The Road to Cannes: Palme d'Or Winners Worth Your Time

The world's most important film prize, best winners

Not every Palme d'Or winner is essential. These ones are. Films that won cinema's most prestigious prize and deserved it — works that changed what film could be.

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Parasite

Parasite

2019
1
Parasite
2019
1
Parasite
IMDb 0.0 / 10
Director Bong Joon Ho
Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong
Box Office $53,847,897
The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

2011
2
The Tree of Life
2011
2
The Tree of Life
IMDb 6.8 / 10
Director Terrence Malick
Cast Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Box Office $13,303,319
Why Malick's metaphysical meditation on family trauma and existential meaning represents the Palme d'Or…
Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

2000
3
Dancer in the Dark
2000
3
Dancer in the Dark
IMDb 7.9 / 10
Director Lars von Trier
Cast Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Box Office $4,184,036
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994
4
Pulp Fiction
1994
4
Pulp Fiction
IMDb 8.9 / 10
Director Quentin Tarantino
Cast John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson
Box Office $107,928,762
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

1979
5
Apocalypse Now
1979
5
Apocalypse Now
IMDb 8.4 / 10
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Cast Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
Box Office $96,042,913
The Piano

The Piano

1993
6
The Piano
1993
6
The Piano
IMDb 0.0 / 10
Director Jane Campion
Cast Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill
Box Office $40,157,856
Barton Fink

Barton Fink

1991
7
Barton Fink
1991
7
Barton Fink
IMDb 0.0 / 10
Director Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
Box Office $6,153,939
Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

1990
8
Wild at Heart
1990
8
Wild at Heart
IMDb 0.0 / 10
Director David Lynch
Cast Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
Box Office $14,560,247
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1970
9
M*A*S*H
1970
9
M*A*S*H
IMDb 0.0 / 10
Director Robert Altman
Cast Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt
Box Office $81,600,000
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

2007
10
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2007
10
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
IMDb 0.0 / 10
Director Cristian Mungiu
Cast Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
Box Office $1,198,208
Au hasard Balthazar

Au hasard Balthazar

1966
11
Au hasard Balthazar
1966
11
Au hasard Balthazar
IMDb 7.7 / 10
Director Robert Bresson
Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge
Box Office $45,406
Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

1968
12
Rosemary's Baby
1968
12
Rosemary's Baby
IMDb 8.0 / 10
Director Roman Polanski
Cast Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon

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