This is a list of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.

[1] The submissions of Austria and Greece were rejected before the formal review process and the submissions of Uruguay and Venezuela did not appear in the final list; meanwhile, those from Bolivia, Netherlands, Singapore and Tajikistan were later disqualified by the Academy.

Costa Rica, Iraq and Fiji submitted films for the first time.

South Africa won the award for the first time with Tsotsi by Gavin Hood.