Foreign films that won best picture Oscars are rare — but foreign-language Picture nominees are not. This six-slide guide tracks subtitled films that reached the final five without winning Hollywood's top prize.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon earned ten Oscar nominations and won four awards — yet lost Best Picture to Gladiator, staying outside foreign films that won best picture Oscars despite global box-office dominance.

Roma (2018) and Minari (2020) both earned Best Picture nominations with Spanish and Korean-language storytelling — yet Nomadland and Green Book won instead, prolonging the wait for more foreign films that won best picture Oscars.

Drive My Car (2021) won International Feature and earned a Picture nomination — but CODA claimed the top trophy. All Quiet on the Western Front and Anatomy of a Fall followed the same pattern without joining foreign films that won best picture Oscars.

Best International Feature honors a nation's submitted non-English entry. Best Picture has no language test — explaining why many nominees never become foreign films that won best picture Oscars despite winning the international slot.