With the quantitative and qualitative research methods, this paper presents the analysis of overseas creativity research on foreign language classrooms from 1985-2016 from the perspectives of development trend, participants, themes and methodologies. The results indicate that: 1) the development trend presents a dynamic rise on the whole; 2) the research themes are developing from ontology research to other areas; 3) different groups of subjects are included, such as teachers, students, adults, children, native speakers and L2 learners; 4) empirical studies far outweigh theoretical research regarding methodologies.