directed by Warren Beatty
 * Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough
 * The Way  (Yol), directed by Yılmaz Güney
 * Victor/Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards
 * Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras
 * Fanny and Alexander, directed by Ingmar Bergman
 * Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks
 * Zelig, directed by Woody Allen
 * Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman
 * The Killing Fields, directed by Roland Joffé
 * Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders
 * Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack
 * Another Time, Another Place, directed by Michael Radford
 * Ran (乱), directed by Akira Kurosawa
 * A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory
 * The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo
 * The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé
 * Au revoir les enfants, directed by Louis Malle
 * The Dead, directed by John Huston
 * Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick
 * Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson
 * Mississippi Burning, directed by Alan Parker
 * Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios), directed by Pedro Almodóvar

1990s
1990 1991 Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (ex aequo) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
 * Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir
 * Crimes and Misdemeanors, directed by Woody Allen
 * May Fools (Milou en mai), directed by Louis Malle
 * Reunion, directed by Jerry Schatzberg
 * Life and Nothing But (La vie et rien d'autre), directed by Bertrand Tavernier
 * Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (ex aequo)
 * Dances with Wolves, directed by Kevin Costner
 * Nikita, directed by Luc Besson
 * Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese
 * Raise the Red Lantern (Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà / 大紅燈籠高高掛), directed by Zhang Yimou
 * Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott
 * Shadows and Fog, directed by Woody Allen
 * A Heart in Winter (Un coeur en hiver), directed by Claude Sautet
 * Howards End, directed by James Ivory
 * The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan
 * In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan
 * The Remains of the Day, directed by James Ivory
 * Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg
 * Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino
 * Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis
 * Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем / Utomlyonnye solntsem), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
 * Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud), directed by Claude Sautet
 * Mighty Aphrodite, directed by Woody Allen
 * Smoke, directed by Wayne Wang
 * Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte
 * The Full Monty, directed by Peter Cattaneo
 * Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg
 * The Thief (Vor), directed by Pavel Chukhray
 * Train of Life (Train de vie), directed by Radu Mihaileanu
 * Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden
 * Central Station (Central do Brasil), directed by Walter Salles

2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 * All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
 * American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes
 * East Is East, directed by Damien O'Donnell
 * The Taste of Others (Le goût des autres), directed by Agnès Jaoui
 * Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry
 * Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallström
 * In the Mood for Love (花樣年華 / Fa yeung nin wa), directed by Wong Kar-wai
 * The Man Who Wasn't There, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
 * No Man's Land (Ničija zemlja), directed by Danis Tanović
 * The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski
 * Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall
 * Talk to Her (Hable con ella), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
 * The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry
 * The Man on the Train (L'homme du train), directed by Patrice Leconte
 * The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares), directed by Denys Arcand
 * Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton
 * Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola
 * Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, directed by Peter Weir
 * Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * 2046, directed by Wong Kar-wai
 * 3-Iron (빈집 / Binjip), directed by Kim Ki-duk
 * Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George
 * Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford
 * Crash, directed by Paul Haggis
 * A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg
 * Good Night, and Good Luck., directed by George Clooney
 * Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee
 * Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood
 * Babel, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
 * Letters from Iwo Jima, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
 * The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabriele Muccino
 * The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese
 * No Country for Old Men, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor
 * Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn
 * In the Valley of Elah, directed by Paul Haggis
 * There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
 * Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant
 * The Visitor, directed by Tom McCarthy
 * The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky
 * WALL-E, directed by Andrew Stanton

2010s
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
 * Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino
 * A Serious Man, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Avatar, directed by James Cameron
 * Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman
 * Hereafter, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky
 * Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan
 * Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve
 * The Social Network, directed by David Fincher
 * A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین / Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín), directed by Asghar Farhadi
 * Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
 * Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese
 * The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney
 * The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick
 * Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino
 * Argo, directed by Ben Affleck
 * Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russell
 * Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg
 * Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee
 * The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson
 * 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen
 * American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell
 * Blue Jasmine, directed by Woody Allen
 * The Wolf of Wall Street, directed by Martin Scorsese
 * Birdman, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
 * American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater
 * The Salt of the Earth, directed by Wim Wenders
 * Mommy, directed by Xavier Dolan
 * Bridge of Spies, directed by Steven Spielberg
 * Carol, directed by Todd Haynes
 * Inside Out, directed by Pete Docter
 * Remember, directed by Atom Egoyan
 * Spotlight, directed by Thomas McCarthy
 * Nocturnal Animals, directed by Tom Ford
 * Captain Fantastic, directed by Matt Ross
 * Lion, directed by Garth Davis
 * Paterson, directed by Jim Jarmusch
 * Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan
 * La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle
 * The Insult (قضية رقم ٢٣, / Qadiyya raqm 23), directed by Ziad Doueiri
 * Loveless (Нелюбовь / Nelyubov), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
 * Manchester by the Sea, directed by Kenneth Lonergan
 * Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón
 * Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Bryan Singer
 * Cold War (Zimna wojna), directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
 * Phantom Thread, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, directed by Martin McDonagh

2020s
2020
 * Parasite (기생충 / Gisaengchung), directed by Bong Joon-ho
 * Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly
 * Joker, directed by Todd Phillips
 * An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse), directed by Roman Polanski
 * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, directed by Quentin Tarantino

2021
 * 1917, directed by Sam Mendes
 * Jojo Rabbit, directed by Taika Waititi
 * Les Misérables, directed by Ladj Ly
 * Richard Jewell, directed by Clint Eastwood
 * Sorry We Missed You, directed by Ken Loach

2022
 * Belfast, directed by Kenneth Branagh
 * Don't Look Up, directed by Adam McKay
 * Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー / Doraibu mai kā), directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
 * Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve
 * The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion

2023
 * The Fabelmans, directed by Steven Spielberg
 * Bones and All, directed by Luca Guadagnino
 * Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann
 * Licorice Pizza, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
 * Triangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben Östlund

2024
 * Anatomie d'une chute, directed by Justine Triet
 * As bestas, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
 * Kuolleet lehdet, directed by Aki Kaurismäki
 * Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese
 * Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan