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?

1

Apocalypse Now

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

2

Pulp Fiction

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

3

Parasite

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

4

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.

5

Taxi Driver

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

6

The Leopard

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

7

Blow-Up

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

8

M*A*S*H

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

9

Barton Fink

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

10

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

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

11

Paris, Texas

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

12

The Pianist

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

13

Amour

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

14

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.

15

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.

16

Wild at Heart

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

17

Elephant

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

18

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.

19

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.

20

La Dolce Vita

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