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Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award

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Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award
Awarded forBest foreign film of the year
CountryJapan
First awarded1984
Currently held byBelfast (2022)
Websitemainichi.jp/mfa/

The Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award (毎日映画コンクール外国映画ベストワン賞), also known as Mainichi Film Award for Best Foreign Film, is an award given annually at the Mainichi Film Awards to recognize the best foreign films produced outside Japan. It was first presented in 1984, with Sophie's Choice being the first recipient of the award.[1]

Winners

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1980s

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Year Title Country
1983 Sophie's Choice United States
1984 The Dresser United Kingdom
1985 A Sunday in the Country France
1986 The Purple Rose of Cairo United States
1987 The Trip to Bountiful United States
1988 Hope and Glory United Kingdom, United States
1989 Cinema Paradiso Italy, France

1990s

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Year Title Country
1990 A City of Sadness Taiwan
1991 Dances with Wolves United States
1992 JFK United States
1993 Unforgiven United States
1994 Farewell My Concubine Hong Kong
1995 The Shawshank Redemption United States
1996 Ulysses' Gaze Greece
1997 The English Patient United States, United Kingdom
1998 L.A. Confidential United States
1999 Shakespeare in Love United States, United Kingdom

2000s

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Year Title Country
2000 Space Cowboys United States
2001 Postmen in the Mountains China
2002 Devils on the Doorstep China
2003 The Pianist France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
2004 Mystic River United States
2005 Not awarded
2006 Flags of Our Fathers United States
2007 Still Life China
2008 The Dark Knight United States, United Kingdom
2009 Gran Torino United States

2010s

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Year Title Country
2010 Breathless South Korea
2011 The King's Speech United Kingdom, Australia
2012 Hugo United States
2013 Amour France, Austria, Germany
2014 Boyhood United States
2015 Birdman United States
2016 Sully United States
2017 I, Daniel Blake United Kingdom, France
2018 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri United States, United Kingdom
2019 Joker United States

2020s

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Year Title Country
2020 Parasite South Korea
2021 Nomadland United States
2022 Belfast United Kingdom
2023 Tár United States / Germany

References

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  1. ^ "コンクールの歴史" [History of Mainichi Film Award] (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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