No foreign language film has ever won the Oscar for best picture . Sixty - five nations submitted foreign language films for consideration this year . Best picture nominees increased from 8 to 10 , increasing nominations for foreign films . `` A better analogy is [ soccer 's ] World Cup , '' Davis said . Film fan : ` ` Slumdog ##s '' d n't have won last year if it had n't been in English .
No foreign language film has ever won the Oscar for best picture . Sixty - five nations submitted foreign language films for consideration this year . Best picture nominees increased from 8 to 10 , increasing nominations for foreign films . Film fan : ` ` Slumdog ##s '' d n't have won last year if it had n't been in English .