What is the best Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winning film of all time?

By YPB Team

Auteurs and genre-definers, European provocateurs and global breakouts — every film here carries the Palme d'Or. Which deserves the crown of crowns?

Apocalypse Now — ranked #11
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic following a soldier's nightmarish journey upriver to assassinate a rogue colonel.
Pulp Fiction — ranked #22
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino's 1994 non-linear crime anthology that revolutionized independent cinema and popular storytelling.
Parasite — ranked #33
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho's 2019 genre-bending Korean thriller about class inequality, which also became the first non-English film to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
Taxi Driver — ranked #44
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese's 1976 dark portrait of a New York cabbie's descent into obsession and violence, with a career-defining Robert De Niro performance.
The Tree of Life — ranked #55
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick's 2011 lyrical meditation on family, memory, and the origins of the universe, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.
Shoplifters — ranked #66
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2018 Japanese drama about a family of petty criminals who adopt a neglected child, tenderly exploring what makes a family.
Anatomy of a Fall — ranked #77
Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet's 2023 gripping French courtroom thriller in which a woman is accused of murdering her husband.
All About My Mother — ranked #88
All About My Mother
Pedro Almodovar's 1999 heartfelt drama following a grieving mother seeking the father of her late son, a landmark of Spanish cinema.
Dancer in the Dark — ranked #99
Dancer in the Dark
Lars von Trier's 2000 musical tragedy starring Bjork as a Czech immigrant going blind, whose Bjork-penned score is unforgettable.
The White Ribbon — ranked #1010
The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke's 2009 stark black-and-white mystery set in a German village before World War I, probing the origins of evil.
4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days — ranked #1111
4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu's 2007 harrowing Romanian drama set during the Ceausescu regime, following two students attempting an illegal abortion.
The Child — ranked #1212
The Child
The Dardenne brothers' 2005 Belgian drama about a young man who sells his newborn child and the devastating fallout.

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