🎦 for cinephiles: Cannes winners 1954-2023
winners at Cannes Film Festival, listed reverse chronologically then in order of highest prize descending.
Main Competition:
• Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded to film)
• Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film (highest prize awarded to short film)
• Grand Prix – Grand Prize of the Festival (second-most prestigious prize)
• Prix du Jury – Jury Prize
• Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director
• Prix d'interprétation masculine – Best Actor {not yet added}
• Prix d'interprétation féminine – Best Actress {not yet added}
• Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay {currently adding - 2009 and earlier works not yet added}
Other Sections:
• Prix Un Certain Regard – Young talent, innovative and audacious works (unusual styles / non-traditional stories)
• Cinéfondation prizes – Student films {not yet added}
• Caméra d'Or – best first film of the Festival, choosing among the debutants' works among the Official Selection, the Directors' Fortnight and the International Critics' Week selections. {not yet added}
Given by Independent Entities:
• quite a few but i don't plan to add them. one is the Queer Palm (for best LGBTQ-related films) which i have added to this list: IFF LGBTQ films.
also see ~ MUBI's top 50 films 1990-2023 | MUBI's top 1000 films | more of my custom lists
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1. Monster
Japanese Movie - 2023
Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay 2023 to Sakamoto Yuji
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2. Cliff Rising by the Sea
Chinese Movie - 2022
[The Water Murmurs]
Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film 2022
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3. Decision to Leave
Korean Movie - 2022
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 2022 to Park Chan Wook
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4. All the Crows in the World
Hong Kong Movie - 2021
Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film 2021
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5. Memoria
Thai Movie - 2021
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 2021
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6. Drive My Car
Japanese Movie - 2021
Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay 2021 to Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Oe Takamasa
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7. Parasite
Korean Movie - 2019
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 2019
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8. Shoplifters
Japanese Movie - 2018
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 2018
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9. A Gentle Night
Chinese Movie - 2017
Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film 2017
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10. Harmonium
Japanese Movie - 2016
Prix Un Certain Regard – Prix du Jury [Jury's Prize] winner 2016
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11. The Assassin
Taiwanese Movie - 2015
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 2015 to Hou Hsiao Hsien
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12. Journey to the Shore
Japanese Movie - 2015
Prix Un Certain Regard – Prix de la mise-en-scene [Best Director] winner 2015
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13. Safe
Korean Movie - 2013
Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film 2013
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14. Like Father, Like Son
Japanese Movie - 2013
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 2013
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15. A Touch of Sin
Chinese Movie - 2013
Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay 2013 to Jia Zhang Ke
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16. Arirang
Korean Movie - 2011
Prix Un Certain Regard – winner 2011
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17. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Thai Movie - 2010
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 2010
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18. Poetry
Korean Movie - 2010
Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay 2010 to Lee Chang Dong
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19. HaHaHa
Korean Movie - 2010
Prix Un Certain Regard – winner 2010
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20. Thirst
Korean Movie - 2009
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 2009
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21. Kinatay
Filipino Movie - 2009
[Butchered]
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 2009 to Brillante Mendoza
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22. Tokyo Sonata
Japanese Movie - 2008
Prix Un Certain Regard – Prix du Jury [Jury's Prize] winner 2008
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23. The Mourning Forest
Japanese Movie - 2007
Grand Prix – Grand Prize (second highest prize awarded) 2007
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24. Luxury Car
Chinese Movie - 2006
Prix Un Certain Regard – winner 2006
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25. Shanghai Dreams
Chinese Movie - 2005
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 2005
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26. Old Boy
Korean Movie - 2003
Grand Prix – Grand Prize (second highest prize awarded) 2004
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27. Tropical Malady
Thai Movie - 2004
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 2004
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28. Chihwaseon
Korean Movie - 2002
[Painted Fire | Drunk On Women And Poetry | Strokes of Fire]
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 2002 to Im Kwon Taek
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29. Blissfully Yours
Thai Movie - 2002
Prix Un Certain Regard – winner 2002
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30. Devils on the Doorstep
Chinese Movie - 2000
Grand Prix – Grand Prize (second highest prize awarded) 2000
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◘ Anino [Shadows]
Filipino Movie - 2000
Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film 2000
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31. Yi Yi
Taiwanese Movie - 2000
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 2000 to Edward Yang
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32. The Eel
Japanese Movie - 1997
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 1997
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33. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 1997 to Wong Kar Wai
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34. To Live
Chinese Movie - 1994
[Lifetimes]
Grand Prix – Grand Prize (second highest prize awarded) 1994
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35. Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie - 1993
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 1993
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36. The Puppetmaster
Taiwanese Movie - 1993
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 1993
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37. The Sting of Death
Japanese Movie - 1990
Grand Prix – Grand Prize (second highest prize awarded) 1990
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38. Shinran: Path to Purity
Japanese Movie - 1987
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 1987
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39. The Ballad of Narayama
Japanese Movie - 1983
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 1983
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40. Kagemusha
Japanese Movie - 1980
[Shadow Warrior]
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 1980
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41. Empire of Passion
Japanese Movie - 1978
Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director 1978 to Oshima Nagisa
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42. Kwaidan
Japanese Movie - 1964
[Ghost Stories]
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 1965
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◘ Le prix de la victoire [The Price of Victory]
Japanese Movie - 1964
Grand Prix – Best Short Film 1964
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43. Woman in the Dunes
Japanese Movie - 1964
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 1964
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44. Harakiri
Japanese Movie - 1962
[Seppuku]
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 1963
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45. Odd Obsession
Japanese Movie - 1959
Prix du Jury – Jury Prize 1960
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46. Gate of Hell
Japanese Movie - 1953
Palme d'Or – Golden Palm (highest prize awarded) 1954