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Best International Feature

Countries can submit one film for the International Feature Oscar category, with a first round of nomination voting that selects 15 finalists, and a second round chosen by all Academy members who agree to watch all 15 films and vote for the final list of five nominees.

Erik Anderson

Updated December 6, 2025 10:45am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

5

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

Sonny Bunch

Updated September 8, 2025 9:47am

1

Nouvelle Vague

Netflix

2

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

3

Sentimental Value

Neon

4

Palestine 36

Watermelon Pictures

5

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Grasshopper Film

David Canfield

Updated September 17, 2025 12:07pm

1

Sentimental Value

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

No Other Choice

Neon

5

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

Sophia Ciminello

Updated December 5, 2025 1:28pm

1

Sentimental Value

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

5

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

Tyler Coates

Updated January 7, 2026 11:28pm

1

The Secret Agent

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

Sentimental Value

Neon

4

Sirāt

Neon

5

All That's Left of You

Watermelon Pictures

Gregory Ellwood

Updated November 19, 2025 1:07pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

No Other Choice

Neon

5

The President’s Cake

Sony Pictures Classics

Joyce Eng

Updated December 16, 2025 6:01pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

Sirāt

Neon

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Chris Feil

Updated December 8, 2025 5:40am

1

The Secret Agent

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

4

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

5

No Other Choice

Neon

Brian Formo

Updated December 9, 2025 9:33am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

5

No Other Choice

Neon

Tomris Laffly

Updated January 5, 2026 2:23pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

The Secret Agent

Neon

3

Sentimental Value

Neon

4

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

5

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

Richard Lawson

Updated October 13, 2025 1:03pm

1

Sentimental Value

Neon

2

No Other Choice

Neon

3

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

4

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

5

Sirāt

Neon

Shirley Li

Updated November 30, 2025 12:33pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

No Other Choice

Neon

4

The Secret Agent

Neon

5

Sirāt

Neon

Ryan McQuade

Updated December 16, 2025 12:29pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

Sirāt

Neon

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Drew McWeeny

Updated September 22, 2025 3:21pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Nouvelle Vague

Netflix

3

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

A24

4

Sentimental Value

Neon

5

Palestine 36

Watermelon Pictures

Matt Neglia

Updated October 15, 2025 6:29pm

1

Sentimental Value

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

The President’s Cake

Sony Pictures Classics

5

The Love That Remains

Janus Films

Joe Reid

Updated December 4, 2025 7:46am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

Sirāt

Neon

5

No Other Choice

Neon

Katey Rich

Updated September 15, 2025 8:43am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

The Secret Agent

Neon

3

Sentimental Value

Neon

4

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Joanna Robinson

Updated October 30, 2025 1:34pm

1

Sentimental Value

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

No Other Choice

Neon

4

The Secret Agent

Neon

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Christopher Rosen

Updated December 22, 2025 6:21pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

Sirāt

Neon

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Richard Rushfield

Updated

1

2

3

4

5

Michael Schulman

Updated November 23, 2025 9:28am

1

No Other Choice

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

Sentimental Value

Neon

5

Sirāt

Neon

David Sims

Updated October 14, 2025 8:00am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

No Other Choice

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

Sentimental Value

Neon

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Katie Walsh

Updated August 31, 2025 12:32pm

1

The Secret Agent

Neon

2

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

3

Sentimental Value

Neon

4

Sirāt

Neon

5

No Other Choice

Neon

Steven Weintraub

Updated September 13, 2025 12:23pm

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

No Other Choice

Neon

3

Sirāt

Neon

4

Sentimental Value

Neon

5

Nouvelle Vague

Netflix

Jada Yuan

Updated December 4, 2025 6:40am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

The Secret Agent

Neon

3

Sirāt

Neon

4

No Other Choice

Neon

5

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

Esther Zuckerman

Updated December 8, 2025 4:47am

1

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

2

Sentimental Value

Neon

3

The Secret Agent

Neon

4

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

5

No Other Choice

Neon

Best International Feature Leaderboard

All films sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a nomination in this category

96%

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

96%

Sentimental Value

Neon

84%

The Secret Agent

Neon

56%

No Other Choice

Neon

52%

The Voice of Hind Rajab

WILLA

44%

Sirāt

Neon

28%

Left-Handed Girl

Netflix

12%

Nouvelle Vague

Netflix

8%

Palestine 36

Watermelon Pictures

8%

The President’s Cake

Sony Pictures Classics

4%

All That's Left of You

Watermelon Pictures

4%

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Grasshopper Film

4%

The Love That Remains

Janus Films

4%

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

A24

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