Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or, a list by João Segatti

8.8

/2404464/

86

/53257/

84

/29515/

4.2

/3743587/

92

/185/

96

/62759/

95

/27/

4.0

age 17+

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

87

8.5

/1000158/

84

/15767/

83

/9838/

4.4

/1119086/

95

/186/

96

/10820/

85

/40/

3.5

age 15+

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

89

8.4

/762694/

82

/13614/

82

/8806/

4.4

/891126/

91

/148/

94

/16503/

94

/15/

4.0

age 16+

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

77

7.6

/171957/

72

/5451/

70

/4776/

3.2

/340880/

88

/204/

84

/1012/

90

/58/

3.0

age 18+

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

76

6.8

/191232/

66

/3974/

67

/3263/

3.8

/269905/

86

/293/

60

/6428/

85

/50/

4.0

age 14+

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

85

7.9

/109908/

77

/2063/

77

/1728/

4.2

/137277/

93

/219/

82

/1470/

95

/45/

4.0

age 16+

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

80

7.6

/134766/

74

/2713/

74

/1809/

4.1

/165272/

90

/67/

89

/2632/

69

/19/

3.5

age 17+

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

78

7.9

/122922/

77

/2230/

79

/1924/

4.2

/189105/

69

/120/

91

/4065/

63

/33/

3.5

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

87

8.1

/137954/

80

/3092/

81

/2120/

4.4

/622721/

95

/58/

93

/1253/

81

/13/

4.0

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

75

7.1

/103187/

68

/2130/

70

/2036/

3.5

/239249/

74

/163/

78

/4087/

70

/37/

4.0

age 17+

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

79

7.3

/81826/

72

/1809/

69

/1112/

3.5

/66489/

86

/58/

82

/1982/

80

/8/

4.0

age 15+

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

70

7.4

/70217/

74

/1509/

73

/1492/

3.7

/48936/

63

/30/

87

/1799/

55

/18/

2.5

age 14+

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

82

7.8

/81001/

75

/1389/

74

/1097/

4.2

/79186/

85

/146/

79

/1747/

84

/34/

4.0

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

79

7.2

/63774/

70

/1406/

69

/998/

3.9

/108788/

96

/55/

79

/1067/

86

/17/

3.5

age 17+

Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.

84

8.0

/58474/

75

/899/

75

/602/

4.2

/49870/

87

/85/

84

/102/

88

/27/

4.0

Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.

82

7.5

/58284/

74

/1209/

73

/866/

4.0

/71039/

90

/116/

87

/2769/

82

/30/

4.0

age 16+

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

83

8.0

/63801/

77

/871/

77

/741/

4.3

/37164/

86

/37/

96

/839/

79

/17/

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.

82

7.5

/37375/

71

/654/

69

/701/

3.7

/25169/

95

/158/

82

/1385/

92

/31/

4.0

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

85

7.9

/40554/

77

/741/

78

/711/

4.2

/43692/

89

/27/

92

/710/

84

/15/

4.0

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

80

7.8

/39646/

77

/902/

75

/565/

4.3

/115881/

88

/48/

85

/764/

72

/13/

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

75

7.2

/17847/

72

/498/

68

/503/

3.6

/20077/

88

/130/

81

/63/

76

/29/

3.0

age 17+

Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.

87

8.1

/36427/

82

/765/

79

/654/

4.4

/60706/

90

/52/

93

/726/

84

/28/

4.0

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

71

7.4

/27541/

71

/493/

69

/514/

3.7

/19896/

84

/25/

83

/420/

63

/11/

2.0

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

73

7.7

/42573/

77

/896/

76

/677/

4.3

/180403/

83

/40/

83

/382/

80

/22/

1.0

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

79

7.7

/25327/

75

/472/

72

/410/

3.9

/20397/

94

/35/

85

/269/

78

/10/

3.0

age 14+

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.

75

6.7

/18699/

66

/451/

66

/413/

3.9

/63043/

90

/103/

61

/435/

87

/21/

3.5

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.

77

7.3

/22476/

70

/293/

71

/535/

3.9

/21514/

85

/85/

81

/214/

73

/34/

3.5

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

78

7.4

/16905/

72

/276/

72

/324/

3.9

/32460/

90

/31/

83

/162/

76

/19/

3.5

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.

84

81

7.9

/15886/

79

/251/

77

/206/

4.4

/41456/

95

/22/

93

/138/

80

/21/

Famous writer Alexander contracts a terminal illness. He receives a letter from his wife describing a summer day 30 years ago, and leaves his seaside home to remember his past. This journey will allow him to wander between the past and the present, and encounter unexpected people, allowing him to collect unforgettable memories in the final moments of his life.

81

7.8

/9241/

78

/136/

76

/231/

4.1

/7787/

95

/19/

86

/69/

3.0

On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.

83

7.8

/9835/

73

/192/

75

/192/

4.0

/10810/

93

/15/

88

/99/

4.0

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

79

72

7.9

/15316/

73

/136/

73

/127/

4.0

/9915/

77

/13/

94

/47/

When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.

81

74

7.7

/10685/

73

/123/

72

/138/

3.8

/5473/

100

/7/

91

/74/

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous, years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.

80

70

7.6

/4620/

76

/127/

78

/364/

4.0

/12583/

91

/351/

After losing a finger in a work accident, an Italian worker becomes increasingly involved in political and revolutionary groups.

77

59

7.7

/3712/

76

/65/

70

/71/

3.8

/1731/

81

/16/

87

/14/

77

/20/

In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social differences, Henrik and Anna fall in love, wed and move to the country. They lead a quiet life as Henrik works as a priest, but it isn't long before the simple people and plain surroundings make Anna long for a more lavish lifestyle, which causes marital stress.

72

62

7.3

/4094/

65

/91/

69

/86/

3.7

/3265/

81

/814/

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.

72

62

7.2

/4700/

73

/68/

69

/122/

3.7

/3706/

70

/10/

77

/44/

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father.

67

55

6.7

/4061/

67

/84/

60

/132/

3.6

/8427/

78

/9/

61

/24/

Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.

77

7.1

/7043/

67

/95/

68

/150/

3.7

/6439/

100

/11/

78

/75/

3.5

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

75

68

7.3

/6922/

70

/82/

68

/121/

3.8

/6485/

82

/28/

81

/87/

81

/21/

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.

76

60

7.6

/2781/

75

/52/

74

/111/

3.9

/3914/

78

/212/

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.

88

8.1

/193724/

78

/3060/

79

/2026/

4.2

/177978/

99

/97/

93

/3386/

97

/30/

4.0

age 13+

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

84

8.0

/85174/

77

/1417/

80

/1990/

4.3

/141707/

95

/77/

90

/1537/

95

/13/

3.0

age 15+

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

80

7.4

/71999/

71

/1264/

73

/1330/

3.8

/133290/

87

/52/

84

/1447/

82

/15/

4.0

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

83

7.9

/42884/

76

/695/

76

/643/

4.0

/36680/

97

/74/

90

/592/

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.

82

7.8

/34393/

76

/863/

73

/858/

4.1

/163633/

97

/73/

87

/838/

86

/9/

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

81

7.6

/29857/

74

/646/

74

/423/

3.9

/33145/

96

/76/

87

/492/

82

/16/

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

86

8.0

/27847/

77

/514/

76

/537/

4.1

/42914/

97

/32/

90

/404/