Saudi Arabia submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] for the first time in 2013.[3][4][5][6] The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[7] It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.[8]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956.[8] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[7] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Saudi Arabia for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 (86th) | Wadjda[3] | وجدة | Arabic | Haifaa al-Mansour | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Barakah Meets Barakah[9] | بركة يقابل بركة | Mahmoud Sabbagh | Not nominated | |
| 2019 (92nd) | The Perfect Candidate[10] | المرشح المثالي | Haifaa al-Mansour | Not nominated | |
| 2020 (93rd) | Scales[11] | سيدة البحر | Shahad Ameen | Not nominated | |
| 2021 (94th) | The Tambour of Retribution[12] | حد الطار | Abdulaziz Alshlahei | Not nominated | |
| 2022 (95th) | Raven Song | الھامور ح.ع | Mohamed Al-Salman | Not nominated | |
| 2023 (96th) | Alhamour H.A. | أغنية الغراب | Abdulelah Alqurashi | Not nominated |
