Ka cika wannan magana: Sa'ad da aka gudanar da bikin Academy Awards na farko a ranar 16 ga Mayu, 1929, don girmama fina-finai da aka saki a shekara ta 1927/28, ba a da wani rukuni na musamman don fina-finai na harsunan waje ba saboda yawancin fina-finai da aka saki a shekara ta 1927 da kuma a shekara ta 1928 ba su da fina-finai. Tsakanin 1947 da 1955, Kwalejin ta ba da &lt;a href="Academy%20Honorary%20Award"&gt; Kyaututtuka na Musamman / Kyauta &lt;/a&gt; ga mafi kyawun finafinan yare na waje da aka saki a Amurka. Wadannan kyaututtukan, duk da haka, ba a ba da su a kai a kai (ba a ba da lambar yabo ba a 1953), kuma ba su da gasa tunda babu waɗanda aka zaɓa amma fim ɗaya ne kawai da ya ci nasara a kowace shekara. Don da
1956 (29th) Academy Awards, an ba da lambar yabo ta Academy Award of Merit, wanda aka fi sani da Kyautar Fim mafi Kyawun Harshe, an ƙirƙira shi ne don fina-finai masu magana da Ingilishi, kuma ana ba da shi kowace shekara tun daga lokacin.