What movie nominated for Best Foreign Film SHOULD have won, but didn't?

Question

In 1993, for example, a bit of comic fluff called Belle Epoque beat out Farewell My Concubine (Hong Kong) and The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan), both better films. In 1959, Truffaut's 400 Blows didn't even get nominated for the category!

I haven't seen them all and don't expect you to have either. So, here's a link to a comprehensive list of nominees and winners.

http://home.comcast.net/~sitbluesit/foreignlangoscar1.htm

Answer 1

Nice link! So many amazing foreign films go unnoticed, even even those that get noticed sometimes don't win!

In the year 1965 It should have been Kwaidan
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=90
Although I must confess i havent seen the winner.

In the year 1980, Vladmir Menshov's 'Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears' (which I also really like) won the award for best foreign film. The one I think should have won was Kurosawa's Kagemusha.

1988 Salaam Bombay should have won
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096028/

1998 Although the winner 'Life is Beautiful' was brilliant I thought
Majid Majidi's Children of heaven was even better and should have won.

2002 Zhang Yimou's Hero should have won
http://www.miramax.com/hero/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1789184

I recently saw this french film called "Man On the Train" by Patrice Leconte, another masterpiece that sadly not too many people have seen.
http://www.catsmeowmoviecritic.com/catsmeowmoviearchives/id56.html