 Prior to this, films recorded in a language other than English were often recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best Film, known between 1949 and 1969 as Best Film from any Source, also, in the 1980s there were only European films that the language originally recorded spoken in the film is not English, except Ran, between winners and nominees films in this category.In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.