The following 13 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 35th Academy Awards (1963) in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from Brazil, France, Greece, Italy and Mexico.

France won the award for Sundays and Cybele, a drama about a young girl who meets a shell-shocked Vietnam War veteran.^[1]

South Korea submitted a film for the first time.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Argentina	The Sad Young Men	Spanish	Los Jóvenes viejos	Rodolfo Kuhn	Not nominated
Brazil	Keeper of Promises	Portuguese	O Pagador de Promessas	Anselmo Duarte	Nominated
Egypt	Chased by the Dogs	Arabic	اللص والكلاب	Kamal El Sheikh	Not nominated
France	Sundays and Cybele	French	Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray	Serge Bourguignon	Won Academy Award
Greece	Electra	Greek	Ηλέκτρα	Michael Cacoyannis	Nominated
India	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam	Hindi	साहिब बीबी और गुलाम	Abrar Alvi	Not nominated
Italy	The Four Days of Naples	Italian	Le Quattro giornate di Napoli	Nanni Loy	Nominated
Japan	Being Two Isn't Easy	Japanese	私は二歳	Kon Ichikawa	Not nominated
South Korea	My Mother and the Roomer	Korean	사랑방 손님과 어머니	Shin Sang-ok	Not nominated
Mexico	Tlayucan	Spanish	Tlayucan	Luis Alcoriza	Nominated
Norway	Cold Tracks	Norwegian	Kalde spor	Arne Skouen	Not nominated
Spain	Dulcinea	Spanish	Dulcinea	Vicente Escrivá	Not nominated
Sweden	The Mistress	Swedish	Älskarinnan	Vilgot Sjöman	Not nominated