Lista indijskih službenih kandidata za Oscara
Indijska vlada je odredila komisiju da izabere najbolji film koji je ostvaren u godini, koji je poslat za ulazak u akademske nagrade/oskar za nominaciju najbolji strani film. Slijedi lista takvih filmova.
| Godina | Ime Filma | Direktor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Mother India | Mehboob Khan | |
| 1962 | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam | Abrar Alvi | |
| 1969 | Deivamagan | A.C. Thirulogachandar | |
| 1970 | |||
| 1971 | Reshma Aur Shera | Sunil Dutt | |
| 1972 | Uphaar | Sudhendu Roy | |
| 1973 | Saudagar | Sudhendu Roy | |
| 1974 | Garam Hawa (Hot Winds) | M.S. Sathyu | |
| 1975-1976 | |||
| 1977 | Manthan | Shyam Benegal | |
| 1978 | The Chess Players | Satyajit Ray | |
| 1979 | |||
| 1980 | Payal Ki Jhankaar | Satyen Bose | |
| 1981-1983 | |||
| 1984 | Saaransh | Mahesh Bhatt | |
| 1985 | Saagar | Ramesh Sippy | |
| 1986 | Swathi Muthyam | Vishwanath | |
| 1987 | Nayagan | Mani Ratnam | |
| 1988 | Salaam Bombay! | Mira Nair | |
| 1989 | Parinda | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | |
| 1990 | Anjali | Mani Ratnam | |
| 1991 | Henna | Randhir Kapoor | |
| 1992 | Thevar Magan | Bharathan | |
| 1993 | Rudaali | Kalpana Lazmi | |
| 1994 | Bandit Queen | Shekhar Kapur | |
| 1995 | Kurudhipunal | P.C. Sreeram | |
| 1996 | Indian | Shankar | |
| 1997 | Guru | Rajiv Anchal | |
| 1998 | Jeans | Shankar | |
| 1999 | Earth | Deepa Mehta | |
| 2000 | Hey Ram | Kamal Haasan | |
