The selection of the national submissions for the competition for the OSCAR^® in the category International Feature Film are in most cases organized by the respective national film institutions. In Germany, German Films is responsible for the preparation, organization and implementation of the selection procedures. In this function, German Films' responsibilities are strictly of organizational nature. German Films itself is not represented in the selection committee.

The following nine movies were submitted for 2023 to German Films by German producers in the OSCAR^® category BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: 

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES) - Edward Berger (Amusement Park Film)
• DEAR KURT (LIEBER KURT) - Til Schweiger (Mr. Brown Entertainment Filmproduction)
• MOSTLY MINIMALISTIC (ALLES IN BESTER ORDNUNG) - Natja Brunckhorst (Lichtblick Film & Fernsehproduktion)
• NICO - Eline Gehring (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Third Culture Kids)
• NO ONE’S WITH THE CALVES (NIEMAND IST BEI DEN KÄLBERN) - Sabrina Sarabi (Weydemann Bros.)
• RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH (RABIYE KURNAZ GEGEN GEORGE W. BUSH) - Andreas Dresen (Pandora Filmproduktion)
• TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER (ALLE REDEN ÜBERS WETTER) - Annika Penske (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin)
• THE FORGER (DER PASSFÄLSCHER) - Maggie Peren (DreiFilm)
• WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD (WIR KÖNNTEN GENAUSO GUT TOT SEIN) - Natalia Sinelnikova (Heartwake Films)