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

From 1960s Italian masterpieces to modern Korean blockbusters, this list spans decades of cinema's most prestigious prize — with bold choices that shocked Cannes and timeless classics that still define the art form. Which one takes the crown?

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic following a soldier's surreal journey deep into Cambodia to assassinate a rogue colonel.

1/20

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino's 1994 crime anthology weaving interconnected stories of hitmen, a boxer, and mob associates in Los Angeles.

2/20

Parasite

Bong Joon-ho's 2019 Oscar-winning Korean thriller about a poor family that infiltrates the household of a wealthy family.

3/20

The Piano

Jane Campion's 1993 drama about a mute Scottish woman who travels to New Zealand for an arranged marriage, bringing only her piano.

4/20

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese's 1976 psychological thriller about a mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran working as a New York City cab driver.

5/20

The Leopard

Luchino Visconti's 1963 Italian epic about an aging Sicilian nobleman navigating the political upheaval of 19th-century Italy.

6/20

Blow-Up

Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 British mystery-drama about a London fashion photographer who believes he has accidentally witnessed a murder.

7/20

M*A*S*H

Robert Altman's 1970 satirical black comedy following the surgeons of a mobile army hospital during the Korean War.

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Barton Fink

The Coen Brothers' 1991 psychological thriller about a New York playwright struggling with writer's block in a decaying Hollywood hotel.

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Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Steven Soderbergh's 1989 debut drama exploring the erotic and emotional secrets of a married couple and their visitors.

10/20

Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders' 1984 road movie about a man who reappears after a four-year disappearance and tries to reconnect with his family.

11/20

The Pianist

Roman Polanski's 2002 World War II drama about Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman's survival in the Warsaw Ghetto.

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Amour

Michael Haneke's 2012 French drama about an elderly Parisian couple facing the devastating decline of the wife after a stroke.

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Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Abdellatif Kechiche's 2013 French coming-of-age romance following a teenage girl's passionate love affair with an older art student.

14/20

The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick's 2011 experimental drama juxtaposing the cosmic origins of the universe with the story of a Texas family in the 1950s.

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Wild at Heart

David Lynch's 1990 surreal road movie and love story following a young couple fleeing from the woman's dangerous mother.

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Elephant

Gus Van Sant's 2003 minimalist drama depicting the everyday lives of high school students on the day of a school shooting.

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Dancer in the Dark

Lars von Trier's 2000 musical drama about a Czech immigrant in 1960s America going blind while trying to save money for her son's eye surgery.

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The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 paranoid thriller about a surveillance expert who becomes obsessed with a recording that may reveal a murder plot.

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La Dolce Vita

Federico Fellini's 1960 Italian masterpiece following a journalist's hedonistic week in Rome's decadent high society.

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