Don't take this the wrong way (i.e. as anti-Americanism) but rather than equate foreign with anything that is not from the motherland, it's probably more accurate to think of a foreign film as predominantly containing a "non-English language." The term is used within some relative minnows, such as my own, that exist outside the context of the States (e.g. Canada, UK, Australia, NZ) Thus even an American produced film that utters mainly in a non-English language (e.g. i have no idea what, but not Nell, haha) might be conducive to the foreign film label. But, damn, it's only a category. Hardly worth quibbling over, huh!