Foreign Film Oscar Tally
compiled by Nathaniel R.
This is the Academy Awards so this is not meant to imply that this is the order in which countries have great cinema. It's just a numerical report on various countries Oscar snagging aptitude.
Updated as of January 22nd, 2009
current oscar race 2008
previous races 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001
In Order of Most Nominations and Wins # COUNTRY Nominations Wins Top 10 for Last 14 Years
(noms / wins) 01 FRANCE 35 9 #1
FRANCE (7/0) 02 ITALY 27 10 #2 GERMANY (5/2) 03 SPAIN 19 4 #3(tie) SPAIN /
NETHERLANDS (4/2) 04 SWEDEN 16 3 #5 SWEDEN (4/0) 05 GERMANY 15 3 #6(tie) CZECH / ITALY (3/1) 06 RUSSIA 14 4 07 JAPAN 12 0 #8 BRAZIL (3/0) 08 CZECH... 9 3 #9 RUSSIA (3/0) 09 HUNGARY 8 1 #10 SOUTH AFRICA (2/1) 10 NETHERLANDS 7 3 11 ISRAEL 8 0 POLAND 13 DENMARK 7 214 MEXICO 7 0 15 YUGOSLAVIA 6 0 16 SWITZERLAND 5 2 17 ARGENTINA 5 1 18 BELGIUM 5 0 GREECE 20 ALGERIA 4 1 CANADA22 NORWAY 4 0 BRAZIL 4 0 24 TAIWAN 3 125 AUSTRIA 3 1 INDIA 3 0 26 SOUTH AFRICA 2 1 27 UNITED KINGDOM 2 0 HONG KONG CHINA 30 BOSNIA 1 1 IVORY COAST 32 NICARAGUA 1 0 KAZAKHSTAN PUERTO RICO ICELAND URUGUAY VIETNAM CUBA GEORGIA MACEDONIA IRAN FINLAND PALESTINE NEPAL
Countries that submit
quite regularly that have not been nominated yet.
(not a complete list) Countries that have submitted but have not been nominated
(not a complete list)Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Korea
Luxembourg
Mongolia
Portugal
Philippines
Romania
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Thailand
Turkey
Venezuela Afghanistan
Albania
Armenia
Australia
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Chad
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Fiji
Indonesia
Iraq
Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia
Morocco
Peru
Sinagpore
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tunisia
2007 OSCAR
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