Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language Film

=Best Foreign Film=

2000s

*"'2000: "Dancer in the Dark" • Denmark
**"Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love)" • France/Hong Kong
**"Malli" • India
**"The War Zone" • UK
**"Zamani barayé masti asbha (A Time for Drunken Horses)" • Iran

*"'2001: "Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie)" • France
**"Amores perros (Love's a Bitch)" • Mexico
**"Lumumba" • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti
**"Sexy Beast" • Spain/UK
**"Tillsammans (Together)" • Denmark/Italy/Sweden

*"'2002: "Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too)" • Mexico
**"Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)" • Canada
**"Bloody Sunday" • Ireland
**"L'emploi du temps (Time Out)" • France
**"La pianiste (The Piano Teacher)" • France

*"'2003: "Whale Rider" • New Zealand
**"Cidade de Deus (City of God)" • Brazil
**"Lilja 4-ever (Lilya 4-ever)" • Denmark
**"The Magdalene Sisters" • England/Ireland
**"Les triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville)" • France

*"'2004: "Mar adentro (The Sea Inside)" • Spain
**"Feux rouges (Red Lights)" • France
**"La mala educación (Bad Education)" • Spain
**"Oasis" • South Korea
**"Yesterday" • South Africa

*"'2005: "Paradise Now" • Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France
**"Gegen die Wand (Head-On)" • Germany/Turkey
**"Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu)" • Romania
**"Temporada de patos (Duck Season)" • Mexico
**"Tony Takitani" • Japan

*"'2006: "Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)" • Germany
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**"Crónica de una fuga (Chronicle of an Escape)" • Argentina
**"Indigènes (Days of Glory)" • France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium
**"Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros)" • Philippines