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Foreign Film Oscars - The Forties and Fifties

A Complete List of World Film Oscar Winners from 1947 to 1959

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

[1947-1959|1960-1969|1970-1979|1980-1989|1990-2002]


1959 Black Orpheus
Directed by Marcel Camus, France

1958 My Uncle
Directed by Jacques Tati, France

1957 The Nights of Cabiria
Directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

1956 La Strada
Directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

1955 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, Japan

1954 Gate of Hell
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japan

1953 N/A
1952 Forbidden Games
Directed by René Clément, France

1951 Rashomon
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan

1950 The Walls of Malapaga
Directed by René Clément, France/Italy

1949 The Bicycle Thief
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

1948 Monsieur Vincent
Directed by Maurice Cloche, France

1947 Shoe Shine
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

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