What is the best Palme d'Or winner at Cannes of all time?

The Palme d'Or is cinema's most prestigious prize, awarded each year at Cannes to the film that best captures the imagination of the jury. Which winner is the greatest film ever to claim the Golden Palm?

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Quentin Tarantino's genre-redefining crime anthology that won the Palme d'Or and went on to revolutionize modern cinema with its nonlinear storytelling.

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Parasite (2019)

Bong Joon-ho's genre-defying Korean class satire that won the Palme d'Or and became the first international film to win the Best Picture Oscar.

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Apocalypse Now (1979)

Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam War masterpiece that shared the Palme d'Or, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.

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Taxi Driver (1976)

Martin Scorsese's harrowing portrait of a troubled Vietnam vet in 1970s New York that won the Palme d'Or and introduced Travis Bickle to cinematic history.

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The Piano (1993)

Jane Campion's haunting period drama about a mute Scottish woman in colonial New Zealand that shared the Palme d'Or in a legendary year for cinema.

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The Tree of Life (2011)

Terrence Malick's visually transcendent meditation on childhood, memory, and the cosmos that won the Palme d'Or and divided audiences worldwide.

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Amour (2012)

Michael Haneke's devastating portrait of an elderly couple facing illness and mortality that won the Palme d'Or and swept the European film awards.

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4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days (2007)

Cristian Mungiu's raw and unflinching Romanian drama about an illegal abortion under Ceaușescu that won the Palme d'Or and launched the Romanian New Wave.

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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

Abdellatif Kechiche's intimate French coming-of-age love story that earned the rare distinction of the Palme d'Or going jointly to director and lead actresses.

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The White Ribbon (2009)

Michael Haneke's austere black-and-white German drama exploring the roots of evil in a village on the eve of WWI, winner of the Palme d'Or.

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Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Lars von Trier's harrowing musical tragedy starring Björk as a factory worker slowly going blind, a polarizing Palme d'Or winner that remains deeply divisive.

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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Justine Triet's gripping French courtroom thriller about a woman accused of murdering her husband that won the Palme d'Or to unanimous critical acclaim.

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Winter Sleep (2014)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's expansive three-hour Turkish drama about a former actor living in a Cappadocian hotel, winner of the Palme d'Or.

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Titane (2021)

Julia Ducournau's audacious body-horror provocation about a woman with a titanium plate in her skull that won the Palme d'Or and shocked the world.

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La Dolce Vita (1960)

Federico Fellini's iconic portrait of decadent Roman society that won the Palme d'Or and gave the world the word 'paparazzi' via its indelible characters.

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