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Palme d'Or Winners, Ranked

The Cannes Film Festival's top prize — every Palme d'Or winner in our library, ranked by composite canon score rather than by festival year, alongside the Grand Prix, the festival's runner-up honor.

Award results are facts and are listed in full. The score chip is our composite canon score.

  1. 1
    Apocalypse Now1979 · Francis Ford Coppola · United States · war, action, drama
    6.84

    Palme d'Or winner 1979 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #18 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #19

  2. 2
    Taxi Driver1976 · Martin Scorsese · United States · film-noir, drama, crime
    6.25

    Palme d'Or winner 1976 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1976 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #12

  3. 3
    The Third Man1949 · Carol Reed · United Kingdom · film-noir, mystery, drama
    6.08

    BFI Top 100 British films #1 · Palme d'Or winner 1949 · Cannes Grand Prix winner 1949

  4. 4
    Pulp Fiction1994 · Quentin Tarantino · United States · crime, drama, thriller
    5.76

    Palme d'Or winner 1994 · Empire 500 (2008) #9 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1994

  5. 5
    Parasite2019 · Bong Joon-ho · South Korea · comedy, drama, thriller
    5.72

    Palme d'Or winner 2019 · Oscar Best Picture winner 2019 · Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #1

  6. 6
    The Piano1993 · Jane Campion · France / Australia / New Zealand · drama, romance
    4.99

    Palme d'Or winner 1993 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1994 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #50

  7. 7
    Secrets & Lies1996 · Mike Leigh · United Kingdom · drama
    4.58

    Palme d'Or winner 1996 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1997 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1996

  8. 8
    Brief Encounter1945 · David Lean · United Kingdom · romance, drama
    4.30

    Palme d'Or winner 1946 · BFI Top 100 British films #2 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1948 #3

  9. 9
    The Tree of Life2011 · Terrence Malick · United States · sci-fi, fantasy, drama
    4.26

    Palme d'Or winner 2011 · Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2011 #2

  10. 10
    MASH1970 · Robert Altman · United States · comedy, drama, war
    4.25

    Palme d'Or winner 1970 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1970 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1970 #5

  11. 11
    La Dolce Vita1960 · Federico Fellini · France / Italy · comedy, drama
    4.24

    Palme d'Or winner 1960 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1960 #2 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #35

  12. 12
    Taste of Cherry1997 · Abbas Kiarostami · Iran · drama
    4.03

    Palme d'Or winner 1997 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #93 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243

  13. 13
    Blowup1966 · Michelangelo Antonioni · United Kingdom / Italy · mystery, thriller, drama
    3.93

    Palme d'Or winner 1967 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1967 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 1966 #1

  14. 14
    Paris, Texas1984 · Wim Wenders · France / Germany · drama
    3.89

    Palme d'Or winner 1984 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #185 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1985 #6

  15. 15
    The Pianist2002 · Roman Polanski · France / Germany / United Kingdom · musical, drama, biography
    3.86

    Palme d'Or winner 2002 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2003 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2003 #1

  16. 16
    The Conversation1974 · Francis Ford Coppola · United States · thriller, drama, mystery
    3.76

    Palme d'Or winner 1974 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #72 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1974

  17. 17
    Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Thailand / France · comedy, drama, fantasy
    3.69

    Palme d'Or winner 2010 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2010 #1 · Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #2

  18. 18
    The Wages of Fear1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot · France / Italy · drama, adventure
    3.63

    Palme d'Or winner 1953 · BAFTA Best Film winner 1955 · Berlin Golden Bear winner 1953

  19. 19
    Viridiana1961 · Luis Buñuel · Mexico / Spain · comedy, drama
    3.59

    Palme d'Or winner 1961 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #52 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1962 #4

  20. 20
    Shoplifters2018 · Hirokazu Koreeda · Japan · drama
    3.56

    Palme d'Or winner 2018 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2018 #1 · Japan Academy Prize winner 2019

  21. 21
    Amour2012 · Michael Haneke · France / Germany / Austria · drama
    3.39

    Palme d'Or winner 2012 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2013 #1 · César Best Film winner 2013

  22. 22
    Farewell My Concubine1993 · Chen Kaige · China · drama, romance
    3.39

    Palme d'Or winner 1993 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1994 #2 · TIME All-TIME 100

  23. 23
    Anatomy of a Fall2023 · Justine Triet · France · thriller, crime, drama
    3.33

    Palme d'Or winner 2023 · César Best Film winner 2024 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2023 #3

  24. 24
    All That Jazz1979 · Bob Fosse · United States · musical, drama, biography
    3.28

    Palme d'Or winner 1980 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1979 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1980 #8

  25. 25
    Kagemusha1980 · Akira Kurosawa · Japan · drama, war
    3.23

    Palme d'Or winner 1980 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1980 #2 · Ebert's annual top 10 1980 #3

  26. 26
    If....1968 · Lindsay Anderson · United Kingdom · drama
    3.22

    Palme d'Or winner 1969 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1969 #3 · BFI Top 100 British films #12

  27. 27
    The Tree of Wooden Clogs1978 · Ermanno Olmi · Italy · drama
    3.14

    Palme d'Or winner 1978 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1979 #2 · Empire 500 (2008) #108

  28. 28
    Underground1995 · Emir Kusturica · France / Germany / Bulgaria · comedy, drama, war
    3.13

    Palme d'Or winner 1995 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1996 #3 · Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #2

  29. 29
    Anora2024 · Sean Baker · United States · comedy, drama
    3.08

    Palme d'Or winner 2024 · Oscar Best Picture winner 2024 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2025 #2

  30. 30
    The Eel1997 · Shohei Imamura · Japan · drama
    3.00

    Palme d'Or winner 1997 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1997 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1997 #4

  31. 31
    The Tin Drum1979 · Volker Schlöndorff · France / Germany / Poland · war, drama
    2.99

    Palme d'Or winner 1979 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1981 #1 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  32. 32
    Barton Fink1991 · Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · United States / United Kingdom · film-noir, comedy, drama
    2.98

    Palme d'Or winner 1991 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1991 #3 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1992 #5

  33. 33
    The Leopard1963 · Luchino Visconti · France / Italy · drama
    2.94

    Palme d'Or winner 1963 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #90 · Vatican film list

  34. 34
    The Child2005 · Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Belgium / France · drama
    2.89

    Palme d'Or winner 2005 · Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #4 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2005 #4

  35. 35
    The Lost Weekend1945 · Billy Wilder · United States · drama, film-noir
    2.82

    Palme d'Or winner 1946 · Oscar Best Picture winner 1945 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1948 #8

  36. 36
    Rome, Open City1945 · Roberto Rossellini · Kingdom of Italy · drama
    2.82

    Palme d'Or winner 1946 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1950 #4 · Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films

  37. 37
    Life Is Beautiful1997 · Roberto Benigni · Italy · comedy, drama
    2.80

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1998 · TIFF People's Choice winner 1998 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1998

  38. 38
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days2007 · Cristian Mungiu · Romania / Belgium · drama
    2.80

    Palme d'Or winner 2007 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #6 · Film Comment year-end poll 2007 #9

  39. 39
    The Image Book2018 · Jean-Luc Godard · Switzerland / France · documentary
    2.74

    Palme d'Or winner 2018 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2019 #1 · Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #18

  40. 40
    Marty1955 · Delbert Mann · United States · drama, romance
    2.73

    Palme d'Or winner 1955 · Oscar Best Picture winner 1955 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1955 #7

  41. 41
    Breaking the Waves1996 · Lars von Trier · Denmark / Sweden / France · drama, romance
    2.69

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1996 · Kehr's annual top 10 1996 #1 · Ebert's annual top 10 1996 #2

  42. 42
    The Zone of Interest2023 · Jonathan Glazer · United Kingdom / Poland / United States · drama, war
    2.68

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2023 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2024 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2023

  43. 43
    The Long Absence1961 · Henri Colpi · France · drama
    2.68

    Palme d'Or winner 1961 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1964 #1 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

  44. 44
    La Belle Noiseuse1991 · Jacques Rivette · France / Switzerland · drama
    2.67

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1992 #1 · Cannes Grand Prix winner 1991 · Kehr's annual top 10 1992 #2

  45. 45
    Sex, Lies, and Videotape1989 · Steven Soderbergh · United States · drama
    2.67

    Palme d'Or winner 1989 · Sarris's annual top 10 1989 #1 · National Film Registry (inducted 2006)

  46. 46
    I, Daniel Blake2016 · Ken Loach · United Kingdom / France / Belgium · drama
    2.66

    Palme d'Or winner 2016 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2017 #1 · Criterion Collection spine #906

  47. 47
    Under the Sun of Satan1987 · Maurice Pialat · France · drama
    2.64

    Palme d'Or winner 1987 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1987 #1 · Sarris's annual top 10 1989 #10

  48. 48
    The Son's Room2001 · Nanni Moretti · Italy / France · drama
    2.59

    Palme d'Or winner 2001 · Sarris's annual top 10 2002 #2 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2001 #9

  49. 49
    The White Ribbon2009 · Michael Haneke · France / Germany / Austria · drama, mystery
    2.58

    Palme d'Or winner 2009 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2010 #4 · Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #12

  50. 50
    Inside Llewyn Davis2013 · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · United States / France · drama, musical, comedy
    2.58

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #1 · Cannes Grand Prix winner 2013 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #18

  51. 51
    The Mother and the Whore1973 · Jean Eustache · France · comedy, drama
    2.58

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1973 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #52 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #104

  52. 52
    Miracle in Milan1951 · Vittorio De Sica · Italy · fantasy, drama, comedy
    2.55

    Palme d'Or winner 1951 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1951 #3 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1952 #5

  53. 53
    Scarecrow1973 · Jerry Schatzberg · United States · drama
    2.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1973 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1973 #1

  54. 54
    Dancer in the Dark2000 · Lars von Trier · Denmark / Sweden / Germany · musical, drama
    2.43

    Palme d'Or winner 2000 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #8 · Kehr's annual top 10 2000 #2

  55. 55
    Blue Is the Warmest Colour2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche · France / Belgium / Spain · drama, romance
    2.43

    Palme d'Or winner 2013 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2013 #3 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #12

  56. 56
    Friendly Persuasion1956 · William Wyler · United States · drama, war
    2.42

    Palme d'Or winner 1957 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1956 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1957 #9

  57. 57
    The Ballad of Narayama1983 · Shohei Imamura · Japan · comedy, drama
    2.39

    Palme d'Or winner 1983 · Japan Academy Prize winner 1984 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1983 #5

  58. 58
    Oldboy2003 · Park Chan-wook · South Korea / Japan · drama, thriller, mystery
    2.38

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2004 · Kehr's annual top 10 2005 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2004 #6

  59. 59
    Miss Julie1951 · Alf Sjöberg · Sweden · drama, romance
    2.37

    Palme d'Or winner 1951 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1951 #6 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1952 #6

  60. 60
    Othello1951 · Orson Welles · United States · drama
    2.33

    Palme d'Or winner 1952 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1987 #3 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  61. 61
    Gate of Hell1953 · Teinosuke Kinugasa · Japan · drama
    2.33

    Palme d'Or winner 1954 · Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1954 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  62. 62
    Yol1982 · Yılmaz Güney, Şerif Gören · Turkey · drama
    2.29

    Palme d'Or winner 1982 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1985 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1982 #8

  63. 63
    Missing1982 · Costa-Gavras · United States · drama, biography, thriller
    2.28

    Palme d'Or winner 1982 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1982 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  64. 64
    Elephant2003 · Gus Van Sant · United States · drama, thriller
    2.26

    Palme d'Or winner 2003 · Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #3 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2003 #9

  65. 65
    The Sacrifice1986 · Andrei Tarkovsky · Sweden / France / United Kingdom · drama
    2.26

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1986 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1986 #2 · Kehr's annual top 10 1986 #2

  66. 66
    A Prophet2009 · Jacques Audiard · France / Italy · drama, crime, thriller
    2.25

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2009 · César Best Film winner 2010 · Film Comment year-end poll 2010 #5

  67. 67
    The Cranes Are Flying1957 · Mikhail Kalatozov · Soviet Union · romance, drama, war
    2.24

    Palme d'Or winner 1958 · Letterboxd Top 250 #31 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  68. 68
    Crossfire1947 · Edward Dmytryk · United States · film-noir, drama
    2.23

    Palme d'Or winner 1947 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1947 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  69. 69
    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg1964 · Jacques Demy · France / West Germany · musical, romance, drama
    2.21

    Palme d'Or winner 1964 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #122 · Criterion Collection spine #716

  70. 70
    Black Orpheus1959 · Marcel Camus · France / Brazil / Italy · fantasy, musical, romance
    2.18

    Palme d'Or winner 1959 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1960 #6 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  71. 71
    Eternity and a Day1998 · Thodoros Angelopoulos · Greece / France / Germany · drama
    2.18

    Palme d'Or winner 1998 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1999 #4 · Letterboxd Top 250 #68

  72. 72
    The Mission1986 · Roland Joffé · United Kingdom / France · drama
    2.17

    Palme d'Or winner 1986 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1986 · Vatican film list

  73. 73
    Rosetta1999 · Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Belgium / France · drama
    2.14

    Palme d'Or winner 1999 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1999 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #621

  74. 74
    All We Imagine as Light2024 · Payal Kapadia · India · drama
    2.14

    Film Comment year-end poll 2024 #1 · Cannes Grand Prix winner 2024 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2024 #5

  75. 75
    Padre Padrone1977 · Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani · Italy · drama
    2.12

    Palme d'Or winner 1977 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #10 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

  76. 76
    Triangle of Sadness2022 · Ruben Östlund · Sweden / Germany / United Kingdom · drama, comedy
    2.11

    Palme d'Or winner 2022 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2022 · Criterion Collection spine #1178

  77. 77
    It Was Just an Accident2025 · Jafar Panahi · Iran / France · drama
    2.09

    Palme d'Or winner 2025 · Film Comment year-end poll 2025 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #1317

  78. 78
    When Father Was Away on Business1985 · Emir Kusturica · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · comedy, drama
    2.06

    Palme d'Or winner 1985 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1986 #5 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

  79. 79
    My American Uncle1980 · Alain Resnais · France · drama
    2.06

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1980 · TIME All-TIME 100 · Sarris's annual top 10 1980 #3

  80. 80
    A Man and a Woman1966 · Claude Lelouch · France · drama, romance
    2.05

    Palme d'Or winner 1966 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1966 #5 · Criterion Collection spine #1304

  81. 81
    The Mattei Affair1972 · Francesco Rosi · Italy · drama
    2.03

    Palme d'Or winner 1972 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1974 #8 · Sarris's annual top 10 1973 #4

  82. 82
    Winter Sleep2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Turkey / Germany / France · drama
    2.00

    Palme d'Or winner 2014 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2015 #8 · Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #38

  83. 83
    Dumbo1941 · Ben Sharpsteen, Norm Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Samuel Armstrong · United States · musical, fantasy, drama
    2.00

    Palme d'Or winner 1947 · National Film Registry (inducted 2017) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  84. 84
    The Silent World1956 · Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle · France / Italy · documentary
    1.97

    Palme d'Or winner 1956 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1956 #9 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  85. 85
    Pelle the Conqueror1987 · Bille August · Sweden / Denmark · drama
    1.97

    Palme d'Or winner 1988 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1989 #9 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  86. 86
    Fahrenheit 9/112004 · Michael Moore · United States · documentary
    1.97

    Palme d'Or winner 2004 · Film Comment year-end poll 2004 #15 · Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #4

  87. 87
    Ulysses' Gaze1995 · Thodoros Angelopoulos · France / Greece / Italy · drama
    1.93

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1995 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1996 #2 · TIME All-TIME 100

  88. 88
    The Damned1947 · René Clément · France · drama
    1.93

    Palme d'Or winner 1947 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1948 #4

  89. 89
    The Go-Between1971 · Joseph Losey · United Kingdom · romance, drama
    1.92

    Palme d'Or winner 1971 · BFI Top 100 British films #57 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  90. 90
    Solaris1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky · Soviet Union · sci-fi, adventure, drama
    1.90

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1972 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1977 #5 · Empire 500 (2008) #285

  91. 91
    The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006 · Ken Loach · United Kingdom / Ireland / Germany · drama, war, romance
    1.89

    Palme d'Or winner 2006 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2006 #5

  92. 92
    The Best Intentions1992 · Bille August · Sweden · drama, romance
    1.82

    Palme d'Or winner 1992 · Sarris's annual top 10 1992 #2

  93. 93
    Man of Iron1981 · Andrzej Wajda · Poland · drama
    1.80

    Palme d'Or winner 1981 · Sarris's annual top 10 1981 #8 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1981 #null

  94. 94
    The Class2008 · Laurent Cantet · France · drama, comedy
    1.76

    Palme d'Or winner 2008 · Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #13

  95. 95
    BPM (Beats per Minute)2017 · Robin Campillo · France · drama
    1.73

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2017 · César Best Film winner 2018 · Film Comment year-end poll 2017 #19

  96. 96
    The Square2017 · Ruben Östlund · Sweden / Germany / France · comedy, drama
    1.73

    Palme d'Or winner 2017 · Film Comment year-end poll 2017 #20

  97. 97
    Titane2021 · Julia Ducournau · France / Belgium · drama, horror
    1.73

    Palme d'Or winner 2021 · Film Comment year-end poll 2021 #20

  98. 98
    Of Gods and Men2010 · Xavier Beauvois · France · drama, war
    1.70

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2010 · César Best Film winner 2011 · Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #34

  99. 99
    Too Beautiful for You1989 · Bertrand Blier · France · comedy, drama
    1.69

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1989 · César Best Film winner 1990 · Siskel's annual top 10 1990 #5

  100. 100
    The Man Without a Past2002 · Aki Kaurismäki · Finland / Germany / France · drama, comedy
    1.69

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2002 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2003 #7 · Kehr's annual top 10 2003 #2

  101. 101
    Dheepan2015 · Jacques Audiard · France · drama, crime
    1.66

    Palme d'Or winner 2015 · Criterion Collection spine #871

  102. 102
    Cinema Paradiso1988 · Giuseppe Tornatore · France / Italy · drama
    1.64

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1989 · Letterboxd Top 250 #16 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1989 #7

  103. 103
    The Knack ...and How to Get It1965 · Richard Lester · United Kingdom · comedy, romance
    1.61

    Palme d'Or winner 1965 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

  104. 104
    Wild at Heart1990 · David Lynch · United States · crime, drama, romance
    1.61

    Palme d'Or winner 1990 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

  105. 105
    The Sweet Hereafter1997 · Atom Egoyan · Canada · drama
    1.58

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1997 · Ebert's annual top 10 1997 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1997 #6

  106. 106
    Johnny Got His Gun1971 · Dalton Trumbo · United States · war, drama, biography
    1.56

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1971 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1973 #2 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

  107. 107
    María Candelaria1944 · Emilio Fernández · Mexico · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  108. 108
    Torment1944 · Alf Sjöberg · Sweden · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  109. 109
    The Last Chance1945 · Leopold Lindtberg · Switzerland · war, drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  110. 110
    The Red Meadows1945 · Bodil Ipsen, Lau Laritzen Jr. · Denmark · drama, war
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  111. 111
    The Turning Point1945 · Fridrikh Ermler · Soviet Union · drama, war
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  112. 112
    Ziegfeld Follies1945 · Roy Del Ruth, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Charles Walters, Robert Lewis, Merrill Pye, Norman Taurog · United States · musical
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1947

  113. 113
    La Symphonie Pastorale1946 · Jean Delannoy · France · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  114. 114
    Men Without Wings1946 · František Čáp · Czechoslovakia · drama, war
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  115. 115
    Neecha Nagar1946 · Chetan Anand · British Raj · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

  116. 116
    Antoine and Antoinette1947 · Jacques Becker · France · comedy, drama, romance
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1947

  117. 117
    Two Cents Worth of Hope1952 · Renato Castellani · Italy · drama, comedy, romance
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1952

  118. 118
    O Pagador de Promessas1962 · Anselmo Duarte · Brazil · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1962

  119. 119
    The Birds, the Bees and the Italians1966 · Pietro Germi · Italy / France · comedy
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1966

  120. 120
    The Working Class Goes to Heaven1971 · Elio Petri · Italy · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1972

  121. 121
    The Hireling1973 · Alan Bridges · United Kingdom · romance, drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1973

  122. 122
    Chronicle of the Years of Fire1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina · Algeria · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 1975

  123. 123
    Fjord2026 · Cristian Mungiu · Norway / France / Romania · drama
    1.50

    Palme d'Or winner 2026

  124. 124
    BlacKkKlansman2018 · Spike Lee · United States · biography, crime, drama
    1.43

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2018 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2018 · Film Comment year-end poll 2018 #20

  125. 125
    Son of Saul2015 · László Nemes · Hungary · drama, war
    1.36

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2015 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2016 #6 · Film Comment year-end poll 2015 #14

  126. 126
    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974 · Werner Herzog · Germany · biography, drama
    1.28

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1975 · Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films · Empire 500 (2008) #428

  127. 127
    The Piano Teacher2001 · Michael Haneke · France / Austria / Germany · drama, romance, thriller
    1.27

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2001 · Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #16 · Criterion Collection spine #894

  128. 128
    The Sting of Death1990 · Kōhei Oguri · Japan · drama
    1.25

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1990 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1990 #3

  129. 129
    Devils on the Doorstep2000 · Jiang Wen · China · comedy
    1.25

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2000 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2002 #3

  130. 130
    The Kid with a Bike2011 · Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne · France / Belgium / Italy · drama
    1.24

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2011 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #646

  131. 131
    Accident1967 · Joseph Losey · United Kingdom · drama
    1.23

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1967 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1969 #7 · Sarris's annual top 10 1967 #10

  132. 132
    The Marquise of O1976 · Éric Rohmer · France / Germany · drama
    1.22

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1976 · Kehr's annual top 10 1977 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 1976 #4

  133. 133
    Diary for My Children1984 · Márta Mészáros · Hungary · drama
    1.21

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1984 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1984 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1989 #10

  134. 134
    Humanité1999 · Bruno Dumont · France · crime, drama
    1.19

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1999 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #11 · Criterion Collection spine #981

  135. 135
    Taking Off1971 · Miloš Forman · United States · comedy, drama, musical
    1.18

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1971 · Ebert's annual top 10 1971 #6 · Siskel's annual top 10 1971 #10

  136. 136
    Gomorrah2008 · Matteo Garrone · Italy · crime, drama, thriller
    1.14

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2008 · Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #20 · Criterion Collection spine #493

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    Atlantique2019 · Mati Diop · France / Senegal / Belgium · drama
    1.14

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2019 · Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #5

  138. 138
    To Live1994 · Zhang Yimou · China / Hong Kong, China · drama
    1.13

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1994 · Sarris's annual top 10 1994 #4 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

  139. 139
    Burnt by the Sun1994 · Nikita Mikhalkov · Russia / France · drama, war
    1.11

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1994 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1995 #6

  140. 140
    Ådalen 311969 · Bo Widerberg · Sweden · drama
    1.09

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1969 · Siskel's annual top 10 1970 #6 · Ebert's annual top 10 1970 #7

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    Once Upon a Time in Anatolia2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Turkey / Bosnia and Herzegovina · crime, drama
    1.07

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2011 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #8

  142. 142
    Cría Cuervos1976 · Carlos Saura · Spain · drama
    1.06

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1976 · Criterion Collection spine #403 · Sarris's annual top 10 1977 #9

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    The Night of the Shooting Stars1982 · Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani · Italy · drama
    1.04

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1982 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1983 #10

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    Birdy1984 · Alan Parker · United States · war, drama, action
    1.03

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1985 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

  145. 145
    Stars at Noon2022 · Claire Denis · France · drama, romance, thriller
    0.99

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2022 · Film Comment year-end poll 2022 #17

  146. 146
    Broken Flowers2005 · Jim Jarmusch · United States / France · comedy, drama
    0.94

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2005 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #39

  147. 147
    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion1970 · Elio Petri · Italy · drama, crime
    0.91

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1970 · Criterion Collection spine #682

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    Arabian Nights1974 · Pier Paolo Pasolini · France / Italy · fantasy, adventure, drama
    0.91

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1974 · Criterion Collection spine #634

  149. 149
    Sentimental Value2025 · Joachim Trier · Norway / France / Denmark · drama, comedy
    0.91

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2025 · Criterion Collection spine #1311

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    A World Apart1988 · Chris Menges · United Kingdom · drama
    0.91

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1988 · Kehr's annual top 10 1988 #8

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    The Shout1978 · Jerzy Skolimowski · United Kingdom / Australia · horror, drama
    0.89

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1978 · Sarris's annual top 10 1979 #12

  152. 152
    I Even Met Happy Gypsies1967 · Aleksandar Petrović · Yugoslavia · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1967

  153. 153
    Bye Bye Monkey1978 · Marco Ferreri · France / Italy · comedy, sci-fi, drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1978

  154. 154
    Siberiade1979 · Andrei Konchalovsky · Soviet Union · drama, war, romance
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1979

  155. 155
    Light Years Away1981 · Alain Tanner · France / Switzerland · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1981

  156. 156
    Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983 · Terry Jones · United Kingdom · musical, comedy
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1983

  157. 157
    Repentance1984 · Tengiz Abuladze · Soviet Union · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1987

  158. 158
    The Law1990 · Idrissa Ouédraogo · Burkina Faso · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1990

  159. 159
    The Stolen Children1992 · Gianni Amelio · Italy / Switzerland / France · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1992

  160. 160
    Faraway, So Close!1993 · Wim Wenders · Germany · fantasy, drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1993

  161. 161
    Uzak2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Turkey · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2003

  162. 162
    Flanders2006 · Bruno Dumont · France · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2006

  163. 163
    The Mourning Forest2007 · Naomi Kawase · Japan / France · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2007

  164. 164
    Reality2012 · Matteo Garrone · Italy / France · comedy, drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2012

  165. 165
    The Wonders2014 · Alice Rohrwacher · Italy / Switzerland / Germany · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2014

  166. 166
    It's Only the End of the World2016 · Xavier Dolan · Canada / France · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2016

  167. 167
    A Hero2021 · Asghar Farhadi · Iran / France · drama, thriller
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2021

  168. 168
    Compartment No. 62021 · Juho Kuosmanen · Finland / Russia / Estonia · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2021

  169. 169
    Close2022 · Lukas Dhont · Belgium / Netherlands / France · drama
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2022

  170. 170
    Minotaur2026 · Andrey Zvyagintsev · France / Germany / Latvia · drama, thriller
    0.75

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2026

The prize that defines art cinema

The Palme d'Or is decided in the opposite way from the Oscar, and the difference is the point. Each May, a jury of about nine artists — chaired by a filmmaker or actor, changing entirely every year — watches roughly twenty films selected from world production and argues until it crowns one. No campaign season, no industry electorate, no national bias by design. The result is the closest thing world cinema has to an annual summit verdict, and its historical record doubles as a map of where film's center of gravity has traveled: Italy in 1960 (La Dolce Vita), exiled Spain in 1961 (Viridiana — a Palme the Franco regime immediately regretted), the New Hollywood incursions of the 1970s (Taxi Driver in 1976, Apocalypse Now in 1979 — the latter shared, and awarded to a film still unfinished), the independents' arrival with Pulp Fiction in 1994, and the Korean coronation of Parasite in 2019.

Because juries are small and sovereign, the Palme takes risks institutional electorates cannot. It has crowned musicals in which every word is sung (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964), quiet British social realism (Secrets & Lies, 1996), an Austrian chamber drama about dying (Amour, 2012) and a French courtroom dissection of a marriage (Anatomy of a Fall, 2023, only the third film directed by a woman to win). It also misses differently than the Oscars: a Palme jury's blind spot is one year's nine sensibilities, not a standing institution's structural taste — which is why, in cross-list measurement, Palme winners as a class age unusually well.

Reading the ranking

The festival's own history requires one footnote: the top prize was called the Grand Prix du Festival before 1955 and again from 1964 to 1974, and the modern Palme d'Or name covers the rest — our data treats the lineage as one award, with the separate modern Grand Prix (the de facto second prize, won by films like Cinema Paradiso and Oldboy) recorded as its own source. Each winner below carries our composite canon score, which makes the ranking quietly diagnostic: it shows which jury verdicts the wider canon ratified, and which remain the passionate minority report of nine people in a room in May.