I too have long been troubled by the designation "foreign". In my experience, the usage is largely American and refers to films made in a language other than English. English and Australian films, for example, are rarely referred to as "foreign" although they certainly fit that category. I suspect that the term is a simplification of "foreign-language" films, at least since the advent of the sound era. In the silent film literature, there are many references to "foreign" films, although, curiously not so often to films produced in English language countries. Of course, in the silent era, it was rather difficult to tell, as the primary clue to origin was the inter-titles, which were invariably rendered into English on-screen. The whiff of xenophobia is all over this odd usage. Gene Stavis - School of Visual Arts - NYC